Evening star., 1946-11-17
Business Briefs
AutomohiIe Productjon

Automobile Production in the
United States totaled 1858 last
week VS.. 81 ATS in the preceding week
-Automotive News. November out
put was forecast at 800, 1000, raising
the 1916 total to 100000, including
2,200, 900 cars and 1,000,0 600 trucks.
Vacuum Cleaner Output in Oc-
tober set a new all-time monthly
record of 259,153 units and was Al
per cent above the largest prewar
monthly yolume-Vacuum Cleaner
Manufacturers Association.
Real Silk Hosiery Mills declared
an extra dividend of 40 cents and a
regular quarterly of Is cents, both
payable December Is.
Owens Illinois Glass Co. stock
holders will vote December II on
proposed increase in capital stock
from 5000, 900 to 100000 shares.
Greyhound Corp. application for
permission to split common stock :.
for l was opposed by ICC Examiner
w. L. Fulton, who recommended its
rejection because of uncertainties
about future earnings. The firm,
profit for nine months of 1916 was
$16,753,5 ,585 or $3.50 share VS.. So
004, ,427 or $2.75 year ago.
AtchisOn, Topeka e. Santa Fe
Railway earned $29, ,79l ,213 or s10.35
a share in nine months ended Sep
tember 80 VS.. $23,152,811 or $7.62 a
year ago.
Northern Pacific Railway net in
come for nine months ended Sep
tember 30 was $3,415,S27 or S1.38 VS..
$11,740,018 or $4.73 in the same 1945
period.
Missouri Pacific Railroad earned
81 ,458,774 in nine months ended Sep
tember 80 VS.. $10975, ass a year ago.
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad net
for nine months ended September
80 was $147,S25 or IT cents VS.. ST.
227 020 or $3.76 in the same 1945
period.
Seaboard Air Line Railroad re-
ported loss of S4,542, ,604 for nine
months ended September 80 VS.. net
income of $1,324. 1868.
West Penn Electric Co. profit for
nine months ended September 80
was $5,398, ,253 or S192 VS.. S6,429,248
or $270 in the same 1945 period.
Superheater Co. and its Canadian
affiliate earned S., 1,480, 1926 or $1.7l in
nine months ended September 80
VS.. $930,031 or $108 a year ago.
profit for nine months ended Sep
tember 80 was $777 ,s49 or 66 cents
VS.. S871, ,804 or 80 cents.
International Cigar Machinery Co,
earned S6ll.2 or S1O2 in nine
months ended September 80 VS..
$762,74l or $l,27.
COty, Inc, profit for nine months
ended September 80 was s608 ,624 or
40 cents VS.. S517,615 or 35 cents.
American Zinc, Lead e. Smelling
Co. earned S239,20 in nine months
ended September 80 VS.. $5l9,499 a
year ago.
Mccormick & Co., Baltimore spice
flrm, has established branch plant
with $4,000 square feet of floor
space in downtown New York. 1t will
serve the bulk spice trade.
| Celanese Corp. announced a price
increase of cents pound for con-
tinuous f1lament yarn and of 3 cents
for staple yarn, effective at once.
Lukens Steel Co. will operate its
plate mills only four days this week
because of steel scrap shortage.
Interstate Cotton Oil Co. purchas-
ed stock control of Southland Cotton
Oil Co.
United States d Foreign Securities
Corp. and United States & Interna-
tional Securities Corp. elected C.
Douglas Dillon president of both
companies.
General Box Corp. elected to the
board two vice presidents, D. Bruce
Forester, jr., and C.. Claude Wat
kinS.
Illinois Central Railroad elected to
the board Edwin S. S. Sunderland.
New York attorney. to succeed w.
A. Hartman.