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STOCK MARKET MAIk VOLUME DROP Trading Dwindles Under l In of Inertia NEW YORK Aug 31 0 st st J market trading dwindled under the of ertia and most prices were conw cor to o hold to a fairly steady course Sow of the alcohols and oils Improved to b numerous issues fluctuated In tah fractions Minor gains ai aai losses were about even at th the cW- cW cloThe The turnover approximated shares hares f There was a mild rally in the fin hour lour but buyers and sellers soon sol kit their heir enthusiasm and the majority e quotations drifted back to ara their heir final levels of yesterday Who was vas erratic falling more than 2 cc a bushel at one time but rallied moderately mod mod- near the finish Other were easy Cotton moved hesitantly Bonds were listless The dollar vu a little lower in foreign Loreign dealings 4 National Distillers Distillers' shares retain about 2 2 1 points on an early g 1111 of 4 and issues up fractionally U about a point included U U. S. S Alcohol American Commercial A Al cohol Canada Dry Johns Manville Mcintyre Porcupine Standard 03 Oil ol ci California Amerada Standard Oil o ci New Jersey Consolidated Oil AtUn tic Refining Westinghouse Baja more Ohio and General S. S Steel eased as did Du Pont Deet Cerro de do Pasco American and American Smelting |