Evening Star Newspaper, April 23, 1935, Page 17

CURB LIST HOLDS AT HIGHER LEVEL Early Gains of Fractions to Point Maintained Late in Session. By the Associated Press. NBW YORK, April 23.—Early gains ractions to a point or so were l‘y wefl mnnmnsd among leading !om- proflt uun; reduced the gains in petrolum and mining shares, but utflities and specialties dffered stubborn resistance and held well. Trading continued active. Prominent shares on the upside included Aluminum Co, American Gas, Consolidated Gas of Baltimore, HMartford Blectric, Lake Shore Mines, New York & Honduras Rosario Min- lgx and Sherwin Willlams. South- etn New England Telephone made &n extreme gain of 5% points on small sales. Creole Petroleum can- celed an early gain of around 1.4 point. DOMESTIC BONDS, High. Low. Noon. . B0% B0% suke Uds Y% 9V 10:'/4 1014 101% % 3 A% K 8 Alabam Pw 4 s 07 Alumi Ltd Amlr&&r 'w s Amer P & L d8 301 Ya Y gxluvn 36 8 9! 9 b 4 4 ‘i }l oo uu 87% 105% 100% 108 100" 100 100 100% 100% 100t Ut D0 Bl NEW YORK CURB MARKET T, 40 GROSSRAES] oo ome mmmumm Stockand Sale— Dividend Rate. Add 00. High, Alnsworth (p%). 5 26 Ala Powr pf (8).. 30a 854 3% 53% Ala Pwrpf (1)...1608 60 60 80 Allled MillsInc.. 6§ 164 16 (164 Alum'n Coof Am. 7008 80% 49 49 Alum'n pf (1%)..200s 84% 80 84% Alum’n Ltd cu pf. Am City Power &Lt P(:l) A.. 508 Am City Power (EL! (k10c) B 8 Am Cynam 40c B.. 14 Am Founders.... 1 AmGas& D 140.. 23 Am G &E pf (8) Am Invest Ine Am Lt & Tr 1. Am Maracaibo. 2% 1%: 14 1% Am Sup'pwr pf. Am Sup’pw 1st pf. Am Thread pf “n. Arcturus Radio T Ark Nat GasA... Ark Nat Gas cu pf Armstr Cork (508) Art Metal (k26¢). Ass0G&E (A)... Atl Coast Fisher.. Atlas Corp... —-»—"“b‘—n‘--uu - Auto Vot Meh 50c. e Baboock & Wil 40¢12 Bliss Co (EW)... Blue Ridge pf(a3) Brazll Tra¢ L&P.. Brill Corp (B).sse Brit-Am Tob cuB (p54%c).. Buckeye P L (3). .1 Buff N&EP pf 1. [] Buftalo Niag & Eastpt 1st pf 5. 2008 Bunker Hill&Sul. 4508 Burma Ltd (k97 7-10¢).. Butler Bros...... putniSunies e Can Indus Alco B. ol hewenl Catalin Cotp. Celanese 1st D! Cent Hudson G & Ectfs (80c).. Cent States Eleo. . Cent statu Eleo 7% pf..... +. 3008 Chicago M.Il Order (t1%). 29 4| Cities Service t o5 A Crane Co_ Bs '40 Crucible Steel 55 Cum C P&l 4 onuno;w'wer bs “ 102 103 10 ‘ mm 1015 1014 44 ¥ | Cosden Of1 (Me) .. SEEX ' e & o e oo FFEEE BENNR im?; % b i 5 o@cezSore 222385 S5 SSESERISIEN Sl WEE K = 2 SR RS b 2 g gecesise - % 82 RS S SRS ReR RS SRS 3! Do o B s 3555t zanss SRANERE £ AEERE 28 58 Claude Neon Lt Clev Elec Illu (3. 2 Cleveland Tractor 10 Columbia Gas & Elec av pf (5) 3008 Columb O&G vtc.. Com'with Ed (4).. 18 Compo Shoe Mach s. tc (Wa). 1 Cons Copper. . Cons Gas of Balto (3.60).. 14 645 Consol M&S (3“) 208 uou HOK 140\6 ContG&Eprpf 7. 508 52% Cooper Bessemer. 1 4% Cooper Bess pfA. 1 21 Cora Corp [ Corroon & R pf AL : 25‘6 .. 1608 low Creole Petroleum. 10 12% Crocker Wheeler. . % Croft Brewing.,.. £ 1% Crown Cork Intl o (m75c) A.. Cueno Press pt (6%) ww. 1008103 ION lOI Cusi-Mexicana M. 8§ 1% Dictograph Prod.. Disttilers Co Ltd (p37 3-10c Distillers C-Seagr Distilled Liquors. Doehler Die Cast. Dow Chemieal g) Driver Har (k54e) N Dubelier Gondeas. % Duke Power (3)..128s 47% Duval'Tex Sulph. 1 10 B, % Eastn G&F Asso. . 3K Eastn G&F A pf 6 225! 41 60 2% 2 fll 3 25% 12% 1% Bast'n Gas & Fuel prof (4%)...1008 Easi'n States Powet (A)... s East'n States Power (B)... 50s Easy Wash MchB 1 Elec Bond&Bhare. 