Evening Star Newspaper, December 13, 1931, Page 74

AY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, DECEMBER 13, 1931—PART SIX. FINANCIAL. ANCIAL. |PROSPECTORS RESUME | THElR SEARCH FOR GOLD pdd o0 Hign, Low. Ciose. d b “ l.,,. Lo ow 84 23 Century Rib Mills. 4% — % | 23 3% Gen Public Service. 31 4% 8% 4 4| 89 18 Minneap Honey R(3) 4 20 8 other yem are being re-entered bY | Average price of 50 stocks. 9488 90.i6 17 247 | 90 50 Century Rib M pf(7) 60" 60 5 | 84w 1% Gen Ry Signal (5). % 2 o z 4k 15 GeHea 17% 18 % MStP &SS Marle.. 2 otal sales 3 10951021 545,231,171 P Checker Cab Mr{g... en Refractories (1) 24 1f Ti4 M StP & SSm lsd (4) 1908 Short Covering in Last Few | merce Department said that in South-| gqing period year axo. | 12907450 700868106 | im0 Ghes & Onto (185 .1 1050 27 3% ; 821 23, Chi Great Western. . 2% — % 45% Gillette Saf R pt (5). 75 Missour] Pacift 288 duces List High Low Dividend Rate “Add 00 High Low Close ch" | G 4 - b 0% Gliat url Pacific. ... 9 i Minutes Re a8 new teritofies in an eflort o tke |14 24 AbUIbI Pwr & Paver 32 e | g bl el 5 Missouri Pacific pt. . | ing o stight tnerease, 1t waz sald. but] 106, 100" Anrans meceeraus LK o0 103 10 | 45 2 . SR b e (‘Eg“}e“l*‘{"‘a’;]‘;’)“f‘7)~ 408 Montgomery Ward. . | no really important discoveries have! 231 8% Adams Express..... 274 MR K s y Motor Meter G & El. 23 i € e ope Il p > : HEE T hieago R wpa_cmc 9 1. Lt |4 Qoodrioh (B ). Motor Produets (2). 14 WEW YORK, Drcembe The | bas been given impetus by the world | 3 Sarmene ) & Pac 8% pe. 3 % Goodrich (B F) p - : iction there in| 11% Adv Rumley. b ) Mullins Mfg pf. e to 52.265 ounces in August. the largest | eat oo ol hickasha Cotton Oil 3% Gotham Silk Hoslery $1% 11% Munsingwess Ine(s). :!rf"‘:m&:\m::v‘m:ém I TR |ty nce 1920 September produc- R M L R A~ 814 Childs COMPARY.«ss 50 Gotham 8 H pt (7). 5 — T Tt ) ospect s sald an upward trend “ity Ice&Fuel (3.60) 81 5% Granby Con Min (1), 40% 15 Nash Motors (1).... 167 eral issues ciosed With gains of frac- |Prospecting it s sald &n UBWAFG FRECC [ B 31, Alleg Cp pf 330 ww. 42508 . 2% Grand Bliver Stor 80 16% Nash Chat & StL(3) 2408 ioan 218 : iy 25 18 Nat Air Trans rt ! AL the beginning of December. 1t was lleg Cp - S ity Stores..... 42258 29'4 Grand Union pf (3).. 10 33 29 port. :Vfi}.:;‘l““kjl;r'rm imating 1,500,000 shares W‘”-“;’!"id““y‘h‘a: T e Allied Chemical (8) 131 Granite City Steel(3) 18 . 10 or the two-hour session ; : Peabdy pf (1) 60s 98 S8y RN 3% Ravk)ulrnl lmnmx. s 8 Alpha Port Cemt (1) : ‘ 23 1% 8 84 11 Great Northn Ore(2) 26 153 125 Nat Biscuit pt (7) 314 125 125 —614 her weakness of bor al ] Ama e o 7 g § s Cos ) 1% Grigsby Grunow.,.., 87 . % Nat Dept Stores..... 11 %N % - % equity list. before the covering move- . il A\: :m ‘:;, JrTL'{l « Collins & Aikman, 14 Guantanamo Sugar Nat Dept Strs 1st pf. 650s 5 5 -4 ment begar 9 5 m Agri m 7 - o [ : ol & Irpf (8) 1008 264 Hacken Watpt A +a 122 Nat Lead pt A (1) 122 123 -8 o con-| NEW YORK. December 1 \ Am Beet Sugar. ... 1w 1 ; v Istpf.. 1008 3915 9% 39% 102 Nat Lead pf B (8) 3 102 102 -1 the 26 lnmm(m.l commoditie the| 17 ] 22 4 3 4 ; 2 Hahn Dept Stores. .. ire Associaied Pre o x 37 28 K 1% Minn Moline Pow... 16 Same period a year ago.. . 245:60 14451 | 30% 97 Cerrode Pasco (1).. 186 11% -1%| 914 % Gen Realty & Util. 30 % Gen Theatre Equip.. 