Evening Star Newspaper, December 22, 1929, Page 79

B. & 0. AND NICKEL PLATE AIDED 3 BY I C. C. RAIL MERGER PLANS Commission Declared Anxious to Establish Balance Among Leading Systems - in Eastern Territory. Special Dispatch to The Star. NEW YORK, December 21.—Further study of the Interstate Commerce Com- | mission plan of railroad consolidation, Mciall; copyrighted dispatch to Dow, Jones & Co., clearly indicates that the main advantages from ic in the East will be those obtained the Baltimore & Ohio and the Nlckel Plate interests. The commission has obviously at- ‘Q’:mptzd to establis| =amely, the Pennsylvania, New York Central, Baltimore & Ohio and Nickel Plate. In doing this it has Tecommended substantial addition to the Baltimore & Ohio and Nickel Plate, taking from the Pensylvania the Nor- folk & Western and adding to the New York Central the Virginia railway. B. & 0. Contention. ‘The Baltimore & Ohio’s contention has always been that it should have the Reading and the Central Railroad of New Jersey in order to complete its line to New York. This has been agreed to by the commission. In addi- tion it gives the Baltimore system the Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh and Buffalo & Susquehanna, in which it has recently acquired a large stock in- terest, and also the Chicago & Alton . system. It goes further and permits the Baltimore & Ohio a half interest in Henry Ford's recently cwned road, the Detroit, Toledo & Ironton, which was acquired last Summer by the Penn- “road Corporation, and one-half interest in the Chicago, Indianapolis & Louis- ville, which the Baltimore & Ohio in- cluded in its own plan, but which the present owners, the Southern Railway and Louisville & Nashville, contested. ‘To the Nickel Plate tthhe colr)nexplsgalg;\ poses to allocate e aware, ckawanna & Western, which has been the one important New York-Buf- falo line that has been outside all pre- vious merger plans and which the New York Central at one time is under- stood to have demanded in trade for its holdings of Lehigh Valley. The Nickel Plate is compelled to relinquish that part of the Chesapeake & Ohio ‘hlch g it an entrance into Chi- is passed on to the Wabash, or nfl.h system created by the commis- sion. The Van Sweringen system is to have trackage rights over the Baltimore & Ohio, Southern Rallroad, Big Four and Louisville & Nashville, probably to compensate it for the advantages that the Wabash system will have in_the South through ownership of zhe Nor- folk & Wemm and Seaboard Air Line. ‘Western Maryland. ‘To the Wlbuhd!.r! also -s:‘dméyd the ‘estern Maryland, now owne e %4 the Wheeling s Lake Erle, lelmr'h & West Virginia and Lehigh Valley, which are popularly believed to be to some extent under Pennsylvania Railroad influence, though this has been repeatedly denied. ‘There is plenty of oppon,umty for a fong and bitter fight over the plan as it now stands. The Pennsylvania, for instance, will undoubtedly make stren- uous objection to the loss of the Nor- folk & “Western, which is one of its befl investments, and to the allocation the Reading to the Baltimore & Ohlo