Industrial notes

General Electric Sales Rise. — Sales billed by the General Electric Company for the first quarter of 1935 amounted to $40,393,-538, compared with $34,935,551 for the same quarter a year ago, an increase of 16%, President Gerard Swope announced to stockholders of the company at their annual meeting on April 16. Orders received during the first three months this year totaled $49,379,932, compared with $38,-148,654 for the same period of 1934, an increase of 29%.