1% | Elec Bd&Sh pf (5) Elec Bd&S8h pf (8) ‘s | Elec P Asse (328). Blec P As A (320). Ejec Pw & Lt opt war. Elec Share pf Bany Corper 4 uity Corp. .. Eureka L (4)100s "“ml?ted.db n“m 1 ghts. Evans Wall Lead. 1 Ex-Cell-0 A&Tool 43 8% Fajardo Sugar.. 2‘ 93% Falstaft Browery. 5 Fanny Farmer o Clndyl g'l‘:d %e). ‘ansteel Ferre Enamel Fiek Rubber Flintcote A Mlc. Fla PW&Ltpf. . Ford Mot Can A = s conv pt (1.20)500s 143 —es Pacific Eastern... w|Pitts& LE (2%). 6% | Seovill Mfg (1) mnu hl.— McCord Rad (B).. McWilliams Dr (22008 n Mangel Stores. . Maryr'd Casuaity. Mavie Bot (A) (1), 14 d Johnson (14) Miohi Sugar... Middle States Petrol vic A 1 85% B6% B5% | Mea 2% | Mid West Util (r) Mie West Utll evpLA (r)... Midland 8t1 Prod. Mohawk Hudson 1st pf (4) Molybdenum. Mont Ward (7) !8‘/1 % 11% 305 187% 187% ll'l% 2 30 30 30 Mount Prod 2 ¢ 4 4 Nach SpringpS0c. 1 7 23 1 Nat Rubber Mach. Nat Transit (70¢) Natomas Co (80c) New Brad Ol 20 NJZinc (2).. Newmont (plo NY&HRo (t2) 400! lm N Y Steam. NY Tel pf (8%). .flfilllbn llD ll.h Niag Hudson Pwr 26 Niag Shrs(Md)B.. 3 B% N lu Nipissing(ki2¥c) 7 2% 2% NomaElecCorp.. 1 14 1n North Am L&’ 1 % Nor Am L&P pf 000- 8% A'A . 2% 2% 10s 78 72 12 Northn Cent Te: Northn N Y Util 8 12 10% lg 3 9% B 1 21% 21% 21% ot (D). Northera S Ohio Ofl cu pf (§) .200s102% 102 102% Ofl 8tks Ltd 150c.100s 10k 10% 10% Power (A, 6 2% 2% 2% 18 10% 2 Northwest Eng. Novadel Ag (2). Pac Gas & Elec Ppr(1.37%). Pac Gas & Ejec 1st pf (13%) Pac Light'g pf( Pantapec Oil. 1 Parke Davis 11.70 3 Parker Rust P(3) 850s Peninsu Tel pf(7).10s 7 Pennroad Corp... 8 Pepperell M{g (6) 90s Perfect Circle (2). BOI Phila Co (80¢) . 3 108 Pitts Plate Gl (2) 450s Premier Gold (12¢ 1 Prod Royalty 2%¢c 5 Prudential Inv... 4 Puget Sound P&L $5pf.. 400s Pure Ol pf. Richfield Oil Cal Saf CanH&L (k3) bd0s St Anthony Gold.. 2 8t Regis Paper... 12 5 | Salt Creek P (80c) ’1 1 Savoy Oil.... 8chift(The)Co Selected Indu: allot cfs (312)150s 55 Belect Ind pr(3%;) 50s 54 Sentry Bafety Con l ton Leather. . lhnrwln-w pf (6) 1 Singer Mfg (18%) 1082413 241% 241% Smith (AO). . 900867% 67 67% Sonotone Corp. 2% 2 2% South Am Gold 3% 3% 3w & Plat (40c). 8 South Penn01.20 1 24% 24% 244 2 23 22% 28 Southn Calif Edis e EdpfC(1%), 3 21 21 21 Southn New Eng Tel (6) 205108 108 108 Southl'd Roy t26c 2 b% &% 5% Spanish&Genrets, 7 % % % Stand Ol Ky t1% 5 19 18% 10 Stand Ofl Ohto. 900; MV. My 14% Stand Pw&Lt..... 1% 14 Stand Silver& L.. % % % | Southn Calit EdptB (1%) { Walker (Hiram).. X | ek cankhe Curb ‘[ ABOVE YEAR AGO :|Increase of 3.3 Per Cent Revealed at Meeting. Board Re-elected. By the Assoclated Press. RICHMOND, Va., April 23.~Gross revenues of the Chesapeake & Ohila Rallway Co. in 1034 increased $3,819,- 655.13, or 3.3 per cent, over the preced- ing year, stockholders were informed today in their annual meeting here. The annusl report of the road showed that during 1934 operating expenses increased $2,488,006.7¢, or b 4.3 per cent, over the figure for 1933. "The ratio of operating expenses to revenués was 55.5 per cent for 1934, or an-increase of 0.5 per cent over 1983, During the course of the meeting the stockholders re-elected 10 direc- tors: Wilbur H. Baldwin, clndmd J. J. Bernet, Cleveland; oeorle Bishop, Oleveland; Joseph A. Dart, ch: e lpatie: B sington, Tt un u‘? Pn Gimm, Cleveland; !-hrnun. Richmond; Otto Mlller. Cleveland, and John C. uym Ashland, Ohip. The directors meet in May to orgenise and M officers. et ————— Bales— Add 00. High. Low. Close. 