Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-11-18
Business Briefs

TIlFdkc 0uliulu& FeFm1tS In Zl5
cities totaled site, 49l ,l25 in october,
a drop of $40 from the preceding
month, but $3.50 above a, year ago
Dun & Bradstreet. Permits In 10
months of 1916 totaled So ,249, 546, 7s7,
a Jump OF 1857 from year ago.
October Cotton Consumption of
domestic mills totaled 931 ,229 bales
of lint and 1924 of nnters VS.. 3d.
449s and 1856 in the previous
month, and 759,763 and 1896 a
year ago-Census Bureau.
Passenger Tire Production in
September totaled $3.50 DAT units, a
gain Of 1857 from the previous
month-Rubber Manufacturers AS
sociation.
Pig Lead Price was boosted to
11.80 cents a pound from 1850 cents
by American Smelling & Refining
Co. and st. Joseph Lead Co.
Eastern New York Power Co. reg
istered with the SEC $9,861 900 of
first mortgage bonds, due 1861, and
S3,000.00o of second mortgage bonds,
due 1862, for public offering through
competitive bidding.
Hazel Atlas Glass Co. declared an
extra of Is cents and a quarterly
dividend Of rs cents, both payable
December II, and stock dividend
of So. payable December 81.
A. Hollander & Son declared an
extra of Is cents and d quarterly
dividend of rs cents, both payable
December IT, and a stock dividend
Of 5os. payable December 81. H
Alien Industries, Inc, declared a
dividend of 81 common share, pay
able December IL. Last previous
payment was rs cents in Deem
Der, 1915.
Wesson Oil g. Snowdrift Co.
earned $4,964,6 31 or $6.51 a share in
IL months ended August 81, exclud-
ing ;$800,000 from reversal of post
war. reserves, VS.. $2,820,281 or $3.50
in the previous year.
Huyler's, Inc, profit for IL months
ended September 80 was s31l, 1888 vs.
s21l,144 in the preceding fiscal
period.
Bush Terminal Co. earned $25, 1888
or cent in the September quarter
VS.. $107,312 or Is cents year ago.
Glenn L. Martin Co. received or
ders for 50 high-speed cargo planes
Of the 2-O-2 type from five COM
panies, National Skyways, United
States Airlines, Mutual Aviation, Air
Borne Cargo Lines and Willis Air
Service.
Douglas Aircraft Co. received an
order from Scandinavian Airlines
for TDC-6 transport planes to cost
$120Oe,0o
Thermoid Co. and subsidiaries re-
ported October sales Of So ,036, TAT VS..
S879.839 year ago. Ten months
sales totaled $17,241, 1871 VS.. $17,848,-
020 year ago.
Minneapolis Honeywell Regular
Co. reported domestic and Canadian
sales in the third quarter totaled
$1l,678,3 1902 VS.. 1945 quarterly aver
age Of $21, 098. lot.
Jewel Tea Co. sales in four weeks
ended November totaled 7,733, 1851,
Jump of A7% from year ago: in
A weeks ended the same date, $70,-
4iO,cTU, all AlClC VI OO.o1o.
Monsanto Chemical Co. was given
CPA permission to spend an esti-
mated 100000 for plant expan-
sion at Monsanto, Ill.
Lion Oil Co. has purchased the
Tennessee Oil Co. of Dyersburg,
Tenn, marketing concern.
Barium Steel Co. has acquired
full control of the Cuyahooa Sprinp
Co. of Cleveland as another step
in expansion.
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad ham
died 63,791 cars of freight in the
week ended November 16 VS.. 69,129
In the previous week and 66,923 a
year ago.
Great Northern Paper Co. elected
Creighton B. Stanwood vice presi-
dent and manager of manufacture.