Evening star., 1945-10-25
Business Briefs

bdHk Hearings III "a leading CLUES
rose to $11 379. .645 900 in the week
ended October "a, compared with
S10,072 10000 in the preceding s.
day week and were 209q6 above So
412,5730a0 year ago, reported Dun
& Bradstreet, Inc.
Freight Loadings in the week
ended October 20 totaled 773 APT
cars, gain of 25qe from the previ-
Gus week, but 1867 below year
ago, the Association of American
Railroads announced.
New Securities Marketed Today
included: S75,000,0O0 of Northern
States Power Co. 2a4 % first mort
gage bonds at 101; 5000, 900 of Le-
high Coal & Navigation Co. sinking
fund 31a% bonds at 100; $4,000 900
of Consolidated Cigar Corp. 81 %
debentures at l0134. 176,025 shares
of Aerovox Corp. common at ga !;
10000 shares of Sun-Kraft go cum
ulative preferred at 5.
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
Railroad asked ICC permission to
issue $65,O00,000 of first and refund
ing mortgage bonds, due 1885, to
finance redemption of 334qo and
3i2so bonds.
Western Maryland Railway was
authorized by the ICC to issue So
100000 of collateral trust bonds for
refunding purposes.
Fairbanks Morse & Co. declared
an extra of rs cents and a regular
quarterly dividend of 25 cents a
common share, both payable De-
cember /.
Shell Union Oil Corp. profit for
months ended September 80 was
S25 ,586, ,447 or ST 80 a share VS.. $22,-
$4,000 or $1.67 in the same 1914
period.
National Distillers Products Corp.
earned $9,070,8 1923 or S3.98 share in
months ended September 80 VS. $6,-
918,800 or 1927 year ago.
Corn Products Refining Co. profit
for months ended September 80
was $6,099, ,088 or S190 VS.. $5,418, ,199
or $163 in the same 1914 period
Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co. earned
S9,961 600 or $3.50 in 9 months ended
September 80 VS.. SO, 1853 900 or S4.51 a
year ago.
New York Central Railroad system
net for months was $22,323,8 ,801 or
$346 VS.. S28, $40, 1897 or SAP.
Union Pacific System earned
$31 316,921 or S1274 in 9 months VS..
29,04l ,106 or $1172 a year ago.
United Biscuit Co. net for
months was $685. ,243 or $190 VS..
1901, $50 OF $l72. Directors declared
an extra of Is cents and the regular
quarterly dividend of Is cents, both
payable December /. This is the
first extra in recent years.
Standard Brands, Inc, profit for
9 months was 81, 7,190,036 or $2O6 VS..
$6,329,175 or s1.79 in the same 1874
period.
Gillette Safety Razor Co. earned
$3,051 1850 or 81 in months VS.. ST.
703,943 or 81 cents year ago.
Air Reduction Co. profit for 6
months was 1898, ,185 or SLAB VS.
$4,271,267 or S156.
American Chicle Co. earned ST.
1924 or $490 in months VS.. ST.
242,648 or $5.18 year ago.
Hudson Bay Mining e. Smelling
Co. net for 8 months was $4.253,156
or $154 VS.. S4,680,3 1886 or $1.70.
Purity Bakeries Corp. earned ST.
594,421 or $206 in 40 weeks ended
october 6 VS.. s1,584,6 or $2.05 q
year ago.
Plymouth Oil Co. profit for 8
months ended September 80 was
, $1,448,164 or s140 VS.. $1,547,970 OF
SLAB in the same 1914 period.
n r - =
or $2.32 in months VS.. s857 DOT OF
$2.44 year ago.
REQ Motors, Inc, profit for 8
months was S1,65f ,082 or S3.40 VS..
S1,695, ,168 or 1884.
Texas Pacific Coal e. Oil Co
earned S1,338,571 or S1.51 in 8
months VS.. $1.581,918 or s178 a
year ago.