1268 13 13 Stock and Dividend Rate. Stetsoh (J B Stutz Motor 1 Sullivan Machine.100s Sunray Ofl + B Sunshine (30e)... Swift & Co (175¢) ! Swift Intl (2). Swiss-Am Elet pf. xoo- Swiss Qil (40e)... 4 e Tampa Elec (2.24) 8 Technicolor Ine.. 17 Teck Hughes(40c) 29 Texas Gulf Prod (b10%). 4 Tex P&L pf (7)... 508 Texon O&Ld(80¢c). Tonopah Mini Trans Air Tr o Prans-Lux Daylite Pie Sa (20¢) Tubize Chatillion Tung-Sp} Tung-Sol L pf Unexcelled Mfg (p10e)... Union Gas (Canada)plie Unit Carr F (1)... Unit Corp Untt Foun Unit Gas C Unit Gas C war. Unit Gas Corp pf. Unit Lt&Pw (A). Unit LE&Pw (B). Unit Lt & Pw pf.. 32008 8% Unit Molasses Ltd (pé%). . 8 i Unit Shoe M t4%. 1768 m. USTFoll (§00) B.. & 134 US8&Intl Secur.. 9 4 m 1% 5% (m1.16%c).. . 1008 Utilities P& L... Utility Bquities. . Utility & Indus pt 25% 1% 2% 25: 102 102 102 4% 4% 4% 9% 9 9% * k & R et Pa; in stock. % sm‘"s 'y llnn 3 E.:. ‘lllll- Walker (H)pf(1). ‘Westn Air Exp(n) W Va Coal & Coke Westvaco pf (7). Woodley Pet (20c) Wright Har(160c) I'l Yukon Gold 3 s z B ?" CX:E. 1Plas "En r ’ £ Blug 2% (0 al |-!I Fo3 ’4 iR w-m.ug s B umila lumve T listed stocks. X znd. D. C, TUESDAY Cash wheat, Nfl.ld‘lkhnd.loo H No. 4 red, 1.00% . “ No. l yellow, 91% -9 95 + old, No. 2 yellow, 03. oats, No. 2 ag;rrye buckwhen‘ wybuns, ley, futures m’ m‘.\'{‘w m b Pr" W v ;uz'e L NEW YORK BANK STOCKS (). 4-New York on: oclmk) 23 selunty Desiers ¥osoct (Quotations as ol Man *Includingk extr MONTREAL SILVER. seSilver fu- st 3 y, 70.30b: July. BeBtember, 72.35-50; December, Bid Ban LaFayette §s nearly 16 feet long! And five feet wide at the rear wheels, APRIL 23, 1935. [_ouese o] L VER GURRENGIES Total rs Up Advertising Of Newspape §2,326.4% EARNED PUSHED UPWARD| >:exex “‘,M”‘:“ BY WESTINGHOUSE Metal’s Advnnce Affects Exchanges—Dollar Goes Slightly Higher. By the Assoclated Press. A sharp rise in sllver currencies following & substential increase in the price of the white metal in Lon- don featured foreign exchange mar- kets today. Other currencies were steady and only slightly changed. Shanghat dollars advanced .65 of & cent to 4035 cents and Hongkong dollars gained 145 cents to 5420 cents. Mexican pesos held unchanged at 28 cents. In London the dollar was a trifle higher at 4.84 15-16 to the pound sterling and in New York sterling dipped % of & cent to 4.84%. In Paris the dollar was steady at an equivalent of 6.589 cents to the frenc and in later dealings in New York franes advanced .00% of a cent to 6.59%. Other gold currencles also were a trifie higher. PARIS, April 23 (#).—Three per cent rentes, 77 francs 10 centimes; 4% per cent rentes, 88.80. Ex on London, 73.55. The dollar was quoted at 15.17%. PRI S i NOBLITT-SPARKS NETS $108,630 IN QUARTER By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, April 28.—~Noblitt-Sparks Industries, Inc., .reported net profit after all charges for the first quarter amounted to $108,630, equivalent to 72 cents per share on the capital stock, on which dividends are currently being paid at the rate of 30 cents quarterly. s for the corresponding quar- | jau ter of 193¢ were $49,789, or 33 cents . | per share. GENERAL PRINTING INK SHOWS $215,988 NET By the Assotiated Press. NEW YORK, April 23.—General Printing Ink Co. reports for the first quarter net profit of $215,988 after chi and taxes, compared with MONEY MARKET. NEW YORK, April 23 (#.