Evening Star Newspaper, September 21, 1936, Page 16

TA—16 wxxx FINANCIAL. D. C. INSURANCE SALES SHOW LAG August Total 5 Per Cent Below 1935—8 Months’ Figures Higher. BY EDWARD C. STONE. New life insurance written in Wash- ington in August dropped 5 per cent | below the record for August, 1935, the Sales Research Bureau at Hartford re- ported today. For the first eight months, howewer, business was 1 per cent above the policies written in the like 1935 period. ‘Washington was under the national average, which was off 1 per cent in August from last year. Virginia made a fine showing, a gain of 14 per cent over August, 1935, being reported. ‘West Virginia boosted business 10 per cent over last year, while the Caro- linas both reported gains of 9 per cent. Maryland experienced a drop of 3 per cent. August insurance sales in Washing- ton totaled $4,794.000. Maryland new business amounted to $6,554,000. Vir- ginia, $6,086,000; West virginia, $4.- 097,000; North Carolina, $5,602,000, and South Carolina, $2,852,000. August sales in the whole Nation totaled $451,- 612.000. Among leading cities Los Angeles made the best record, with an 8 per cent gain, followed by Chicago with a 1 per cent advance. New York came third. Detroit noted the exact same slump as Washington, while Cleveland, Boston, Philadelphia and St. Louis fell below the record made here. Asa fule, the Western section of the coun- try made a better showing in August than the East. Convention Chairman Named. First steps in arranging for the Na- tional Safe Deposit Convention, to be Teld in Washington next May 6. 7 and 8. were announced today by Richard | E. Harris, American Security & Trust | Co., who is general convention chair- man and has appointed the following | chairmen to serve on the various THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, TRANSACTIONS ON THE NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE By Private Wire Direct to The Star. Prev. 1938 Stock and gigh, Low. Dividena Rate. 118 110% Abr & Straus pf (T) 137% 9% Adams Exp (a20c) 353% 17% Adams Millis(a75c) 291 2214 Address’graph(1)_. 211 1% Advance Rumley._. 81% 58 Air Reduction (11). 61 2 Air-Way Elec Appli 17% Alaska Jun (160c) ... A% 2‘& Alleg Corp (d) .. 4613 12% Alleg pf w$30w (d). 45% 12Y% Alleg pf wS40w (d). 45 1215 Alleg pf xW (d).oon 4574 391 106 245 29 157 Allled Chem (6) 23 Allied Mills (as0c)- 6% Allied Stores ___ 69 Allied Stores pf (5) 35% Allis-Chalm (1%) . s Amal Leather Amal Leather pf $2. Amerada Corp (2)_. Am Ag Chm Del(3). Am Bank Note (1)_ Am Bnk Note pf (3) 40 Am Brake Shoe 1.60 lE'lla 115% Am Can (14) 169'5 162! Am Can pf (7) - 50 30 Am Car & Foundry. 8813 57% Am Car & Fdry pf.. 60y 31 Am Chain 136 114% Am Chain pf 16 7'z Am Colortype 2013 Am Comel Alcohol 16 Am Crystal S(ad0c) 8 AmCryss latpf(6) 33 Am Encaustic._ 9% Am European Sec__ 6'2 Am & Forelgn Pwr_ 25 Am & For Pw $6 pf. 29% Am & For Pw $7 pf. 12 Am & For Pw 2d pf. 13 Am Hawallan (1) 5'x Am Hide & Leather. 32% Am Hide & L pf (3). 37 Am Home Pr (2.40). 213 Am Ice_ 17% Am Ice f (2) 66 Am Locomotive pf-. 21 Am Mch&Fy (80c)- 10 Am Mch&Met a40c. 27 Am Metal 7' Am Power & Lig] e %N Am Pwr&Lt pf (5)- Am Pwr&Lt pf (6)_ 1»!-. Am Radiator(al5c) 233 Am Rolling M(1.20) 36 Am Safety Rn (2)- 18 Am Seating__ 25% Am Shipbldg (2) % Am Smelt&Ref (2). 