Evening Star Newspaper, August 15, 1937, Page 59

FINANCIAL FARM MACHINERY PROSPECTS BRIGHT Highly Favorable Earnings Fore- ocast as Rural Buying Power Continues to Climb. Epecial Dispaten to The Star NEW YORK, August 14.—With farm fncome continuing its five-year up- ward climb highly favorable earn- ings for agricultural machinery man- D. C. SECURITIES (@uotations by Johnston, Lemon & Co) Yesterday's closing bid and asked auo- tations on Washington securities which are traded over the counter follow: BONDS. Bid Barber & Ross 45 " 74 Consolidated_ Title 100 D. C. Paper Mill Ist Hamilton R.alty 1st Mavflower Hotel 1st Natl Press Bldg 1st Racauet Ciub 1st 5 Wash. Auditorium ls( l»!. ‘44 Wash. Prop. Inc. 7s STOCKS, Anacostia _Bank Anacostia Finance Barber & Ross pfd. (new) City Bank = Columbia National Bank __ Consol. Title Corp. pfd Consol. Title Corp. com. Ea:t Washington Sav. Bank Federal American Co. pfd. . Asked. THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTO D. C, AUGUST 15 193 PART FIVE FINANCIAL s SUMMARY OF BONDS ON THE NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, AUGUST 14, 1937, S. GOVERNMENT BONDS. TREASURY BONDS. u. 1937 High Low. 966 2155 1949-53 101 22 106 16 104 16 10317 103 18 104 30 107 30 106 28 108 24 108 18 108 24 23 8-1956-59 27%8 1956-60 .. 381946-48 38 1951-66 3% m 1946-49_, 3%® 1949-52 838 1941 99 4 10311 - d01 21 100 21 100 16 10117 105 103 2: 105 26 10521 106 23 102 28 101 99 30 99 28 100 30 104 10 103 2 1059 1055 106 13 101 100 4 100 100 31 104 11 103 8 10513 105 5 106 19 Net High, Low. Close. Chge. |.I'lll|l 9820 9825 —.16 102 28 - lz 1134 llml. Chi B&Q I1] Div ¢s°49 464, 45% 51 29% Chi & Eastn 111 68 51 Chi & E 11l 58’51 ct! Chi Great West ChiInd & L gen 65'66__. Chi Ind & L gen 65’66 _. Chi M &St P 3%s’89 B_. ChiM&StP4s'49 _ _ ChiM&StP 4148’89 E_ ChiM&StP43.s'89C_. Chi M StP&P ad) 652000 s Chi M 8t P&P 6875 Chi & N' W gen 4s'87 i Ch1& N W 4482037 1937 High. Low. 102 95% Shell Union 3%s'61 100% 98Y% 10214 96% 991, 91% 1087 103 98 . 81 97% 81 978 80% 100% 91% 109'% 106% 857 T1 11215 104 1054 89 1104 91% Sou Bell T&T 3% 5’62 Southern Pac 3% s 46 South Pac col ¢s°49. South Pac ref ¢s ‘5l South Pac 4%# 68 . South Pac 4% 69 ww.. South Pac ¢%s 81 South Pac Oreg 4148 '77 So Pac San Fr T 48’60 _ Southern Ry gen 4 Southern Ry 68 ‘94 Southern Ry gn 6s ‘66 Southern Ry 6% . Low. Close. mle 9914 100% 993 92% 1964 854 B4y 8415 93% 108% 9944 100% 99% 92% 106 ++ ++++||l+l el % % 3 kel Y £y w. Utah Pw & Lt 65’44 46% Util Power bs ‘49 ww_. 