Evening star., 1946-03-07
Business Briefs

BANK CiearlngS In "A leading cities
totaled $12,029 $4,000, a gain of
22.3Go from the previous week and
1910 above the like l945 week-Dun
& BradStreet, Inc.
Gasoline Stocks declined to 104,-
462,00 barrels on March VS.. 104,-
709 900 week earlier and $3.50 900
year ago-American Petroleum In
; Stitute.
Freight Loadings in the week end
ed March 2 totaled 782,397 cars, a
gain of 1920 from the previous
week, but 04go below a year ago
Association of American Railroads
Cheese Production in the week
ended February % jumped SD above
the previous week, but remained 1919
below year ago-Agriculture De-
partment.
New Securities Marketed Today
included: 75,267 shares of M. Lowen-
stein & Sons Az % cumulative pre-
ferred stock at 104. and 1926 900 COM
mon shares at 21; SO ,l66 common
shares of Latin American Airways
at 3.
r. G. lie T0urneau, Inc, registered
with The SEC $4,000 shares of no par
value 81 cumulative preferred stock
to be offered publicly for redemption
? and expansion purposes.
Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad re-
ceived bids for 81 1,750000 of equip
ment trust certificates. Halsey,
Stuart & Co. bid 99.612 for a l1s%
rate, Solomon Bros. & Hutzler Of
fered $3.50 for a similar rate and
Horric H5o11 Qy IN hid 90 IT fnf ~ 10
same rate.
Budd Wheel Co. declared an extra
of Is cents and a regular quarterly
dividend of Is cents, both payable
MarcK<19.
E. i. du Pont de Nemours g. Co.
earned $77,52l,007 or S629 a share
in 1945 VS.. $80,870, LOG or $3.50 in the
previous year.
International Harvester Co. net
for 1945 was 24477,2l0 or SAP VS..
s25 296, ,709 or S4.6l in 1914
Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co.
earned $7,512,2 $50 or $4.12 in 1945 VS..
s7944921 or 4.25.
Link Belt Co. net for 1945 was So
D03.522 or $372 VS.. S3,264. .142 or $431.
Lion Oil Co. profit for 1945 was
81 $40, ,689 or 1894 VS.. $1,464,670 or
1897 in 1914
BucyruS-Erie Co. earned $780,
1856 or SLIP in l945 VS.. $1,924,4 ATT or
sl25 in the previous year.
Burroughs Adding Machine Co.
net for 1945 was $1,259,051 or 25
cents VS.. S2,528,617 or so cents.
Frank G. Shattuck Co. earned ST.
,265 or $104 in 1945 VS.. $1,245, 1863
Dr. Sill in the previous year.
American Ice Co. net for l945 was
1887, ,2l1 or SO cents VS.. $1,039,3l8 or
80 cents in 1914.
General Finance Corp. earned
1896, 109 or SO cents in l945 VS.. ST.
III ,410 or Sl26 in the previous year.
National Malleable g. Steel Cast
hgs Co. profit for l945 was $544,6
,r $115 VS.. $702,755 or SLAB in 1914.
United States Hoffman Machinery
Corp. earned $659,700 or $2.74 in
t945 VS.. S455, 5,685 or $1.8l.
Sears, Roebuck g. Co. sales for
February totaled sos, ,061 IA, jump
Of 36Po from a year ago and highest
February total in history.
w. T. Grant Co. sales in February
otaled $11,971, ,139. a gain of 1870
rom a year ago; in months, $23,-
1884, an increase of 9.59o.
G. c. Murphy Co. sales for Feb
uary totaled s6,659,016, a rise of
10 from year ago; for months, |
12,978,313, gain of $50.
Lerner Stores Corp. sales in Feb
uary totaled $685. 1888, an increase
If 3.1Go from a year ago.
McCrOry Stores Corp. sales for
February totaled SIS ,289 ,321, gain of |
1.41o from year ago; for months, |
10,212,838, an increase of 77%.
Mcclellan Stores Co. sales in Feb
nary totaled $2,973, ,046, an increase !
9.5S from year ago.