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Show Traders Disclose Renewed Interest in Aviation Shares STOCKS STEADY III HEWDEMAIID By VKTOst ETJBANK . Associated Press Flnaaesal Edtter NEW YORK, March 3 Buyers renewed their Interest la aviation stocks Saturday and the resulting lift Joined by a few other Issues, steadied the stock market - Trends were Irregular as the close approached, but an early downward tendency seemed to be definitely halted. Transfers were about 300,000 shares. Among Issues on the plus side were Douglas,' Martin, United Air craft Montgomery Ward. Sears Roebuck, Macy, Eastman, Union Carbide, General Electric. Loft General Motors, Bethlehem end Standard Oil of New Jersey. Declining were United- States Steel, Chrysler, Texas corporation. Southern Pacific, North American Kenneeott Anaconda, Public Service, Ser-vice, United Caa Improvement and Electric- Power and Light The . two last named touched new year's ' lows. , Bonds moved forward e bit Stocks at Amsterdam, only foreign market operating, were lower. Higher In an Irregular curb were Aluminum, Ltd., Midvale and Nehi. Lower were Chetebrough, Chicago Flexible Shaft and Cleveland Electric Elec-tric Illuminating. One of the financial district's leading commentators asserted the Febrarv banking figures showed "that despite the vast reservoirs of credit existing in our banking structure, actually the use of credit end currency Is at an extremely low level." From the commodities angle, the market situation wss viewed as depending to a large degree on war orders. Metals, cocoa and sugar were regarded by many su-thoritles su-thoritles as likely to receive even more active attention thaa In the lerent past Some sources professed to see an overstock of gasoline In the United States, a few estimating 20.000,000 barrels more tn storage thaa the Industry requires. Agala possible war orders were the unknown denominator de-nominator in the economic equation. equa-tion. Commodities dealers were Interested Inter-ested In Finland's quick move to buy gasoline, oil, grain and other vital supplies In the United States with the $20,000,000 credit made available In Washington. |