Show STOCKS STEADY AGAINST RAID Leading Shares Advance O Ova Sporadic Profit Taking Flurries NEW YORK June 17 though hough the currency stabilization ogey still sUll lurked in the stock iha ket shadows Saturday prices of leang lea leac ing ng shares maintained sporadic profit taking flurries They Ther were several gains of 1 to around points but the range generally wa narrOw larrow The close was steady to lira Trading volume dwindled to ibI it ib I smallest in some weeks transfers a only shares I There was no appreciable I to o news from Washington that a pp t pasal to regulate exchanges had bet bee placed laced before President Roosevelt h I he the London economic p Dispatches pointed put out that the a 3 ministration had decided nothing hi lit not committed Itself and that t tJ treasury at the moment Is only stud p ing ng the situation In the he the dollar firmed moderately In tern of the British pound and Europe gold currencies Commodities we slightly mixed although wheat r lied after an early decline was vas heavy wecK WK enG ena Business ana anu trade i r ports disclosed further in the economic picture Freight c ci loadings for the week ended June June-I 1 it was disclosed made a particular strong showing Loadings total an increase of ov the previous week and a gain of over the same 1932 period Among the stocks that drew a ti ft owing lowing was Bethlehem Steel spurted more than 3 points on that the tho governments government's ship program was to be inaugurated s 00 National Shipbuilding shares also got up around 3 Electric Boat and American Ship a around a point each Amei Amel can Telephone gained 2 2 1 poin and issues of Chrysler General M tons tors U. U S. S Smelting and several othe moved forward about a point T Ti rails failed to respond too to the car loadings news and me mc of them held to a fractional range Announcement that the treasury d had asked for bids on of federal bull bullings ings indicated to the financial that the administrations administration's plans 1 ft expanding employment would go fc to toward ward vigorously Other appropriations already allotted J I elude dude for state road roat for new warships and for naval airplanes Industrial observers were partle lanly interested in the new I processing tax as an important lev leve age to the purchasing power of t 11 farmer It is pointed out that fan ers who sign up to reduce will be given two thirds of of- the es esi mated compensatory benefit pa ments on or 01 about September 15 A cordingly It is figured the farm within three months or so will ha some real money to spend and mai mu lines of industry should benefit j |