Evening Star Newspaper, December 22, 1936, Page 1

FINANCIAL. CORPORATE BONDS REGISTER GAINS » Many Improve Fractions tov More Than Point as Selling Stops. Bond Averages 20 10 10 10 Rails Indust. Util P'gn Net change. Unc. Unc. +.1Unc. Today, noon 96.7104.0 102.0 714 Prev. day-.- 96.7104.0101.9 71.4 Month ago. 96.9104.11025 71.1 85.6101.7 99.4 69.5 97.9104.4103.1 72.0 86.9101.8 993 67.6 87.8102.2 998 704 764 922 845 65.5 458 400 646 422 01.1 98.9102.9100.5 10 Low-Yield Bonds. -113.1 Prev. day- 113.1 Month ago 113.2 Year ago- 110.1 1936 high_ 1135 1935 high_ 110.7 1928 high. 104.4 1932 low.. 868 (Complled by the Assoctated Press.) B the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, December 22.—Rally- ing tendencies continued to hold sway in late trading in bonds today. Many corporate issues pushed up for gains of fractions to more than a point as recent selling gave way to increased buying. United States Treasury issues were stragglers in the movement, although . fome perked up to show small gains and a better undertone in the Govern- ment bond market was noticeable. Among the late gainers were Alle- ghany Corp. 5s, Baltimore & Ohio 4,5, St. Paul 5s, National Dairy 3%s, Southern Railway 4s and Youngstown Sheet & Tube 3!% INSURANCE STOCKS NEW YORK. December (). —New York Security Dealers’ Association: Aetna Cas (2 Automobile (1 Balt Amer (20a Carolina (1.0 Gl Rep (hha Globe & Rut Great Amer (Ta) Hanover (1 60) a ( J21 Liberty (2im) ' Hampshire (1.60) TY Fire (60 _ Nor River (80a) _ Phoenix (7a) Prov Wash (1a) & Paul Fire (5a) Snringfield (47:0) Sin Life Travelers (1A Z_ "~ U 8 Fire (1.80 Westchester (1a) " (a) Also exira or extra FEDERAL LAND BANKS NEW YORK. December 22 (.—Federal Land Bank bonds: 4148 Nov 1058-38 M: ey 1936746 CHICAGO LIVE STOCK. CHICAGO. Decem] (United Sies Department of Agriculture) “Hogs: 000. including 6.000 direct: steady to e higher than Monday's average: weights above 10 pounds getting best action: extreme top 10.30: bulk ished '190-300 pounds. 10.00a light, lights 9.90; most good sows ew. Tattle 9.000: ealves. 2.000 and medium grade steers fairly such kinds seiling mostlv &t 6.50a9.50: Best strictly good and choice offerings slow. steady to around 12.7 sellers asking 12.00a50 for several loads: she stock fully” steady: bulls steady to strong: vealers steady lower: {n- between grade offerings showine decline sfter early round in selling at 7.00a0 00: Selecteq vealers M- to 1300: motly 10.50 down: stocker trade continued nar TOW. Supply comprising warmed ghort-fed steers at value to el down: mostly down to .00 Sheep. 10.000. including common active: fully _steady £00 200 direct: fat few =mall killers 9loand 9,15 Saughter ewes ateady at 3.5084.50: bulk Westerns at out- oide; !eedlnl lambs scarce, FOREIGN EXCHANGES. NEW YORK December exchange steady. Great others 'in cents: Great Britain, O1%: cables. 4015 (i demand, 4 67%. demand, i . —Foreign cabies, Germany. h.10; travel St Pomnul RRAS Caechorlovakin 2y R.7in BONDS ON N. Y. STOCK EXCHANGE By private wire direct to The Star, Approximate Transactions Today. U S Gov't Bonds..__. 1.750,000 Fomm Bonds .aeo. mestic Bonds TREASURY High. Low. 100,27 100.24 106.4 1061 103.26 103.24 102,19 102.18 1026 1022 103.23 103.20 107.21 107.18 106, 105.29 108,19 108,17 107.28 107.28 108,22 108.20 109.21 109.19 107.24 107.23 108,26 108,24 108,26 110,20 110.18 110.19 1149 1148 1148 116.21 115.20 115,20 4%8-3% 8194 109.22 109.20 109.20 4%81947-52 121.12 121.10 121.10 FEDERAL FARM MORTGAGE. 