Just how friendly the New York Central will be to the proposition that the Baltimore & Ohio have entire con: ins to be seen. Its position may be influ- enced by the fact that it is not per: mitted to acquire the Delaware, Lacka- wanna & Western, which is put into the hands of a group which already con- trols the Erie, a competitor of the Lackawanna. General satisfaction will be felt over the set-up of the plan with respect to the New England territory, where the arrangement is logical and less subject to contest than elsewhere in the East. ‘The Delaware & Hudson and the Ban- gor & Aroostock are natural connec- tions of the Boston & Maine, to which they have been ed, and the On- tario & Western is already considered an intergral part of the New Haven system. BOOK ORDERS HEAVY, LATE REPORTS SHOW Special Dispatch to The Star. NEW YORK, December 21.—Orders already received indicate the biggest December in years to the book publish- ers, and the jobbers find business good, but New York retailers find book buy- ing somewhat affected since the stock market collapse, & condition not re- flected by the rest of the country. The heads of six of the largest pub- lishing houses told representatives of the Publishers’ Weekly that, while No- vember had been a normally good month, the first business week in De- cember was marked by a sharp increase in reorders. One publisher said, how- ever, that the booksellers had ordered so prodigiously that he would advise them to put out an unusual amount of advertising, in order not to be caught with a large stock in January. BUSINESS REVIVAL HANGS UPON THESE FIVE POINTS Industrial and financial conditions have not cleared up as yet, and the changes noted from week to week are of an evanescent nature, says the latest analysis of Brookmire Economic Serv- ice, which adds: “The larger outlook depends on, first, developments in the motor industry—the degree of reaction in which is as yet uncertain; second, and for the next few months, less im. portant, the building industry; third, llquldluon of bank loans; fourth, the amount of gold to be exported; and fifth, rebuilding of the Bank of Eng- land reserve above the 150,000,000 mark.” BIG DIVIDEND YEAR. Divided disbursements by the Gil- lette Safety Razor Co. during the year 1929 were the largest in the com- pany's history. In addition to pay- ments of $10,500,000 in cash, which represents 5 per cent on the company's shares, the shareholders received on December 2 a stock dividend of 5 per cent, which called for the issuance of 105,000 additional shares. WASHINGTON STOCK EXCHANGE . YEAR 1929 TO DATE (Recorted by W. B. Hibbs & Co.. Hibbs Building, Washington, D. C.) RALES OCCURRING ON THE WASHINGTON STOCK EXCHANGE FOR 1929 UP TO AND INCLUDING FRIDAY, DECEMBER 20, . BONDS. PUBLIC UTILITIES. Anacostia & Potomac River R. R. Ist 55, 1949 Anacostia & Potomac Riv. R. R. guar. 55, 1949 Capital Traction st 5s, 1947 . C. & P. Telephone 1st S5s. 1929 . C. & P. Telephone of Virginia 5s, 1943 City & Suburban Ry. 1st 5s, 1948 .. Georgetown Gas Light 1st, Ss, 1961 . Potomac Electric Power 1st Ss, 1929. Potomac Electric Power cons. 55, 1936 Potomac Electric Power gen. 6s, 1953 Washington Gas Light gen. bs, 1960 ‘Washington Gas Light series A s, ‘Washington Gas Light series B 6s, 1936 ‘Washington Railway & Electric cons. ds, If Washington Railway & Electric gen. 6s, 1933 Open. High. Low. yield to Close. maturity. 