Evening star., 1945-12-18
Business Briefs

Cotton CONSUMPTION in November
totaled 743,450 bales of lint and 49,
$50 of linters VS.. 759 BOG and IS ,464
IN the previous month and 836, ,438
and 123,o32 year ago, the Census
Bureau announced. In 4 months
ended November 80 totals were O.
944067 bales Of lint and 330.838 OF
linters VS.. 3,261 SIT and 497 ,948 a
year ago.
United States Fire Losses in No
vember totaled S37 1893 900, highest
sotal for that month in Is years and
compared with $34.470,000 in the
previous month and S33,847 900 a
year ago, the National Board of Fire
Underwriters disclosed.
Dividend Payments in 3 months
ended November 30 totaled $840 ,000,-
600, a gain of 90 from the same
1914 period, the Commerce Depart
ment reported.
Pacific Telephone g. Telegraph Co
will spend more than $100, 900, 900 in
1946 as a step in a 5-year expansion
and improvement program expected
to cost around s400 900 900 and in
crease plant investment 500.
Maine Public Service Co. awarded
s2,200,000 of new 27sfo first mort
gage bonds to Bear, Stearns & Co
on a bid of 10o281. Reoffering was
planned at 10114.
Buffalo Bolt Co. registered with
the SEC 44,386 shares of 81 pa1
value common stock for public offer
ing.
Glenn L. Martin Co. has booked
more than $13,000,000 of contracts
for conversion to commercial use
of C-54 transport planes owned by
seven domestic and two South
American lines. Business of this
type is expected to reach S25 600. .00C
in 1916.
Sun Chemical Corp, formerly
General Printing Ink Corp, has ac-
oaired Warwick Chemical Co., spe-
cialists in textile finish compounds
Az c. Horn Co. was acquired in
August.
Cudahy Packing Co. earned 81
sos, OCT or $412 share in II months
ended October 27 VS.. $3,l90,061 OF
$3.50 in the previous year.
South Porto Rico Sugar Co. profit
fd II months ended September sc
Wis $3,428, ,442 or $4.06 VS.. Sc, ,107, ,02s
ofs7.65 in the preceding fiscal year
National Power e. Light Co. earned
s160,918 or IA cents in 3 months
ended September 80 VS.. 1866 1888 OF
16 cents year ago. =.
Brown Shoe Co. profit for Il
months ended October 81 was $751;
2s0 or 1921 VS.. s785, ,186 or S3.l9 II
the preceding fiscal period.
AJewel Tea Co. sales for 4 weeks
ended December l totaled $3.50 ,543
asgain of 1880 from a year ago; fol
4s weeks ended the same date. ST.
41,, ,045. an increase of 1857.
Eongolcum-Nairn, Inc, awarded
s9Sc 900 contract for construction o1
eSSbuilding at its Kearney, N. j.
d Int to be used in the production
d asphalt floor tile.
ghite Motor Co. will concentrate
d production in its new 50 500 .00l
nt at Cleveland, perhaps by lat.
1T summer.
eronca Aircraft Corp. has in.
8Iled mechanical conveyor as
SeIuplf SyStCM AOi 40 A6he pain
production line. 1t is 1,275 feet loni
and is timed to turn out 20 plane
n day.
Continental Airlines will begin ,
regular air freight service Januar.
/. Rates will range from 261a II
3S1s cents per ton mile.
Illinois Central Railroad funde'
debt Isl. expscted to approximat
$254, ,000, ,O09kAt the end of 1915 v,
1882, HOOPS year earlier.
Baltimore q Ohio Railroad car
loadings in the week ended Decem
Der Is totaled 64, 1854 VS.. 81 PA in tn
0Ae 1914 week.
Mccall Corp. elected william E
Warner chairman and Marvin Pierc
president. Henry J. Fisher retirel
as chairman.