481 Utll Power 5% 8 '47_ Wal 4 Wabash 1st b8 Walworth 4s '55 Warner Bros cv 6539 __ . Low. Olose. onn 1021 46% 4815 103% 225, 102% + % 4T -1y 49% + % 106 48 25 414 105% — % 2715 92 + 14 6613 — 15 ufacturers are forecast by Poor's Stock | Federal American Co. com. Reports. l" nilton National Bank rnational Finance Units “The purchasing power of the|NETSIaNS, Trahy & S prd farmer’s dol; is curreatly greater National Mtee. & Inv. pid. than in the last boom year. He is in | Najon e obontan Bank 2 a position to make larger cutlays on . Mige, & Guar, com. farm machinery, as a result of re- “Oxvien Co. com. duced financial drains for other ex- | Union Finance Units penditures. - The number of farm | | Base Ball Club mortgages has been greatly reduced and interest rates decreased. Like- w land taxes are lower The farmers’ annual interest bill, which amounted to $682.000.000 in Chi & N W 4%s 2037 Chi& N W 4%s°49 Chi & N W gen 58 '87 _, Chi & N W ref 58 2037_ Chi& N W 6%s 36 ChiR 1 & Prefdn 34 % Chi RI&P ref 45'34 ctfs Chi R1& Pac gen 4388 Chi R 1 & P 4% 62 Chi RI&P 42852 ctfs . 4 ChIR! & Plst4%s 60 __ Chi T H & S 1st 5860 2 Chi Union Station 4s'63 100% 8015 9015 914 102 95 159 101 107% 10274 104 85 10815 103% 106% 101 108 100 108'% 100 73% 45 46% 14 116% 110 1097 103 !’ 105 Chi& W Ind cn 4s 62 . 3 3 1y W 95 Chilas & Co deb bs 43 _ 107‘. 1058 CCC&StL4%s" 1T E_ 105% 961, Stand Ofl CoN J 38°61__ Studebaker C cv 65 '45 Swift & Co 1st 3% s '50_ Tenn El Pw 6847 A Texarkana 6% s Texas & Pac b8 7 Texas & Pac 6379 C Texas & Pac bs '80 D Third Ave 1st rt 4s 60 __ Third Avead] in 65 '60__ Union Pacific 18t 4s ‘47 Union Pac 1st rt 4s 2008 United Biscuit 65 42_. United Drug 5s 63 U 8 Rubber 68 '47_ Warner-Quinlan 6s°39_. Warren Broscv 68 41__ West Shore 18t 45 2361_ 4 Western Md 1st 4s '52__ Western Md 514877 Western Pacific 58 '46 A Western Union 4%s ‘50 Western Union 6s'38 Western Union bs 51 Western Union bs 60 Wheeling Steel 43,566 Wick Sp con 7s '35 ctfs_ Wilson & Co ¢8 66 & Wis Cent 15t gen 45 "4 Youngstn'S&T 3148 '51_ Youngst'n S&T 48 '61__ 109 25 107 27 108 24 11018 1149 115 20 109 26 121 14 107 105 31 106 20 107 20 110 31 11218 106 105 26 106 17 107 13 110 31 11211 106 2 116 20 BONDS. 102 8 3148 1944-46 38,8 '40-43 Ju 3% s 41-43 March 333194347 _ 2 33,8 1946-56 2 431944-54 106 22 105 26 10617 10713 110 31 11216 106 24 116 23 100% 107 31 881, 101 1034 104 10474 49 168 114% 113% 10814 10715 107 107 2 4ls-3ls 4345 107 11316 41, m 194762 1172 FEDERAL FARM MORTGAGE 996 138 1942- 1018 381947 _ 103 25 100 11 38 1949 102 28 HOME OWNERS' LOAN BONDS, 16 2148 1942-44 100 31 100 17 28 2%,51939-49_ 10110 100 21 100% B8R 87 97t 31 99 211y 16215 12374 105 984 014 — 90 BBl3 — & \m RN 110 ° 100 1 50 104 10 105 23 10517 102 =% DY 10012 102 31 (Reported by Chas. (‘n\ 103 2 Convention Hall p(d Properties Inc. v.t Wash. Gas Light $.50 um was reduced to $413,000.000 in while taxes were cut more than 35 per cent A “The equipment indus! SHORT TERM SECURITIES. year was the greatest last this year at an accelerated pace.” tinues the report. “Consequently, new sales record is virtually for 1937 s have been advs to offset higher « though enough in the year to permit in- lel the rate of sales a increase NEW YORK BANK STOCKS New York s output | since 1929, | and the upward trend has continued