9 98 8 655% 95 5.15% 103 9% 103% 96 MISCELLANEOUS. Barber & Ross, Inc., 6%s, 1037 . Chestnut Parms Dairy, Inc.. 6's, 1941, Chevy Chase Club 1st 5%s, 1976 ... 1t 6s, 1937 District of Col. Paper Mfg. Washington Cors. Title s, 1951 ‘Washington Market Cold Storage 5 STOCKS. PUBLIC UTILITIES. Capital Traction . - 3100 N. & W. Steamboat . ceses 100 Potomac Electric Power pfd...... 100 Potomac Electric Power pfd...... 100 Washington Gas ..... 20 Washington Railway & Elect. com. 100 ‘Washington Railway & Elect. ptd. NATIONAL BANKS. Capital ... Columbta. Commercfal District TRUST COMPANIES. American Becurity & Trust , Continental Trust Merchants’ Bank & Trust National Savings & Trust Union Trust . ‘Washington Loa: BAVINGS BANKS. Bank of Bethesds . East Washington . Security Savings & Commercial .. United States .. Washington Mechanics' FIRE INSURANCE. American National Usion + TITLE INSURANCE. Columbta . Real Estate Title & Inv. Co. of Md. com. Washingten Cons. Title Ins. pfd. 60 MISCELLANEQUS. Barver & Ross.. Inc., com. Carpel Corp. com. .. Chestnut Farms Datry com. .. Chestnut Parms Dairy pfd. . Chevy Chase Dairy pfd £ Columbia Sand & Gravel pfd. D. C. Paper Mfg. Co. pid District National Security pfd Federal-American com. Pederal-American pfd. Federal Storuge Co. pfd. Lanston Monotype ... Merchants’ Transter & Stor. com. Merchants’ Transfer & Stg. pId. Mergenthaler Linotype National Mtg. & Inv. Co. ptd. Peoples Drug Stores pfd. Real Estate Mtge. & Guar. p! Security Storage Terminal Ref. Whi Woodward & Lothrop pfd. .. Par Div. value. rate. 10 110 UNLISTED DEPARTMENT. BONDS. Army & Navy Club 5s, 1961. Cosmos Club 4'4s (retired annu Commercial Club 1st Ss, 1938 . Metropolitan Club 4%zs, 1936 ... STOCKS Chapin-Sacks pfd. . Chr. Heurich Brewing .. Departmental Bank Miller Train Control Park Savings Bank . Raleigh Hotel Washington Savings Bank Woodridge-Langdon Ssvings Benk I‘ JO Open. High. 90 90 90 WEEK ENDING DECEMBER 21, 1929, Tast Week 'nu Year. Total stock Same period a year ago. Range, 1929. High. Low. Stocks 26% 165 17% 8 46 5% 44y 19% 4% 5% 5% 1% 45 37% 12% 4% 31% 43 21% 70 D% 2103 Comemiin Bteon ) 1o 12% 1% 21% and Dividend, Acetol Prod A. .. 1% A’nautical Ind war. 20 Aero Sup Mfg A(1.50)... 6% Aero Supply Mfg (B). 141 Aero Underwriters Agfa Ansco. Agfa Ansco pf. Aln'worth Cor (1214).. Afr Inv Ine, vte. Air Inv Ine, vtc con pf. Afrstocks, Inc v.t.e. (1).. Alabama & Grt Sou(17). Alabama Gt So pf (1). Ala Pwr cum pf (7). Alexander Indust. .. Allegheny Gas Corp. .. Allied Aviation Allied Mills, Inc. Allied Power & Lt. Allied Pwr & Lt pf (3) Al'd P & L 1st pt (5) Allison Drug Strs A. Allison Drug Strs B. Aluminus Co of Am Alum Co Am pf (6) Aluminum Co, Lt Alum G'ds M (1.20) Am Arch Co (3). Am Chain (3).. Am Cigar Co (8). AmCit PEL A (a3)..... Am Cit P&L(B) (b10%) Am Colortype (13).... Am