Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-08-07
Business Briefs

Living Costs of the average fam.
lily of wage earners and lower.
salaried clerical workers in june
rose 0.79o above the preceding month
to the highest level since 1921, the
Industrial Conference Board report.
ed. The June index was 1863,
rise of 2.3%o from year ago ane
24.3% above January, 1941, base
month for the Little Steel formula
Eastern Gas g. Fuel Associate.
awarded 0,000,0 900 of first mortgage
and collateral trust 31a% bonds tt
Mellon Securities Corp. on a. bid Of
100.5599. Reoffering is expected to.
morrow.
New York Central Railroad
awarded $8,800,000 of 112% equip
ment trust certificates to a group
headed by Solomon Bros. & Hutzlel
on bid of 99019. The issue was
reoffered at prices to yield $3.50 to
1857.
Pure Oil Co. earned $780, 900 OF
SLIT share in the half VS.. $780,
600 or $114 a year ago.
Pittston Co. net for the half was
1925 ,292 or $1.33 VS.. $587,3l3 or rs
cents.
Coca Cola International Corp
earned $1,245 ,311 or $6.3l in the June
quarter VS.. 1882 1926 or 1888 a year
ago.
Decca Records, Inc, net for the
half was $450, 284 or $1.16 VS.. $504,
$40 or $1.3O.
Heyden Chemical Co. earned
S598,050 or $115 in the half VS.. $467,
256 or 88 cents.
General American Transportation
Corp. profit for the half was ST.
634, 648 or $1.57 VS.. 81 ,676 1863 or $1.6l
in the first half of 1914.
REQ Motors, Inc, earned 81 1853, l16
or $2.79 in the half VS.. $3.50, 443 or
$206 year ago.
Weston Electrical Instrument Co
net for the half was S244, 060 or $1.52
VS.. $3.50, 128 or $2.l1 in the same 1914
period.
Abbott Laboratories earned ST.
AL ,139 or $162 in the half VS.. ST.
412,433 or $1.59 year ago.
Remington Arms Co. net for the
half was $1,160,000 or IA cents VS.
$704,000 or cents in the same 1914
period.
Electric Storage Battery Co
earned $1,046,278 or $115 in the hall
VS.. $1,000, TAT or $1.10 a year ago.
Pillsbury Flour Mills, Inc, profit
for IL months ended May 81 was
$1,601 ,045 or $246 VS.. $1,163,547 OF
S2.12 in the preceding fiscal period.
American Distilling Co. earned
o752, 844 or $3.01 in 9 months endec
June 80 VS.. $590,oa2 or $2.36 a veal
ago.
Panhandle Producing & Refinins
Co. net for months ended June 81
was 1892 $50 or So cents VS.. S184. 20s
or 20 cents in the first half of 1914
F. w. Woolworth Co. sales fol
July totaled $36,159, 1892, gain o.
4.3ao from year ago; for Z months
50,5l5,0 59, an increase of SO.
Lerner Stores Corp. sales for JULY
totaled $6,9S5,522. gain of 1.7%
from year ago.
McCrory Store Corp. sales fol
July totaled $5,444,62I, an increas,
OF 0.5% from a year ago; for sever
months. s37 ,633 1874, a gain of 4.2eo
w. T. Grant Co. sales for Jul,
totaled $l2,534, 1882, a gain of 1877
from year ago; for months, S93,
254, 794, up 8.916 from a year ago.
Corn Products Refining Co. re
ported corn shortages will cut it
August grind to 500 of normal VS.
800 in july.
Studebaker Co. is negotiating will
the Army to reopen its South Benz
plant to make B-29 engine parts.
Sullivan Machinery Co. received
$3,008,600 cutback on Russian lend
lease orders for coal machines.
Bendix Aviation Corp. announce,
formation of new division, Bendi,
International, to handle its for
eign trade program.