Show PRICES ON CUR Buying Active During Open ing Hours but Diminishes Dimin- Dimin Later By JOHN L. L COOLEY Associated Press Financial NEW YORK Jan 14 proved moderately on the curb r ket Thursday Buying was iMn during the first hour or two but buthi bun inclined operators appeared find It difficult to push the advin and the turnover later diminished However the market w was quiet on realizing than on the advance a az this evidence of underlying str nr tended to maintain the Interest i traders with the rally I Utilities firmed narrowly but th ti improvement was general Bond and Share had trouble get getting much beyond 13 and several thousand thou sand shares of the stock cha chaste hands at that quotation Light A was well supported well across 8 The oil group attracted some bar ing but offerings of leading 1 is 1 were sufficient to meet the without much of an increase in pj Standard of Indiana was active a ar slightly higher In the specialties Parker Rust IB as j Mead Johnson reached the best levels Icy lev els in some time on advances o of v cral points Some large blocks d oj appeared at prices fraction fractionally ally above 3 Stutz also firmed but bu motors generally were quiet Alum num of America was less active tiia in recent markets |