Show If J Stocks Dig in on Selective Recovery Front But Trading Slackens TICKER mm MOPES IN FINAL HOUR By VICTOR EUBANK Associated Press Financial l Editor Edior NEW YORK Feb 24 Long 24 Long Long- range war optimism notwithstanding ing ng the rather cloudy coudy current news budget Tuesday helped the stock market dig in m on a selective recovery recovery ery cry front Paced by steels motors and specialties specialties dales the list pushed up frac frac- J ions to a point or more at the start There was not much of a a. a through follow-through however and dealings dealings deal deal- I ings fast for a while soon reverted I Ito to sluggishness The ticker tape moved in the final hour and closing cbs clos cos I under the in inmost inmost ing prices were tops j most cases Volume approximated shares about in line lne with wt I last weeks week's negligible trading Commission house customers returned returned re re- re- re turned from their lengthy holiday t cheered by the confident tone of the presidents president's broadcast Putting brakes on buying s sentiment e C n 21 t i in men e n t t. t though was the Japanese shelling of the California coast further submarine activities in the Atlantic Atlantic Atlan Atlan- Atan- Atan I tic and Caribbean and the darkened darkened darkened dark dark- I ened outlook for the te United Nations Na Na lions tons at Burma These Tese tended to offset reports of the smashing of the Nipponese invasion fleet at at Bali Bal Stocks in i front the greater geater part of the session included U. U S. S Steel Bethlehem Chrysler DuPont Westinghouse Eastman Kodak U. U U.-S. U. S. S Gypsum Douglas Aircraft Aircraft I Boeing American Can Cane Western Wester I Union Unon Great Northern Norther Pennsylvania Pensyl- Pensyl Pennsyl vania and International Harvester Allied Aled Chemical slipped to a new 42 1941 low and backward tendencies tendon tendon- cies ces w were re displayed by Standard Oil cli N. N J. J Texas Company Goodyear Goodyear Goodyear Good Good- year American Amerian Telephone General General Gen Gen- General eral Electric Montgomery Ward and North American America Attracting Attracting support in the curb were Lake Shore Brewster Aero American Cyanamid and Pittsburgh Pitts Pitta Pits Pits- burgh Plate Glass |