Evening star., 1945-03-09
Business Briefs

Retail Trade continued to eXpanc
last week with spring merchandise
especially popular, declared Dun &
BradStreet, Inc. Sales were 15qo to
20qo above year ago.
Money in Circulation on March Z
reached another new high of S25,-
864000,0O0. gain of S114000,0OO
from a week earlier and S4,901,-
100000 above year ago, the Federal
Reserve Board reported. Gold stock
sank to $2O,454 900, 900, a drop OF
S52,000,000 from a week earlier and
s1216,0 100000 below a year ago.
Gasoline Stocks of civilian grade
totaled 52,589, 900 barrels on March
3 VS.. 50953,000 a week earlier and
49,47O,0O0 a year ago, the American
Petroleum Institute announced
Chain Store Volumes in February
and changes from a year ago: Sears
Roebuck, S69 ,901 1888, up 1920; S
H, Kress. ,243, down 2.8%; j
j. Newberry, S6,365 ,686, up 3.2%o
Lane Bryant, S2,509,787, up 1870.
Chicago & North Western Rail
way directors authorized requests
for bids to refinance the first and
general mortgage and 2 divisional
mortgages with a new $54,000,00C
issue of first mortgage bonds.
Edward G. Budd Co. received g
S16,000.000 RFC loan to pay off the
S12,000,000 balance on a loan OBJ.
tanned two years ago from banks
and insurance. companies, and pro-
vide funds for postwar expansion.
Rath Packing Co. registered with
the SEC 100000 common shares tc
be offered holders of present COM
mon.
Heyden Chemical Corp. registered
with the SEC 10000 shares of series
B 40 cumulative preferred stock to
increase working capital
American Railways Corp. stock
holders approved sale of Peoples
Transit Lines of Dayton to the City
Railway Co. there for around
100000.
United States Rubber Co. earned
$15,832,613 or S6.04 a share in 1914
VS. 1853 ,554 or $500 in 1943
S. S. Kresge Co. net for 1914 was
S8,999, ,799 or $1.63 VS.. $8,476,875 or
$1.54 in the previous year
New York Shipbuilding Corp.
earned S4,331 ,125 or 1885 VS.. So
32,426 or $7.06 in l943.
Timken- Detroit Axle Co. profit for
6 months ended December 81 was
S2,615 $50 or $264 VS.. S2,529 ,522 or
S2.55 in the same 1943 period.
General American Transportation
Co. net for 1914 was S3,177, 100 or
S305 VS.. $4,OO3, $3.50 or $385 in the
previous year.
$2,717,174 or $2.77 VS.. $3,111 ,658 OF
1888 in 1943.
Bucyrus-Erie Co. net for 1914 was
S1,924,477 or $1.25 VS.. s2,104, ,797 or
S1.39 in the previous year.
Marlin Rockwell Corp. earned
S1,279,7 or $377 in 1914 VS.. $1.259.-
571 or $3.71 in 1943.
Addressograph Multigraph Corp
net for II months ended January
81 was 81 ,138,607 or $1.51 VS.. $1,133,-
154 or $1.50 in the preceding fiscaI
period.
Bausch e. Lomb Optical Co
earned S1,089,717 or $203 in 1914 VS.
S1,537 ,029 or $500 in 1943
Nehi Corp. net for 1914 was ST.
024,355 or 95 cents VS.. 81 ,054, 1913 or 81
cents in the previous year.
National Malleable g. Steel Cast.
ings Co. earned $702,755 or SLAB ir
1914 VS.. s782 ,297 or $1.65 in 1943.
Frank G.. Shattuck Co. net fol
1914 was 1,245,869 or Sill VS.. ST..
$50. 6.399 or S1.39 in the previous year
Pratt & Lambert, Inc, earned
SAT, ,587 or $228 in 1914 VS.. S413,O2'
or $2.11 in 1943.
United States Hoffman Machiner,
Corp. net for 1914 was S455 .685 OF
$181 VS.. $316,352 or SLIT in the pre-.
viouS year.
Hayes Industries, Inc, earned
$455,531 or $137 in months endee
January 81 VS.. $515,630 or SI.55 {
year earlier.
Ford Motor Co. received an -ordel
for an additional S18,50O,0OO worth
of 2.000-horsepower Pratt q Whit.
uey plane engines.