con- | Amer Tel & Tel | Auburn Aut | Baldwm Lo B Public rand Rap 0 C co Works bs 1940 King Corp 5s 1940 T 1038 Service 5.5 1¢ & Ind 475 1041 & Pa4s 1942 on Tel 5s 118 D. Barney & Bid. 110 1011 101% NEW YORK PRODUCE. NEW YORK, A K eg Mixed colors, gg< unchanged. =493 auiet 280.343; firm. pouitry t 14 (T —Egss. whites, browns All grades senerally 18- un- Prices un- firm. All zen prices unchanged by freight and by express, 1063 99 1937 1028, 103 10314 1028, 102% 1023 1033, 110% 110 10415 11074 10048 100! 100 1004 1004 991, 1048, 1041, 9% 1051 108 115 181, 3 lmu 1041 114'% 111 188, 188, 24 381952 103 4 FOREIGN BONDS. ADItibl P & P 63 'b3 Akershus bs ‘63 Antiquia s 45 A Antioquia 784 Argentine 6s Arzentine 68 59 Oct Argentine 6 60 May Argentine fis 60 Sent._ Argentine 6560 Oct Argeniine s 61 May Australia 4o 56 Australia 5355 _ Australia bs 57 Austrian 7s ‘57 _ Belgtum 6s ‘65 Belgfum 6345 49 Relzfum Berlin City F Brazil 6155 1926-5 Rrazil 6145 1927-57 Rrazil 78’52 _ Brazil 8s 41 Buenos A 41, s-41 76 Aug (Pr) Rue A 4%-4 %8 T6APrPY Buenos A 4lxs-4%s ‘17 (Pr) Buenos A 6s'61 Pv stpd Buenos A6%8'61Pv stpd Cznada 21845 _ Canada 31,861 Cunada 48 60 Canada 58 52 _ Chile 6= '60 _ Chile s '§1 Jan High. ERAN 100 123, 13 1004 100 1014y 1004 1008% 101 108% 1091, 1084, 104, 110 \m W 98 100 12% 13 10042 1000, 1005 100, 10043 1004} 1027y 108 1077 1041 10915 1081 117 102 22 1 99 Low. Close. Chge. 100 +1'% 12y 13 100% 1001 1001 100 f 1004% 10013 103 1091, 1084, 10414 10915 110% 118 42 91y . 1001 1004 4 1077 14 201 201, | 106%, 107 1081, 1075 6410 Clev UnTerm 4 %817 Clev Un Term 6573 B __ Clev Un Term 6%s "12A Col Fuel & It b 4 Colo Fuel & 1 Colo & Southern 4% 8'80 Col G & £ 58 '62 May Col G & K68 61 _ Col RP & L 45 65 Com Credit 3% Com Inv Tr3l.s 2 Cons Coal of Del Consol » Cons kdis > Cons Gas Consol Ol Cuba R R 18t bs 52 Cuba North 515 42 Del & Hudson rf 4543 __ Den & R G con 4% "36 __ Den & It G W bs b5 Den & Rio G 68 55 asst_ 2 Den & RG W rf 5518 '« Det Kdison ref 68 b2 Srie con 4s'96 103, 1070y 110% 106 8515 653 1024 1001 . 1064 9x1y 1027 70 106 105% 106% 1035 N Erleref 5s'75 Fla 1 “la E C Ry 58'74 ctf: Gen Cable 5158 47 _ Gen Motors 3s ‘46 Gen Motors 3%s " = Gen Steel Cast 614849 Goodrich 43,856 _ Goodrich 68 45 Goodyear Rubber b 57 Great Nor Ry 48 "46 G__ Great Nor Ry 4846 H __ GriNor Rrf4%s 61 A 8tock and Bales— Lcw Dividend Rate. 3% Simms Petroleum _ 42 Skelly Oil (1g) 31 981, Skelly Oil pt (8) 3 Sloss-Sheffield S & T 2708 Sloss-Sheflield vrus 1208 Smith (A O) 6 mith & Cor (&) nider I Socony Sol Am pf ww 5 Sou Am G&P (10g) Sou Po Rico Sug (2) 5 Southern Ry Southern Ry pf_ Alding 1st pt_ pang Chpf 1072k parks With pen-Kell (1.60a) Sperry Corp (le) - Spicer Mfg Spicer pf A (3) Splegel Inc (%g)_ gelpf (413) Square D Co B.60g Stand Brands (.80) Stand Com Tob E Add 00. High. Low. Close. 