Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-03-11
Business Briefs

General Business Activity has
turned down again, according to the
index of Business Week, which
stood at 23l5 in the latest week,
compared with 2317 in the previ-
Gus week, 227.7 a month ago, 2329
six months ago and 1885 year
ago.
Wholesale Volumes in the last
week were slightly above the pre-
vious week and around So above a
year ago, Dun & Bradstreet, Inc,
estimated.
Civilian Labor Force of the ma
ton in February totaled 81 ,430 900
VS.. $1,000 900 in the previous month
and 81 ,l50,0 900 year ago, the Census
Bureau reported.
Steel Ing0t Production in Febru-
airy totaled $751; 03 tons VS.. 1904
1903 in the previous month and T.
1897 in February, 1914, the Amer
lean Iron IL Steel Institute an
nounced.
Chicago & North Western Rail-
way asked ICC permission to issue
S54 ,000,000 of series B bonds for re-
demption purposes.
Simplicity Pattern Co., Inc, reg
istered with the SEC 60,542 shares
of 512 % cumulative convertible pre-
ferred stock to be offered by First
Colony Corp. and associates at $40
a share.
International Business Machines
Corp. earned S9,711,3 1856 or $3.50
share in 1944 VS., SO, 204 1884 or $685.
in 1943.
William Wrigley, Jr., Co. net for
1914 was S6,307 ,423 or 1921 VS.. S.
768,731 in the previous year.
Hershey Chocolate Corp. earned
S. .413,059 or S604 in 1914 VS.. IS ,288,-
946 or $3.50 in 1913.
Electric Auto-Lite Co. net for
1914 was S4.890,983 or S4.O9 VS.. S4,-
.2l8,l46 or 1882 in the previous year
Pittsburgh Coal Co. earned So
300 ,059 or s947 preferred share in
1914 VS.. s1,767,232 or s505 a pre-
ferred share in 1913.
Minneapolis Honeywell Regulator
Co. net for 1914 was S3,239,6 76 or
.S236 VS.. S2,908,852 or s2.15 in the
previous year.
Thompson Products, Inc, earned
So 906,312 or $745 in 1914 VS.. S2,770,-
842 or S8.76 in 1913.
TranSc0ntinental G. Western Air,
Inc, net for 1914 was S2,752 $50 or
1882 VS.. S2,050,891 or s212 in the
previous year.
HARRISON Walker Refractories Co.
earned S1,749874 or SLIT in 1914 VS..
So OPT ,172 or $138 in 1943.
Wickwire Spencer Steel Co. net
for 1914 was 81 .536,991 or s318 VS..
81 .5l6,613 or $3.50 on fewer shares
in the previous year
E. G. Budd Mfg. Co. earned ST.
789 .467 or 70 cents in 1914 VS.. ST.
GAG, 470 or 81 in l943.
Real Silk Hosiery Mills. Inc, net
for 1914 was S429.546 or S116 VS..
$3.50 285 or $3.50 in the previous
year.
Norwich Pharmacal Co. earned
s709, 284 or 80 cents in 1914 VS.. $780,
1874 or SLOT in 1913.
Warner & Swasey Co. net for 1914
was $500 1853 or 81 cents, against
ST ,696,270 or S2l0 in the preceding
year.
National Railways of Mexico di-
rectors approved purchase of $40
10000 of new equipment in the
United States as soon as possible.
Ford Motor Co. announced the
8,000th B-24 bomber plane produced
at the Willow Run plant would leave
the assembly line this coming week
Blue Ridge Corp. declared divi-
dend of one share of United Light
& Power Co. preferred for each
500 shares of Blue Ridge, payable
March 81.
American Cities Power & Light
Corp, owner of 43go of Blue Ridge
Corp. common. declared a full year
of dividend accumulations on its So
and S2.75 preferred stock, payable
May l. Payment will represent pro-
ceeds from Blue Ridge dividend.
Dennison Mfg. Co. declared a div
idend of so cents on class A COM
mon, payable April 2. Last year
40 cents was paid April /.
Wilson g. Co. will call for redemp-
ton by lot 23,500 shares of Sc cumu-
lative preferred stock at 100 plus
accrued dividends.
Central States Electric Corp. of
Virginia preferred shares were re-
stored to trading on the New York
Curb Exchange
National Battery Co. elected Rich
ard H. Rowland vice president in
charge of the Gould industrial di-