Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-07-26
Business Briefs

Business Failures rose to 182 IN
the week ended July 81 VS.. 167 in
the previous week and 81 in the
like 1913 week. but remained well
below 251 in the like 1889 week
DUN & Bradstreet.
New Rubber Consumption in
June totaled 84,685 long tons, a
gain of 4.17To from 1928 in the
previous months-Rubber Manu-
facturers' Association. Natural
rubber use was up $780,, while
synthetic rubber use increased
4.61T.
New York City Housing Author
ity awarded 100000 of bonds
to a group headed by Lehman
Bros. and Blyth & Co. at a net
interest cost to the authority OF
2.774S%.
Kroger Co. sales in four weeks
ended July Is totaled $50, 536,1l7,
a drop of 1.4% from year earlier;
n % weeks ended the same date,
SAL, 499, 52s, a gain of 1.2T.
International Business Machines
Corr. earned $16,209,10 or 1915
a share In six months ended June
80 VS.. $13,s3e,161 or $5.2e a year
earlier.
Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co. profit
for six months ended June 80 was
S15,570,288 or $1.72 a share VS..
$14,200,693 or $1.59.
National Biscuit Co. net income
for six months ended June 80 was
s11,o5s,475 or $1.62 VS.. $10.197,1 57
or SLAB in the same 1948 period.
Koppers Co. earned s3.919,928
or 1924 in six months ended
June 80 VS.. 1891, $3.50 or 1892 a
year earlier.
Portsmouth Steel Corp. net for
six months ended June 80 was
s3,898,588 or 1924 VS.. 1888, 400
or SLAB in the same f948 period.
Minneapolis Honeywell Regula-
tor Co. earned $2,443,879 or $1.79
in six months ended June 80 VS..
$1,684,670 or S1.2l a year earlier.
Joy Mfg. Co. profit for nine
months ended June 80 was So, 79l,-
$50 or SAB VS.. $4,700.420 or $3.50
In the same l948 period.
Kendall Co. earned $2,311 .490
or s2.79 in "a weeks ended June
1s VS.. $4,5O2,2o7 or 1888 a year
earlier.
Pacific Mills profit for six
months ended July 2 was $1,925.-
pa or s2.10 VS.. S5,441,519 or 1928
in the like 194S period.
Certainteed Products Corp.
earned s1,s97,142 or $l.14 in six
months ended June 80 VS.. $685.
s6e or $1.94 a year earlier.
Park g. Tilford, Inc, net tor six
months ended June 80 was
$1,110,030 or $40 VS.. $l,603. Isl
or $685. in the same 1948 period.
Pfeiffer Brewing Co. earned
t1,717,245 or 1888 in six months
ended June 80 VS.. 1886, 1871 or s2.02
Q year earlier.
Pressed Steel Car Co. net for six
months ended June 80 was 81 ,526,-
ss1 or S1.37 VS.. a deficit Of $685.
1913 in the same 1913 period.
Consolidated Cigar Corp. earned
t737 ,223 or $2.66 in six months
ended June 80 VS.. $751; 47 OF
1921 q year earlier.
Climax Molybdenum Co. PROFIT
for six months ended June 80 wa
S720, 900 or 20 cents VS.. 81 ,155 ole
or 46 cents in the same 1948 Pc
Rod.
General Refractories Co. earned
31,34s,163 or $2.s7 in six months
ended June 80 VS.. $1.312,58S Of
$2.79 a year earlier.
Noblitt- Sparks Industries. Inc.
net for six months ended July
was $956,981 or $1.61 VS.. 81 ,069.'
1872 or $1.8o in the same 194'
period.
Parker Rust-Proof Co. earnet
tl.049.477 or $2.44 in nine month";
ended June 80 VS.. $1,055,398 o.
42.46 a year earlier.
Suburban Propane Gas Co. prof
It for six months ended June 81
was $463,829 or II cents vs.. 1916
379 or IS cents In the same 1914
I period.