381947 105,14 105.14 105.14 1949 _______ 105.00 104.26 104.28 1964____TT_ 105.24 105.24 105.24 HOME OWNERS’ LOAN. 2%81939-49 102,20 102,17 102,20 8371962 . 104.16 104.12 104.16 FOREIGN BONDS. High. Low. 8Tk 931 98y 1614 1,830,000 . 9,780,000 @ 2:45. 100.24 106.3 103.25 102.18 102.4 108,23 107.18 105.29 108.19 107.28 108.20 109.20 107.24 21,81949-53 288 1945-47 . 2% 1948-51 . 2%,81951-64.__. 2% 8°'66-69 oee.. 2%® 1965-60 . 38 1946-48 38196165 oo 3%81946-49 ____ 3148 1949-52 . 3%s 1941 318 1944-46 940-43 June 33,8 1941-43 Mar 338 1943-47 _ 3% 81946-56 48 1944-54 -4l 2:48. 8 93Y 163 1634 16% 16% 13 128 Abitib] Pa&Pw 68 ‘53 Alpine Mont S 78 '56.. Antfoquia 7s 45 D .. Antioquia 1st 78 '57.... Antloguia 34 1- i) Antwerp Argentin s Argentine 6s Argentine 63 Arzentine 6s Argentine 6 Argentine 68 60 May Arzentine 68 ‘60 Sept Argentine 6s *60 Oct Argentine 68 '61 Febr Argentine 6s 61 May . Australia 4%s’l Australia 58 ‘65 _ 57 Austrian 7857 _______ Belgium 63 '56___ Belgium 78 ‘65 Berlin Elec 6138 '59___ 10234 102% 1024 10214 102% 10284 10234 102 110% 110y - 1083 109% 981 usY 10575 1051, 115% 21 3814 38 38 437 103 61 Brisbans 68°57 _ Breda Ernesto 7s '54._. Budapest 6s '62 unmat coupon on Buenos A C 3 Buenos A 4343 76 Aug Buenos Alres 4%8-3%8°77 Py 26 5% 8 8% 8544 101 Bulgaria 7%s 68 May coupon off ... Cl ada 2348 45 2034 101 10815 1101, 1143y 163, 1635 1634 161, 168 160 163y 143 14 13% 187 281, 284 21% 21% 98 981 568, 103 106 10075 105 7815 3l 97 97 211 213 4 1284 127% 26 29 a1 28 208; 2034 Canada 68 '62 Chile 6860 _ Chile 6561 Jan ___. Chile 65 '61 Febr_____ Chile 6s 61 S Chile 68 62 Chile 6863 Chile 7s 43 Chile Mtz Bk 68 '61 Chile Mtz Bk 63 62 Chile Mtg Bk 635 '57. Chile Mtg Bk 6%s '61. Colombia 6s ‘61 Jan__ Colombia 661 Oct Col Mtg Bk 6158 "47__. Col Mtg Bk 7s '47 Jopenhagen 4148 '53__ Copenhagen 68 '52 Cuba 615845 Cuba 6%s '63 Czechoslovakia 85 '61 Denmark 68 ‘65 Denmark 6s ‘42 = Dominic 18t 5155 *40 __ Dominic 1st 6345 '43__ Estonia 78 '67 Frankfort 6148 ‘53 French Gov 7849 ___ French Gov 735 41 Ger C Ag Bk 68'60 Oct. Ger C Bk A 6s 38 Ger Gen Elec 6s *48 Ger Rep 75 49 stpd - Ger Gov 5% ‘65 st Ger Gov 535 '65 un st Greek Gov 6868 Hait1 63 62 Hung Con M 7%s ’“ unmat coupon on Italy 78°51 = Ital Crd P W 7s 47 B_ Ital P U Crd 78 52 Jauvan 63%s 65 Japan 6%s 54 Kreus&Toll 55 '59 efs Low Aus HE 6145744 10034 105 3% 133 1008 105 3% 3% 97 2114 12814 128% 26 | Medelin nu be Mex Ire 415543 Milan 6%s 62 Minas Gers 6%s ‘58 Sept eoupon off Minas Geras 6% 69 Sept coupon on .. Montevideo 78’52 ___ New So Wates 58 °57_. New So Wa. 8’58 Norway ¢%s'65 ___. Norway ¢4s ‘66 ____. Norway 6s '63 Norway 6844 Nuremberg 6352 ... Orfental Dev 6s°53_._ Oslo 414856 1043 1042, 5 101 10285 % 100%5 5 10835 21% 2% 9814 ania, R80r- Toki Fiongkong, 3045 Mexico o1 Treal a New Fork 100014: in_Montreal. 99 .89 %, n—Nominal. PHILADELPHIA PRODUCE. PHILADELPHIA, December 22 (P.— Live poultry. fowl. mixed colors. nrdmnry 14a16; white Leghorns, fancy, 15al ordinary. 11al3: stagey youns roosters, 13a14: old roosters, pullets. faney. eds. 18a ‘Tancy. Westera: gee: ‘Maryland. 19 Butter unchanged. NEW YORK PRODUCE. NEW YORK. December 22 (7.—Eggs. 11008 irregilar, . Mixed colors. Te: Irigeraiors. firsts, 28 27128 28 unchlnled ad: Price un- 4807 steady and un- eight. turkess. omer prices un- oultry firm: ducks, 10817 u HETAI. MARKET. December 22 (#.—Copper e|ectrelmc future, on Famite unchanged. , MONEY MARKET. NEW YORK. December 22 (P.—Call steady: 1 per cent all day. Prime % per unt ‘Time loans months. 