106 Mo Kan & Texas.... 100 \nn Rhodesia prospectors are DPUshing | Stocks sold in 100-share lots exeept mon Aesignated by letter '- b4 Chesapeake Corp(3) kel 18 =4y ‘ k i m1 ALt & 14 - 4 294 Gimblel Bros pf (7). 14 Mohawk Carpet. of Losses. out metal. Production there is show-| 52 Abitibi PwraPap pf. 2 i 5 ke Morrell (J) & C ’ Ao it 2 it Prieu Tool 5 3% =14 1614 Gold Dust (2%4) . b BY CLAUDE A. JAGGER, been reported Adams Exp p % 5 5 3 Motor Wheel (50e).. r onditions 1 : 1 “| 10 & Pac 7% pt. 16% Goodyear T & #ock market was boosted by short |trade conditions. Prody | = 214 AMliated Prod 1 el ) 1&1 P year R3). Murray Corp....... 12043 Losses of 1 to 2 points were canceled | tion fell off to 38173 ounces, but as Albany Wrap Paper. % \ 3 g 1 A CODUNES & R e Siabiee tions to & point. The closing tone was |in production is predicated by 5 a% Alleg Cp pf w $40 w. 5 F 614 City Ice&Fuel pf 6% 3308 e U R ark Equipment(1). 10 grubstaked” by the government in| 12% Allied ChéDye p(1) x : 4 25% Grant (WT) (1)... x 43 3 38 R 5% Great Weatern Sug.. 10 39% 9% NatCash Reg A 1%.. 227 9 9% —1% wide breaks in several p mal Leathe i olonial Beacon. 55 Gulf States Steal % Nat Dist I'rod (2)... 2 17 184 -2y n the w racted consider 624 1274 Am k Note (2) . S p “ % b k o= e ol o | : & 204 bG & E (1%).63133s 2 7a, 25 Hahn Dpt St pf(8%) 2 P | 10 Nat Pwr & Lt (1) 10 10% —3% gh the | following table e h 2 P! 3 Secuom in Mdelv scattered quarters ——1981— Stock and Sales— Wet. | po 1981y Stock and Sales— Net. —1981.— AGA'N BUT RAl_I_Y“’f fhe giche whih produced gold in B D uy}fflu Date. Weh Loy | Dividend Rate Add00 Mieh tew. Close Chae | High lew | Dividend Rate Addoo mish Low. Gloge Ghey |High Low. Dividend Rete e, 14 1 10 Minne-Moline Ppf.. 8§ \ Repons made public by the Com- Y ear to Date. Tl 3W Certain-teed Prod. ; 2% — %| 744 15 Gen Realty & Utilpf. 34 % 914 Gillette Saf Razor. 140 4% Mo Kan & Tex pf (1) 69 |into several old gold properties as well | 5imit¥— Btock and 30 % Abraham&Straus 1% 5 22 19% 3 na $ugljdiase H Monsanto Chem e Y 6 Moth g o 5 )i Pneu Tuol pf. . 10 +1 95% Gold Dust pf (6). 9 9 95 Sy Asevciated Press Financial Edito Gold mining in Western Australia Adams Millis ¢3) - Mullins Mfg. . covering in the last few minutes of |July Was 38739 ounces \zo Yellow C(3) 561 Goodyear st pt (7). = ; 5% Myer (F E) & Br (2) nlove are v Shrysle s 10 1% G er reduced in the final upturn, and sey- Mmore unemployed men are taking up AR O hrysler Corp (1)... 1 % Graham-Paig: teles el e 0 ¢ 7 G m 10% 2% Nat Aeme Co.. eteady. The market was fairly active, | Sources 55% s Cp pf x $30 w. 544 3 1 ing (5) Hu 7 Grand (Tnion m, Akl ¥ 6 Cluett-Peabody (3). 2 - one Australian field alone A0 mexk ) oW 1 19% Great Northern pf(2) 103 83% 878 Nat Biscutt (2.80) ! 804 Great Wn Sug pf (1) 120 20% Nat Dairy (2.60).... 971 26 21% 21% — had a depressing effect upon the general Amerada Corp (2) ng, as the attitude of the union standara_Slatistics O nk Note pt ()x190s 50 50 50 1 2 o Fuel & lIron.... : Hackensack W (1%) 784 Nat Lead (15%) 5 9 8% 79 —11 Mibow A% 1 o 1GaskEIpt A (6). 24 19 ‘ P % Nat Radlator. agreement on | following table, five are highe! price [ 12 3 3 ) 5% 7 —-4% 11 Hall (WF) (1.20) . P v 1 Gas&Bl pt B (5). y 7 x : ' o S Whs Tegards dim than last week, 10 are lower, and 11| 129% 591 .ou. 2087 674 69U 6 : olumb Carbon (4).. o ;‘r:x;glp\t\{l;i}u) 15% iph B e L st T R ) ¢ of U. 5. Steel was a major | remain unchanged. Six of the 26 items . 