Monday, Mar. 25, 1929

Earnings

Vacuum Oil Co. (its merger with Standard Oil of N.Y. is persistently rumored, loudly denied), $37,659,458, as against $25,559,899 for 1927.

Fox Film Corp. (associated with Fox Theatres Corp. which last fortnight affirmed rumors of its acquisition of Loew's, Inc.), $5,957,218, as against $3,120,556.

Diamond Match Co. (largest U.S. matchmaker; marketing agency for world's largest Swedish Match Co.), $1,587,642, as against $1,604,353.

National Cash Register Co. (world's largest; 600 varieties), $7,817,571, as against $7,044,642.

Radio Corp. of America reported a 1928 gross income from all sources of almost exactly $100,000,000. Net earnings after dividends on preferred were $18,464,603.26, which showed earnings per share of $15.98./-

Standard Oil of California (largest U.S. producer of crude oil; third largest refiner in the world), $46,083,817, as against $40,210,952.

Keith-Albee-Orpheum Corp. (controlled since November by Radio-Keith-Orpheum Corp), $373,809 as against $2,500,480.

American Woolen Co. (world's leading cloth manufacturer), loss $1,262,263, as compared to 1927 profit of $600,112.

American Radiator Co. (boilers, radiators, vacuum cleaners), $12,413,742 as against $12,057,314.

American Sugar Refining Co. (leading U. S. refiner), $9,614,432, as against $6,385,938.

Ford Motor Co., profits from byproducts (waste wood, glass, slag, gas, scrap), $16,774,672, as against $13,016,-539-

/-Not, as incorrectly stated (TIME, March 11) $11. 80.