While John Speculator was grumping over the summer listlessness of the stock and commodity markets last week, John Investor was finding plenty to make him smile. Into his lap dropped $800,000,000 in quarterly and semi-annual dividends and bond interest due on or about July i. Chrysler Corp. paid him 25¢ per share plus an extra 25¢. National Lead paid him $1.25, Eastman Kodak, $1, Montgomery Ward Class A, $1.75, Coca Cola, $1.50. Manhattan's Fifth Avenue Bank added $10 to its regular dividend of $6 while First National Bank was paying its customary...
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