—Call money per cent all day. uam lteld' fi0~1'0 days, Ya%: 4-6 months. cent. Prime eo-nm’hl paDer. Y. ptances unghange and within 24 arges $143,761 in the same quarter last year. | la the luoum Tate. New York “eserve per een| LaFayette is actually 1 inch wider inches of the aver- cmoAGo, Apru se—mvemamg March was 155,876,000 with 150,439,000 lines 1934. The leading classi- fication from the standpoint of in- creased volume was classified adver- tising, an unususlly sensitive harom- eter of business activity. It gained over 19 per cent, going up to 24,478,~ 000 for the month. Retall and general lineage are just about holding their own compared with last year. In the retail field the gain was 854,000 lines to 89,518,000, an inctease of approximately 1 per cent, while general advertisers pushed their total to 28,085,000 lines for an increase of 2.7 per cent. Automotive advertising is not reach- ing the spectacular totals which marked the merchandising comeback of the industry a year ago. The fig- ure for March, 1935, was 7,685,000 lines, a loss of 10.3 per cent compared with March, 1934. Financial advertising reversed the trend Wwith an increase of 102,000 lines, totaling 3,158,000 lines, and showing a gain of 3.3 per cent, in sharp contrast with the slump of pre- vious months, LOWER TREND REVEALED IN WRIGLEY EARNINGS| By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, April 23.—The William ‘Wrigley, Jr.,, Co. and subsidiaries re- ported net income after taxes, depre- ciation and expenses of $1,786,095 for the first quarter, compared with $1,875,067 in the corresponding period year, Earnings for the 1935 quarter were equivalent to approximately 91 cents per shatre on the common stock out- standing, compared with 96 cents the corresponding period in 1034. — FOREIGN MARKETS. By thoA.uocuud Press. IN—A ch Pt i g L Gl uc:;lmu mduu{u 2nd et G Srices. jjer, el PR hit s mnnuvi Atlantic . While 1 stocks remlined quiet. e magket clo Arm. ARISFrices on the Bourse obened {rresular’ todey with rentes declining on news of Ihe ielay of the Pranco-Russi act. Metal and rubber shares were strong, tnrl issyues m‘nnlneu hesitant. elo: 13> “Mmood prevaiied on with o very tmail turn- | prices declined in most sections, '1 h the elcemloll of mining shares. * | Rail {Iectrmcauon Oraers and Appliance Sales Bring Big Gain. P By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, April 23.—Heavy bill- ings of equipment for railway electrie fication, & more than seasonal increase in shipments of household appliances, and about $900,000 non-recurring in- come, brought Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Co. net income of $2,326496 In the first quarter. This compares with a loss of $1,776,152 in the same period last year. ‘The non-recurring income consisted of arrears of dividends on the pre- ferred “A” stock of Radio Corp. of America and profit on the sale of & block of that stock. A continuance of good business for the second quarter is indicated, but Andrew W. Robertson, chairman of the company, stated that shipments of railway equipment will be in sub- stantlally reduced volume after the next few months. Bookings for the first quarter were 50 per cent ahead of last year, Mr. Robertson reported, and with the ex- ception of the second quarter of 1934 were the highest since the second quarter of 1931. GOLD STATEMENT. NEW YORK, April 23 (#).