1% :ehr uerét nces unchang !l" \?arl Reserve money commercial paper. lt-d day ed. Banke Rl RAILWAY INCOME. rouds reporting November Tiet operating s i T o ’n% &mre fixed charges and othe o) Unfpn Pacific today lncluded NEW YORK BAR SILVER. NEW YORK, December 22 (#).— Bar silver easy, % lower at 45. t 81 24 101 Panama 68 '63 stp Paris Orl Ry 6%s '68 Pernambuco 78 *47 Poland 8s 50 Porto Alegre 8 June coupon of Queensiand 7s 41 Aug coupon off . Rio de Jan 83 '46 April coupon oft ___ Rio Gr do Sul 6s 68 June coupon oft ___ Rlo Gr do Sul 7s ‘68 May coupon off Rio Gr do Sul 7s June couponoft __. Rome f%s '62 " Ruhr Chemical 6s 48 Rumania 7s *49 Aug coupon oft Sao PauloC 6348 ‘7 May coupon off Sao Paulo St 6s '68 * Sao Paulo St 78 56 Sept coupon off __. Sao Paulo St 8s '50 July coupon off Serbs 88 ‘A2 unmeo Siemens & H 6%s "51. Talwan Elec 6%s 1. Tokio 63%4s 81 Warsaw 7s 58 Wuerttemberg 7s *5! Yokohama 6s 81 DOMESTIC BONDS. Alleg Corp 63 44 993 99% 99% 10 i ®e'ud . 112 111% 1M1% A.T""m l'-“' 166 1656 11 THE ENVENING R 1o n 2 K 1% 1054 105% 3% 36 104 104 98l 1 Low, 1" High Am Wat Wi 10 Am Writ Paper 72 Writ Pa 68 *47cfs 71% Anaconda deb ¢34 ‘60 106 Anglo-Chil Nit 78’67 35 Armour & Co 4% 104 988 107 116 11034 33}y 104% 3% Atlanta & Birm 4s ‘33 Atl Coast L, 1st At Coast L clt Atlantio & D 2d ¢s ‘l AtIG & W ) 6a'69 Atl Refining deb 65 '37 B&O st és'e8 B&Oref 6895 C B&O PLE&W V 4s'41 B & O Swn b8 ‘50 B & O Toledo ¢s ‘69 Bang & Arooscv 48 ‘51 Bang & Aroos 58 "43 Battle Crk & St 3s'89_ Bell T of Pa bs 60 C__ Beth Steel 33566 _ Betb St1 4% ‘60 & Bos & Me uu 1J Bos & M Boe & Me b8 - Boston N Y A L ¢8°66 Bot Con M 648 '34 Bot Con M 6%s '34 ct Bklyn Ed con 8% 8’66 Bklyn Man T 4 Bklvn Un EI 6 ©klyn Un Gas 63 '50 _ Buft R&P con 44%s '67 BCR&Ncl bs'3¢ Bush Term con bs ‘65 Bush Term Bldg 6s '60 By-Prod Ck 5%s "45 Camag 78 '42 ctfs Canada Sou 58 Can‘'dian N R ¢ Can’dian N R 4%8 67 Can’diar N 68'6Y July Can‘dian N R 65 70 Can'dian N db 6% 546 Can’dian P db ¢s verp Can‘dlan Pac 4%s 46 Can'dian Pac ¢ 60 Candian Pac 55’44 cfs Carth & Ad 48 ‘81 gtd._ Cent ot Ga bs 69 C - Cent of Ga rf 648’69 | Cent Ga Moble 5s 57 195 11644 16% T8k 118 .13 I 128 12734 12734 99y u9ig wolg 1013y 10139 1013y 1053 10634 1055 116%5 115% 10435 10415 1 62 86 nt il K& G bs 61 Cent N England ¢s'61 Centof N J ¢s'87 Cent of N J gen ts ‘87 Cent of NJ gn Bn'hr: Cent Pae 18t rf Cent Pac 63 60 Cert’d deb 6 7 8514 820y 82y 117 1117 1018 1013y 90 By 128 127 141 1404 10135 1013 1013 1014 128 128 115% 116 114 114 13 113 ug 1s Be w2 301 03 443 Ches & O 3%s8°96 DA- Ches & O3%#s'96 E__. C& O gen ¢las Y2 ChiB& Qigen ¢s 58__ Chi B& Q ¢%8'77 Chi B&Q 1 div 48 '49__ ChiB& Qref b8 71 Ch) & b L1163 51 Chi & E (11 68’61 ctfs. Chi Grt West 48’6 Chi | & L gen 68’66 Chi Ind & L gen 6s 66 W0y +|Chiind & Lref 6847 CM&SLP 45 ‘8% CM&STP g 414889 C CM&StP b3 "1b CM&StP&P ad) 632000 Chl & NW gen 3135 '87 Ch1 & NW gen 48 '87__ Chi & NW ¢%8 2037 Ch1 & NW 414382037C Ch1& NW 43849 Chi & NW gen 68°87__ Chi & NW rf b8 2037 _ C&NW Nr W 634536 Chi R 1&P rf 4834 Chi R 1&P rf 4834 elt Chi R 1&P gen & Chi R 1&P 4% Chi R 1&P 438 b2 etf Chi R 1&P 428 60 Chi T H&S 1st bs 60._ Chi T H&S inc bs ‘60 Chi Un Sta 3%s 51 Chi Un Sta $%8s 63 B Chi & W | con ¢s 52 Chi & W Ind 4%s 62 Childs & 0 65 *45 Cin Gas El 4868 A Cin Union Term bs 87 Clev Un Ter 648’72 A CCC&St L gen 98 __ CCCa&St L rt¢%s8'17E CCC&sSt L ret 63’63 D Clev Un Tel 4%8 77 Clev Un Term 6813 B Colo Fuel & Ir bs 70__ Colo & So 4348 80 Columbia G & E bs 62 May Columbia G&E bs 61 Colum RyP &Lt 4s'65 Conn R& L 4 8% 10844 1104 104 93 i 103% 1085 1z 104% Y% 101% i 1042% 1104 91 5. 