Show LEAD PRICE RISES I TO PER POUND NEW YORK Nov 6 GP A a-A A major major ma ma- jor joi- smelter Wednesday advanced the price of lead 15 points to cents a pound the highest since cents was quoted in October 1937 The boost accompanied trade estimates es estimates estimates es- es that October shipments of ot lead totaled around tons the largest for any month this year and about even with the unusually heavy shipments that accompanied accompanied nied outbreak of war in late 1939 I Demand for nonferrous metals I has hM st stepped up to imposing proportions proportions pro pro- i portions and prices have tended I upward Lead zinc and copper are rated vital war materials |