Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-09-23
Business Briefs

flenty OF JOBS Will De available IN
the textile apparel industry, a sur
vey of 20 companies by the Asso-
ciated Press indicated. Employment
will average 9oeo to 1907 of it's war
time peak. One firm estimated it
would need more than double it's
wartime working force. The No. /
problem: where to find enough
workers.
Used Car Demand is expected to
continue strong for years and used
cars may cost more than new ones
for while Ceilings on used cars
are higher than their original cost,
dealers pointed out.
Paper Production in the week
ended September IS stood at 94es of
capacity VS.. 1885, in the previous
week and $3.50 a year ago, the
American Paper & Pulp Association
announced.
Stock Exchange Seat Prices ad-
Vanced Saturday, one seat bringing
S73 900 and another s74,0OO. This
marked an increase of Sc 900 for the
week. One sold Friday for $4,000
Railroad Earnings of class car
riers In June totaled $65, 754 TAO VS.
$50 1888 .374 year ago and $7O,545 ,92e
IN the l943 month. Earnings for the
first half were 1926 ,801, 745 VS.. 1923.
623 1874 a year ago and S458. sos %:
in the 1943 period.
Gulf, Mobile & Ohio Railroad wa:
authorized by the ICC to purchas,
the Alton Railroad A reorganiza
ton plan separating the Alton from
the Baltimore g. Ohio also was an
proved. The plan included tn,
Kansas City, St. Louis e. Chicago
an Alton subsidiary, but not tn,
Louisiana & Missouri River Rail
road, another subsidiary.
Union Electric Co. of Missouri
registered with the SEQ $4,000 90,
OF first mortgage and collateral trus
bonds, due 1875, and 10000 shares o
preferred stock. Proceeds will hell
retire 100000 of notes and finance
properties bought last March on
permanent basis.
Quaker Oats Co. and subsidiarie
earned s5,401 ,431 or S6.18 a share il
II months ended June 80 VS.. S4,279.
433 or $4.58 in the previous year.
Dawson Chemical Corn. profit TO
y months ended June 80 was So,
1891 VS.. $4,000, 632 in the precedin,
fiscal period
Midwest Oil Co. net for the frs
half of 1945 was S396, 1857 or 80 cent
VS.. 1914, 799 or SO cents a year age
warner Co. profit for the half wa
S222, 059 or rs cents vs. 1899 Csc O
i 81 81 in the same 1914 period.
American Sumatra Tobacco Corn
and subsidiaries earned S648 ,56l O
S337 in IL months ended july 81 vs.
i s588, 524 or S3.06 in the previous yea1
Peter Fox Brewing Co. profit 70
II months ended June 30 was $500.
$50 or 80 cents VS.. SCOT ,209 or sl2
IN the preceding fiscal period.
| Chicago & North Western Railwa,
system ordered 2,40O freight car
costing S7,500,000 from companies
1 Esquire, Inc, declared a dividend
OF IS cents common share. pavabl
October 10. Previous payment wa
Is cents.
i Schenley Distillers Corp. declared
a dividend Of so cents a commo,
share, payable November 10. PRO
to the 4-for-3 stock splitup Angus
II, the firm paid so cents a shar
quarterly.
Burlington Mills Corp. declare,
an extra dividend of Is cents a com
mon share, payable November Il
and a regular dividend of 25 cents
payable December /.
Cudahy Packing Co. declare,
dividends of 80 cents a comno,
share and ssh cents on 412g pre-
ferred, both payable October is.
i b. F. Goodrich Co. appealed t
4 motorists not to confuse serviceabl
passenger car tires of synthetic rub
Der with reclaim rubber" tires pro
duced early in the war as a
emergency measure. Reclaim tire
are swelling tire -failure statistics.
/ Libbey-Owens-Ford Glass Co, an
pointed North A. Wright public re
lations director. He represented tn
flrm in Washington during the wal
National Casein Co. appointe
Richard L. Shipley director of sale
and research of its Eastern sale
division.