3 3 £ 3 Bales— Add 00. High, I 2 Net Stock and i Low. Close. chge. dend Rate, 208 16 2 94 8 18 7 1% 17 118 508 163 6 19 59 S & For'n 1st () _ ] S & Foreign Sec _ S Gypsum (2) S Gypsum pf(7) $ Hoffman Mach S Hoft M pf (2 ] S Indus Alco S Leather S Leather A eel pf (7) ohacco (5 Tobacco pf (1) ‘tockyds (1) niv-Cyclops St “niv Leaf Tob ( niv Leaf T pf (8) niv Pictures 1st pt UUlIP &Lt A (r)__. Vadsco Vadsco Sales pf Vanadium Steel 108 149 708 61 34 24 = 15] 154 208 484 94 w1 1 t 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 L T U 1 U 1 i U 1 1 1 1 W 1 1 1 1007 1008, 1145, 10 38 21N 611y 718 18%, 180 Gireat Nor 414« '8 Great North 412577 Great Noren 5is8 reen Bay deb ctfs Harlem R-P C 18t 45 ‘64 tHudson Coal s ‘62 Hudson & Man adj § Hudson & Man rf is 111 Central col tr 4 111 Conteol tr 4’ 53 1 Cent ref 48 5 11 Cent 4% s 66 Inter Rap Tran rf 58 '66 Inter Itap Tran cv 7s '32 iter R T cv 7s ‘32 ctfs Int Gr Nor 1st 6s°52 A : inter Gr Nor ad) 6s 5 er Hvdro El 6344 _ Inter Mer Marine 6s ‘41 Inter Paper 5s'47 A Inter Tel & Tel 41,839 Inter Tel & Tel 4% s 52 Chile 6s '¢1 Febr_. “hile 6s ‘61 Sept_. Chile 6562 Chile s 3 fle7s'42 - Chile Mtg Bk 6= sv Chile Mortg Bank 6 \ Chile Mt Bk 6% 57 Chilean Mun L = 60 Colombt 6= 61 Jan “olombia s 61 Oct Copenhagen 4128 53 Covenhazen 5s b2 Costa Rica 7s'51 A 'uba 618 Czechoslovakia 88 '51__ ~ Denmark 41%s ‘62 « Denmark 6%s ‘65 Denmark 68 42 French 7841 . German Bank 6s'38 Ger C Az Bk 6s 60 July District Business Barometers tand Oil Calif (1a) x 179 Stand Oil Ind (1a) - x 121 ro 6 pf(11:k) & Pwr pf(6) Va Ir Coal & Coke \'Alxnni'na!&' parometers picturing business conditions in July, 1936, according to a survey completed | Four out of five ‘Washington rev by The Star yes July bank ¢ ahead of the District on J and a net gain of recorded a very Vulcan Det Wabash Ry (r) Wabash pf A (r) __ Wabash pf B (r) Waldorf Sys (1.20) Walgreen ( » Walgreen pf ww 41 K Walker H GEW (2 $110.590 ‘The number were more than $10.000,000 of telephones in use in the d with 144 in July. 1936, m July. Average dai nating calls also ntial gain over the like period 1936, according to reports from t S ake & Potomac Telephone Co, | Receipts at the City Post Office in July amounted to $536,818 and were well ahead of July receipts in the previous vear. Kilowatt-hour sales by (he Potomac Electric Pn\xcl Co. in July reached 56,836,381, an increase of 4.404,691 | hours over Jul r 8.40 per cent The department s‘mrc sales index was the barometer which registered a 100 101t 1043, 10114 10278 1061 110 41 391, 104 101 10274 106 10 41 perior Oil uperior Steel utherland P(1.60) wift & Co (1.20) Swift Intl (2) Syming Walwerth Ward Bak Ward Baki Ward Bak pf drop In July, in 1936, althou These | stand! uly h’s h the mar ing at 93.2, against rometers compare as follows with 105.2 last year. the This was the first | month in 1937 when sales have not been ahead of the corresponding periods | 1 in some months has been small like months in recent vear in the Capital: CHECK T'RA ly favorable business conditions NSA CTIONS WASHINGTON CLEARING HOUSE. Menth. 