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Show STOCK MARKET SHOWS FIRMER TONE IN UNEVEN TRADING 'STEELS, AUTOS GIVEN SUPPORT By CLME C WALZrH laitedl rrrmm rhaeweta. Edltav XIW YORK, Oct. t-atoetm rnwwoet - trregu early- sUtarday. klU showed firmer trend. Steal aharea ware aupperted after an irregular opening. United States nteei had a IS -point raoga and showed a small net gain. Bethlehem. Bethle-hem. PUpublio and Tawgtaowm picked up despite further aecUnee among makers of heavy ateela. There waa nothing In tha news to influence trading. Soma traders evened up to be out of tha market until after neat Tiiaadsgr. Tha mar ket will operate as usual Monday, claalng Tuesday for tha Columbus day holiday. Automobile stocks war atsady, aided by a aharp rise In automobile production. Belling went ahead la farm issues. Lneosi ranged to mora than 1 points In Deere. J. L Case mad new low for the year at 131 S, off , and International Harvester Har-vester declined mora than point. Beta feat-a Lew Atchison turned waak and Beads new low for the year at 43S. off 1 New Tork Central touched MM, up H. feU to lg and than rallied t a small sat gain. Other oarrtec tames ta-mes war mixed. Utility aharea war IIUl chart fed, although several made sew Iowa. Consolidated Edison turned area II ', loss Into gala and North Amsri-, Amsri-, can displayed strength. CuaauvAmerioaa Sugar preferred, after sevsrml day of Inactivity, ' broks 1 points ts new low at ss, ' adjusting Itself to the general mar 1 ket level. i Oils war mixsd, with Jsrsey down ' nearly a point and Texas aerpoca-tlon aerpoca-tlon unchanged. Owens Illinois ' Glass gained more than a paint and i smaller advanoaa war noted la American Smelting, American Tele-i Tele-i phone. Lore's and Union Carbide. I Copper shares war around previous closing levels. AstWlty BteluM Stocks, bonds, eommodltls and I bualneas activity declined during tha week. Stocks gained Wednesday and lost In other sessions, dropping to new low sine IMS on Friday. -Bonds made aew low lino November, No-vember, mo, In the average. Cot-toa Cot-toa erashsd when the government ' eatlmated th crop at 17,873,000 balsa, largest en record except far ; 1M. Wheat led grain down. . Th Moody Index at business ae Itvity aank to a new low sine September Sep-tember a, 13, at 100.3 par cent of . th lttg average for th wsek ended October . Steel apftrratlsns felt ta t,l per cent of capacity, against 74-4 per t eont a week aga Building operations opera-tions turned up temporarily. Retail Re-tail trad was still sbovs a year ago, but th rat f aooslaratlom waa slower. Th same held for lo- - trlclty output Wall Street Nervous Wall street was nervous over th , preeident's Chicago speech, fear - of a special session at congress, and ' wssknese In markets abroad, r On tha favorable aide, th inarket ' had several factor, but Utile at-j at-j tentloa waa paid them. Outstand- . J ing wr th iownaaa of (tack pricss ' that presaged at least a technical , recovery; a larg ahort lnUnst that would form a cushion for further drastic decline, and anticipation of falghsr freight and paaaangar f, rate for tha ralli-oad. : Higher priced Issue farad worst. i Wsstinghouse Electric lost II polnU ' In tha flret five day of tha week. ' Other of th higher priced group . had losses of ( to 11 points. Heavi-: Heavi-: eat selling seemed ta com la Issues ' favored by European trader United Unit-ed Statea Steel and New York Can-i Can-i traL Rail generally war weak, j as were motors, farm share, rub s bers and copper. |