Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-10-10
Business Briefs
August Exports Appropriated 81


100000 900, slight gain over the
preceding month, but ITO below the
record May figure, the Commerce
Department estimated. The latest
total included lend-lease items
amounting to $940, 100000.
Steel Production in the first nine
months of this year set new record
of $780, 67 tons, compared with
sc, 1896, 100 in the same 1943 period
the American Iron g. Steel Insti.
tute announced.
Major Markets Will Be Closed
Thursday for Columbus Day. Live
stock markets will operate and Ca
madam exchanges will remain open
The Paris Bourse resumed trading
in foreign securities, but was dis
turbed by decree ordering all per.
sons and corporations owning for
eign securities to turn in list Of
them
Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago &
st. Louis Railroad awarded $23, 1885,
600 bonds to group headed by Kid
der, Peabody & Co. on a bid of
1010201 for 33ss. Cleveland &
Pittsburgh Railroad Co. sold SILL
100000 of bonds to Kuhn. Loeb &
Co. syndicate on bid of 101 .909 for
31ss. Both lines belong to the Penn
sylvania System.
Southeastern Greyhound Lines
stockholders authorized an increase
in common stock from AIT, 1920 shares
of IS par value to 100000 of the
same par value when postwar ex-
pansion requires 1T.
A $4,000, 900 Offering of refunding
bends was announced by the Los
Angeles Department of water and
power. Bids will be received Octo-
Der II.
Koppers Co. registered with the
SEC $23 100000 go bonds and SILL
100000 serial notes and a new firm,
Koppers Co., Inc, registered 10000
preferred shares and 100000 CON-
mon shares. Koppers Co. and its
parent, Koppers United Co., will be
merged into Koppers, Inc, if stock
holders approve.
Wabash Railroad Co. asked ICC
authority to issue SAT, 000, 900 bonds
for refunding purposes.
Philadelphia Electric Co. request
for SEC exemption from the COM
petitive bidding rule for sale of q
proposed issue of $3.50, 100000 re-
funding bonds, was denied.
United States Steel Corp. reported
shipments of finished products b,
subsidiaries in September totalec
1,733, 602 net tons, compared with
LAS, 485 in August and 1,664,577 6
year ago. Shipments in 9 month,
totaled 1884, 466 tons VS.. 1909 ga
a year ago.
Royal Typewriter Co. profit for 1.
months ended July 81 was LOST, So
or "a cents share VS.. 1926, 439 OF
% cents in the previous year.
Childs Co. earned 5000, 6O8 in
months ended August 81, compared
with $3.50, 997 In the same 1913 pc
Rod.
Pan-American Always plans tt
spend $28, DOC, 900 worth of planes fol
Latin American service. The pro.
gram calls for 9 Douglas DC-7s
Is Lockheed Consultations and 2:
twin-engined planes from a maker
not yet named.
huu8 20. net Tor IL months ende(
July 81 was $942,574 or $5.O4 a share
after renegotiation, compared with
$900,191 or $4.8l in the preceding
year.
G. C. Murphy Co. sales for Sep.
TENDER totaled $7,065, $40, gain o
12.5To over a year ago: for Mint
months. $50, 470,344, an increase o
4.79o.
Air Reduction Co. acquired Hos.
pital Supply Co. and Waters Lab.
oratories Consolidated and will op.
crate them as a division g Ohie
Chemical g. Mfg. Co., a subsidiary.
= Baltimore q Ohio Railroad car
loadings in the week ended October
totaled 75, 1877 VS.. 1887 in the pre-.
vious week and 1922 in the like
l943 week.