57's Am Snuff (13) . ___ s 20'3 Am Steel Foundry 107% Am Stl Fy pf $23% « 48i Am Sugar (2) committees: Vice chairman—Earle M. Amick, | mssistant vice president, Riggs Na-v; tional Bank. i Entertainment—Thomas E. Elgin, | assistant cashier, Georgia Avenue | Branch City Bank. 1 Finance—John F. Hillyard, assistant | trust officer, National Bank of Wash- | | ington. Hotels—Harry P. White, assistant | treasurer, Northeast Branch American | Security & Trust Co. Information — Albert E. Fisher, | Riggs National Bank. | Ladies’ Committee—Mrs, Helen R. | $harpe, Bank of Commerce & Sav- | ngs. Program—Hans sistant treasurer, & Trust Co. Publicity—Miss Eva Ricker, Farm- ers and Mechanics' Branch, Riggs National Bank. Reeeption—Gerald E. Keene, as- sistant cashier, Second National Banx. | Registration—Andrew R. Walden, | Hamilton National Bank. Transportation — Percival ~ Wiison, | secretary, National Savings & Trust | Co. i W. Ireland, as American Security D. C. Underwriters to Meet. John E. O'Brien, chairman of the Bulletin Committee of the District | Life Underwriters’ Association, an- nounced today that the first Fall| meeting will be held next Mondayl noon at the Willard Hotel, with Grant | Taggert of Wyoming as the guest speaker. For 22 years he has been| sn exceptionally large producer. He | Wrote more than $1,000,000 annually for six years and will tell the Wash- I ington agents how he did it. Laurence | H. Rigges, the new president, will be in the chair. | “Dollars and Sense,” organ of | ‘Washington Chapter, American Insti- | tute of Banking, made its first Fall | eppearance in the financial dnsmct\ today. It is edited by A. E. Henze, W. B. Hibbs & Co., assisted by J. ' George Dagenais, Riggs National, and | Kenneth Birgfeld, American Security | & Trust Co. The issue covers the activities of | the chapter most thoroughly, and | makes special reference to the recenh address to institute students by | Joseph A. Broderick, one of the gover- nors of the Federal Reserve Board. Paul J. Seltzer, chapter president, covers chapter activities, and the na- | tional convention at Seattle has not been forgotten. Much that is said deads up to the institute class work, which begins this evening. Bankers Watching Convention. ‘Washington bankers had their eyes Surned toward the West Coast today, ‘where the national convention of the American Bankers’ Association opened in San Francisco. The Capital has an able delegation present. Great interest will center later in the week in the election of a second vice president following a lively con- $est. Wilmer J. Waller, vice presi- dent and cashier of the Hamilton ‘National Bank, is a member of the Nominating Committee, as represen- tative of the District Bankers' As- sociation. ‘Washington Market Strong. Lincoln National Bank stock was especially active at 205 on the Wash- ington Stock Exchange today. Nor- folk & Washington Steamboat stock sold at 101 and other issues were strong. It was one of the best ses- sions in some time. Albert Atwood of Washington, economist and writer for the Satur- day Evening Post, will be one of the speakers at the national convention ! of life underwriters in Boston this week. United Business Service stresses the eontinued Nation-wide upswing in building activity as of special im- portance in the present business situ- ation today, adding that it will serve as a powerful sustaining force for general business during the rest of the year. Resignation of John D. Ross as a member of the Securities & Exchange Commission is expected early in No- vember, according to the Wall Street Journal, as he is anxious to return to Beattle where he developed the municipal lighting system of that city. Daily average sales of grocery chain stores for August showed an increase of about 9 per cent in dollar volume, as compared with August, 1935, and were 10 per cent above the same month of 1934, according to prelimi- nary estimates of the Department of Commerce. MORE SUGAR USED. NEW YORK, September 21 (#).— Consumption of sugar in 14 principal countries for the period September, 1935, through July, 1936, totaled 7,213,050 long tons, raw sugar value, compared with 6,907,730 in the preceding like period, a gain of rough- ly 4.4 per cent, Lamborn & Co. re- ported. 