Control. ... Am Cyan B (1.60)..... Am Dept Stores. Am D T NJ ev pf (7) Am Equities Am ForPwr war. Am Gas & El (31) Am Gas & El pt Am Lt&Tract (10) Am Mfg Co (3). Am Maracaibo Am Natural Gas... Am Pneumatic Serv. Am Solv Chem. Am Sol Chev pt (3). Am St P S A (1.60). Am Superpower (1). Amrad Corp (1).. Amster Trading (1%).. Anchor Post Fence (2).. Anglo-Am vot cod (73¢). Anglo-Am non-vot(73c). Anglo-Chilean Nit. Anglo-Norweg Hold. Apex Electrical Mfg. Arcturus Radio Tub. ArgoOil..... 4 Arizona Comm Arizona Globe Cop. Arizo Ark Na s Ark NatGas A. Ark N G cm pf (60¢c). . Arkansas Pwr&Lt pf(7). Armstrong Cork (2). Asso Dyeing & Ptg. Asso Elec Ind, Ltd. Asso Gas & El A (12.40). Asso G & E debrts. . Asso Laundries (20¢) Asso Rayon....... Asso Rayon pf N)‘....‘ At1 Coast Fish (1.40)... Atlantic Fruit & Su; Atlantic Lobos. ... Atlantic Lobos Oil. A Atlas Stores Corp (12%) 7% Auto Vot Machine 15% Aut V M ev prpt (2). 20% Aviation Corp Am 12 Aviation Credit. 6% Aviation Securities 30 AxtonFT, A (3.20) 1% Bahia Corp. 1% Bahia Corp pf. 46% Bancomit Corp (new). Bickfords, Inc (1) 30 Blaw-Knox Co (1). 10 Bliss Co (EW) (1) 3% Blue Ridge Corp. 23% Blue Rid, 1 Blyn Sho 28% Blumenthal (S) 24 Blums, Inc... 5 BrillCorp A (1%). 1 BrillCorpB.... Brill Corp pf (7). Brillo Mfg (1.20). Brown F & W(A)ev 2.40. Brown F&W (B) 2.40. Buckeye Pipe L (16). B, N & E P pf (1.60). 100% Bunker HIl &S (19).. 7% Burco, Inc. 3% Burco, Ine, 38 Burco, Inccv pf ( 3% Burma Corp, rets (t! 18% Butler Bros (2).... 4 Bwana M Kubw Cop. 4 . Cable Radio Tub vte. 3 Cabl& W Ltd, A rcts 1% Cabl & W Ltd, B ret 3% Cabl & W Ltd, pf rts 1 Consol Auto Mer ctfs 2% Consol Auto Mer cum pf. 19% Camden Fire In (11).. Carnegie Metal. Ceco Mfg (2% Celanese Corp Celanese Corp p! . Celan Corp 1st pf (7) Celluloid Corp. .. 6t Central Atlantic Stat 19 Cent & Southwestn Util. 20 Cent Pub8(A) (al.75).. 12 Cent States Elec ($40c). 70 Cent States El pf xw (6) Mm Cent States El cv pf (6). ain Stores 8tock (b6) . 2% 180 Chesebor'gh Mfg (16%). 145 145 44 Ches & Ohion wi. 97% Childs Co pf (7). 20 Cities Service (330c) 84 Cites Service pf (6). 8 Cities Ser pf B (.60). 98% Citles S Pr& Lt pf (7). 16 City Mach & Tool (12). 40 City Sav Bk Ltd (4.17) 1 Clark Lighter, A 50% Clev Elec Illum ( 10 Clev Tracotr (1.60 3% Club Alum Utensil. 40" Colgate-Palm-P (2%). 4 Colon Oil... 24 Colts PatF Arm 3% Columbia Syndica 1% Comwlth & Sou (Wi 93% Commonwith Pr pt (6) % Comstock Tunnel 124 Commu Water Serv. 18% Consolidated Alrcraft... 12% Cons Dairy Prod (32)... 71 Con Gas of Balto (3.60). 97% Con Gas, Balto pf(3) 10% Con Retail Strs (1). 2% Consol Royal (60c) 37% Crase&B pf(3%) 30 Crowley Milner & Co % Crown Cen Petrol. 1% Cusi Mex Mining..ceeoo: 6% Darby Petrol (1) . 