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Show FOREIGN UNCERTAINTY CUTS PRICES ON BIG BOARD LEADERS CLOSE ; 2 poiijjs lx;i By VTCTOB EUBANK ' Associated Ft naaaesal EdiUr . NEW YORK, Sept 29 JFt-X tew' prop (lipped from under the stock ; market Friday, and leader war ; haded fraction to around 3 point ; at the finish. Heavy selling started the session,. and losses ran a high a S before ' the pace slowed and mild recovery set In. At that, tew share were ; able to get above Thursday' dosing dos-ing levels. Soma broker were Inclined to blame the new Ruaso-German peace effort and pact for the decline, de-cline, which was well distributed throughout the list except in the motors. They pointed out that peace enforced by threats of two Impor-. -tant totalitarian power In Europe and Asia might upset world economy econ-omy at this time through Its effect ef-fect on commodity price, and that should a military accord follow the heralded "foundation for peace on eastein Europe It might mean A vastly longer and more destructive war than had been expected. . Foreign market sssrsiiil the pie -tun In much the same manner a New York and sold off In quiet session. Stock that might benefit bene-fit from the war were liquidated at Amsterdam. Many marketeers, after the first brisk burst of selling, retired from activity until they could further apprais the situation raised by the new mora abroad, and that was responsible re-sponsible largely for the falling off In turnover later In tho day. - Transfers approximated 1200,000 share. - , Domestic news continued favor able, A leading steel company announced an-nounced It waa restoring a six-day week and full pay to it salaried . employes because of the "extra work Involved in the present increased in-creased volume of business," Depressed most of the day were U. & Steel, Bethlehem, J. L Case. Caterpillar, Douglas Aircraft, S perry. North American, American Ameri-can Smelting, Westinghou Electric, Elec-tric, Du Pont, Allied Chemical, Eastman Kodak, Santa Fa, Croat Northern, Chesapeake dr. Ohio, Westlnghouse Air Brake, Texaa Corp, Fajardo Sugar and South Porto Rico Sugar. Resistant were Homestake and International Nickel. Commodities were mixed In the ' usual "peace scare" fashion. Cot-' ton. In late dealings, advanced IS to 45 cent a bale. At Chicago wheat dropped to Hi cents a bushel and corn ft to 114 cents. In the curb, Americas Cyanamid "B" and Midland Steel slipped. |