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Show STOCK FIGURES KIT HEW LOWS NEW YORK, March 23 il'.E) Heavy liquidation forced the stock market down to new lows since 1935 today and bonds to new lows since 1934. Railroad stocks and bonds made new lows since 1932. Trading was heavy on the stock market. At the height of the selling sell-ing the ticker was several minutes min-utes late. As the market declined 1 to 4 points in the active issues and 4 to 9 points in some of the inactives, margin accounts were thrown overboard. Brokers have sent out many margin calls in recent days as the market continued con-tinued to decline.' Wall street gave as the principal prin-cipal reason for early liquidation fears that President Roosevelt's Gainesville, Georgia, speech would be bearish. Traders said the fears were borne out. Wall street disliked dis-liked reiteration by the president of his reform program, alleging it would retard return of business confidence. NEW YORK, March 23 U.R) Domestic corporation bonds fell to new low ground since 1934 in moderately active trading today. |