Evening star., 1950-07-23
Business Briefs

Machine Tool orders jumped
again in June for the second sue
cessive month, reaching the high
est monthly total in five years
National Machine Tool Builders
Association.
Non-Farm Employment climbed
to a new 1850 high Of 43,900. 900
in June, a gain of 100000 from
the preceding month and / mil
lion above the same 1949 month
Labor Department.
Steel Operations in the Pitts
burgh district in the coming week
are scheduled to decline to 99.7%
of capacity from 100.1% in the
last week.
Safeway Stores, Inc, sales in
four weeks ended July l. totaled
500, 1884 a gain Of 2.6% from
a year earlier; in % weeks ended
July IS. $630,634.o09. a decrease
of 3.396.
Sherwin- Williams Co. declared
an extra dividend of so cents and
a regular quarterly Of 621a cents
a common share, both payable
August Is, raising payments for
the fiscal year ended August 81
to So, same as In the previous
year.
Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal
Co. earned $4,999,734 or 1882 a
share in six months ended June
80 VS.. $8.395.117 or 1888 a year
earlier.
COntainer Corp. of America had
net income of $4.765,229 or $4.6l
in SIX months ended June 80 VS..
So sou $40 or $3.45 in the same
194h period.
LUAlg-Bell Lumber Co. Mis-
SCUM, earned $4,468,734 or 1924
in sIA months ended June 80 VS..
$4,147,725 or $2.08 a year earlier.
Simmons Co. net income for six
months ended June 80 was So, ,73S,-
SIS or $500 VS.. $2.122,4 ,452 or $1.7O
in the same 1949 period.
G. ID. Searle g. Co. earned
$2.OO7,64 or $2.8s in six months
ended June 80 VS.. $1,163, 400 or
$1.66 a year earlier.
WESTINGHOUSE Air Brake Co. net
income for three months ended
June 80 was 81, 1,739,911 or IS cents
VS.. 1924 ,227 or $1.04 in the same
1949 period.
Sharp g. Dohme, Inc. profit for
three months ended June 80 was
$1,372,223 or $1.l3 VS.. $1,0S0,617
or SO cents in the same period last
year.
United States Tobacco Co.
earned $1,395,192 or II cents in
six months ended June 80 VS.. ST.
ass $40 or IS cents a year earlier.
Warner Co. profit for six months
ended June 30 was $1,343, $50 or
$2.83 VS.. $1,210.071 or $2.55 in the
same 1949 period.
Consolidated Chemical Indus
tries earned $1.553.907 in six
months ended June 80 VS.. 81 1885,
028 year earlier.
American Potash & Chemical
Corp. net income for six months
ended Iune 80 was $1.035 ,907 or
$1.70 VS.. $797,732 or $1.25 in the
same 1949 period.
Rotary Electric Steel Co. earned
$795, 1893 or SAIL in six months
ended June 80 VS.. $1,321,752 or
$6.82 a year earlier.
Copper Range Co. profit for six
months ended June 80 was $901,-
802 or $160 VS.. $224,17s or SO
cents in the same period.
Conde Mast Publications earned
$525 ,050 or 81 cents in six months
ended June 80 VS.. 1868, ,4s9 or SO
cents year earlier.
FOllansbee Steel Corp. net in
come for six months ended june
80 was $369,729 or "a cents VS.
$259,4l8 or So cents in the same
1949 period.
Jack & Heintz Precision Indus
tries earned $685., 800 in six months
ended June 80 VS.. a deficit OF
81 Alb, 900 a year earlier.
Keyes Fibre Co. net income for
six months ended June 80 was
$603,138 VS.. 1926, ,420 in the same
1949 period.
General Bronze Corp. profit for
six months ended June 80 was
$517,792 or $2.17 VS.. $191 ,434 or
81 cents in the same period last
year.
Seagrave Corp. earned $252, ,24O
or $2.05 in six months ended June
30 VS.. $264,595 or $2.15 a year
earlier.
Florence Stove Co. net income
for six months ended June 80 was