Show BOND MARKET TREND MIXED NEW YORK March 18 P The P Thc I-Thc Thc heaviness of railroad mortgages and the te firmness of United States government government govern govern- ment issues were the contradictory features of Fridays Friday's bond market Fractional gains were recorded by bythe thc the majority of the Liberty and treasury treasury treas treas- ury loans although h trading in i this thi section at times bordered on dull dull- dul- dul ness nes There were some feeble attempts to rally raly the transportation department depart depart- ment but most of these liens lens lacked the necessary vitality to maintain gains gain Thc The utilities and industrials were soft Amer American can and Foreign Power were unusually heavy dropping 4 points at one time Communications company loans eased moderately moderate moderate- tons ly as did some of the thc te oils ois U. U S. S Rubber Rubber Rubber Rub Rub- ber 5 and Western Wester Electric ex exhibited exhibited ex- ex weakness The Thc Kreuger group mortgages moved slightly high higher cr and Toll Tol and ad International Match 55 gained around half hal a point each cich There were a number of rallies Inthe in inthe inthe the foreign department department The Te Argentines Argentines Argen Argen- tines heavy losers yesterday improved improved improved im im- im- im proved substantially German and British bonds were mixed and the thc majority of Japanese obligations recovered moderately |