67,484,711 63.329.938 70,339,943 5.895.159 ,003.060 43,871 73,280,430 87,251,550 83,062,126 86,978.863 1936 94 ’J 104.841,034 100,333,520 89,611,954 103,532,240 91,263,703 109,547,662 1937. $100.562.083 92.192.370 114,782,918 | 115715484 103,997,339 124,009,738 | 110,590,257 | $738.630,669 $935,056.842 $1,127, TELEPHONE SERVICE IN DISTRICT 930,217 CHESAPEAKE & POTOMAC TELEPHONE CO. Number of Telephones in Service. 1934 170,882 180,610 181,324 182,519 182.968 182,723 182,592 183318 184,056 186,432 187,770 189,017 195,533 196,099 197,226 199,215 200.819 201,884 1936. 203,210 204,035 204,978 205 206,445 206,144 206,371 207,059 208,856 211,300 212,610 214,308 Average Originating Calls Per Day. 1934 708,810 747,238 748339 752,283 761,923 758,615 646,272 Beptember... 1935. 747,418 780,217 "766.6 794,547 827.603 826.298 738,826 703,454 796,639 1936. 861,785 856,034 828,774 861,089 736,314 848.260 1937. | 315,737 216,915 217,961 | 219,389 220,047 | 220,028 | 220,069 | 1937. 893,424 910,026 891,653 962,658 944,451 951,729 | 844,255 | Ger C Ag Bk 6s ‘60 Oct Ger Con AR 618 '58 ___ 2 German 51,865 .____ German Rep 7s 49 2 Grt C E P Japan 63850 Ltaly 1s 51 [taly Crd P W 7847 B « ltaly P U Credit 7s '52 Japanb%s ‘65 _ Japan 6%s ‘54 45'10-45 asst sm an 6las 6 Miras G 6128'38 Sepco New Sou Wales b8 51 New Sou Wales 55 58 Nord Kwvs 618 50 Norway 4148’65 __ __ Norway Hy El 6%s'67_ Ortent Dev 5%. ‘58 Orfent Oslo 413835 _ Paris Orl Ry 5% % Peru 6s 60 9315 5% 57 97 75 Peru 6s ‘61 Peru 7s 69 Poland 6s 40 Poland 7s ‘47 Poland 8= '50 Prussia 6s '52 Prussia 6%s 51 __. Queensiand 6= 47 Queensland 7s 41 R DJan 61,853 Auco Rio de Jan §s'46 Aprco RGdus6s 68 Juneco Rio G do S 75’66 May c o Rio G do S 78’67 Juc o Rio G do S 8546 Aprco ome fl,5 B2 Sao P St 6s'68 Julyco_. Sao Paulo State 7s 40__ 2 Silesia Prov 7s '58 Talwan E15%s '71_. Toklo 618 '61 Tokio Elec Lt ¢s '53 Unit Stl Wks 6158 47 A Unit St1 Wks 63851 A Cruguay 6» 60 « Uruguav fs 64 _ Uruguay 8s'46._ Warsaw 78 '68 Yokohama 6s '61._ DOMESTIC BOND Alleghany Co bs 44 __ Alleghanv Co bs 49 Alleghany C'p 6 Allied Stores 4 E Am & Kor Pw 55 2030 lmn. 80 (R R Close. Chge. 1 94 86 9%15 0 100 a9, 19 847 Inter Tel & Tel 6s 55 KCFS&M4s'36____. Kan City South 35 50 __ Kan City South 68 '60 KKan City Ter 1st 4360 Kan Gas & El 4155 '80 &0 D Lautaro Nit 1975s Leaiegh Val con 45 2003 Loew's 315846 - Long [sland ref 4843 Llouisv&Nash uni 45 40 McKesson & R 51 50 Man Ry N ¥ con 4590 fan Ry con 4590 ctfs Met Edison 418 68 Mil El R&L Ist rf 55 61 Mil El R&L gn rf 6871 M St P&S S M con 48 '38 Mo Kan & Tex 1st 4= 90 2 Mo Kan & Tex 55 '62 A Mo Kan & Tex adJ bs '67 Mo Pacific gen 4575 __ Mo Pacific rf bs 65 A_ Mo Pacific 68’77 F Mo Pacific 68’78 G Mo Pacific 58 80 H Mo Pacific 5s ‘81 1 Mo Pacific 51549 A Moh & Ohio 4148 '7 Mob & Ohio 5538 Monong Pub Sve 6565 Mont Power 33866 . Morris & E: 2 Morris & T Nassau El cn :(d 4s ‘1 Natl Dairy 3% v Nat Dist Prod 4% Nat Steel 48 65 2 New Jers P & L 41560 : New Orl PS 5352 A, _ New Orl P S 68 65 B “ NewOri T & M5V.s"t Y Cent 315597 N Y Central 3%, 546 __ N Y Central con 4598 __ N Y Cent ref 4155 2013 . N Y Centrf 4352013 n_ N Y Cent rf 652013 5 N Y Chi&St L 4%s'18 _ N Y CRSILrf5A&T4 A, 2 N Y Chi & StL 65 '38_ 1065 1071, 981, Symington xw .35 19 Talcott (458) Talc pte pf (2.75a) Telautograph (.60) Tenn Corp (%g)._. 308 Warner Bros Pict Warner-Quin (r)__ Warren Bros (r) Warren Fdy &P (la Texas Corp (2 Waukesha Mot (1a) Texas Gulf Prod Tex & Pac Ry Tex Gulf Tex Pac C lex Pac Land Tr . her (12g) her pf (3.60) air he Fair pf (T)_ Thermoid .. Third Ave % Thompson (JR) (1 Thompson Pr(.4 Thompson-Star e-Water As(la) x 1 Timken Roll Transamer “ont Corp (%) Transue & W (.1ig) Tri-Cont pf (6) Truax-Traer (.80) 20th Cent-Fox (1g) 20th C-F F pf 113 Twin City Twin Coach (.30g) n Bag & P (2) ‘n Carbide (2.408) n Pacifie (6) n Pacific pf (4) n Tank Car (1.60) x nit Aircraft (1;8) Init Alr Lines ‘nit Biscuit (1.60) x “nit Biscuit pf (7)- “nit Carbon (4) “nit-Carr Fast (2)~ Unit Corp Unit Corp pf (3) Unit Drug (% g) Unit Dyewood (1a)_ Unit Elec Coal Unit Eng&Fy 1.50g Unit Fruit (3) Unit Gas Imp (1) Unit Gas Imp pf(5) Unit Paperbd (.30g) 13 108 5 13% 5 10813 108t 11 131 108, 1084 — 13| 11 + R A Wesson O & S (3;a) Wes O &S pf (4) 2 PL(6) 6808 7% pf (7) 4308 10073 W Penn P 6% pf(6) 208 vV i Western Pac Western Pac pf West Union Tel (3) Westinghse Air (1) Westhse E1&M ( Westhse Elec pf Weston El In(3 Weston 3 Westvaco Chl (1) Westvaco Chl pf 13y Wheeling Stl Wheel Stl Wheel St pf White Dental(1.20) White Motor te Rk M Sp 1.40 Sew Mach __ x Oil & Gas__. 1% Wilson & Co (13) - x 106 Wilson §6 pf (6) 5 Woolworth (2 40) Worthin Worthinz Wor P& pf A sty 108 49% 50 421 54 15915 80s 160 103 23 126' 10 124 4 20 68 261 1478 4% 4% 10 I 3 Wrigley Jr (3a) Yale & Towne (.60 Yellow Truck Yellow Trk pf (7) Young Spring (3) Youngstn S&T 1 Zenith Radio(13% 47y Zonite Prod . s Unit of trading 10 shar rIn bankrupicy or rceivership. or belng reorganized under bankrupicy act. or securities assumed by such compantes. Rates of dividends in the foregoing table are annual dis- bursements based on the last quarterly or semi-annual declara- tion. Unless otherwise noted. special or extra dividends are no: included x Ex dividend last year: 405 5%y g) 122 xr Ex rights. fPayable in stock | h Cash or stock | 'Inr~d this year. A Also extra or extras. e Pald & Declared or paid %o far thi. k Accumulated dividend paid or de- ADVERTISING ADVANCES 79 major American cities for the week | 786,866 792,911 827,697 866.973 884,362 608,345 October - November .. fDecember .. FIRST TRUST LOANS Reasonable Rates and Commissions 2 1051 10314 961, 96 Am | G Chem 6%= 49 Am Internat fl= 49 Am Tel & Teleg 3% s 61 107 103 1007 100 1!\7 105! 