1043 104 10815 10755 105%, 1063y 106% 1047 10644 106% 101% 104 4 10115 1065 Cons Gas N Y 4%s 61 Consol Ofl 3%s ‘51 Consum P un 3%s '65 Cons Pwr 3138 "i0 Container deb 6s '43 Container 6s 46 Crane Co3%8s Crown C & 8 43 '50 Cuba KR 1st b3 63 Cuba Northn 6%s'42. Cumb T&T 68°37. Del & Hud ret 45 43__ Del P& L 4%8°69 _ Den& R G 4% - Den & RG W bs 56 _. Den & RGW 68’ bln! Den & RG ret Des M & Ft Du'ab ch Det Edison 3%8 66 . Der Edison bs '62 DulSS& At68'37 Duquesne Lt 3%8 ‘66 East Cuba 8 7%s 37 K Cuba 8 | 48 37 ctfs N Erie cv 4563 A Eriecv 48’63 Erie gen 4896 ______ Erteref 60’87 rie ref 68 "75 Erie Pa col tr 48’51 Fla EC Ry 6874 otfs Fran Sug 7%s 42 ctfs Gen Cable 6%s 47 Gen Mot Acc 38 46 Gen Mot Acc 3%s '51. ien Sti¢ blam e Goodrich 413856 __ . 3o0.{rich 68 ‘4b Googyear T&R 68 57 Great N Ry ¢s 46 G Great N Ry 48 46 H Grt N Rref 4%8'61 A GrtNRgen 4% 17 B GrtN Rllnh'llc Grt N Rgen ¢ (3> Gulf M & N 68 EO Sulf States Util 4s 6 Gulf States St 415’6 Har Ry PC 1st 4 Hoe (R) & Co 6348 34 Hugdson Coal 68 'u Hud & Man 1ne 68 '67. Hud & Man ref bs '67_ 111 Bell Tel 3% 7! 11l Cent 3%s '62 111 Cent col tr ¢ 111 Cent col tr 11 Cent ref 111 Cent 4%s 11 Cent Cairo Br 48’50 111 Cent Lou 3348 '53.__ 765§ 108 108 101% 101% 1014 96 96 96 ICC&StL N O 6s *63 Ind [11 & lowa 48 Ind & Loutsv ¢s'66.. Iniand 8t1 3% 61 ... Interiake bs ‘61 IntRT ll! fl 107 0 0 10734 107 101 101 40 107 44y 4 4y 156 149 165 1% 31 Y 815 81% 31 Int Grt Nr 68’66 B _. intGri Nrb6s'66C . Int Grt Nr ad) 6s°62 A int Hydro E) €s 44 Int Mer lluilu [ 'u IntRyofCA 1 maaucAun-u. ~ | Monong Pub S 4%#'60 107§ AR, WASHINGTON, 1. ., TUESDAY, Dk DALY OIL OUTRUT REACHES NEW HIGH Fields Produce 3,137,340- Barrel Average, or 33,373 Above Last Week. By the Associated Press. TULSA, Okla., December 22.—An- other new high in the Nation's pro- duction of crude oil, the second in as many weeks, was reported today by the 0Oil and Gas Journal. The compilation showed oil fields produced 3,137,340 barrels daily during the week ended December 19, a total of 33,373 barrels daily more than the week before. Every major producing area in the midcontinent and the West showed an increase. Oklahoma jumped 5,175 barrels daily to 597,375, East Texas 5851 barrels daily to 450,798 and all Texas 20,284 barrels daily to 1,216.386. Louisiana’s production was up 1,595 barrels daily to 241,450, California 1.600 barrels daily to 594,100 and Kansas 700 barrels daily to 173,600. Eastern fields, including Michigan, decreased their production 920 barrels daily to a total of 141315, and the Rocky Mountain area increased 680 barrels daily to 65,390. High noty 70 K lowa Cent umrfu'fl 2% James F & C 439 99 Jones&L Stl 4 U w'E1A 10435 Kan C F S&M 48736 Kan C So 18t 38 ‘60 Kan C So rf In b C Term 1st KanG & E 4%s '80 Kelth 65 '48 9B1{ Kendall 614348 ww__ 10313 Kresge Found ¢s '45__ 110}4 Laclede G 648°53C.. 65 Laclede G 6%5°'60 D 64 Lake E& W 1st 68'37 102 Lautaro Nitr 6s '54 36 Lautaro Nit 6s ‘64 cfs 36 Leh C&N 4% Leh Val Coal 6: Leh Valley Har 6s 6! LVNY4Yyse0ptd . Leh V P con ¢s 2003 Leh V Pcon ¢%s 2003 4 Low Hovy 6814 344 245 '3 1033 11035 6315 633 101% 108 68 78 135% 10085 Long Is) ret 105% Lorillard 6s 61 124 Lorillard 7s 44 .coo.. 136} La & Ark 65 '69 98 L & Nash 3% 2003 968 L & N unif 45 *40 10935 L& N Atl K&C 48°55_ 11435 L&NP M 4s'46 1% L & N So Mon it 48’52 994 McKess&Rob 6%s ‘50 104 MeC RRclt 4845 A 103 Me C RR gn 4%48'60A. 80% Manati Sug T%s 42 8% Man S 1st T s'42 clf. 102% 674 3% 1354 1003 10514 1243 13415 98 9614 10834 11454 115 9914 104 103 80 78 6% 50 1055 1091 1y 1043 1043 3685 3619 14 3tx 20ty 274 47 72 9114 Mead Co 6 Met W S EICr 4s'38 .. MIER&SL b6s'6) ](H’ MIIER&SLrf68'71. 