126% - “ & Comm Credit (1.60). w9 2 Hartman Corp (A) 4 2 S Ay eIy Co L gencral slump in shares | are at their lows of 1031, ':m " ar i‘(;'"";‘” T ‘2\ A O “omel Credit A (3) 9 1 ”mmn'n[g B % 22 Nat Bupply pf 2 22 middle of the session. This 2 his . p M’:( )’:’”“ ¥ PE (D)= ‘H - . wl o2 omcel Cred pf (1%) 9 % Havana Eiee Ry. [ e lgu Nat Surety (2). 3 l::‘ o 43, and closed at 44, | 5. e, », s 103 e mmp'iw : ‘omel Cred ls:(64) 84 Hawaliian Pincappis. 17 100 + % el o g kain Coppet. elec n: ' Va biae o : « Comel Inv T war sta 1 8 Hercules Mot (80¢). 8 L B o naumive LIRS AR Y “omel Iny 7 pf 644 ¢ 28 Hercules Powder(3) x : 7 N'YAlr Brake v 3 b m Inv Trust pf(7 99 § 9% 95 Hercule 9 a & ¥ st regardad in re s = TODSA B AIIL omm Inv evpties). & Tin Horshey Ghos (8> U N Y Central. ... 4267 U 27% =6 isturbing. The b ke 5| ® Am & For Power “omel Solvents (1). 404 104 78 Hershey Choc p (16 PP N {Qkieago Bein 8. 6 ial il Japanese ven again brok widely, but 110 1o Am & For Pwt pf(8) )mwlth & Sou (30¢) 1171138 4% : 2 Hoe () & Co. . § NoSHARLb : AP T i e 5 S i Am & For Pwr pf (1) 1th&Sou pt (§)52508 644 124 Holland Furhcs Co, M 13 3 g L 9 h e moderate. ] TR ; g et L G s : onde pubiii R 108 5% Hollander Sons ) 104% N ¥ & Harlem (5) togi Jodu —ak "The effects of & sion of the free : Am Haw St'ship (1), 21 5 1 B Q g - <Na T a1in 9 4| 13214 81 Homestake M (1.40) 304 + 2 NYlInestors.. 0. S T B oy Tt awing: ey wagiation : 0 Am H1de & Leather, ) =iy % oo 7 ol L B UL Y 18% N'Y, N H & Harttord 18 1814 g% France and the Unit»d States, of the proadf B { R T SO AN et ch 4 4 y 0 57 5 5 521 Househld Fin pf .10 NNt hasEn . el L leading powers, still on & free gold basis | Sty 3 2075 B1. vhm Ko Brod 439, 10 22 2 of 18 Houston Of) g % 54 N Y Ont & Western.. 64 B — A e e Ihe aaew et rs. Pittal Am Ice (2). ¥ would e S a » the e S - : % Nat Ry Mex 2d p onsol Cgr pr pf 6% . 408 England’s inflation, and _might help % o { 15 Am Ice pt (8). Japan in competing with Great Britain in foreign markets, during the tem- porary stimulus of inflation. A wide slump in silk prices might result in| inventory of losses io some Ameritan textile concerns. The possible effects | upon Japan's consumption of Amsrican cotton, of which she is a large buyer. is somewhat problematical Changes Small Net changes in most the pivotal stocks were inconsequential. Losses of & point or two appear~d in Allied Chem- ical, Santa Fe, United States Industrial rpentine, carlot Wheat, hd. Winter, K.C Wool, terr, fine, Bost Zine § Alcohol and Johns Manville. New York Central, Union Pacific, Eastman and Loew's each gained about a point. The week end trade and business sur veys pointed to more active Christm buying, but increasing quiet in indust in keeping with the year ond trend.| Youngstown Steel output is estimate; for next wéek as somewhat lower District Business Barometers Telephone service and power con- sumption in the District increased in volume last month as compared with November of 1030, but declines occurred | tions, tal receipts | $442,274.18, representing a considerable And retall trage. ac 1o ers | Gectine. from the total for November, and retail trade, according to barometers collected by The Star. Powef consumption month Bank clearings last month amounted | to $91,546,846 as compared with $102.