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Show o fmcals arc still reported holding hold-ing down consumer buying. Commodity prices as a whole although a shade olf for the month continue at about the high, est level since November, loao Stock market prices rose for Uk third successive month, industrial advancing to a four-year peak, mi sales for June were small. Threats of a bituminous coal strike expanded piocucUon and shipments. Electric power output out-put rose to record mid-summer levels. Machine tool manufac. Hirers report second quarter sales the best since the depression began. be-gan. Cigarette output may beat last year's record, while cigar production produc-tion is the largest since 1031. June Business Points To Gain June happenings point to a gain over May. Results for the six months confirm the opmion that the course is still upward. 'i:ie crop position at mid-year promises better than a year ago. Farm products register this in lower quotations although high prices |