104% Mil Spa & N W 48°47_ 37 MStP&SSM cn 4s ‘38 Minn & S* ' bs ‘24 ctfs SLb6s'62A Washington Produce | BUTTER—Ranee of prices to stores gathered from wholesale dealers (prices 0 Hearby shippers based on Philadelphia and One-pound prints. car- New York prices): | ton (91 score) ton (90 score), w2 score). 3 | scoren, | ul scorer, 34 score). 3N \IFATS Chmc! beef. 1ambs esh Mo (11 68 59 MoK & T 4s°62 B Mo K & T 1at 4= 90 MOK&T4%s'78 MoK & T 68 62 A Mo K & T adj 68 '67 Mo Pae ¢ Mo Pac score pouind " prints. carton (81 tub (91 score), 36, calves, 18: 16: moked ham, i bacon, slice, po! ot Tab. - ‘ann\md 13 lard, LIVE STOCK —Pigs. a4 light hogs, preanh S Todm hors. B3yalt:. heavy T e I, O D T lambs. 5a; old sheep. 2a’ Prices paid shippers. net fob. Wash- inztow by the United States Bureau of Agricultural Economics | EGG! Market steady to firm. Prices 1 cent’ higher on nearby hennery whites and 1! on U. S. exiras. large and " large. Current receipts. Tery whites, Ala‘i: Govern- aded and dated white eggs (net nald shippers. fo.b. Washington). J. S extras, large. U. 8. extras _me- dium. 30'-- U S standards. large, 34';. LIVE POULTRY —\h\rk!' about _steady unchanzed _ prices wi Colored. 14016 Leghorns B Young * pounds and up 40 each bounds_ “5a70 each: old guineas. *5 each Turkeys: Young hens 1%a 19 young toms 16a17: No. 2s. 1%; old heas. 14; old toms. 11 Fruits and Vegetables. Sales In large lots by original receivers 10 X am today. CARROTS —Two one broken and three un track plies moderate erate: market steady Cd!nn A rn detiuce crates 6 dozes i¥ivania. bushel baskets, CAULIFLOWER--No twn broken cars srate’ demana moders ornia. cratés. 1.: CELERY -Two California lrrl\-d b 1 and five unbroken ¢ Mo Pac 68 77 F Mo Pac 5s * '18 G ctfs _ Mo Pacific s 80 H Mo Pac 6s ‘81 | Mo Pactfic % Mob & O M div bs 47 108 1 10214 105 104 9575 a3ly 1004 Monone Pub Sve 62’5 Monong Rv 18t 45 ‘60 Mont Cent 6s *37 Mont Pwr ref Mont Power fis 62 A Mor &Essex 3148 2000 Morris & Essex 4 %55 Mor & Fasex 58 'G5 Nashv C&St L 4818 Nassau Elec 4851 14 Nat Dairy 3% 861 ww 106! Nat Dis PC 4%s 45 10514 Nat Sreel 4 ‘R =i New Eng RR 48’45 __ 66 2 67 124 126 Pt d No. 9315 | 10014 a8 608, 10614 | 4 1051, 107 66 up California_ arrived broken cars on demand mod- Wesi- 5 Penn- “lopped.” washed. carlot arrivale: Supplies mod- - market steady five track cra washed and pre-cooled LETTUCE—One California arrived broke: and two unbroken cars on ! New Or T&M 4148 '56 Naw Or] T&M ine New Orl T&M 58 54 B N ¥ Cent 3% 'a7 N Y Central 3%s 46 N Y Cent con 4s ‘98 N Y Centrfd4lm 2018 NYCrf4ke2M2tn a3t N Y Cent rf £ 2018 __ 1001; N Y Centcvwds ___ 110 NYCL Sh2s'8 8T NYCAStL4%w78 . 9215 NYC&StL6%s T4 A 102 NYChi&StLaatt a9y N Y Conn 18t 43’53 109 N Y Dock 1st 48 ‘51 €514 N Y Dock s ‘28 6315 Fdlson 21, s 65 D 105 Bdlsref 2%s 66 105 & Green L 55746 101 L& WIst4s'7s 103 & H3%s54__ 35 - H 3%s Y 4Ry 10414 10214 104 agy demand crates 200, m; Tcebere tvpe. California. fair condition ONTONS.One Tndiana arrived: one broken And ohe unbro on track. Supplies moderate "‘vf‘rl’r market steady Fifty-pound § No._1_ Michigan and New Yellows. S3aRS Utap.' Valencias. es And larger. 