Industrial notes

General Electric Reports Gains. Substantial improvement in businessand net earnings was reported by the General Electric Co. for the first quarter this year and the year ended March 31, as compared with the same 1935 periods. Orders received by the General Electric Company for the first quarter of 1936 amounted to $59,569,879, compared with $49,379,932 for the corresponding quarter of 1935, a n increase of 21 per cent, President Gerard Swope reported recently. This was the largest quarter since the third quarter of 1931