100 100 111 125 25 27% 15% 17% 17 2 LTl +4140010 8 7 106 104 60% 60% su zw 40‘6 37 8% 2V| 2% 6 4 48 28 PR ) 1 1+ I+1 i1+ 0 00011 [REREE] 24% 24% 101% 101% 10 4 42% 4 1+1 + Fhi+4+11 13% 11+t + +XI+I|+III|‘ % 2“% 3% lDl"m 101 % l'm 13 17 15 614 Bl 20% 19y 89% 871 {3 fEeds +111 1% 1% H 9% 8% 8y — 101% 206 20 20" = o] ¢ 4 - uloaw & Gilbert(A C C., DECEMBER 22, 1929—PART SIX Stocks and_Dividend, Davis Dlgl‘ Stores ctf: De Hav rcts new Derby Ofl & Refin. Detrolit Atreraft Cor Dix Gas & Utilitle; Doehler Die Casting. Dolores Esperanza. Douglas Aircraft. Dow Chemieal (2) Draper Corporation(15). Driver Harris (new). Dresser (S R) A (2.40) .. Dubilier Cond &Rad Duke Power ($5)... Durant Motors. Duval Tex. Sul. w. Duz Co Inc A ctf: Earl Radio Corp East G & Fuel East States Pow B Eastern Util Inv ( Bisler Elec Corp. . Elec Bond & Share (b6) . El Bond & Sh pf (6).... Electric Household Uten El Power Asso. . El Power Asso A. EIP & L opt war. : Elec Pow & Lt pf A (7). El Sharehldg (31)...... 4 El Sharehldg pf (6) Empire Gas&F em pf(7) Empire Gas&F cm pf(8) Empire Power Corp (2). Emp Pub Serv (A) (16). Empire Steel Corp...... Emplyrs Reins(1%).... Engineers Gold. Eng P S opt war Evans Wall Lead. Excello Air & Tool Fairchild Aviation Fajardo Sugar, Falcon Lead. % Fandango Corp. Fansteel Prod. Fedders Mfg A (2). Federal Screw(13%)... Fiat Stk deb r.s. Fiat Stk deb rts rots Film Inspect Mach. Fininv N Y (b8). Firemn'sFundIns(5). First Nat Copper. Fokker Afrcraft Foltis-Fischer Corp Ford Motor Can A Ford Mot of Franc Ford Motor Ltd, Foremost DairyPros Fmst D Prd pf(1.60). ... Foundation For Shs Fourth Ntal Inv. Fox TheatersClassA . Franklin (HH) Mfg (2). ¥rench LineB(2.54).. Galena Signal, pf.. old Galena Signal pf new. .. Garlock Pack (1.20) General Alloys(80¢) Gen Amer Investn. Gen Am Inv pf new General Baking. . General Bak pf (6 Gen Cable war. Gen El Germ rets. Gen E Ltd rets(60c). ... Gen Empire Corp....... Gen Fireproof (121) . GenGas&ElecA. .. Gen Indus Alcohol. . Gen Laundry Machinery Gen Rity & Utilities. Gen R & Util pf (6). Gen Theater Eq vtc. , Gen W W & E1A(2 Gllbert (A C) (1). C)pI(314). Glen Alden Coal(10) Globe Underwriters Goldberg Strs pf (7) Gold Coin. Goldman Gold Seal Elec ne: Golden Center. ... Goldfield Consolidat. Gorham, Inc. (A). Gorham, Inc pf (3). Gorham Mfg vte ($2). Gotham KnitbacMch. Gramaphone rets (2.! "l) . Graymur Corp. ... Grt A&P Tea n v(5) Grt A&P Tea pf (7). Greenfield Tap&Die. . Greif & Brother. Groc Store Prod Ground Gripr (11%). Ground Gripper pf (3).. Guardian F Assn (2).... Guardian Invest..... & Guenther Law (2 Gulf Oil of Pa (13%) Hall Lamp (12). Hambleton Corp Handley P p pf(19c) Happiness Candy . Harnischfeger Corp, Hartman Tobacco Haygart Corp. ... Hazeltine Corp (1) Hecla Mining (1). Helena Rubinstein Hires (C F) Co A(2) HollingerGold (60c) Homackla Of1 Hormel (G) (12 Horn (A C) 1st pf (3 Horn&Hardart(2%) Houston Gulf Gas Hudson Bay Min & § Humble Oil (2)... Huyler Stores of Del. Hydro El Service (2)... Hygrade Food Prod. 111 Pipe Line (20). Imp Oil Can n (60c). Imp Oll Can reg (50¢ ImpTobGtB&I(1.25) Ind P L new (12%). Indtan Ter Illum Ofl IndusFi etfs(b10%) Indus Fin cv pf (7). Insull Util Inv. . Insull Utll Inv pr pf 6%. Insul Ut Inv2d pt(6). InsCoN A (12%). Insurance Sec (1.40) Intercoast Trad Co 4 Intercont Pete new..... Intl Holding&Inv Co.... % Intl Perfume (1). Intl Petroleum n (62 %c) Int'l Power, Ltd. : Intl Products. . Int Safe Raz (B) (12%). Intl Superpower (11). Internatl Utll (A) (3% Internatl Utilities (B) . Interstate