Evening star., 1950-10-20
Business Briefs

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II Business Briefs
Money in Circulation October
18 declined to S27,228 900 900,
down Sill million from the previ-
Gus week and $199 below the like
1949 week. - Federal Reserve
Board.
Department Store Sales in the
week ended October IA were liz
higher than the like 1949 week.
Federal Reserve Board.
Bituminous Production in the
week ended October IA was H.
100000 tons. VS.. 11,415,00O the
previous week and 2,316,000 in
the 1949 week when the miners
were on strike.-National Coal
Association.
Engineering Construct n
Awards in the week ended Octo-
ber 16 rose to S26o,750,0o0 or
1857 above the weekly average
for the year to date. This COM
pared with $156,697 600 the pre-
ceding week and S121 $4,000 in
the 1949 week. - Engineering
News Record.
Freight Car Loadings in the
week ended October IA totaled
888,559 cars, 29%o over the pre-
cedipg week and 52.2Go over the
year-ago figure.-Association of
American Railroads.
Sherwin- Williams Co. declared
75-cent common dividend to
record of October 81.
A. G. Spaulding & Bros. de-
clared quarterly 25-cent div
idend and an extra of so cents,
both to record of December 8.
Lehigh Portland Cement Co. de-
clared 5o-cent quarterly dividend
and a 50-cent extra, both to
record of November 10.
Van Norman Co. declared a
year end dividend of 70 cents to
record of December 8.
Life Savers Corp. declared q
$1.50 dividend to record of No
vember /. Payments of 40 cents
were made in the three preceding
quarters.
Sidney Blumenthal & Co. de-
clared 25-cent quarterly dividend
to record of November Is.
General Electric profit for the
nine months ended September 80
was $112,919,454 Or 1891 a share
VS.. SGT ,612,879 or S2.34 in the 1949
period.
William Wrigley Jr. Co. profit
for the nine months ended Sep
tember 80 was $1O,19S, ,062 or s5.18I
a share VS.. $948O,989 or S4.82 in
the 1949 period. +N
Atlantic Refining Co. earned
SGT 10000 Or 1892 a share in the
nine months ended September 80
VS.. $18,7O9,0oO or S6.49 a year
earlier.
Hercules Powder Co. earned
$10,579,115 or 1886 share in the
nine months ended September 80
VS.. $7,373,722 or $2.66 a year
earlier.
Liggett & Myers Tobacco Co.
profit for the nine months ended
September 80 was $22 2,461 900 or
$5.46 a share VS.. $22,483,00 or
S5.47 in the 194q perjod
New York, Chicago & st. Louis
R. R. profit for nine months end
ed September 80 was $14,717,066
or $40.81 a preferred share VS..
$11 ,402,8 or $31.62 preferred a !
year earlier.
Owens Illinois Glass profit for
the year ended September 80 was
$23, ,606,333 or $7.72 a share VS..
$15,067 .584 or $4.93 a year earlier.
Colorado Fuel & Iron profit for
the September 80 quarter. was
$2,545,611 or $1.63 a share VS..
81, 1,414.832 or $1.13 in the 1949
period.
Connecticut Light g. Power
earned $6,848,811 or 81 cents a
share in the year ended Septem-
Der 80 VS.. $6,172,332 or 90 cents
a year earlier.
Continental Steel Corp. earned
So, ,486,974 or $4.96 a share in the
year ended September 80 VS.. ST.
2l6,895 or $2.43 a year earlier.
Florida Power & Light profit for
the year ended September 80 was
or $25i share VS..
S., ,288,970 or $1.98 a year earlier.
General Baking Co. earned ST.
787, ,582 or 81 cents share in the
80 weeks ending September 80 VS..
S1,742,844 or 78 cents in the 1949
period.
M. A. Hanna Co. profit for the
nine months ended September 80
was $8,571 ,522 or $8.04 a share
VS.. $7,237,060 or $6.74 in the 1949
period.
Hytron Radio e. Electronics
profit for the nine months ended
80 was $2,514,374 or
$1.37 share VS.. $312,499 or 81
cents in the 1949 period.
Midland Steel Products earned
81, TOT 1922 or $8.42 in the nine
months ended September 80 VS..
So, ,432 ,295 or $5.91 in the 1949
period.
Chicopee Mills, Inc, has elected
Wayne j. Homan. jr., as president.