Evening star., 1946-04-18
Business Briefs

BANK CledTlnSS IN "a leaQlQg clues
totaled S12,28i. .7O5 900 in the week
ended April II. a gain of $50 from
the previous week and 2O.5cc above
a year ago-Dun & Bradstreet
Cotton Spinning Operations in
March were at 10l7eo of capacity VS.
1131G in the previous month anG
1216to year ago-Census Bureau.
Freight Loadings in the Weekend
ed April Is totaled 649,l94 cars, a
gain Of IN from the precious week
but 234fo below a year ago.-Asso-
citation of American Railroads.
Graham-Paige Motors Corp. offer
ing of S1l 100000 40 debentures, due
1856, will be marketed Monday at 10(
and interest by a group headed by
Allen & Co.
Pennsylvania Co. was authorized
by the ICC to issue S30000,000 of Sc
cured serial notes for redemption
purposes.
American Telephone & Telegraph
Co. stockholders Overwhelmingly re-
jected pleas Of labor spokeSnen tC
double the minimum pensions fol
employees.
American AirlineS stockholders ap-
proved a 5-for-1 split in common
stock and authorized 100000 new
preferred shares. A plan to purchase
Mid-Continent AirlineS through an
exchange of stock also was approved
South Penn Oil Co. stockholders
approved a 2-for-l split in common
stock
Jack & Heintz Precision Indus
tries, Inc. and Eisemann Corp
stockholders voted overwhelmingly
for merger of the two firms
E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co.
earned S243 a common share in the
first 1916 quarter VS.. Sl.52 a year ago
Shell Union Oil Co. profit for the
March quarter was $7727 SOB or 81
cents VS.. S0,46l COL Or 63 cents in the
same 1945 period. 1t. Gen. James
Doolittle and Dr. jerome Hunsaker
of NIT were elected directors.
Owens Illinois Glass Co. earned
$10,629 215 or $3.50 a share in II
months ended March 81 VS.. $1,000, ,232
or S301 in the previous year.
Greyhound Corp. profit for 1916
was $3.50, ,179 or 1929 VS.. S10,683, ,86O
or So g. in 1914
Atlantic Refining Co. earned ST.
100000 or 62 cents in the first 1916
quarter VS.. S2.707 900 or SO cents a
year ago
Columbia BrOadcasting Co. net for
the March quarter was $l,462 ,229 OF
85 cents VS.. 81, 1875 545 or Sc cents in
the same 'l945 period
NJ. A. Hanna Co. earned $1,O2O,471
or SO cents in the March quarter VS.
$846,996 or 73 cents year ago.
Contsiner Corp. profit for the
March quarter was $1,032,787 OF
Sl.32 VS.. S479,045 or 81 cents in the
same l945 period.
Acme Steel Co. earned $679, ,329 OF
50 cents in the March quarter VS.
$513.35l or 50 cents year ago.
American Brake Shoe Co. profit
for the March quarter was 1929 ,23t
or Is cents VS.. $685. ,855 or II cents
in the same l945 period.
United Wallpaper. Inc. has sole
$2,000,000 OF sc notes, due 1866, te
an insurance company to help
finance expansion.
Blaw-knox Co. orders have
reached the highest peacetime leveI
in history, President Witherow told
stockholders
West Virginia Coal & Coke Corp
had the best first quarter in its
history, stockholders were told by
President Dorrance
Pressed Steel Car Co. will pay ST.
5o8, 1886 for the Mount Vernon, Ill.
railroad car plant owned by H. K
Porter Co., it was disclosed in papers
hled with the SEC.
Maxson Food Systems, Inc, elect
ed Raymond S. Perry president to
succeed William L. Maxon, who be-
came board chairman.