- 030,387 a yeéar ago. The figure also was below the October total. Postal receipts last month totaled 1930 Retail trade here, as represented by amount to 28,128,419 kilowatt hours as | reports from eight department stores to compared with 25,626,655 in November | the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, of lagt year. There were 177,853 tele- | phones in service at the close of last month as compared with 167,536 a year | he ago. The average number of originating | however, was but 1 pst cent below 2alls per day was 607390 as compared |level for the corresponding period of with 651,180 in November, 1030. shows a decline of 9.5 per cent from the level of November, 1930. Business for the first 11 months of this year, last year. CHECK TRANSACTIONS WASHINGTON CLEARING HOUSE 1928. 5)11 408,832 ,524 122 284,990 120, 019 86 123,706,402 126,930,689 114,273,668 107,049,844 113,117,412 137,660,603 122,706,244 120,98 1929. 1930. 1931 $120,438,201 $118.219,264 $100,764,614 109,649,040 6,545,212 96,742,175 131,795,928 696 112,443,159 129,300,052 652 113,382,805 126,836,188 1)3,0510" 102,346,949 124,028,347 116,280,346 115,114,393 127,497,771 109,420,638 100,887,167 113,553,519 96,379,442 89,484,710 114,986,938 97,868,931 93,291 469 137,968,284 118,084,915 106,592.111 120,261,737 102,030,387 91,546,846 116,074,630 117,673,0M1 $1,435,725,602 $1,481,390,728 $1,317,607,504 POSTAL RECEIPTS Reported by Month 1928-29 July ceane $391 44 August Sibhiw 412,757.40 Beptember . 460,250.28 October 545,649.13 November 494,103.07 December 672,162.47 January 480,663.77 Pebruary 467,238.68 March 505,179.65 499,056.83 Ay 491,322.56 June 457,603.20 Fiscal Years 1929-30. 1930-31. 1931-32 $42526275 $400,232.72 $390.565.42 41434279 388,263.58 365,060.24 460,574.25 492,838.00 451,257.21 547,474.88 544,703.81 528,922.30 545,321.21 498,194.90 442,274.18 607,118.68 718,541 94 532,771.78 497,506.26 468,827.50 455,085.03 522,080.81 484,627.81 510,751.54 508,060.51 407,580.76 453,005.62 425,518.43 443,065.13 Totals . !558&11557‘ $6,048,525.38 $5,804,305.31 KILOWATT HOUR OUTPUT FOR DISTRICT POTOMAC ELECTRIC POWER CO. Month. January February March 1929 1930, 1931 22,016,010 25,298,189 21,737,942 20,009,602 24,774,418 25,899,538 21,520,790 22,332 696 25,347,603 2Th 877 8015 11815 5, Am International. .. Am La France&Fom Am La Fr&Foam pf. Am Locomotive..... Asm Lo'motive pf (1) x Am Mch & Fdy 1.40. 35 Am Mach & Metals,. 10 5 Am Metal Co. 40 4 Am 2608 Am N . 110608 Am News (1334).... 1108 o Am Pwr & Lt (31 366 Pwr & Lt of ( 18 40 Am PwikLt pf A(4) 1 39% Am P&L1 of A st(5) 11508 513 Am Radfator (60¢c). x 112 Am Radiator pf (7). 130s 174 Am Republios...... 850s 9 Am Rolling Mills... 197 6% Am Safety Razor (5)x 18 Am § g 1 4 Am § 3 13 20 Am Shipbuilding 2608 19 Am Smitz&Ref (1%) 226 59 Am Sm&R 2d pf(6). 93 Am Sm & Ref pf (1), 28 Am Snuft (13%). 100 Am Snuff pt (§).... x1508 % Am Solv & Chemical. 22 1 Am Solv & Chem pf. 7t 5 Am Steel Foundry... 93 70% Am Steel Fdry pf(7) 108 36 Am Btores (12%4) 3 337% Am Sugar Ret (6). 