1f\l)' 42 1 a6r | 109 ended August 7 totaled 17.578.634 lines, a gain of 608,916 over the corre- 736,596 750,051 191, N 1061 11% n& W ref 4592 WELL ABOVE YEAR AGO By the Associated Press. DEX OF DISTRICT OF DEPARTMENT STORES| COLUMBIA. 1033, 111 1041 941y Am Tel & Teleg 31,566 Am Tel & Tel 4155 39 Am Tel & Tel 51%8 43 Anaconda Cop 4148°50 Armour of Del 48 66 _ 1041 1121, 106% 983 104‘ 1113 106% gn1g N NY W& B gen 415546 Niaz Sh Md 514 ‘50 Sou 18t ref 5s orf So 1st ref 5s'61ctfs orf & W 18t cn 4s°96 CHICAGO, August HfAd\ern.\mg’ Age today reported retail display ad- sponding week a year ago. Newspapers reported 620.806.927 lines for 1937 in the 79 cities. against 588.895,508 for the comparable 1936 Tyler & Rutherford, Inc. 1517 L Street NW National 0438 Loan Correspondent Mutus) Benefit Life Insurance Ce. Average Monthly Sales 1923=100. 1923, 1933, 1934, 1935. 729 65.7 723 81.6 3.8 68.5 3.2 87.2 102.7 6.5 107.3 109.2 89.0 932 101.4 125.1 105.7 97.2 1188 128.6 106.2 926 112.3 122.0 68.9 57.8 70.7 89.7 695+ 147 85.6 100.5 815+ 923 107.0 135.0 - 122.7 1111 1529 171.0 116.7 103.6 129.5 154.7 190.4 107.7 130.2 146.3 POSTAL RECEIPTS Reported by Fiscal Years. 1933-34. 1934-35. $372.818 $424,733 397.364 445316 410,900 433,460 466,410 524,327 477,005 528,238 658,991 732,452 488,062 536,949 426,931 499,866 512,782 584,264 462,221 541,295 499,587 553,631 458,163 503.643 vertising carried by all newspapers in | period, & gain of 3,911,419 lines. aR1g 1064 10214 105 1 101 105 993, 1111 106145 101% 1087 823, 695 1033 11214 1018 92 106 94'% 10415 109% 9414 112 103% 661x 95 102 102 106% 108 99 8714 981, 105% 106 1118 109 North Am Co bs 61 North Am Ed 63 °'57 A North Am Ed 6s'69C__. North Am Ed 5%s 63 North Pacific 3s 2047 _. North Pacific 4s'97 North Pacific 4%s 2047 North Pacific 55 2047 D North Pacific 6= 2047 Ogden LC 48’48 _ Ores Wash RR&N 45’61 Pacific G & Elec 3%s'61 Pacific G & Elec 4564 Pacific T & T 38’66 B 2 Paramount Pic 6s'55 _. Penn Co 4s 63 Penn Dixie Cmt 6s 41 Penn Pw & Lt l‘l.l 81 Penn R R 33%8'70 Penn R R4%s 81 D Penn RR4%s 84 E _ Penn R R gen 4%s '65 Penn R R 418 70 D Penn R R gen bs ‘68 _ Peoples GL&C rf 68 °47_ Philadelphia Co &8 Phila& R C Phila&Read C&] 68 °49_. Port Gen Elec 4%485°'60__ Postal Tel & Ca 5563 « Purity Bak 68 48 _ Reading Jersey C 48 Reading 4%8 97 A Rem-R’d 438’56 w' Republic Stl gen 4%s'50 Republic Steel 4345°56_. Republic Steel 6% 5 54__ Richfield Ofl Cal 68 "44_ Richfield Ofl 6s ‘44 ctfs_ R1Ark & L 18t 4%s'34 St L | M&S H&G 4833 StL&SF 4s 60 A St L& S F 4s'50 ctf Armour of Del 4s°57___ A T&S Fead) 4s'95 A T&S Fe adi 4s '95 stpd A T&S Fe gen 4s'95 A T&S Fe 415 48 Atlantic C L 1st 48 '52_ AtlanticC L 4%s 64 Atl Coast Line 68 45 Atl CL L&N col 48’52 B&O st 48 48 _ Month. 