110a1.1% T‘;thi Two Caiifornia arrived; tweo broken and one unbroken cars on track &l Dblies moderate demand moderate: mar- ket steady California, bushel hampers Telephones, large size, 2.%5a5.00; small 81z No carlot arrivals: two bro- e STINACH—No carlet arival fRo,g- erate: sapplies moderate ~demand lgnt market weak _ Bushel baskets, Texas. 85 —_No_carlot arrivals. = TR TS Shpolies light. . de- market steady. North Caro- Puerto Ricans. poor- Iv eraded. 75a85: few best. 90: Marvland 3 ty. bushel hamvers. Zone “Arundel’ County, " bhshel, B two Michigan | Ken cars demand a5t | 634 | 105 1047 101 103 35 2414 no on mand_light lina. bushel baskets. 2277 EEEEEEE R T F TR el tr 68 °40 cv fn4n H 6s’48 rg H & H Cons Rys H H A H H " 2227 z SIPRCSL4%e 1. St P M&M ext 6s "3 San A & A Pass ¢s '4Y San An P Svc 6362 A Schulco 6158 46 A StD | Schulco 61;8°46 B Schulco 68 *46 B stp Seabd A L 43 '50 stp Seahd A L ref 4559 __ Seahd A L ad) 68" 5 10234 | 1128 424 4| 4134 | 28% N & cons Rys 4='58 NY O&W gen 48’55 NY O& W ref 4= 12 NY Queens con 315 8%65 109 NY Rvsinc s 65 59 NY Stem 1st 5s'51 __ 106k NY Steam bs ‘56 106%; NY S&W 1st rf 58 °37 94 NY Tr Rk 6s 46 stp . 974 NY W & B4yys 46 17%% Niag Falls Pw 334866 108 Niag Sh 148 '50 1033 Norf So st ref §@'61 1714 Norf S 1st rffis'6] cfs 16/ Norf & W 1st 4596 1214 North Am Co 5s "61 1053 North Am Ed 68 65 C 104 Nor'n Pac gen 18 2047 811§ Nor'n Pac 48 '97 112 Nor'n Pac 4% 8 2047 _ 105% Nor'n Pac 552047 D 109 Nor’'n Pac #s 2047 12 North Ste Pw 43861 105%¢ North S P 1at 58 "41 A 10374 North Sts Pwr 6864 10814 Ogden L C 48 ‘43 30 Ohto fdison 4= '65 __ 106% Ont Pwr Nlag 6843 _ 115 Oreg RR & N 4s *46 13y Orez Sh Line 5s 46 121} Orez W RR & N 4861 107 PacG & B3%s 61 107 PacG & K 48 110y Pac T&ET rt3%s'66 B Pan Am P C 6s "40 Pan Am P C 6s 40 ctfs Paramount Pic fes '65 Park-Lx 63%s '53 ctfs Penn Co 4563 Penn Dixie ¢ 6841 __ Penn P & L 4%s 81 Penn RR 3%s 70C _ Penn RR con 4s 48 _ Penn KK 4%s ¥1 D Penn RR 43;s ‘84 Penn RR &n ¢%s 66 Penn RR deb ¢14a ‘70 Penn RR gen b People G L& ia & E Inc Seabd A L 6845 ctfs Seahd A-F168'35 A et Seabd A-Fla 68'35 Bet Shell Undeh3 Stlesian Am 78 u Skelly Ol 48 '51 Socony Vac 3%s 50 So Colo Pwr 6847 A__ Sou Paeific 9714 10734 98% 934 9334 93 93 98 98 108 108 7815 193 m oy 993 99 99% . 10134 101 1013 93 92 1015 101% 10134 1093 109%5 10934 106 106 106 106 106 106 100% 10034 10034 113 112% 112% 105% 10634 10634 121 1193 1193 104 104 104 10034 10034 10034 1113 11134 1113 10834 108 1084 106 1043 10434 107 107 107 673 673 67% 10134 1013 10134 385 373 384 1054 106 105 1218 121% 121% 1003 10035 100%; 116 11534 116 10234 102 10234 363 86% B8b% M5 12 145 1067 1063 106% 108 108 108 104% 108% 104% So PacS F T« 6t So Ry gen 4356 A So Ry 6» 94 Staley A E 4s°46 Stand O1I N J 3861 . Studebaker cv 4| Term As St L ¢8'63 Texarkana b%s ‘50 _. Texas Corp 3%s ‘51 Texas & Pac 6879 C_. Third Ave ref Third Ave 1st 5337 . Third Av ad 1n ex 6s°6¢ Un Ofl Cal 48°47 Un Pac3%8°T1 e Un Pac 1st 48 47 United Drug 68 ‘53 United Rys St L ¢8°3: U S Pipe&Fy 3% U S Rubber 68 41 Utah L& T bs ‘“ Al Pere Marg 1st 68 Phila R&W 4s 43 Phila B&W 4348 ‘81 Phila Co 68 '67 Phila & R C&! Phila & R C&1 6849 __ Philipoine Rv 4= 37 PCC&St L 4348771 C__ PCC&St L 6870 A Port AC&D6s'63 A Port Gen E] 4%s ‘60 Porto Rico A T 6s 42 Postal Tel & € b= '53 Prov Sec deb 48 57 _ Prov Term 1st 65 56 __ Pure Ol 4% s 6" ww 1068 1134 1163 12234 122;2 Ve E & P 1st ref 48’6 lobh 1058 | Va Ir C&C 18t 68°49 71 | Va Ry 18t 3%s'66 81 | Va8 W con b8 5! 40% Wabash 1st 63°39____ 206839 e '5% sh 68’76 B .. 