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Show Behind the Scenes as Stocks Went Wild V m si I WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WALL STREET HAS A 7,500,000 SHARE DAY Ticker clerks swamped ai they try to keep pace with Tuesday's rushing market N. Y. Stock Mart Prices Gain in Recovery Wave NEW YORK. Oct. 20 (INS) Under heavy rush of buying, the stock market today continued it recovery from the panic lows. Gain ran from $2 to as high as 111 in the leaders. These were pared a little in the later trading. The ticker was late most of the session. The volume was considerably under un-der the yesterday's near record to-, Lai of 7.2HO.0OO shares, but was not far from the flve-milllon-share mark. The last half hour saw another buying wave which sent the ticker five minutes behind again. The list came bark near the highs with utilities, util-ities, motors and some coppers and steels prominent, while duPont extended ex-tended its rise to more than 10 points. U. S. Steel, however, closed fractionally lower. The market was mixed at the start, with some issues, particularly tha steels, off as much as J3 and others that much above the previous close. Liquidation of margin accounts continued, but. as this tapered off. buying Increased and the list moved higher. Ths best prices for the day were reached shortly after noon. Profit taking reduced these some In the afternoon and a few iaauea. like the steels, fell below the previous -! clone. ' The "blue chips farm Implements, Imple-ments, chemicals, glass shares and ths oils set the recovery pace. J. I. Case in the farm section scored the maximum gain of $11, but this was reduced to MM later. International In-ternational Harvester was up 14. Chrysler at its high for the day was up 14 30. but this was pared to $2, and General Motors was up at ions time 11.79 and lost about half that. I Eastman Kodak held t of Its I early advance and Coca-Cola t.50 of its $7.25 rise. Westinghouse was I up $3 50. United Statea Gypsum (4 and Sears-Roebuck Jt.SO. United States Steel and Bethlehem wer.- erratic. The former at one time was 25 cents higher on the day. but this was turned into a loss of 75 cents. In rails, Union Pacific featured with a 16 advance. Other gains there were mostly under tl. |