Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-11-16
Business Briefs

CarIoadings totaled s39,4Ss dur
ing the week ending last Saturday
a decrease Of 1894 cars, of SO un
deer the preceding week and a de-
crease of 8,483 cars, or 10 compared
to the corresponding week a yea,
ago, the Association of American
Railroads reported.
Bank Clearings for the week endet
Wednesday in "a major cities to.
tailed $9,379, Sill 900, an increase o
S150, 1856 900 over last week and III
SO from 1888 900 last year, Dun
& Bradstreet reported. ..
Richard Thomas g. Co. Ltd. ant
Baldwins Ltd, two important Soutl
Wales tinplate industries, have beer
merged.
Engineering construction award
this week added up to 500 ,400, 0O(
as against $8,805 900 in the preced.
ing holiday week and $68 1871 900 il
the corresponding week last year
Engineering News-Record reported
Gasoline production lifted to H..
$4,000 barrels in the week ended
November II VS.. 14,152,000 the weel
before, the American Petroleum In.
stiute reported. Stocks dropped
$4,000 barrels to 1901 900 com.
pared to 78.409, 900 the week before
and 68,344,O00. a year ago.
New life insurance written in
October was up $3.50 at SIT, 793, 0O(
from october of last year, as re.
ported by the 80 companies handling
about 30 per cent of the business
and compared with a revised tota
Of $648, 376, 900 for September of this
year, according to the Life Insurance
Association of America. 49,.
RaybestOs- Manhattan Co. earned
81 BOT ,628 or $2.O8 after charges anc
a reserve of $4,000 for postwar ad.
justments, VS.. $1,279, 239 or $2.O4 ir
the corresponding 1913 period after
reserves of $575 900.
International Paper Co. net fo]
the nine months ended September 81
was $6,548,626 OF, 81 SO VS.. 81, 622 Al.
or $l.73 in the same period last year
Solar Aircraft Co. earned, aftel
provision for. taxes and renegotia.
ton reserves, $442,173 or $1.34 fol
the six months ending October 81
unaudited company figures show.
Wamsutta Mills net for the veal
ended September 80 was 1854 1856 o.
1851 VS.. 1888 ,906 or $685. last year.
International Nickel Co. Of Can,
ada, Ltd, and subsidiaries earnet
S20,022 ,058 or $127 for the min.
months ended September 80. VS.. $23,,
205,45l or $1.49 for the same 1874;
period.
Anaconda Copper Mining Co. ant
subsidiaries consolidated net for tn,
nine months ended September q
was $24 ,939,914 or 1886 as agains
$25,854,242 or $298 for, the CORE
spending period last year.
Distillers Corp. SeagramS, Ltd
and subsidiaries earned Sill ,436, 10
or $6.12 for the fiscal year endet
July 81 as compared with $10,039,
500 or $5.28 for the preceding year
Hudson Bay Mining and Smeltinl
Co., Ltd, net for nine months endet
September 30, before depletion, wa,
s4,680,386 or $170 VS.. S., $50 ,355 o.
$2.14 for the like period in 1913.
M. w. Kellogg Co, petroleum ant
chemical engineers of Jersey City
N. j.. has elected as vice presiden
Paul Ryan, former president of tn,
National Refining Co. Of Cleveland
who recently served with the Pertro
leum Industry War Council.
Sperry Gyroscope Co. has an
nounced election Of Charles M
Green Of Bridgeport, Conn.,, as vic'
president for manufacturing.
G. J. Devine 4 Co. offered $6,904,
00O bonds and corporate stock OF Nev
York City ut prices to yield fron
o.4o TO l.45%, according TO interes
and rate Of maturity.