Show CURB DISPLAYS SMALL ADVANCE Taking Profit Fails to Tempt Buyers During Quiet Session By JOHN L. L COOLEY V Associated Press Writer NEW YORK Jan Jaru 7 The 7 The curia curb market mar mar- ket displayed cautious firmness Thursday Small advances from the previous close were well distributed but trading was quiet and it seemed that buyers were not to be tempted until the latest advance had undergone undergone under under- gone a testing The opening was steady and dulL taking Profit taking filtered In during the morning but offerings were readily taken and most leaders worked slowly slow slow- ly to new highs for br the recovery although al though net gains in most instances were modest Electric Bond Share held close to Wednesdays Wednesday's final quotation quo tation for the first two or three hours Standard Oil of Indiana sold well above 15 and turned over actively Cities Service crossed 6 to the best price in several weeks and Gulf bettered bet Its recent levels Humble was quiet Aluminum of America continued its advance and was again traded in fairly large volume The company recently announced that its fixed charges were being covered three times although market circles hear that last years year's results will show nothing noth noth- ing for the common against ashare a ashare share in 1930 It is believed that ap approximately approximately ap- ap proximately a share was earned on the 8 6 per cent preferred in the year just ended Despite the approach of the annual show automobile stocks were dull In the specialties Insurance Company Corn Com pany of North America which has been having a thin market improved There was little demand for Deere stiffened in response to the gains in railroad stocks Swift In International In- In rallied |