112 112 116 111 1058, | 997 | 106% 10214 9913 90 10874 103% 82y 654 11614 109% 94y T4y 931y T4 934 T4Yy 10315 878 105 102 107% 99 1101, 103 1214 115% 131 ]20 \U’l" 651 1091, REAL ESTATE LOANS On Improved property in D. C. and Arlington County, Va. 103 1004 1085, 1191 102y 100 108% 108 112 103 - 118% 114% B&osw Div 68 50 Bangor & Aroos 4s 61 Bell Tel (Pa) 68 48 B _ Rell Tel (Pa) s 60 C _ Beth Steel 3% s 66 E Bethiehem Steel 41 s '60 Hoston & Mafine b8 67 Boston & N Y AL 48'55 BotCon M 61%s'34 ___ Bklyn Edis 3% s '66 _ Bklyn Man Tr 4%s '66_. Bklyn Union El bs '60 ._ Bklyn Un Gas 68’60 _. “ Buff R& P con 438 '57. Bush Term cons 68 'b! California Pack bs 40_ Canada Nat R 4%# ‘61 Canada Nat) ¢%4s'66 Canada Natl 4% ‘67 __ Canada Natl 68 69 July Canada Natl b2 69 Oct 12815 120 ada Nor db 6%s 46 99l 89% Canadian deb 4s verp 10574 102'% Can Pacific 43,846 _ 105% 99% Canadian Pac 4'%s 60 110% 106 Canadian Pac 6= 64 361y 25 Cent of Ga con hs 46 23% 14 Centralof Ga 58 '59C _ 1043, Cent LIl KI & Gas bs 61 112% Cent Pac 18t rf 48 49 104% Central Pacific bs 60 96% Certain 1eed db b%s 48 102% 95 Ches & Ohio 3148’96 D 1027 95% Ches & Ohio 312¢'96 E 12813 116' Ches & U0 &n ¢ Yge 93 109 106% Ches & Ohioton bs 39 581 491 Chi Alton ret 3s ‘49 117% 107% Cht B&Q gen ¢s ‘58 __. 116% 106% Chi B&Q ¢ %8s 11 ...-.. 119 114 ChiBa&@retis'1l NO COMMISSIONS RENEWALS UNNECESSARY 111 11114 115% 107 123 | 11T 106'4 501 265 5% 1635-36. $483.047 492,647 495,083 610,923 580,619 856,504 612,593 578,005 601,077 634,837 572,633 583,522 1937-38. $536.818 i 523,890 547,340 612,949 636,586 928,349 577,503 581,899 685,946 615,897 588,407 564,646 dpplicafiom invited for LOANS on improved real estate in Washing- ton and Arlington County, Virginia. 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Neely Treasurer 115% 105 212 127 100 9514 l'in% 108 40% 40% HELI R4 $5,631,243 $6,308,074 $7,101,580 47,388,672 ILOWATT HOUR OUTPUT FOR DISTRICT POTOMAC ELECTRIC POWER CO. 1934. 1935. 1936. 41,106,210 47,724,426 52,964,846 40,019,647 44,678,092 49,674,319 40,338.582 45,345,837 49,961,534 38,882,081 44,862,678 49,186,340 38,768,922 43,521,751 48,655,771 41,100,689 44,854,917 50,372,105 41,798,055 46,506,098 52,431,690 41,023,721 49,089,243 53,718,863 39,929,390 44,718,459 52,309,342 41,663,471 45,507,734 51,347,078 43,247,534 47,523,68¢ 50,628,842 44,863,362 49,733,114 53,006,440 ! * & The American has been helping the people of Washington to aequire homes for the past 63 years. bR A4 4+t o Err +11 +134 + % +1% +1% +1% +214 | +4% - % + % +2% +1% + W 18% +2% 178 +1 10% #l" Month. anuary. 1937. 55,008,550 52,776,655 52,704,429 51,393,002 50,609,919 | 51,279,267 56,836,381 103% 1097 1025 104 94% 830 98 122 107% 4915 112 109% 116% American Building Assoriation 300 Pennsylvania Ave. S. E. OVER $9,700,000 UNDER U. 8. GOV'? SUPERVISION 10615 938 T4% 32% 46% 100% 25% 15% 14 9 5 103% 36% 20% 20 13 23% 22% 14% San A&A Pass s ‘43 Seaboard A L 4s'50 stpd Seaboard A L ref 4s ‘59 Seaboard ref 4s'59 ctfs_ Seaboard adj 58°49_ 127 Seaboard A L 6s 45 11% Beaboard A L 68'45 ctfs. 6% Beabd All Fla 6a'55 ofsA. ASSETS 114 104 67a ‘