3 P 6% 20 Am Sumatra Tob 97 149'; Am Tel & Teleg (9). 87 Am Tobacco (5)- % Am Tobacco B (5) &5 Am Type Founders. 19's Am Wat Wks a20c_. 92% Am Wat W 1st (6) '« Am Woolen _ 54's Am Woolen pf(} “ Am Writ Paper (d)- 4's Am Writ Pap pt (d) 313 Am Zine & Lead 28 Anaconda Cop (1) .. Anaconda Wire(2). 15's Anchor Cap (6uc)—_ 9 Andes Copper 37 Archer-Dan-Malla 4 105'% Armour Del pt (7) 4% Armour (lllinois) . 66's Arm'r(1ll)pr pt (6). 47'% Armstrong C (1%). 72 Arnold Const (50¢). 8!y Artloom Corp - 128, Asso Dry Goods_ 103 Asso DG 1st pf {9 98 AssoDG 2dpf 59 Atch To& S Fea2. . 90% Atch To&S Fe pf(5) 21% Atlantic Coast Line 11 At Gult& W Ind 1313 Atl Gulf&W Ind pf. 263% Atlantic Ref (1) __. 109 Atlantic Ref pf (4). 26% Auburn Auto _ 5% Austin Nichols 29': Austin Nichols pf A 4% Aviation Corp (Del) 213 Baldwin Loco (4) . 2913 Baldwin Loco pf(d) Baldwin Loasd(d). 157y Baltimore & Ohio_... 21 Baltimore & Oh pf. 4175 Bang & Aroos (213) 110 Bang & Aroos pf(7) 13! Barker Brothers 106 82's Barker Bros pt 20 1 19% 16% Bayuk Cigars (7oc) 26 18 Beatrice Cream (1) 100 Beatrice pf ww (5). 85 Beech-Nut P (13)_. 13% Belding-Hem (1) __ 213 Bendix Aviat'n (al) 20 Beneficiai L (t1%). 48 Best & Co (12).. 45% Beth Steel 16'x Beth St 5% 107!z Bethlehe Stl pt('l].. 32 Bigelow-San (1) .. 14'3 Blaw-Knox (40c) 109% Bloomingdale pf(7) 7% Blumenthal pf_ ... 167 Boeing¢Airplan 41 Bohn Alum&Br 3y Bon Ami (B) (2%). 25% Borden Co (1.60) - 64 Borg-Warner (13) 6 Boston & Maine. ___ 12% Bridgp't Brass t40c 43% Briggs MIg (12) . 474 Briggs & Strat (3) . 41 Bristol Myers (12)_ 40'¢ Bklyn-Man Tr (3) 413 Bklyn & Queens. 33! Bklyn & Qns pf(13). 44'; Bklyn Un Gas (3) .. 462 Brown Shoe (3) 137 8!s Brunswick-Ball 17% 8% Bucyrus-Er! 110 107': Bucyrus-Erie pf(7) 157 9 Budd (EG) Mfg. . _ 1% 7 Budd 2d pd..Oct 16 115% 85 Budd (EG) Mfg pf. 14 83 Budd Wheel 20% Bullard Co (a50c) 1113 Bulova Watch__ 25 Burr Ad Mch(160c). 2% Butte Copper&zinc. 16!% Byers (A M) ... 54% Byers (A M) pf. 22 Byron Jackson 30% California Pkg(1%) % Callahan Zinc. 6 Calumet&Hec a: 30 Campbell Wy (11)_. 10% Canada Dry G A__... 10% Canadian Pacific 37 Cannon Mills (a2) 92% Case (J 1) Co __ 54% Caterpillar Trac(2) 21% Celanese Corp as0c. 19 Celotex Corp . 54 Celotex Corp pf.- 57 35 Central RRofNJ. 9% 6% Century Rib Mills_. 58 47% Cerrode Pasco (4)_ 19% 8% Certain-teed (new) 67l 574 Certain-teed 6% pf. 21 19 Champ Pap& F (1) 104% 101 Champ Paper pt(6) 69% 22% Checker Cab Mfg__ 86 59 Chesapeake Corp(3) 51 Ches & Ohto (2.80)- 27% Chi & East 111 pf(d) 1% Chi Grt West (d).. 4 ChiGrt W pf (d) 25% Chi Mail Ord(t1%). 1'2 Chi Mil St P&P (d). 2% Chi M St P&P pf (d) 2% Chi&NWd). .. 1215 Chi Pneumatic Tool 40% Chi Pneu Tool pf. 1% Chi R 1&Pac (d) 3% Chi R 1&P 7% pf(d) 19% Chi Yellow Cab (2)_ 173% Chickash Cot Oil. 561 65% 313 37% 33% 6% 25% 84 30% 43% 1% 14 40% 18'% 16 52 186 9 32% 31% 81 15% City Ice & Fuel (2). 2% City Ice&F pf (6%) 4% City Stores____ ___ 23% Clark Equip (1.20)- 33 Clev Graph Br (2) . 48 Cluett Peabody (1)- 84 Coca-Cola (2) 55% Coca-Cola A (3) 13 Colgate-P-P (50¢c) .. 106% 100 Colgate-P-P pf (6)- 58% 39% Collins & Aik t3___. 112‘/; 107% Collins & Aik pf (7) 3% Colo Fuel & Ir (4) 28Y% Col Fuel & Ir (new) 237% Colo F & 1 pf (d) 19% Colo & South 1st pf 14 Columb G&B (a20c) 80% Col G & E pf (5)... 31 Colum Pict vte (1) 42% Colum Piccvpf 2% 94 Colum Carb vtc(t4) 44 Comcl Credit (14)_. lll 100% Comcl Credit pf ¢3 82% 55 Comcl Invst Tr (4)- Sales— Add 00. High. Low. Close. Chge, Net 111% 134 - W 2508 111% 111% 3 ) 23% +1% 13% ¥ 1+141++ +) FEyedIs 105 111 83 1027 f‘a“##f\fi ¥ ##3‘ os 1187 115% 119% = u e s0s 7 8w BT 4 23 8% TH Th— % 78 38% 36 38% +3 9 40 39% 39% + % 16 62% 60% 61% +1% 1122 122 122 +1 1 67% 57% 57% + % 13 154 14% 14% — % 1 103% 103% 103% + % 32 58% 56% 56% — % 10s 112 112 112 LR 8 30% 30 30 1208 27 256% 25% —24% -4 2 126 125% 126% + % 805% 79% T9% — % 6 113% 113% 113% + % 12 79% 9% 9% + ¥ Prev. 1036 Btock and Low. Dividend Rate. 97 Comel in T pf (4%) 14% Comcl Solv (60¢) 2% Comw & Southern._. 