90 Am Sugar Ref pt (1) 414 Am Sumatra Tob 121% Am Tél & Telex (9) 60 Am Tobacco (6) 7014 Am Tobaeco B (1 105 Am Tobacco pt (6). Am Type Fy pf (7).. % Am Water Wks (3). Am Wat Wks ofs(3) Am Wat W 18t pf(6) x 315 Am Woolen Co. 16 Am Woolen Co pf. 14 Am Writ Paper ctf: 3 Am Writ Paper pf... 2% Am Zine & Lead. 9% Anaconda Copper. 9 Anaconda Wire & C.. 13 Anchor Cap (2.40)... 70 Anchor Cap pt (8%). 4 AndesCopper....... 8 Archer-Danfels (1).. 21 95 Archer-Dan pf (7).. 1208 20 Armour of Del pf (T)x 45 1 Armour of Il (A)... 70 % Armour of Ill (B). 6 Armour of 1l pf. 2% Arnold Constable. 4 Artloom Corp. &Y Art Metal (40c). 11 Associated Apparel. 615 Assoclated Dry G(1) 8£4'% Atch To&S Fe (10) 78 Atch ToaBFapt (B) 31 Atl Coast Line (4). 10% Atl Gulf& West Ind . 16 Atl Guif&W I pf (5)4x 914 Atlantic Refining (1) 195 20% Atlas Powder (4)... 1350s 774 Atlas Powder pt (6). 208 415 Atlas Stores (1)..... 5 114 Atlas Tack. . 8414 Auburn Auto (£4)... uu % Austin Nichols...... 15% Austin Nich pf A (3) 220- % Autosal 14 Autosates p nln. Aviatign Gorg 207 i Hamwln Locomotive 100 0% Baldwin Loco pt....1540s Baito & Ohio 4). 801 Balto & Ohfo pf (4). 24 Ramberger pf (8%4). 530s Bang & Aroos (3%). 6 Bang & Aroos pf (7). 10s Barker Bros . 108 14% Barnsdall C . 242 “onsol Clgars pt (1) 108 46 L o8l Consol Gas N ¥ (4).. 1497 “onsol Gas NY pf(6) *onsolRwys pf (6 ‘onsol Textile. ..... “ontainer Corp (A). “ontainer Corp (B). Contl Baking (A)... ontl Baking (B)... “ontl Baking pf ( “ontl Can (2%) “ont Diamond Insur (2.40), ‘ontl Motors onil Oil (Dei).. ... amus ontl Shares. .. orn Products (3) orn Pred pf (7). "oty Ine. rosley T ‘rown Cork (2.40).. 11 rown Cork pf (2.70) 7 Crown W P 1st pf(4)x 508 Crown Zellerback... 5 Crucible Steel...... 42 Crucible Steel nf (1) 1208 Cuba Cane Products. Cuba Coi..i: s Cuba RR pt (6).. Juban-Am Bugar. .. “uban-Am Sugar pf. ahy Packing (4). ties Aero & Mot. . urtis Publish (4).. tis Publish pt (1) 2 urtiss Wright, ... 3382208 Curtls Wright (A).. 72508 80's Cushmans pf (7). 208 70 Cushmans pf (8). 108 r Hammer 25 4 Davison Chemic 474 Deere & Co pf (1.4 ) 70 Delaware & Hud (9). 197 Del Lack & Wn (2) .. Denver & R G W pt DetYolt Edison (8).. Detroit & Mackinac ., Devoe & Ray A (60c) Devoe & R 18t pt (1) 2008 Diamond Match (1). Diamond Mteh pf 1% Dome Mines (1).... Dominion Stores Doug Alrcrnn(flK Dresser Mfg A (3% Dresser Mfg B (:).. Drug Corp (4). Dullith ‘&A'lpf Dunhill Internatl Duplan Silk (1) Duplan Sitk pt (8).. 208 Dupont,de Nem (4). 1943 124% 100 Du Port de N pr8). 17 96 Duques Lt 18t pf (5) 2 nirham Hosiery pt. 1308 Eastern Roll Mills. . 9 £1% Eastman Kodak (18) 487 121 Bastman Kod pf (6). 1008 aton Axle & Spr(1) 5622s itington-Bchild..., 15 itington-Schild pt lec Auto Lite (4).. lec Auto-Lite pf(7) 20s lectric Boat. 5 lec&Musical Instru 304 lec Pwr & Lt (1)... 765 lec Pwr & Lt pf(8) x 21 c Pwr&Ltpt (1).x 16 Dec Storage Bat (4) x 87 Ik Horn Coal. .. ... 11608 lic Horn Coal pf.... 108 merson-Brant (B) 8 nporium Capwell. 1008 indicott-Johnson(3) 15 ndicott-John pf (1) b 62% -84 94y 1% 10% + % 12 -4% EEY SE¥ EFIX (RN [ 5 —an oS4l 100 —1 98 -4 25 —~BTA 10544 —3% 3% Houston Ol (new) 11% Howe Sound (2). 27 Hudson & Man (134) 40 Hudson Man pt (5)., 7% Hudson Motor (1). 8% Hinp Motor 10% [llinois 15 Illinois Cent pf 1% Indian Motor Cycle 9 Ind Motor Cyele pt 1% Indian Refining. 21 Indust Rayon (4). 21%4 Inland Stesl (2). ... 28 Ingersoll Rand (4) 3 Inspiration Copper 6 Insur Sh(Del)182%¢ 3% Insur Sh(Md)(28¢) . 