Evening star., 1946-12-04
Business Briefs

Commercial and Industrial Fall
ures continued above the. 1945 level
in the week ended November %,
Dun & Bradstreet, Inc, report. AL
though the week was shortened by
the Thanksgiving holiday, concerns
failing numbered "a, the same as
the previous week. The same week
last year recorded Is failures.
Electric Energy Distribution de-
clined more than 316, 900 900 kilowatt
hours below the preceding week in
the week ended November 80, the
Edison Electric Institute reported
today in New York. The institute
credits only 27,000,000 kilowatt hours
Of the decrease to the brownout
Total distribution for the week was
placed at ,44S, 1913, 900 kilowatt hours
compared with 4,764, ,718,000 the week
before and o42,915,0 900 year ago.
J. C. Penney Co. has declared an
extra dividend of 81, together with
a payment of so cents on the COM
mon, both payable December 28 to
stock of record December 13. Total
disbursements of $2.70 this year COM
pare with $1.662a year ago.
Bulova Watch Co. has declared an
extra dividend of so cents, along with
the regular quarterly of so cents on
the common, both payable January
2 to holders of record December 18
Miami Copper Co. directors have
voted an extra dividend of rs cents
q share, payable December, 27 tc
stock of record December IL. This
will bring total 1916 payments to
$1.25, VS.. so cents in 1945.
Chicago Pneumatic Tool Co. has
declared dividend of SO cents on
the common, payable January 2 te
stock of record December 16. This
brings 1946 total payments to rs
cents, VS.. 50 year ago.
American International Corp. has
declared dividend of IS cents on
the common, payable December 20 tc
stock of record December 10. This
brings 1916 payments to IS cents
VS.. As cents last year.
Adams Express Co. has declared q
60-cent dividend on the common
payable December 20, lifting total
payments for the year to 80 cents
VS.. IS cents in 1945.
Beatrice Foods Co. announces a
$1.50 extra dividend on outstand-
ing common. The company also has
increased the regular quarterly COM
mon dividend to so cents from IS
cents, and authorized payment OF
S4ss cents dividend on the 3as per
cent convertible preferred. AL divi-
dends will be payable January to
holders of record December 16.
Decca Records, Inc, declared q
dividend of 40 cents a share on its
new capital stock, payable December
80 to holders of record December 16.
Union Securities Corp. heads a
group which is offering $4,000 shares
of common stock of the California
Water Service at $3.50 a share.
Amos Treat & Co. are offering TO-
900 units of Ansley Radio stock
at 81 unit. Each unit consists of
one share Of Glass A cumulative
convertible preferred stock, par
value IS. and one share of common,
20 cents par.
Eversharp, Inc, announces pro-
gram Of research which will cost
approximately $1,000, 900. A number
of products now being tested will
go on the market next year.
Ford Motor Co. announces its
production for the week ending
November 81 included 6,422 Ford
passenger cars, 1882 trucks, 1,450
Mercury cars and 32l Lincolns.
Canadian Celanese, Ltd, declared
an extra dividend of so cents on
common stock.
Celanese Corp. of America de-
clared a dividend of Is cents on
common, payable December 81.