59% Comw & Sou pf (3). 7 Conde Nast Pub 307 Congoleum-N(1.60). 16 Congress Cgr (b2)._. 8 Consol Cigar.... 72% Con C prpf ww 6% 65% Consol Clgar pf (7) 21% Consol Edison (2) __ 109 102 Consol Ed NY pr(5) 4% Consol Film __ 154 Cons Film pf (31)_- 37% Consol Laundries._.. 11'3 Consol Oil (80¢) ... 6% ConsolR R Cuba pf.. 3 Consol Textile (d)._ 2 Cons Coal (Del)vtc. 12% Cons C (Del) pf vte. 15% Container Corp (1) 10% Contl Baking (A)-.. 1% Contl Baking (B)-.-. 67!3 Contl Can (3) 17! Contl Dia Fibre 35 Contl L 2'x Contl Motors 28 Cont Oil of DPI(YI) 27 Contl Steel (2) _____ 63% Corn Prod Ref (!)_. 4 Coty Inc. 35 Cream of Wh (2) . 15% Crosley Rad (a50¢). 43% Crown C&S (2).__. 46% Crwn C&S pf ww 2% 744 Crown Zelleb'k vic_. 28 Crucible Steel 95'% Crucible Stl pf (33) 1% Cuba Co.- 61x Cuban-Am Sugai 167 Curtis Publishing.-. 4 Curtiss Wright__ 10's Curtiss Wright (A) 59 Cushmans pf (3%). 361 Cushman Sons pf _. 434 Cutler-Hammer t1. 7% Davega Stores 13ve. 52 Deere&Co.. ...__. 1914 Deisel-Wem-G (1) 36% Delaware & Hudson 147, Del Lack & West 4% Den&Rio GW pf (d) 42 Devoe&Rey (A) (2) 38 Dia Match pf t1% - 18' Dist Corp Seag Ltd. 41'; Dome Mines (12) . 7% Dominion Stores __ 505 Douglass Afrcraft_. 29 Dresser A (bl1%) 13 Dresser Mfg B _ 473 Dunhill Internatl 167% 133 Du Pont de N 13.60_ 1331 129 Du Pont deb (6) 115% 111% Duquesne Lt 1sf 186 156 Eastman Kod (15).. .'l""y 2815 Eaton Mfg (2).__. 13 5% Eitington-Schild_ _ 44% 30% Elec Auto Lite (a2) 10 Electric Boat. 514 Elec&Mus In(b24c) 6% Elec Pw & Lt ____. 291, Elec Pw & Lt §6 pf_ 321 Elec Pw & Lt $7 pf_ 42% Elec Stor Bat (12)_. 'z Elk Horn Coal (d) 1'2 Elk Horn Cpf (d) . 2 Eng Public Service_ 45'; Eng P S $5pf (110). 5% Equit Office Ba20c. 11 ErieR R_ 16 Erie RR 1st pt 11% Erle R R 2d pf 12 Eureka Vac C (80c) 23'4 Evans Products (1) 4% Exchange Buffet. 81: Fairbanks Co L. 1% Fajardo Sugar 18 Federal Lt & Trac 84 Fed Lt & Trpt (6)_. 7% Federal Mot Tr 40c.. 215 Fed Water Sve (A) . 2013 Fed'd Dept St $1.40. 38 Fid Phoe F 1 (11.20) 110 Filene's S pt (61;) 247; Firestone T&R 1.20 40 First Nat Strs (233) 32% Flintkote Co (1) Follansbee Bros (d) 32 Food Machine (1) _ 2106 Food Mach pf(413). 2414 Fost Wheeler new _. 30'x Fourth Nat 1al.45_ 63 Frank Stm pf (37) . 23'3 Freeport-Texas (1) 473 Fuller Co pr pt 31!3 Fuller Co 2d of. 3% Gabriel Co (A) 11': Gamewell Co__ 8'; Gen Am Investors_. 421 Gen Am Trans 1% . 21 Gen Asphalt (b25¢c) 10% Gen Baking (160c) 141 Gen Baking pf (8) 713 Gen Bronze 5% Gen Cable 17 Gen Cable A 70'; Gen Cable pf. 521, Gen Clgar (14 34'; Gen Electric (1 33% Gen Foods (1.80) s Gen Gas & Elec (A) 14 Gen G&E 6%cv pfA 19 GenG&E 7% pf A-. 12 B8 Gen Milis (3) 11714 Gen Mills pf (6) 537y Gen Motors (12) 118 Gen Motors pf 5% Gen Outdoors Adv_. 18% Gen Outdoor Adv A. 315 Gen Pub Service __ 3213 Gen Ry Signal (1) 106 Gen Ry Sig pf (6)_ 2 Gen Realty & Util . 2615 Gen Real&U pf ww. 4 Gen Refrac «alt)_ 3213 Gen Sti Casting pf- 17 Gen Theatre Equip. 3014 Gen Time Inv (1)__. 13% Gillette Saf Raz (1) %0 Gillette S R pf (5)-. 6% Gimbel Bros 39% Glidden Co (2) 52% Glidden cv pf(2%)- s Gobel (Adolf)._ 673 Goebel Brew (t20c) 12% Gold Dust vte (60c) 13% Goodrich (BF) 74 G'drich(BF)pf n(5) 21% Goodyear T & R-__. 87 Goodyear $7 pf (4)- 814 Gotham Silk Hos 2 Graham-Paige 1% Granby (2d stpd) .. 31, Grand Union ctfs_ 16 Grand Un pf 387%c. 2414 Granite City Stl (1) 2815 Grant (W T) (1.40) 321 Grt Northernpf___. 16 Grt North'n Ore (1) 31 Grt West Sug (2.40) 36 Grt West Sug pf(7) 22 Green (H L)Co(t1) 48% Greyhound C'p 3.20. 1% Guantanamo Sugar. 