Evening star., 1950-09-01
Business Briefs

Money in Circulation this week
totaled $27 ,042 ,000, 900, up $79 mil
lion from last week but down 1851
million from a year ago.-Federal
Reserve Board.
Department Store Sales during
the week ended August 26 rose
1879 above the like 1949 week.
Federal Reserve Board.
Bituminous Production in the
week ended August 26 totaled
10,900.000 tons VS.. 1925, ,0O5 tons
the week previous and 1881 900
in the three-day work week of
a year ago.-National Coal As
sociation.
Motor Vehicle Production this
week is estimated at ISL, ,407 cars
and 27,038 trucks, VS.. 142 ,485 and
29,382 last week and 1913 cars
and 19,603 trucks in the like 1949
week.-Ward's Automotive Re-
ports.
Railroad Carloadings last week
totaled 836,744, down 1.7% from
the preceding week and 1870
above the corresponding 1949
week.-Association of American
Railroads.
Chrysler Corp. declared a SO div
idend to record of September IL.
A payment of SITS was made Sep
tember IL and $3.50 in each of
the three preceding quarters.
Bendix Aviation Corp. declared
75-cent increased quarterly div
idend and special OF 81 to record
of September 9. Previous quar-
terly payments were SO cents, and
a $3.50 extra was paid in Decem-
Der.
Carnation Co. declared a So
cent quarterly dividend and a 81
extra to record of September 9.
A So extra was paid in December
Combustion Engineering Super
Heater, Inc, declared a 75-cent
dividend to record of October is.
Fifty cents was paid in the pre-
ceding quarters.
Ayrshire Galleries Corp. de-
clared 25-cent dividend to rec
ord of September 10.
Armstrong Cork Co. profit for
the six months ended June 80
was $6,218,796 or $4.07 a share VS..
S4,425.276 or $3.50 in the 1e49
period.
Union Pacific n. r. System
profit for the seven months ended
July 81 was s26,981 .026 or 1854
share VS.. s16.431,2 ,292 or $3.17
in the 1949 period.
Armstrong Cork Co. earned
$6,218.796 or $4.o7 share in the
six months ended June 80 VS..
$4.425,276 or $3.50 in the 1949
period.
Bathurst Power & Paper Co.,
Ltd, profit for the six months
ended June 80 was $1,034, 1921 or
$3.50 a share VS.. $873,703 or $2.18
year earlier.
Celotex Corp. profit for the
nine months ended July 81 was
81 1888, ,486 or $l.32 a share VS..
1887 ,921 or rs cents year
earlier.
Consolidated Gas Utilities
earned $1,315,251 or SLAB a share
in the year ended July 81 VS..
$l,525,901 or $1.72 a year earlier
Duplan Corp. profit for the
year ended May 81 was $2,018,-
456 or $2.1l share VS.. S2,714,889
or So a year earlier.
Family Finance Corp. profit for
the year ended June 80 was 81
737 ,233 or $1.90 a share VS.. So
173,560 or $1.73 year earlier.
. Great Lakes Paper Co., Ltd,
earned $1,004,564 or $2.o7 a share
in the six months ended June 80
VS.. $741.917 or $1.40 in the 1949
period.
Lerner Stores Corp. profit for
the six months ended July 81 was
$1.090,277 or IS cents a share VS..
$l,758,860 or $1.41 in the 1949
period.
Loblaw Grocerterias Co., Ltd,
earned $2,185,915 or $2.64 in the
year ended June 80 VS.. $1,861 ,222
or $2.25 a year earlier.
Northeastern Water Co. profit
for the year ended June 80 was
$l,352.180 VS.. $1.178,825 a year
earlier.
st. Louis Southwestern Rwy.
earned $4,946, 800 or $25.42 a share
in the seven months ended July 81
VS.. $3,966,771 or $19.71 a year |
earlier.
San Diego Gas & Electric Co.
profit for the year ended July 81 |
was $3,620.467 VS.. $2,079, 500 a year
earlier. |
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