—Gold arrivals at the port of New York up to the close of banking hours yes- terday amounted to $5,522,200 from Holl and $18300 from Guatemals, There were no exports. Reduces Swelling Soothes Piles Swelling promptly subsides when you apply soothing Pile-Foe. Pain, itching, or bleeding is checked and blessed relief follows. Thdusands attest its remarkable healing prop- erties. Don’t suffer needlessly ... et Pile-Foe at any drug store. oney-back guarantee. Refuse substitutes. P SHOT is ruarantees to do the job auickly CRACK-SHOT 5245+ DEATH And it's bigger, sturdier, stronger , throughout! The four other lowest- where road-safety and etability come from! Yet stubby, narrow cars cost you almost as much, age length of cars $75 to $300 higher. Extra width gives you road stabil- ity, safety —big-car room smside. priced cars average 150 pounds less weight; 10 Asgher priced cars only 35 pounds more! ——————— Gen EI Ltd rets (k30%¢).... 1% ucnnms'epz. .l 33 32 33 Gén Tire & Rub.. 788 50% 50 GenT&RDLA (8) 258 81 01 Georgla Pwpf (§) 285 65% 85% 66% Gorhm vtc expSbe 2 15% 15% 16% Great Atl & Pac 208126 124 124 508126 126 126 1 4% 4% % SYNC'TRONIZLD T SPRINGING! BidCA* CONSTRUCTION The Nash-built LaFayette has more fine-car construction features than eny of the other 21 cars priced under $395 at the factory! Such things as full pressure lubrication, seven bearing crankshatt, rifie-boredt connecting rods, hollow crank- pins, eighty horsepower and eighty miles an hour at low engine speed—these are just a few of the many examples of Nash precision-engineering. 'ea n=v (17). Grog 8tr pr vte Gulf Ollof Pa.. Hartford Elec Light (2.75).... Hecla Mining. . mdudnml%SNnhbufltmhhmtuSynchmmnd Springing ends back seat bounce. Front and rear springs flex evenly, never need oil, never squeak. A uniform level ride in both front eud back seats! LAFAYETTE *580° LAFAYETTE 4-DOOR SEDAN WITH BUILT-IN TRUNK AT AMAZING LOW PRICEI Despite its big car size and fine car pre- cision, the LaFayette 4-Dpor Sedan with trunk, (illustrated) lists at $670. Compare this §n.price with the three other lowest- priced . trunk-equipped, 4-door Sedans: Car A—$675. Car B—$658. Car C—$685. e tiee. 11l PwlLt $8 pf,. 400s 24% lflpmlLtflwwp (130C)..0uven 17 Illum Ofl (B) “mcbd? [nsurance North Am (2) Int] Hydro Elea Intl )(t:l"(kl:‘l Int Mining wer.. Intl Petrel (12)... Intl Ul (B). Interstate Po Delpf... Irviog A C (p) (ot aalodiiinids Joras &Nau...... lélnllmylrev.. Shorter, narrower, lighter cars average only #7.50 less. Cars costing up to #300 more do not equal LaFayette in important measurements LaFayetts is a bigger car, a hesvier car— at 71 different body, chassis and engine and fast, nimble, responsise—8O milesper points—against heat, cold, noise, wear. hour, agceletates § to S0milesperhourin Don't let this bigwcar value escape you 1634 seconds in Asgh geer! Clutch-pedal this year! starting, safety front doors, rigid X-Dual o e, 2-in-1 frame, dual ¢onstructionsteelbody ~ You will be interested in the new Nash with draftless, noiseless, full-vision venti- models also at your Nash-LaFayette dealer’s. lation. Rich upholstery, roomy interiors, (developed from twin § it ) tardom! And the whole ear is insulated— -ward,f. o. b. fastory. SEE IT—DRIVE IT—COMPARE “"—'BEFORE YOU BUY ANY CAR WILLIAMS & BAKER, INC. 1501 141h St. NW, NEW YORK, April 23 Other Nearby Dealers ver aflw"°2’£ higher at Gl%. . "BETHESDA, II) - .Blake D. Merson mmsonnm VA.. .Harrisonburg Wrecking Co. { . ¢ ! 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