Equitles. .. Interst Eq cv pt (3). Interstate H M (1.40 Iron Cap Copper Iron Fire Mfg v.t. Irving Air Chute (1,60).. Italian Superpowr A Ital Superpower war Jerome Verde Develop. Johnson Motor Co Jonas & Naumburg. Jonas & N cm pt (3) Keer Lake. ... Kirby Petroleu Klein (D Emil) Ce Kieinert Co (23%). Knott Corp (2.40. Kolster-Br(Am shs) Lackawana Sec (4). Lake Superior Corp. LakeyFdy&M(12.40). Land Co of Florida. Lane Bryant Ine (2).... Langend Un Bak A (2).. Langend Un Bak B (2).. Lazarus F & R Co. LazF&R Cocofd. LefcourtRIty(1.60). LefcourtRity pf(3). Leh Coal & Nax (4). Lehman (The) Cor) Leonard Oil. Lily T Cup Corp (1.1 Lion Ofl Refin (2). Loew's, Inc (war). London Tin Am rets(2) . Star, new (80c).... sland Lt (40c) . Louisiana Lan & Ex. MacMarr Stores. MagdalenaSyndical Mangel Stores. Manning-Bow A (13%). Mapes Sonsol Mfg (3).. Marconi Int Mar(52%e¢). Marconi W T br sh(62c) . Marine Mid Cp (1.20). Marion Stm Shovel. Md Casualty (15). M May Hos cum pf H:(,JUPGMB [¢) +++1 00+ 00+ 0 I++ Ll b+ 0000000+ 1 [REZRNEE NEE SN Fisl Ll VLT T REEV O I - & I # +1 FLE Ll ++100+01+00 00400 [REESIRE] 52 . _ Btocks and Dividend. 0 Mend-.'nlmlnl\(fl%) Meadows Mf; Nt Ga C Mercantile Stores (5) ... Mer&MfgSecA (1.50) . Mer Chap & S(1.60). . Mer Chap&sS pf A(6%4).. Met & Min Inc(1.20). Met Chain Stores Met 5 to 50c Strs pf. Midl United(b1% %)... MiddleWest Utilities. Middle Wst Ut war(A).. Middle Wst Ut war (B). Middle Wst Ut pf xw (6) Mid Royalty ev pt (2).. Midland Stl Prod(16.63) Midland Steel, new w. Midvale Co (3). Mock Jud Vohrgr(2 Moh Hud P 1st pt(7) Moh Hud P 2d pf(7). Mohawk Mining (12) Montecatini deb rts. .. Mody'sISpt pf (13.76) MooreDropFA(17%) Morison Elec ($1). MtgBKColA (m shrs) Motor Transit Co Mountam&Gulf(. Mountain Prod(1. Municipal Servie: Nachman Spring (3) Nat Amer Co (2). National Aviation. Nat Baking Co. Nat Bancservice Nat'l Dairy Produc Nat Elee Power A (1.80) Nat Fam Strs (1.80) Nat Fam Strs pf (2). NatFoodProdA(2%).. Nat Fd Prod B(b4%) t Fuel Gas (1).. Nat Investors new. Nat Mfrs & Stores. Nat Power & Lt pt (7). . Nat Pub Serv (A) (1.60) Nat Pub Serv (B) (1)... Nat Rub Mach (2)...... at Steel Corp X w.. 23% Nat Sugar NJ (2). 5 Nat Trade Journal. . Nat Transit (1114) Nat Union Radio. . Nebel (Oscar) (1% Nebraska Pwr pf(7). Neht Corp (1.30). Nelsner Bros pf (7). Nelson (Herman) (2). Neptune Meter (2). Nestle Le Mur. Drug Store. Neve Drug Stcres c.0.d. NewBradfdof1(.50) . New England Pwr (2).. New Eng Pow pf(6). New Eng Tel&Tel(8) w Haven Clock(t1%). New Jer Zinc n (14). w Mex&Ariz Lan. wmont Mining ($4). Newport Co (2) 4% N Y Auction (1%). N Y Invest (1.20) N Y Invest war. N Y Merch (+2%)... N Y Pet Royalty (1 NYPwr&Ltpt (7 9 N Y Rio&Bu Alres 111 NY Tel pf (6%). 11% Niagara H Pow (40c Niag H Pow A war es-Bement-Pond. issing (30¢). . Noma Elec Co (1.60). Noranda Mines (3) Northam W cv pf (3). North Am Aviation North Am Cement. ... No Am Lt & Pwr (b8% North Am Uil Sec. NoAmSec Util 1st pi Northn Pipe Line(15). North Stat Pwr A(8) North 8 Pow pt (7) Northwest Eng (2) Novadel Agene (2) Ohio Copper. . " FINANCIAL lunll’. u lahlfl ('fll') Co (l)‘.. . 