91 Gulf Mobile & N__ 301 Gulf Mobile & N pf. 28% Gulf States Steel_ 33 Hack WpfA (1%) 6 Hall(WF)Printin, 14 Hamilton Watch 301 Harbison Walk(2)_ 16% 12 HatCorpof Am (A) 9 4% Hayes Body 133 102 Hazel Atlas Gl (15). 35% 25'% Hercules Motor (1). 80 59% Hershey Choc (3) 119 102 Hershey Cpf (14).. 44% 30% Holland Furnace. 23% 9 Holiander (t50¢)-. 37% 19% Holly Sugar (2) 544 414 Homestake (112)_ 44% 39% Houd-Hersh(A)213. 38 22% Houd-Her (B) t1%;. 54% House Fin A (13)... 6% Houston Ofl vtc ... 48% Howe Sound (13) .. 315 Hudson & Manhat. 131 Hudson Motor Car_ 1 Hupp Motors. 185 Illinols Central____ 30 Illinois Cent pf (A) 414 Indian Refining. 25% Indus Rayon (1.68). 88% Inland Steel (3) ... 6% Inspiration Copper. 5% Ins Sh Md ctf alfc. 11% Interboro R T (d)... 21 Intercontl Rubber... 9% Interlake Iron..... 2% Int Agricultural._.. 22% Int Agricul prpf._. 46% 5% 41 x T (11.20). 185% 160 Int Bus Mach (16). x 56% 35% Int Cement (2) . 90% 56% Int Harvester 2% 160 1481% Int Harvester pf(7) % 2% int Hydro Elec (A). 4% Int Mercantile Mar. 60\‘ 43Y% Intl Nickel (1.40) 7% 3% Int Paper & Pw (A) 4 2% Int Paper & Pw (B) 3% 1% Int Paper & Pw (C) 49% 20% Int Paper & Pw pf_. 112 107 Int Print Ink pf(6) 46% 19% Int Rwy Cent A pf. 47% Int Shoe (12) cceee- 15 Int Silver. . .... 12 Int Tel & Tel . - 26% 10% Interstate D Sa50c._ 82 Int Dept Strs pt(7). 880. 110!6 110 110 Net Add 00. High, Low. Close. Chge. 1 118% llg% 118% +1% 1 42 1293, 1134 172% W eEes 14+ 44444+ 44+ PELESELESE FEFESFFE ¥ ¥ 633 +1% 9 52% + % 4% + % 1% + % 2% 27% — % 174% +3 55% — W 9% — % % 153% +2% 3% — % 5% + % 61% +1% 17 —% S%—% 4!% #}% 484 +1% 9 26 25% 26% 208 101% 101% 101% ] High. Low. Prev, 1936 Stock and Bales— Dividend Rate. Add 00. 22% 15 Intertype Corp (1). 1 29% 24% Island Creek (2).._ 4 123 113 Island Creek pf (6). 129 88 Johns-Manville t2_. 126% 121% Johns-Manv pf (7). 117 75% Jones&Laugh 7% pf 13 Kans City Southern 19% Kans City South pf._ fman Dep S (1) 24"‘ Kayser J & Coal¥. 14% Kelvinator (t50¢) ... 28% Kennecott C (1.20) 17% Keystone S&W (2). 373 Kinney (G R) Co 19 27 122% 119 123 26 20'; Kresge (S S) (1) 35% Kress(SH)&Co new 19% Kroger G&B (1.60). 32 lmclede Gas St L pf 15% Lambert Co (2) .. 12 Lee Rub&Tire(50c). 15 Leh Port CataZbe.. 2 Lehigh Valley Coal. 9% Lehigh Val Coal pf. 813 Lehigh Valley R R. 89 Lehman Corp (13) . 12 Lehn & Fink (13%)- 375 Lerner Stores (2)... 47% Libby-Ow Gl(a2%). 7 Libby McNeill & Li_. 25 Life Saver (1.60) __. 97% Ligg&Myers B (14) 19 Lily Tulip Cup(13%) 257 Lima Locomotive__ 3213 Liquid Carb(1.60).. 43 Loew's Ino (12 2 Loft inc 3% Long Bel 40 Loose-Wiles (2) . 21% Lorillard (P) (1. 20) 13 L,Ofl Refpf (d) .. 20 Louisv G&EpfA 1% 57'3 Lou & Nash (at4). 22l Ludlum Steel (1) 29 McCall Corp (2) cae. 4 McCrory Stores 9. McCrory Strs pf(6). 39% Mcintyre Porcu (2) 85 McKeesp't T P (14). 8% Me! on & Rob . 37% McKess&Rob pf(3). 11'; McLellan Stores. 27% Mack Truck (1) 40'y Macy (R H) Co (2). 34'4 Magma Copper (2). T4 Manati Sug pf (d) . 143 Man El md gtd (d). 17'3 Manhat Shirt (60c). 813 Marine Midld (40¢). 1'4 Market St Ry 183 Market St Ry 19t 1114 Marshall Field & Co 373 27'3; Mathieson Alk 175 _. 161 15 Mathieson pf A (7). 5913 43'% May Dept Strs (2)-. 1313 Maytag Co . 15 Maytag pf w 2% Mead Corp.. - - 97's Mead Corp pf 34 Melville Shoe (4)--. Mengel Co.. Mengel Co pf Merch & Min T 1.60. Mesta Mach (ad%). Miami Copper- Mid-Contl Pet a40c. Mid Stl Prod (a2)_. Mid Stl 1st pt (8) __. Minn-Hon Ros 11%. Minn-Hon R pf (6) Minn Moline Pwr_ M St P&S S Marie.. Mission Corp __ : Mo Kans & Texas _. Mo Kans & Tex pf . Missour} Pacific(d). Mo Pacific pf «d) . Mohawk Carpet (1) Monsanto Chem (71) Montg’y Ward 80c_. Mother Lode Motor Prod (12 Motor Wheel (1)... Mullins Mfg (B) _ Mullins Mfg pf (7). Murray COrp.ooooo. Nash Motors (1) ___ Nashv Chat & St L. Natl Acme (a2s¢)-. Nat Aviation _ Nat Biscult (1.60)_. Nat Cash Reg (50¢c) Nat Dairy P (1.20) Nat Dairy P pf B(7) Nat Dept Store: Nat Distillers (2) _ Nat Lead (t50¢) Nat Lead pf B (f) _ Nat Pwr & Lt (60c) Nat Ry Mex 2d pf__ Nat Steel (122) Nat Supply Co- Nat Supply Co pf_ Nat Tea (60c) Natomas (180¢) _ Newberry (JJ) 2 Newport Industries 50c_. NYCentral RR._- N Y Chicago & St L + NYCht&StLpf__ N Y Dock._ N Y Investors ( 3 NYNH&H (). 