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Show LEADING STOCKS DECLINE AS BUYING SUPPORT WEAKENS i . - V . .... STEEL, COPPER SHflRESSLUUP By VICTOR. EVBAKK Aakkeiated rVeae rta.arsal BaWar NEW YORK, Dec UP Buy JjisiljippQrljftetkeBdtatJie atocH market Thuraday aad many leader slipped fractions ta t points, -While-a handful -kTuUUea, principally these of 10-shara trading trad-ing units, maaaged ta eonteat tao trend for sisabie advaaoea, saar steels, motora aad eappera gawe ground easily at the last. There were mild rallylaf tntef vala, but these lacked power, aad the list generally skidded ta aroviad the Iowa of the day la the final hour. Broken found a UtU more hoee-fulneea hoee-fulneea araong taeir cuatoaoera regarding re-garding busineaa, but moat apparently appar-ently were awaiting coaerete evidence evi-dence the lengthy trade gild we Bearing bottom. Lose .Wltog Keperted 8ulng for lacome tax kaa ae- . ductiona was reported, as was lie.-uidatioa lie.-uidatioa ta obtain funds for Dteem bar IS tax pay menu. .... Pealirtga were alow from the start, transfers being areund 1.000,000 aha res. Boa da acted aetUr than stack. U. ft. ftrovenimeau painted klgher follawiaa pubUoatioa of final figures fig-ures disc losing Ike treasury's latest bond and note refunding offering were heavily obarftuesorieadl. CoraaaodMtes were uaeven. Wkeat, Chicago, waa eif 4k to lw eeau bushel and corn up H to 1 -. Cot- ( tea future oaklbited etreagtk. Among shares oa the losing and the greater part of the day were U. ft. Steel common and preferred. Inland attvat, Chrysler, General Motors, Mo-tors, American Can. Kenaeoott, Anaconda, An-aconda, American araiaUng, Mont gomerr Ward. Allied Chemical, Unloa Pacific, U a Rukaar. PhiUp Morris, Consolidated Kdison and Western Union. ftosn saeewa Kla Laclede Oaa common ant) preferred pre-ferred lumped eeveral perata each-Ahead each-Ahead were Eastman Kodak. Pullman, Pull-man, Deere, International Paper ft Powder preferred and Union Carbide. Car-bide. Well down at the finish war Baa-hoard Baa-hoard Oil Crown Cork. National Biscuit, A rraa.tr ang Cork, Borg War- aer, Greyhouad Corpora lie and American Roiling Mill At midafterneoa sterling was sp 1-a of a cent at KN ls-ltn and Ua F reach fraac was jUHttl cent unproved at 1.3 l-ltha eenls. , Coppers ware forced to contend with another cut la the price of th domestic metal to 1014 eaat Htind by tmpertaat ameltara, Wall Street eapreaaed la tar eat la th atatemeat af Chalraaaa Becle of th federal reawrve beard that) th way t heat ta busineaa aet-back aet-back waa te baianoe Industrial and agriculturai arieea, Nat ssrlaahed, though, waa th reaerre head's warning that the national budget cannot be balanced if th nreaeat ecaaomlo retreat oantlauea, |