Evening star., 1943-11-14
Business Briefs
Wholesale Volume In the

wholesale volume IN the last
week remained at high levels of the
preceding week and was well above
a year ago, Dun 81 Bradstreet, Inc,
announced. Substantial ordering in
Spring lines was accompanied by re-
ordering of Winter and gift mer-
chandise. The early 1914 Easter has
prompted considerable concern over
Spring deliveries which are sched-
uled mainly for the first three
months Of the year.
Retail Hardware Sales of l ,233 in
dependent stores in September were
So below year ago, the magazine
Hardware Age reported. Sales in
the first nine months this year were
go below the same 1912 period.
Export Freight handled through
United States ports in October, ex-
Guiding coal and grain, totaled 1885,
0l3 cars $500 above 82.539 in the
same 1912 month. the Association of
American Railroads reported.
Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp.
declared a dividend of 81 a common
share. double the amount paid Sep
tember 30 Payable December Is to
holders Of record December /. the
new dividend will raise the 1943 to-
tai to 81 against SIPS in 1912. Also
declared was quarterly dividend of
37lz cents a share on the converti-
BILE preferred and a quarterly pay
ment Of $1.l2ia share on the prior
preferred.
Tubize Chatillon Corp. stockhold-
ers approved changing the corpora
tions name to. Tubize Rayon Corp.
A plan to exchange four shares of
new common for EACH share of
present "A" stock and a half a
share Of new common for each share
of present common also was ap-
proved.
Paramount Pictures, Inc, in
creased the regular quarterly divi-
dend on common stock to 40 cents
a share, payable December % to
holders of record December 10. Pay
ments of 30 cents share were made
in each of the four preceding quar-
tiers. Net income for three months
ended october 2 was $4268.0 900 or
$l.l4 a share, compared with s3.455.-
600 or $l13 on smaller number
OF shares in the same 1912 period
For nine months ended the same
date. net was $lL655 900 against So
278,000 year ago.
Columbia Gas & Electric Corp.
earned $12 ,463 ,034 or Al cents a COM
mon share in twelve months ended
September 80, compared with ST.
568 1888 or II cents a share in the
preceding year. A uniform system
wide employe pension plan will be
submitted to stockholders at spe-
cial meeting December Is. 1t has
been approved by directors.
Braniff Always, Inc. earned $685.
544 or 30 cents a share in the Sep
tember quarter, compared with $l9l,-
993 or 10 cents a share year ago
Total revenues amounted to $l.459.-
765 against $860,014 in the same
period. Compared with a year ago,
mail revenues were up 72oo; pas
senger receipts were $40 higher and
express revenues were up 1885,.
Pittsburgh Forging Co. earned
$2l2,559 or 81 cents a share in the
September quarter. compared with
$l95, ,S29 or 80 cents a share in the
same period last year.
Pressed Steel Car Co. earned ST.
699,770 or $215 a share in nine
months ended September 30, COM
pared with $l.314, 4,196 or 81 .66 a share
year ago.
NOranda Mines, Ltd, earned So
613,185 or $685. a share in nine
months ended September 80, COM
pared with 8,027 ,O33 or 3d. So a share
in the same period last year.
Southwestern Gas T. Electric Co,
earned $1.412,524 in twelve months
ended September 30, compared with
a revised net of $1,576,389 in the
preceding year. Net for the Sep
tember quarter was $470,643 against
a revised figure of $44O,798 in the
same 1912 period.
Universal Cyclops Steel Corp.