7% NY NH & H pf (d)_ 4 NYOntario & West 213 N 'Y Rys pf stpd(d). 912 N Y Shipbuilding 931, N Y Steam 1st (7) 300 210 Norfolk & W (18) _ 10% 6% North Am Aviation. 231x North Am Co (1) 52% North Am Co pt (3) 98 North Am Ed pf(6) 2374 Northern Pacific... 1214 Ohto Ofl (50¢) ——. 241 Oliver Farm Equip- 17 Omnibus Corp vte.. 8 Oppenheim Collins_ 24 Otis Elevator (60c). 12! Otis Steer. 70 Otis Steel pr pf_. 16‘ 128 Owens-111 Glass (5) 18% 13 Pac Am Fisher (1) 314 Pactfic Coast. 8% Pacific Coast 1st. 4'4 Pacific Coast 2d 30% PacificG & E (1%4). 47% Pacific Ltg (2.40) . 14% Pacific Mills 11% Pacific W'n Oil b250 674 Packard Mot(a25c). 18! Panhandle P&R pf.. T4 Paramount Pict 59 Paramount 1st pf_ 84 Paramount P 2d vf 171 Park & Tilford. 2% Park Utah __ 40% Parke Davis (al1%). 23 Parker Rust P1%._. 4% Parmelee Transp't.. 6% Pathe F'ilm Corp. 10% Patino Mines__. 1% Peerless Motor. 60 Penick & Ford (3) 69 Penney(JC) (a2%)- 3'%4 Penn Coal & Coke _. 4'3 Penn Dixie Cement. 17 Penna Glass ctfs. 2814 Penn Railroad (al). 38 Peoples Gas Chi 254 Pere Marquett. 123% Pet C'p of Am a50c. 10% Pfeiffer Brew (1.20) 255% Phelps Dodge a75¢c- 45% Phila Co 6% pf (3)- 3% Phila Rap Tr (d)._ 8% Phila Rap Tr pt (d) 1% Phila & Read C& 1. 66 Phillip Morris (3)-. 38t Phillips Petrol (11) 4 Phillips P rts Oct 5. 70 Phoenix H pf (3%)- 8 Pierce Ol pf__. 114 Plerce Petroleum_. 30 Pillsbury Fl (1.60)- T4 Pitts Coal . 351 Pitts Coal pf. T4 Pitts Screw&B 49 Pitts Steel pf_ 1% Pitts Term Coal 14 Pitts Term Coal pf. 3 Pitts United Corp. 58t Pitts United C pf.. 21 Pitts& W Va__..__ 1% Pittston Co_ 11% Plymouth Ofl (1) 12 Poor & Co (B)._._.. 4% Porto R Am Tob A_. 1% Porto R Am Tob B_. 6% Postal Tel&C pf (d) 2% Pressed Stl Car (d) 18 Pressed St1 C pf (d) 40% Proct & Gam(11%). 49% 39 PubSvaNJ (2.40). 113 103% PubSve NJ pf (5). 59 36% Pullman Ino (13%).. 24% 16 Pure Oil. 30s 107 178 18 3 1% 101 11 1 Quaker Sta Oil Ref_ % 9% Radio Corp . - lo 68 Radio Corp pf A 3% 5 Radio-Keith-Or (d) 25 1’% 11 RR See Ill Cent.... 190s 18\6 . . 27% 122% 118 123 4 111'% 107 16% 17% MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, Net Hish, Low. Close. Chee. 19 27% + 12215 AR [ 414+ ++ 14t 401441 +4+ +1 11 +4+ 414+ +2% 11814 4214 123 », + R #;#:!###i 1936. Prev, 1936 Stock and High. Low. Dividend Rate. 381, 287% Raybestos-M (1%). 2015 12t Reliable Stores _ 23% 17% Rem Rand (160¢c 85% Rem-Rand pf (6). 4% Reo Motor Car... 167 Republic Steel 77 Republic Steel 10 Revere Copper- % 25 Reynolds Sprg (1)_ 50 Reynolds Tob B (3) 27 Safeway Stores (2). 22_ St Josepr Ld (80¢). 1% St L-San Fran (d).. 2% St L-San Fr pf (4) - 11 Savage Arms. 37% Schenley DistiJl (3) 97% Schenley D pf (6%) 1% Schulte R Strs (d) . 7% Schulte R S pf (d)_. 74 Seaboard Air L (d). 2 Seaboard A L pf(d). 30' Seaboard Oil (1)..- 314 Seagrave Corp._— 59% Sears Roebuck (2) . 2% Second Natl Invest 61} Sec Nat Inv pf $2.90 154 Servel, Inc (60c) 20% Sharon Steel Hoop 11'y Shattuck F G (50¢). 36 30' Sheqffer Pen (2)... 2313 14% Shell Union Oil 124% 110'; Shell Un Ofl pf 5% . 141 8% Silver King (60c) 40'; 19% Simmons Co (as0e¢). 6% 3'; Simms Petrol. 19'; Skelly Ofl__. 40% Smith (A O)_ 21 Snider Packing 12!; Socony-Vac O (50¢) 3% So Am G & P(a20c). 26 South Port Sug(32). 25 South CalEd (1%). 2313 Southern Pacific. Southern Rallway. Southern Ry pf____. So Ry M&O ctfs (4) Spalding (A G)—— Spalding¢AG)1st pt Sparks-Withington. Spear & Co Spencer Kel Sperry C'p vte (1) Spicer Mfg__ Spiegei-May-S 3y Square D(B)a62i¢ Stand Brands (80c) Stand Com Tobacco. Stand Gas & El (d) . 