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Show ILL STREET ' PRICES BREAK r' Heavy Selling Follows President's Death - NKW YORK, An. 4. -Active aniline took place at tba opening f today's stock market, the first aeaato sine tha death of Pre el dent Hardin, and prtoes worked considerably lower. Lasses af rt I paints were noted Is sooto pivotal stock as Studebaker, tha Paa-Amertcaa Issues and Americas Woolen. Cotton quotation opened It t II points higher. Tbs curb market opened fairly steady. . Selling on tha Now York stock exchange ex-change was centered In the rails, motors, mo-tors, motor accessories, rubber and miscellaneous specialtlea. Oreat Northern North-ern preferred dropped J1 palnta ta II . tha lowest price since Iks. Gulf States tret dropped aS4- Good buying support wag forthcoming for linlted States Steel eommoa. which recovered Ha. early loaa, and for sum of tba other standard ahares. NEW TORK, Aug. 4 Stock price broke I to point today in reflection uf th death if President Harding. While leading bankers were of the opinion that (he i-hange jn administration could cause no disturbance to tha natlonl'a financial structure, the sailing of stock by frightened fright-ened Inventor and speculator waa not expected. Substantial supporting orders haa been plaued at price juet below previous lvl and then served to keep th decline in check. Th rest stance ahanta. bs tha seat-he a ehs rlr sell-Ing sell-Ing pressur Inspired more confidence aa trading progressed and tha trend In tha lata dealings was upward with tha volume vol-ume of sales conelderably reduced. Oreat Northern preferred. Northern Pactfle aad Chicago Northwestern again established new low prices for th ear. ThS eloa-'n eloa-'n .W'V heavy. SaW approximated 4a.ta shares. Houston dropped 4 points, but th breaks In th other active stocks were held to I points or leea with good buying buy-ing support Jn evidence at the lower levels. Northern Parifte off IH, and Chicago Northwestern off , each established es-tablished new lows for the year. Foreign For-eign exchangee opened steady. |