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Show raised to 5.33 cents a pound, up! 1.05 cents-since Friday. 0. S. MARKET CAUGHT IN WAR B09I BY UNITED PUESS American stock markets today to-day were caught in a war boom which broke records for sales while old world markets were adjusted to a rigidly controlled basis. London stock traders resumed re-sumed business by telephone and in the street and announced the stock exchange would open officially on Thursday. Several other European exchanges reopened reopen-ed after being shut down. New "iork stocks had their most active session since October 19, 1937 and except for that one day it was the largest since July 21, 11933. Sales totaled 5,930,000 shares. The Dow-Jones Industrial average gained 10 points. Gains in individual issues ranged to 25 points ($25) a share and it was estimated that the paper value of all listed issues was enhanced en-hanced by more than three billion dollars. Bond transactions on the New York Stock Exchange broke all records totaling $58,610,000 of which $48,680,000 were in U. S. government issues. Prices dropped in the latter. Metals were higher. Copper sold at 12 cents a pound, up IVz cents and the highest since October Oc-tober 5, 1937. Tin was at 56 cents bid, up 6 cents a pound. Zinc and lead gained. There was bad news for American Ameri-can houswives. Flour in the Metropolitan New York area had its second rise of 25 cents a barrel within a week. Corn meal prices were boosted 35 to 40 cents per 100 pounds. ' Refined sugar was limited to September delivery and the price |