12% Schlette&Zander (11.75) 27% Schlettr&Zanar pf(3%). 8 Schulte Real Estate. 2% Schulte Un bc tod1 8 12 Schulte-Utd Stores pf... 3% Schutter Johnson (A) 44 Scovill Mfg (4) 38% Seeman Bros (3) 10 Selberling Rubber. 4 Selected Ind.... 49% Sel In 75% prior(5%). 50% Selee Ind75%pd(5%). 2% SelfridgePrvStr(27e). 3% Sentry Saftey Control 3 Shattuck Den Min.. 65 Shawingan W& P (2%). 48 eaffer Pen (13). 6% Shenandh Cp (b6% 14% Sh 24 14% Silica 104 104% P LI 1 Singer Mfg Trataoer: 10 Sisto Fin Corp. 161 Smith (A O) (2). 29 Solar Refining (2%) % Sonora Prod.... 1% South Am Gold&Plat. 6 South Comst............ 35% South Penn Oil (12%) 50 S EPwr & Light (1.60)., 80 SouthstP&Lpr pf(4) 100 Southst P & L pt (1) 26 SouthCa! Ld pIAGK). .. 20 So Cal Edis pf (B) (1%) 21% SouthCalEd pfC(1%)... 18% So Colorado PwA (2). 4% Southern Corp. +1il+i+0 00001 141 1 41% 40 40 6814 68 68l 86 82% 84% L1+ 1%+ 1501 LANR RN} 2 Southern Stores (A 11% Southland Roy (1) 9% Southw Dairy Prod. 4% Bo West Gas Util. 9 114° Southw BelTel pf(7). 17 102 Southw P & L pf(7) % Spanish & Gen rots. % Spanish &General (B) 50 Spleg-M-Stn Dl(l") 26% Stahl-Myer (1.20). 19% Stand Dredging. 24% Stan Dredg cny pf(2). 100 Stand Gas&El pt(7) 7 nd Investing pf(5%) % Stand Motors b sl 2xsF 2T 25 s ¥ "2 Pasrses"FEFE2 P ++d % - 1 117% + 109% 109% Vit+t il 14 + ++ 45 Btand Ol Ind(1%)..... 18 Stand Ofl of Kan (12%). 29 Stand Oil of Ky ($2.20). F+1+1 117% 117% 4 nd Pow & Light..... 125 106 115 93% Stan Pow & Lt pf(7).... 13 Starrett Corp. 31 Starrett Corp pf (6): 15 Stein (A) & Co(1.60). 10% Stein Cosmetics Inc. 18 SterchiBrosSts(1.20).., 42 Stern Brothers A (4). 8 * Stern Bros (B) ctf; 76 Stetson (J B (8%) 7% Stinnes (Hugo). 11 Strauss (Nathan) (1%). 9 Strauss Roth 26 Stroock &Co 15% Struthers Well 2V Stuts Motor Car ) 5% Swan Finch Oil(30c) 28% Swift Internation (2). 4% 33% Swift & Co (new) (2). 121% Swift & Co (8).. % 89 . Swiss Amer El pf(6) 9% Syrac W Mch B ). 18 Taggart Corp (1). 40% Tampa Electrie (12) 21% Taylor Milling (13). 4 Tech Hughes (60c). [N - oE FEr R S - & I 18 Thompson Prod A $2.40. 5 Thomp Starrett..... 34% ThompSta pL(3%x w. 40 Tishman Real & Con Ohlo Oil (1234). Oilstocks A (150c). Orange Crush (1.50 Otis Elevator new. .. Outboard MotA (1.80) Outboard Mot B. .. Overseas Securities Ovington (B) pt pt 80¢) . Pac G&E 1st pf(1%).. Pac Pub Ser (1.30). Pac Tin Corp Spec (5). 4 Pac Western Oil. 4 Pandem Oil....... Pantepec Ofl. Paramt Cab Mf(2.40) Park Davis (+1.65) . Parker Pen (114) Patterson Sargent (2, 1L #FFeprr ea TRl 41 00+ 19134 ¥Fx ¥ 25 Tobacco&Allied Stks. % Tobacco Prod Export. 40% Todd Shipyard (4) 20% Transamer ($1.60) 7% Trans Air Trans. ., 4% Trans Alr Trans ctfs. 3 Trans-Lux DLPSA 45% Tri-Cont Allied (3) 10 Tri-Continentl Corp. . 76 Tri-Con Corp pt (8). 5% Triplex Safety Glass 40 TH-Ulllll Trun: Tubl: QArlSIlkBUQ) 10% Tung-Sol L (2)..... 23% Tung-Sol L pf (3). 15 Ulen & Co.. . 25 Ungerleider Fin Co 21% Union American Inv. AR RE IR e & 3 ™ 1 wan Penn G & ELA (1%). Penn Mexico Fuel (2). Penna Ohio Ed B (war). Penn Oho Pennroad Corp. ... 1+ 23" 24% Un N Gas of C(11.60). % UnionTobacco. 