Show I Dividends I I NEW V E YORK March 20 AJ At Directors a of the United Verde Ex- Ex campan properties of af which are primarily In Arizona today taday placed the stock stack on a 4 4 annual annual an- an nual divIdend basIs with the dee dec of a 1 quarterly divIdend In the preceding quarter 75 cents was paid and prior priar to that 50 cents United Verde Is one of af nearly a score of Copper capper companies to raise their their- dividend rates as as' as Copper capper prices Slave soared to the highest levels in ten years ears Directors of af the thc NOWton Steel company campany ot of Youngstown o. o declared do- do dared an initial quarterly dividend of af 75 cents on the new common comman created by t tIle two for tor one Tills This places It on an a 3 annual basis I equal to 6 on the old common comman which paid 4 The regular quarterly quarterly terly dividend of at was declared on an the preferred The common comman dIvIdend dIvI- dIvI dond is payable March larch 31 to stock stack of record recard March 20 the preferred April 30 20 to stock stack of af record recard April 5 DIrectors of tile the Marion Steam Sho 1 company campany of af l I Marion 0 omitted the quarterly dividends of af 75 15 cents due or an the tho common cammon at this time lime but declared tile the regular quarterly quarterly terly divIdend of af on the tho preferred pre pre- payable April 1 to stock stack of at record recard March 20 Earnings or of the company campany were equal to only anly ashare a ashare share on comm common n shares In 1928 as compared to a share on shares from April 27 to December 31 1927 1027 |