615 Interboro Rap Trans 4 Intercontl Rubber. .. 8% Interlake Iron t Int Bus Machine(n§) Int Carriers,Ltd 60c. Int Cement (3)...... int Combustion. Int Combustion pf. .. Int Harvester (234). Int Harvester pf (7) Int Hydro Bl A (e2). Int Match pf (4) nt Merchant Mar Int Nickel of Can 20¢ Int' Nick Cgn pf (1).. Int Paper Int Paper & Pwr (A) Int Paper & Pwr (B) Int Paper & Pwr C.. Int Paper & Pwr pf. . Int Printing Ink. . Int Printg Ink pf (8) 1’0! Int Rys Cent Am. ... 130s Int Rys Cent Am Int Rys of CenAm pr 60s int Salt (3) Int Shoe (3)... Int Silver. Int Int Tel & Teleg (80c) It Dept Stores (2).. Interstate DS pf(7). Interst DS pf xw(7) Intertype Corp 4 Towa Central RR.... Investors Equity.... Island Creek Coal(4) 59 Island Creek pf (6).. 60s 5Ths 24 Jewel Tea (1414). 15% Jolns-Manville (1).. 480 87% Jones & Laueh pf(1) 630s 115% 111% KC P&L Ist pf B(6) 10: 8 Kansas City Southn. 15% Kan City Sou pf (4). 4 Karstadt (Rudolph). ‘mann Dept Strs() % Kavser (J) & Co (1) 10 Keith-Alb-Or pf (7). 315 Kelsey-Hayes Wh % Kelly-Spring Tir 84 Kelly-Spr T 89 pi 6 Kelvinator Corp. 20 Kendall Co pf (8)... 2108 % Kennecott Copper 50¢ 741 14 Kimberly Clark 2%.x 10 5 Kinney (GR) Co.... 10 10 Kinney (G R) Co pf.. 120s 2% Kresge Dept Stores. 708 244 Kresye Dept Strs pf. 108 17 Kresge (8 8) (1.80).. 174 33% Kress (SH) Co (31). 4 4% Kreuger & Toll 1.61). 950 144 Kroger Grocery 329 Mz’h Lambert 130 Leh Port Cmt pt ( 2% Lehigh Valley Coal. 8 Lehigh Val Coal pf.. 2% N Y Shipbuilding.... 36 31 N Y Shipbldg pf(7).. 1308 92 N Y Steam pf (6)... 50s 99%4 N Y Steam 18t pf(7). 308 10 Noranda Mines (2).. 108 2 Notfolk & Southern. 19 112 Norf & Westn (t12). 42 72 Norf & Westn pf (4) 50s 2% North Am Aviatlon. 186 Nor Amer(b10%stk) 124940;'5\!&. North Amer pf (3). North Am Bd pf (6); u Nor Ger Lloyd m2.58 5 Northern Cent (4). 208 Notthern Pacific 3)..25044s Northwest Tele (3). 20s % Norwalk Tire & Rub. 13 6 OhloOIl..,.. 199 1 ' Oliver Farm Equip. . 14504 4 OlivFarm Bq pr pt. 14 1% Omnibus Corp...... 11 594 Omnibus pf (A) (8). 38 10 Oppenheim Coll (2). 4% Orpheum Circult pf. 1508 7 17% Otis Blevator (334). 103308 22% 4 110 Otis Elev pf (8) 1 111 3% Otis Steel. 69% 11 Otis Stesl pr 55 4015 Outlet Co (4). 118% 102 Outlet Co pf ( 39% 20% Owens Ill Gla 1% Pacific Coast. 2 29% Pacific Gas & 155 35 Pacific Lighting (i) 25 814 Pactfie Mills........ § 98% Pacific Tel&Toles (1) 5108 4 Packard Motor (40e) 449 20 Pan-Amer Pet (1.60) 20 Pan-Am Pet B(1.80). % Panhandle Prog&Ref. 8 Panhandle P& R pf. 71 Par-Pub (b10% stk 8 Park & Tiford. ' Park Utah Parmeles D Pathe Exchange. ... Pathe Exchange (A) Patine Mines....... Peerless Motor Car. Penick & Ford(f1%) Penney (J C) (2.40). Penney (JC) pf A (6) Penn Dixie Cement. , Penn Dixfe Cmt pt. (] Penna Rallroad (2).. 877 Peop Drug Strs (1).. ¢ 8 Péoples DB pf (6%) 808 Peoples Gas(Chi) (8) 57 Pers Marquette Ry. . Pers Marquette pr Dt so- Pere Marquette pt... 3708 Pet Milk (m1). x1 Pet Corp of Am (1).. 209 Phelps Dodze Co. 161 4 Phila Cc 6% pf (3)., 1 Phila&Rending C&1 74 Phillips-Jones Co.,. 10 Phillp Morris&Co(1) 4 Phillips Petroleum.. 423 Phoenix Hosiery. 708 Pierce-Arrow. . Plerce-Arrow pf (8). Plerce Ofl. . Plerce Ofl pf. 25‘4 Pirelli (A) (m3.13) Pitts Coal Pitts Coal Pittsbgh Scraw Pitts Steel pt. ... Pitts Terminal Coal. Pitts Term Coal pf. Pitts United Corp Pitts United pf (7). Poor & Co (B)... Port Ric Ath Tob(A) Port R Am Teb (B). Postal Tel&Cable pf. 108% 1b§\ - % April . 