10 Unit Carr Fast(1.20) 2% Utd Chem ptpf (3) 81 Unit Corp war. (I _—— FEESES 4 Red Bank. Penn Pw & Lt pf (7). Penna Water & Pwr (3 People'sDrugStrs(1) Peo Lt&Pw A(a2.40). Pepperell Mfg Co (8) Perfect Circle (2).. Perfection Stove (19) Perryman Electric. Pet Milk pt (7).. Petroleum Corp (1%). Philip Morris Inc. Philip Morris (A) Pick (A) B& Co pf. Pie Bak of Am (A) (2 Pierce Governr (1% ) %4 Pilot Rad Tube ,A (1.21 Pitney B Pos n(20c). Pitts & L E (5). Pitts Forging Cy Pittsburgh Plate Plymouth Oil (2) Polymet Mfg (31) Potrero Sugar. . % Powdrell & Alex (143%) . Power Securities pf Premier Gold (24c) Prince & Whitely Prince&Whitely pt3. Propper Silk H M(2). Prudential Inv. .. Pub Util Hold war. ., .. Puget S Pw & L pf(6)... Radto Products (2) Rallway&Lt Sec(t4), Rainbow Lum ProdA. Rainbow Lum Prod B Raymond Conc (14) Raymond Con pf (3). Red Warrior. . Reeves ( fel) (1%).. Reiter-Foster (40c).. ReliableStrs(b1%4%). .. Rellance Management. . Repetti Candy. . Reynolds Bros Inc.... Reynolds Met, n (2.40). Richfield OfiCalif pf Richman Bros Co. Richmond Radlato: Richmond Rad em pf. Rike Kumler (2.20) Rhoan Antelope Mines Rochester Cent Power. . Rockland Lt & Power. Rolls Royce, Am ps Rolls Royce, Ltd ret: Rooseveit Field, Inc. Ross Stores Inc. Root Refining Co. Root Ref-cv pr pf(1.80) . Ruberoid Co (4). Russek’s Fifth Av St Lawrence Papr Mills St. anroncoP M . St Regt . !lf'ty H&Lt l'lfl) Safeway Strs w(2d) Savannah Sugar (6. Bavoy Ofl... IMPROVEMENT NOTED CORSET INDUSTRY Special Dispatch to The Star. NEW YORK, December 2 it snd moetae wu-mnu have definitely been taken b by Auetican long ~The new h-n Mn- women and as a result the corset in- dustry is im vey com| 1+ g :l+ 1 L1+ N_oe am AN CERFsPrsaes R Litivir+ & +111 11 wao F55 1+ w0 F FFEE FE OFFE ¥ Foass Fee® 23 ‘The buyers answered that women w interest 6% Unit Dry Dock. . 16 Unit Elec Ser. 4 Unit El Ser pur war. 22% Unit Molasses, Ltd 1% Utd Profit Sharing(1.20) 2% Utd Profit Shar pf(1)... 10% United Public Service. % Utd Reproductng (A). % Unit Reprod, B % United Ret. Che % United Ret Chem B ¢ 12 * Unit Ret Chem pf (3% 48% US D-iry, A (5) or 6 U 8 Rubber Reclaim. . 5 USSharesFin.... 55% Unit Shoe Mach (Vl%). 3 Unit Store, 11% Unit Verde Extn (4).... 10 ' Unite Wall Paper 8% Universal Picture 2% Utah Apex (50c). % Utah Metal & Tunnel 18 Utility & Ind. 20 Ut &Ind pf 18 UHIP&L (31) 27 Utll PAL B ctfs 10 Utllity Equiti 75% Vacuum Ol (14%) . 947% 1| Van Camp P pf (1%) 18% 36% Veeder Root (23). 66 Venezuela Mex OIl. 1% Venezuela Petrm (20¢) 7% Vick Fin Corp, . 18 Vogt Mfg Co (2 122% Wheeling Stl pf B (10) 16 Willlams, R C (1.40) 5 Will-Low Cafeteria 9 9 50 Wilson Jones (1214). 524 52% 4 Winter (Ben), 6% 4% 2 % 3% 13 Zonite Prod (1.60) . 22% 18% RIGHTS—EXPIRE. o1 ll-m Paciwo' .. Jan 3 % % % Trans Corpn, Jan ¢ 27 08 JEaftiy extea tlzl‘:nm i reterten b annuR'TIdena rates in doila 9 524 - W 4% — % M- % 19% — 1% % + % fll-.u e, Iast quarterly or semi- Wukly Bank Clearings. - NEW YORK, December 21 m—m weekly statement of the New York Clearing House shows! age, u._ 0‘1.!1 %flu fi“ax;'m ings, week mlnl today, $7,560,704, ‘Total surplus and undivld.d $1,121,307,¢ (un m o aver-