18% bash 5% ‘7 99% | Wabash T & C | New York, however, and the markets By the Associated Press. | of the United States Smelting, Refin- 29 CEMBER 1936, Bonuses Loose-Wiles Biscuit. NEW YORK, December 22 (#).— Loose-Wiles Biscuit Co. announced today it will pay employes who have been in service one year or longer a bonus equal to one week’s pay., while those in the service for six months or more will receive $10. About 10,000 workers are affected. Seagram-Distillers. Seagram-Distillers Corp. has paid a bonus to members of the sales staff ranging from one week’s pay to 10 per cent of the annual salary, according to length of service, it announced today. Employes of the accounting, adminis- trative and clerical staffs and workers | at the distilleries at Lawrenceburg and Louisville, Ky., were also paild a bonus based on length of service. - WESTERN ELECTRIC ORDERS DIVIDEND A. T. & T. Holders Stand to Gain Nearly $9,000,000 Through Payment of $1.50 a Share. BY the Associated Press. NEW YORK, December 22 —Stock- holders of American Telephone & Telegraph Co. stood to gain nearly $9,000,000 today through the declara- tion of & dividend of $1.50 a share of capital stock by Western Electric Co., 99.18 per cent of the outstanding stock of which is owned by the telephone | company. | Western Electric paid a dividend of | 50 cents a share June 30 and one of 75 cents September 30. Today'’s dividend is payable Decem- ber 28 to stock of record December 24. Extended Holiday Will Be Observed By Most Markets BY the Associated Press. NEW YORK, December 22—Fi- nancial and commodity markets throughout the world will close Cnristmas’ day and most of them will extend the holiday-making through | M the following day, Saturday, Decem- ber 26, a survey today showed. The principal exception to the Sat- urday closing rule will be American | grain markeis which, led by the Chi- cago Board of Trade, will do the usual abbreviated Saturday business. Cash grains will not be traded in at Winnipeg and Liverpool will re- | main closed. U. S. SMELTING BOARD DECLARES DIVIDENDS ¢ BOSTON, December 22.—Directors ing & Minging Co. today deciared a 1%, per cent, or 86!,-cent, dividend on preferred stock and a $2 dividend on common stock. The declaration meant a total divi- dend payment of $7 per share on com- mon stock for 1936. The company es- timated common shares earned $9.73 during 11 months of 1935. “Earnings this vear have been af- fected by lower price of foreign silver,” | the company reported. It also expressed the opinion the | company would not be subject to Fed- | eral surtax on undistributed profits. MONTREAL SILVER. MONTREAL, December 22 (A).— | Silver futures opened steady. un-| changed to 15 lower. December, | 46.25b; March, 46.35b; May, 46.45b. b—Bid. e Gamewell Co.—Net income, 6 months ended November 30, was $77.526, equal to 11 cents a common share, against deficit of $44.410. PORTABLE TYPEWRITERS 1936 of Progress 1886 30th Year PRODUCING STATIONERS DIDE ST ‘N-W On Washington Real Estate Current Rates and Courteous Treatment 'pf{;gfl Kussell @ I(STIIEI’ Nw. A_Gllflslm : ft § as Gift That Will Last Thruthe Years What a novel suggestion for a Christmas Gift? Invest some of your spare money in First [ Mortgages, secured by us and arrange to have the interest paid regularly to your wife, mother, daughter or other designated person. Save with SAFETY! Of all the investments pos- sible, the safest and soundest is unquestionably First Mort= gages on Homes. FINANCIAL., And Heating Firms Rise 35 Per Cent By the Assoclated Press CHICAGO, December 22.