5 21071318 22589579 25.306,042 May | 181852464 21078386 23579169 25558407 5o e R 1 June 8. . 10484101 2LTIT63 23509185 27058100 5. 93 BasiriosCretm (4).. 61 July 19855847 21,182,306 24,423,886 27.102411] ,;; Beatrice Crm pt(1).. August 19470453 31180690 24944308 27195163 | 'g) Besch-Nut Pkg (3)..x September 19,710,347 : 25266208 27712102 Cp,, Belding-Hemingway October .. . 19,286,368 : 25886904 27842708 | goul pyi4 Reig N R ptpf 14.81. November 20256623 23549201 35628655 28128410 spus Bengix Avietion (1). 1458 December 20663298 24,678,737 27,520,341 464 Best & Co (s). s m T "l - Q Bethlehem Bteel . TELEPHONE SERVICE IN DISTRICT Bethiehem St pt (1) 19 CHESAPEAKE & POTOMAC TELEPHONE CO. Number of Telephones in Service ing Pub Sve (1.60).. 7 284 — % A L i Ing Pub8Ve pf (5). 5 :: —g 18% Lohn & Fink(s). ). ing P S pf ww (5%), = i ng Pub Sve pf (6). | Il e t}:‘.’::&"&m:fl'fll' 4 9% Proct & Gamb /2.40) 124 Equit Offics Blds 1% 0 LiE&Mysa e ) < ¢ 214 97 Proc&Gamb of (§).. 1708 irie % Bris RR 1st pi % Mo f?f‘f‘.;?f"’c" e 3% Prod & Refiners pf. . Erie RR 24 pf. . % 12% Llr:. T L :‘(’ A " 51% Public 8ve NJ(3.40). Bureka Vao Cleaner. 80 Link mate (Lo 5 80 Publie Sve NJ pf (5) 1544 Liauid Carbonie @) A R L REA A 26% Loew’s, Inc (4). 3 ‘ % Public Sve N J pf(7) 5 113% 115 10 Lopw's st 0. 3 1601 1343 Public Sve N J pf(8) 136 136 A . 107% 92% Pub Sc G&E of (). Bloomingdale Bros.. 100s 0! MC.iviviinnnan . 581 17 Pullman Corp (3). 17 Bloomingdale pf (7). 1608 75 4 % Long Bell Lumb(A). 2 1% Punta Alegre § 3ohn Alumn (1%).. 22% 5 1% Fashion . 547% 3814 Loose-Wiles (13). E 3 0% 4 l’uraaoll gfe Sugar. Bon Amlid) (46) 5 53 2 474 Fashion B 126 118 Loose-Wiles 1st (7). 240s 1017 84y P 6 Ol pf (3) Booin Hishirie 3 20 Fod L& Tr ($1%).. 2 21% 10 Lorillard (P) (1.20). 708 15% 12 851 191 Boslty Dabert 2" Booth Fish 15t pt. 10 92 58 Fed Lt & Tracpf (6) 2408 8 102% 767 Lorrillard (P) pf (1) 2 87 85 | LRy Daker February ...l 177 5 160,013 170,038 ret ey ; 20 Fed Mines & Smelt. 4 4% 1% LouislanaOil....... & 5 5% Hadio Corp. q March O 53, 160,948 170,920 9% Borg Warner (1).... : | 94 39 Fod Mine&Smeltg pt. 2 89 36% 20 LouGas&ElA (1%) 36 584 27 Radio Corp pf A 314, aoell Lo o 145 61 161,772 171,814 Hotany Con Min (A). 3 Ved Mot Track(ioe). 28 S 11 20% Loulsville & Nash(d) 35 = 60 10% Radio Corppf (B)... 34;\ . shvans 445 gg: 4 }g%;‘;fi 1‘17; 4;; Briggs Mg (11%).. 175 EaaeRlHcieEn I 55 25 LaOilpf (6%) E 26 1~ Radlo:Keith-Orph A une . erssne 5. 53,815 ] 4 Wl 4 4% Fed Water Service =1 19 5% Ludlum Steel 3 k % 8 RRBecICstk Cid). July i D 14502 ; 162,108 172,762 e . 2 5 T'4 Pressed Steel Car pf. Blaw Knox (50¢).-.. 20 M: ! 1028, 1930 1931 January Ebphadi 144,036 5 159,705 169,348 | Brockway Mot Trk. . ed Dept Stores (1). | 81 geptemi Brockway Mot Tr pf 1108 Bklyn-Man Tran (4). 188 Bklyn-Man Tr ot (8) 6 Bkiyn & Queens. .... Bklyn&Queens pt(6) Bklyn Union Gas (6) Brown Shoe (3). Brunsw-Balks. . Bruns Term & Rwys. Sepiember . October November December ... Month. January February errh December 145414 145,837 148,608 158,016 149,501 158,747 150,360 158,813 Average Originating Calls Per Day. 1828, 1929. 