2 Stand G&E $4 pf (d) Stand G&E $6 pf(d) Stand G&E $7 pf (d) Stand O of Cal (11). Stand Oil of Ind t1. Stand Oflof NJ (71 Starrett(L §)11.40. Sterling Prod (3.80) ; Stewart Warn(50c) Stone & Webster Studebaker Corp. Sun O1l (11). Sun Oil pt (6 Superheater (50c)_ Supertor Ofl._—. Superior Steel Sutherlnd Pap 11.60 Sweets Coof Am._. Swift & Co (1). - Swift Intl Ltd (2) Symington (d) _ Symington A (d) '« Telautograph (60¢) Tennessee Corp Texas Corp'n (11) Texas Gulf Sul (2)_ Texas & Pac RR 2 Tex PacC & O Tex Pac Land Trust Thermoid Co Third Nat Inval.l3 Thomp'n(JR)(50¢c). ‘Thomp'n Prod asic. Thompson Starrett. Thompson Star pf__ Tide W Asso O 60c_ Timken Detroit(t1) Timken Roll B (12) ‘Transamerica t40c. Trans & Westn Air_ Transue &W (60c) - ‘Tri-Cont Corp a25c- Tri-Contl C pf (6) Truax-Tra Coal_ Truscon Steel _ 20th Cent Fox Film 20th Cent F pf 1% TwinCity RT._ . Twin City R T pf. Ulen&Co ______ Union Bag& Union Carb&C 2.80_ Union Oil of Cal (1) ion Pacific (6) Union Pacific pf (4) Union Tank C 1.20... nited Aireraft. United Air Line vtc United Am Bosch _ « United Bisc (1.60) . Unit-Carr Fast (2)~ United Corp. ... .- nited Corp pf (3) ‘nited Drug (aifc) Jtd vyewood (al% nited Elec Coal Unit Eng & F (2)_ United Fruit (3)__ Tnited Gas Imp (1) United Paperb'd(d) U S Distributing .- B 5 & For'n Secur... ‘reight (1) Gypsum (2) U S Gypsum pf (7). U S Hoffman - - U S Indus Alcohol .. U S Leather vtc. ... U S Leather A vte . U S Leath pr pf vic USPipe & Fy(132)- U S Realty & Imp_. U S Rubber. U S Rubber U S Sm & Ref (l!). U S Steel______ U S Steel pf (4) United Stores (A) .. Univ Leaf T pf (8) Univ Pict 1st pf Util Pwr & Lt (A) . Vadsco Sales Corp. Vanadium Corp... Vick Chem (12) Va-Car Chemical Va-Car Chem 6% pf Va El-& Pwr pf (6) Va Iron Coal&Coke. Vulean Detin (a4) - Wabash (d) . Wabash pf A (d) < Wabash pf B (d) Waldorf Sys t1.20 Walgreen Co (2) % Walker (H) (2)eeu Walworth Co_ Ward Baking A._. Ward Baking B ‘Ward Baking pf $3_ Warner Bros Pict. . Warner Bros pic pf. 4 Warner-Quin (d)-. Warren Bros______. Warren Fdry&!’('l) 4 Waukesha Mot (1). Webster Eisenlohr_ Wesson O&S(t50c) West Pa Elec pf (7) 4 Western Maryland. Western Md 2d pf_. Western Pacific_ + Western Pacific pf.. West'n Union (a2) . West'gh'se A B (1). Westingh'se El (4) West'g'se 1st pf 3% 333, 225 Weston El 1 (a25¢). 32 19% Westvaco Ch t40c.. 33% 32% Westvaco5%pf 1% 105 99 Wheel & LEpf 5% 37% 21% Wheeling Steel __. Wheeling Stl pf $2. lB’h White Motor._. 13% White Rk M S(1. 0) 16 White Sew Mch pf.. 2% Wilcox Oil & Gas__. 6% Wilson & Co (50c) ... 44% Woolworth (2.40) . 23% Worthington Pump 56, Worth Pump pf A_. 47 Worth Pump pf B.. 62% Wright Aero. .. 33% Yale & Towne (60c) 8% Yellow Truck 83% Yellow Truck 42Y% Young Spr&Ww (13). 41% Youngs'tn Sheet&T 11% Zenith Radio Mi 5% Zonite Product: Approximste Sales of Stocks on -. 640,000 1,220.000 1 Y 150'% 123% Dividenc less than '-r'-"a 1' “"' m{ nies ) Y Bales— Add 00. 12:00 Noon. .. 2:00 P.M. —_ 1,450,000 for the day L'l10000 rates as given In the above tab! ents based oo the Iatest auarterls of haif- 100 shares. Accumutaten mvmm« reported 1o INANCIAL. Hlih. Low. Close. Chll 35 35% +1% 18% 19 + % 19 19'% 85 8% - % 5% 5% -—% 24'% 112 + % 19% + W 50 -1 26+ % STOCKS IRREGULAR AT END OF SESSION Junior Utilities, Specialties Win Most Attention. Volume Climbs. Stock Averages 15 18 60 lm!u!. Bails. Dul. Stks. Net chance. Un - —.1 Unc. 41.1 Today, close 90.5 51.8 68.4 Prev. day... 90.5 41.1 519 684 Month ago.. 88.0 389 512 665 664 259 366 488 920 415 534 69.6 - 734 302 434 55.7 763 312 44.7 56.1 405 185 216 3438 175 8.7 239 169 146.9 153.9 184.3 157.7 516 953 61.8 61.8 (Compiled by the