Evening star., 1945-01-25
Business Briefs

Bank Clearings in "a leading cities
declined to s11,118,9 $4,000 in the
week ended January "a, compared
with 1870, 1887 900 in the previous
week, but remained 1852 above So
$4,000, 900 in the like 1914 week, re-
ported Dun & Bradstreet, Inc.
Gasoline Stocks on January 20 rose
to As, ,782 900 barrels VS.. 45,090, 600 a
week earlier and 43,461 900 year
ago, the American Petroleum Insti-
tute announced. Heavy fuel oil
supplies declined 1853 900 in the
latest week to 52,554 900. Light fuel
oils we're down 1859 ,080 at 35,-
41,000.
Freight Loadings in the week end
ed January 20 totaled 777,320 cars,
drop of so from the previous weel
and 27q6 below a year ago, the AS
sociation of American Railroads dis.
closed.
New York Power & Light Corp
asked permission of the State Public
Service Commission to issue $50,O00,.
900 of first mortgage bonds anc
$4,000 additional shares of no pal
value common STOCK.
Beech Aircraft Corp. stockholder.
approved an increase in common
took from 100000 to 100000 shares
Proctor & Gamble Co. earned So
356,948 or S1.49 a share in 6 months
nded December 81 VS.. $40, ,405 400 OF
,157 in the same 1943 period.
Standard Brands, Inc, net fol
,944 was $9,10O,000 or $3.50 VS.. So
318,187 or $3.50 in the previous year
Remington Rand, Inc, profit fol
\ months ended December 81 was
s3,900,836 or $184 VS.. $2,825 ,534 OF
j126 a year earlier.
Freeport Sulphur Co. earned ST.
758,710 or $500 in 1914 VS.. $2,483, ,46s
Or $3.10 in 1943.
American Agricultural Chemical
Co. net for months ended Decem-
Der 81 was S348,197 or SIS cents VS.
1851 ,637 or 81 cents year ago.
Piper Aircraft Corp. earned $685.
676 in II months ended September
80 VS.. $315 ,258 in the previous year.
Zenith Radio Corp. profit was ST.
437,722 or 1922 in 6 months ended
October 81 VS.. 81 300, 121 or $2.64 in
the same 1943 period
Keystone Steel g. Wire Co. earned
S787,454 or $1.04 in six months
ended December 81 VS.. SIPS, ,720 or sc
cents year ago.
A. nj. Byers Co. net for 1914 was
$753,010 or $1.35 VS.. $1,046, ,843 OF
S2.46 in 1943.
First Bank Stock Corp. of Mime
apolis earned $4,933 ,286 or $1.74 ir
1914 VS.. 81 AS in l943.
Consolidated Biscuit Co. increased
the quarterly dividend rate on com.
mon stock from 10 to Is cents, with
the next dividend payable March %
Fairbanks, Morse G. Co. declared
an extra of Is cents and quarterly
dividend of Is cents a common
share, both payable March l.
Packard Motor Car Co. declared 6
dividend of Is cents a share, payable
April 2. Previous payment was II
cents last April. l..
j. I. Case Co. declared a dividend
of 40 cents a common share, payable
April /. In 1914, rs cents was paie
July and 81 on December "a.
Georgia Power g. Light Co. re.
capitalization plan, under which
control of the firm will pass from
General Gas g. Electric Co. to Flor.
ida Power Corp, was approved b!
the SEC.
Republic Aviation Corp. almos
doubled production of PAT Thun.
delbolts in 1914, delivering 81 ,579 ,20l
pounds of airframe weight VS.. 49,.
zoe, 500 in 1943.
Americap Can Co. scheduled
1000 increase in productions of ma.
chine-gun cartridge belt links fol
1945.
National American Wholesal,
Grocers' Association elected Francis
L. Whitmarsh of New York presi'
dent.