590,024 601,839 895,652 602,004 597,723 599,428 597.693 474,550 535,762 571,405 508,216 598,398 632,604 *Seasonal decrease due to vacation period. SALES INDEX OF DEPARTMENT STORES DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.’ Average Monthly Sales 1923=100, 1828, 1929, 922 162,396 163,73 619,003 668.393 641 583 856.337 652,850 625.226 573,857 515,227 870,953 620,463 651,180 662,058 Buad (EG) Mfg pf. Budd Wheel (1).... Bullard Co Bulova Watch Burns Bros (A) . . Burns Bros(A) v.t.c. Burns Bros pf (7). .. 10 Burrough A M(t1%) 154 Bush Términal(2%) 50 Bush Térm deb (7).. 85 Bush Terminal pf(7) 1% Butte Copper & Zine % Butte & Su 3% Butteriak ers ! ornis % Callahan z:ncLM 34 Calumet & Heela. ... Ti4 Camp W&C Fdy (1). 14 CanadaDry GA (3). 113 1 11 Canadian Pacific 1§ BSSGO! 16% Cannon Mills (1.80). 5 Capital Admin (A). 15 24'l(n;|1ln\AdN(AH3) 1 3532 53 1014 Caterpillar Trae (2 6% Cavanaugh-Dobbs pf Fid Ph Fire In(2.60). 90 Filens's Sons pt 6% .. 1208 Fisk Rub 18t pf conv 1508 Firestone T& R (1).. 17 Firestone T&R pf(8) 40 First Natl Strs (234) u Fisk Rubber.......s Fisk Rubber 1st pf. . 550- Florsheim (A) (1%) 18 Follonshee Bros..... b 4 Food Machinery 1 82 « Foster-Wheeler. Eu 3% Foundation Co. 5 67 Franklin Smn pt(7). 16% Fourth Nat Inv (1,10 Fox Film (A) Freeport-Tex (3). 1913 Gazyewell Co (3). % Gardner Motor. 2% Gen Am Investo: 54 GenAmInvpt (§). 4 82 Gen Am Tank Car(4) ::? ) 164 Gen Cable pf. 25 Gen Cigar (4) 24 Gen Blectrio ( 11 Gen Elec spec (60¢). 30 Gen Food Corp (1).. 1% Gen Gas&El Ale30e) 16 Gen Gas&K cv pf(8) 80 Gon Gas&RI pt A(8). 20% Gen Ital Bd Bl m2.61 Gen Mills (3) Ludlum Steel pf CANG & Forbes (. 17 MeCall Corp (2% ) 20% McCrory Strs A (2 17% MeCrory (B) (2) 55 McCrory Strs pf 6 MeGraw Hill (1).... 12 Mcintyre Pore M(1). 10 38 McKeesport T P (4).x 327 414 M esson & Robbins 69 19 es&Rob pf(3%) 8 2% McLOll-n Stores. . 16 40 * McLellan St pf A(6). 20s 13% Mack Trucks (1).... 16 50% Macy(RH)& Co(ni) lMans 6! Madison 8q Garden 7% Magma Copper (1). "4 Mallison & Co. 9 Mallison & Co pf.. 8% ManhatElev mod gtd 6 Manhattant Shirt(1) % Manati Sugar. .. * 1% Manati Sugar pf. 3 Mandell Brother: 5 Manhat Elev gtd (1), Bab- % Maraeaibo Oil Bxp, . a Marine l!flg; (LID). Market St Ry pr pf, . 10 Marlin-Rockwell (2) 1% Marmon Motor Car. . 12 Marshall Field (2%) 1% Martin Parry....... 5 14 Mathieson Alkill (2) x 75 17% May Dept Strs (2%4) slss. l'/q Maytag Co. Maytag Co pt (3). Maytag Co 1st pt (6) Melville Shoe (2). Mengel Co. Méngel Co Mesta Mach Met-Gold Ple pt 1. i Go 48% 314 12 Rand Mines(m2.429) 9% Raybestos Man(1.40) 33 Reading Rwy (4)... 30 Reading 1stpf (2).. 80 Reading Ry 2d pf(2) 1% Real Silk Hosfery 10 Real 8ilk Hoslery p: % Reis (Robt) & Co... 2% Remington-Rand 10% Rem Rand 1st pf. 15 Rem Rand 24 pf. 3 Reo Motor Caf(40¢). x al 4% Republic Steel. 330 8% Republic Steel pf 60 3% Revere Copper. 2 12 Revere Copper (A).. 1 7 Reynolds Metls(14) 16 ' Reynolds Tob A (3). 20s Reynolds Tob B (3). 436 Rhine W Bl P(a2.14) Richfleld Ofl A Rio Granae Ol. 7% Ritter Dent Mfg 1%. Rossia Ins of Amer. . 18% Royal Dutch of NY 12 Rutland RRpf...... ‘eway Stores (5).. 151 % hnwust:-vr(l). 1408 ay Strs pf (1). 5108 1)es x g CK S8tL-San Fran Df{‘)- 8t Louls Southwn. St Louis Southwn pf Savagé Arms. Schulte Retall Stol ln Schulté Stores pf (8. x3208 884 Scott Paper (1. lfll‘ 9108 DA siieinvenmeas 1000 ¥ 1% -84