Show STOCKS SAG ON List of Important Shares Close Lower in Dull Session 4 By CLAUDE A. A JAGGER Associated Press Financial Editor NEW YORK Oct 4 AP Thc AP-Thc The stock market ended a turbulent week with decided weariness today Trading was extremely dull and the tho gains of the tho previous session were not maintained a as bears took advantage of week end prof proUt it tak talc 1 ing to seek out soft spots Pivotal shares were In moderate demand demand-at times but sagged substantially In Inthe Inthe the final transactions A long list ot of Important stocks closed 1 to 2 points lower and a a. a few shares finished 3 to 7 lower During the first hour several Issues had shown temporary gains of a point or two Final quotations were in the main fractionally above the days day's lowest Total transactions aggregated shares Tho Tito closing cbs clos lag ing tone was heavy U. U S S. Steel Westinghouse Electric Electric Elec Elec- Sears Roebuck and New York Tork Central lost about 2 points the last named recording the lowest price In three years American Telephone and Allied Chemical dropped 4 anti and Eastman Kodak tumbled 7 Shares closing a point or more off Included American Can Standard of New Jersey and General Gen Con eral Electric Radio was off only a fraction Transamerica wa was steady and Fox Film and anc Warner Brothers finished fractionally higher Although the extreme J of early in irs the week had largely vanished business news was not of a character to bul lishness News that the stock ex exchange ox- ox change had requested members for copies copes of alt all messages messages' sent over during th the relating to the financial condition j of members was regarded as 58 eating cating a determination to check dis- dis of irresponsible bear f rumors but failed to Influence the thea i markets market I LEAD PRICE CUT Reports from the steel try failed to promise any resumption of the acceleration of output which was checked a few days ago A cut Jn In lead prices from cents cents' to cents cents' a a pound by American Smelting was another cheerless d de cC ci the day Latest news from the th building i industry however was a little more rc cheerful F. F W. W Dodge corporation rf reported that contracts awarded ini the 37 states east of the for residential building which has been In a slump had risen In September to the highest level since May Total contracts for tho month however sagged 5 per cent from August and per Cent below September of last year Reports from the radio industry continued in the more cheerful vein noted during recent weeks Crosley Radio reported sale sales sales' about 25 per cent above a year yer ago Merchandise sales generally during September however have shown little Improvement with the tho ec- ec Hot w weather ather having oppressive factor The Kresge chain reported a drop of nearly 6 per cent from the same period last year ag against nfl art aggregate for the first nine months of only 3 per cent Monet ry conditions were expected in banking circles to continue con con- easy next week although the tha effects of the month end settlements settle settle- m ments may cause causo a little temporary stiffening |