Evening star., 1950-07-28
Business Briefs
Money in Circulation in the week

Money in Circulation in the week
ended July 26 declined to $26,915,-
100000, a drop of STA million
from the previous week and Sab
million below a year ago.
Bituminous Production totaled
11.2 million tons in the week ended
July % VS.. 9.3 million the week
before and 7,278,000 in the three
day week of a year ago.-National
Coal Association.
Motor Vehicle Production for
this week is estimated at 157,064
cars and 28,299 trucks VS.. 152,052
and 25,442 last week and 113,800
and 22,707 in the 1949 week.
Bethlehem Steel profit for the
six months ended June 80 was
$57 ,240, 573 or $3.50 a share VS.
$59,878,603 or $5.91 in the 1949
period. Earnings for the June
quarter were $31.667, ,643 or 1913
VS. $26,749.029 or s2.62 a year
ago.
General Motors Corp. earned
$485 PIT ,389 or $1,000 a share in
the six months ended June 80
VS.. $303.678,643 or s6.76 in the
1949 period.
Union Pacific Railroad profit
for the six months ended June
80 was $21.501,593 or S4.39 a
share VS.. $13,209,679 or $2.52 in
the 1949 period.
Standard Oil Co. of California
profit for the six months ended
June 80 was $60,407,463 or S4.21
a share VS.. $75.7S8,364 or $500
year earlier.
Skelly Oil Co. earned s11,674,-
227 or $4.46 a share in the first
six months of 1850 VS.. $13,856,2o8
or $3.50 in the 1949 period.
Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co.
earned $l9,358.325 or $2.14 share
in the six months ended June
80 VS.. $15,570,288 or $1.72 a year
earlier.
Pennsylvania Power G. Light Co.
profit for the year ended June
80 was $11. .082, ,142 or 1925 a share
VS.. $8.745,163 or 1926 a year
earlier.
New England Tel. & Tel. earned
SIG, ,593.721 or $10.67 a share in
the year ended June 80 VS.. ST.
136.723 or $4.59 year earlier.
National Steel Corp. profit for
the six months ended June 80 was
29.048,806 or 1894 a share VS..
$25, $685. ,907 or 1881 year earlier.
National Distillers Products
profit for the six months ended
June 80 was $10,132,057 or $1.27
a share VS.. $11,002,621 or $1.38
a year earlier.
Lone Star Gas Co. earned Sill
254,17 or $2.05 a share in the
year ended June 80 VS.. $10,853,371
or $1.97 year earlier.
Continental Can profit for the
year ended June 80 was $13,496,-
651 or $4.09 a share VS.. S1l,752,-
848 or 1884 a year earlier.
Chrysler Corp. profit for the six
months ended June 80 was $39,-
543,119 or $4.54 a share VS.. $751;
222,843 or $6.12 a year earlier.
Burlington Mills Corp. earned
$780, 900 or $3.50 share in
the nine months ended July l. VS..
$11 .929, 900 or $3.50 year earlier.
Bell Telephone Co. of PennsyI-
vania profit for the year ended
June 80 was $19,698,810 or $8.04
a share VS.. $10,734,812 or $4.88 a
year earlier.
American Radiator & Standard
San. Corp. profit for the six
months ended June 80 was $1O,-
604 900 or $1.04 a share VS.. $6,-
101 900 or SO cents in the 1949
period.
Alabama Great Southern r. r.
earned $1,233.334 or $3.50 a share
in the six months ended June 80
VS.. $1.212,980 or $5.41 in the 1949
period.
American Brake Shoe Co. profit
IOr the SIX months ended June 80
was $2,539.80O or $2.15 a share VS..
$2,703,095 or $2.32 a year earlier.
Anderson-Prichard Oil profit for
the six months ended June 80
was $2,560,736 or $3.15 share VS.,
$2,067.941 or $2.54 a year earlier.
Arkansas Power & Light profit
for the year ended June 80 was
81. ASS, ,038 VS.. $3.698,390 year
earlier.
Babcock & Wilcox Co. earned
$4,537.430 or $6.43 a share in the
six months ended June 80 VS.. So
274. 1928 or $3.50 a year earlier.
Baldwin Locomotive Works prof
it for the six months ended June
80 was $1,552.645 or SO cents
share VS.. $1.829,62 or "a cents in
the 1949 period. |;