Assoctated Press.) BY VICTOR EUBANK, Associated Press Financial Writer. NEW YORK, September 21 —A coR= | siderable degree of selectivity pre- vailed in today's stock market with low-priced utilities and specialties commanding the principal interest of speculators and investors. After a wide upward swing in the morning, prices displayed mixed trends at the close. Transfers approximated 1,750,000 shares, or the largest dav's aggregate since the latter part of Jul Inspiring business and industria’ news items were plentiful and the list got off to a fast start. A few issues selling below $10 were turneg - h | over in blocks of as much as 30,000 81 + 14 12| year or longer. | shares at small improvement. Others, less active, scored gains ug to 3 or more points at their best anc a number recorded new tops for the Profit taking inter- | vened later and the activity slowec appreciably. Extreme adtances wers reduced or canceled in some instances Coal stocks, such as Lehigh Valle; 1, | and United Electric, came to the f | following predictions of the Nation: 1813 — % | Coal Association of higher soft coa a W % « 221y =115 6in + % | + % | March _ Ma. U S Distributing pf 2 U 1003 = 164 + Yo% = 344 — 14% — 104 1 T40s 3 22 40s 1 44 12 38% 37% 37T% — % 3 Th Th T the N. Y. Stock Exchange. 970,000 132 42 - % 19% + % 140 +1 le are the annua) cash tions. SFala’ e vear s geas: prime crude. tembe prices in the near future. Ler Stores stepped forward when the d: rectors voted an extra disburseme:t | Increased earnings and hopes of larz- er dividends brought other equit into the limelight. Brooklvn-Ma hattan Transit jemped more th, points when the company boosic the dividend. Failure of the steels to respond t an upturn in mill production to an ot- ficially estimated rate this week 74.4 of capacity tended to €ool buyins orders a bit. Among the day's better share pe formers were Commonwealth & Sou ern, United Corp., Columbia Gas, ternational Nickel, Purity Bal Atlantic Coast Line, Douglas Aircra. Celanese, Seaboard Oil, Indian Refir.- ing, Schenley, Crown Cork, Ma Truck, Pressed Steel Car preferrec Johns-Manville. American Radiato: Pullman, Clark Equipment, Corn Proc- ucts, McLellan Stores, Internationc Nickel, Continental Can and Auburl In the backward column were U. £ Steel, Bethlehem, General Motors, In- ternational Telephone, Western Unicr Public Service of New Jersey, Wes:- inghouse, Allied Chemical, Loew Anaconda and Kennecott. Wrizh NEW YORK COTTON by the Associated Press. NEW YORK, September 21.—Cotto: was easier today, with prices makin; new low ground for the movemen under continued hedging and scattered liquidation. This was absorbed by scale-down buying from the trade or other sources but there was little aggressive suppori. The midafternoon market was about 8 to 9 points net lower, with December selling around 11.81. Futures closed barely steacy. ¥-14 Higk Lo January July Spot quiet; middlt Liverpool Quotatio LIVERPOOL. September 21 | 1.000 bales. including =00 A prices 5 points lower Strict good midduin middiing. good ordini and steady. 6 6.35, Ma:. New Orleans Prices, NEW ORLEANS. September 21 (# futures closed steady ai et de- clines of 10 to 14_points. October December January March July Cottonseed oil _ closed eachable prime Summer ¥ o685 De- 9.6:b: October. o March, January b—Bi INVESTING COMPANIES NEW YORK. September 21 (P.—New | York Security Dealers' Association: (Noon quotations.} Admin Fd 2nd Inc Fund Investors In Fund Tr Shrs Fund Tr Shre B Gen Investors Tr__ Group Sec Agriculture_ | Group Sec Automobile. Group Sec Building Group Sec Chemical Group Sec Food Group Sec Invest Shrs Group Sec Merchandise Group Sec Minin, - Group ec Tec Petro run:n rt) % Plymouth Fund In; Quarterly Income lected Am Sh. EFSRrC e R 3223 PR bTes