—Rehabili- tation of American homes mushroomed 1936 plumbing and heating equipment sales $1.300,000,000, including instal- lation costs, Plumbing and Heating Industries Bureau estimated today. Sales volume was approximately 35 per cent greater than in 1935. Leaders in the industry, expecting accelerated construction in 1937, pre- dicted next year's turnover will in- crease at least as much again to near {boom-day proportions, the bureau said. Individual companies reported gains ranging from 25 to 200 per cent. A breakdown on the industry's total sales showed a turnover of about $800,000,000 in plumbing and $500,- 000,000 in heating and air-condition- ing equipment, including installation. INVESTING COMPANIES YORK_ December 22 (P .—New York Becurity Deatere” Association: (Noon Quotations.) i Admin Fd 2nd Inc Am Busingss Shrs Am Gen Eq Inc _ BUILDING GAINS AFTER HESITANCY Shows 'More Vig Durin~ November, Accoi 1g to Hamilton Institute. 2recial Dispaten to The Star. NEW YORK, December 22.—Build- inz activity, after some hesitation dur- ing September and October in extend- ing its upward movement, showed more vigor in November, according to the Alexander Hamilton Institute. ‘While contracts awarded were below the October volume, the decrease was much less than the usual seasonal amount. This year, the decrease amounted to only 3.6 per cent, whereas the average decrease during the past 11 years was 12.9 per cent. The decline in total contracts from October to November was entirely the result of a drop in residential con- tracts. Non - residential contracts showed a slight increase. 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ProperTy MANAGEMENT EFFICIENT management is satisfactory to both owner and tenant | i | il WE speciglize in the man- cgement of all types of in- vestment properties and are new Managing Agents for scme of Washington's most important buildings. WE would welcome the op- portunity of discussing your management problems with you. Randall H. Hagner & Co., Incorporated Real Estate 1321 Conn. Ave. N.W. DE. 3600 This firm is assistin vestment problems. tive of this office. FENNER Southern Bldg. and non-residential contracts were | much larger this year, the former | showing an increase of 63.1 per cent " |and the latter an increase of 25.1 per | cent. | Total contracts in November were ‘44 5 per cent larger than a year ago | while, for the first 11 months, the in- crease over last year amounted to 70.7 | per cent. 2| It is now apparent that 1936 will | represent the biggest building year since 1930, although contracts will be | less than half the volume at the pre- depression peak in 1928. RUBBER FUTURES. NEW YORK, December 22 (P)— ’Crude rubber futures opened barely | steady, 7 lower. December unquoted, ;Iarch 20.26-20.27; May, 10.15b. b— id. Investments First mortgage notes, 6% servatively oppraised, new dings in Washington and near- $500 up. Interest 6% per annum. Bradley, Beall & Howard, Inc. Southern Bldg. Phone Nat. 0271 well secured on con- by Maryland. Denominations of Established Nearly 40 Years Texas & Pacific Railway—Common | share earnings, 11 months ended Nov- | LOANS ON IMPROVED PROPERTY in the District of Columbia Nearby Maryland and Virginia 5Y2% Prompt Action B.F.SAUL CO. 925 15th Street Natl. 2100 TEMPORARY INCOME For many investors, 1936 has been a year of good for- tune in bringing extra dividend payments, or other additional income. 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