Show Wall Streets Street's Close Is Stron a Markets at a Glance NEW V YORK Stocks strong Colorado Fuel up 7 Lf hest In 25 23 yours years Bonds steady Hudson t Manhat- Manhat nn an Sc at new flOW 1937 1917 high exchanges firm sterling at high Cotton advanced unfavorable t teat eat her forecast Sugar firm Cuban support Coffee firm commission house buy buy- ing n CHICAGO strong large export sale sales Corn firm small cash offerings Cattle Cutile firm 1 hogs Hoc quiet NEW May 3 By the Associated Associated Press Press Major Major speculative activity In n today's stock market was again on the upside although a number of new weak spots developed during the session Price movements appeared to be based basett on Individual considerations rather than general news or business developments The Increase In brokes last week While not expected In some quarters was believed to be due largely to the extremely havy new bond financing and anda a reduction Is looked booked for In next weeks week's figures which will cover tIme the liquidating liquidating- movement toward the end of last month Despite the absence ot of official confirmation confirmation mation that the finance committee of the General corporation had proposed proposed pro pro- posed the declaration of an extra dividend divi of 12 2 by directors who meet Slay May 12 the stock continued In brisk demand touching a share by early afternoon Most of the other othet motors improved In sympathy and there were several points of strength In the oil food mercantile public utility and steel groups Railroad shares were mixed Gulf Mobile Mo Mobile bile A Northern and the Chicago Great Western Issues were under pressure on the denial of guaranteed dividend anti and merger rumors and Western Pacific yielded on selling Inspired by fears fear of of unfavorable dividend action on the pre pre- erred However strength developed In Ina a number of the southwestern issues andIn anti and In some of the seasoned dividend payers such as Chesapeake Ohio Lackawanna na Delaware Hudson and Union Pa Pacific j The closing was strong Reduction of the call money rate to 4 per cent ac time the rise In the final hour when the best prices or thO nay were made maIe Woolworth American Norfolk Western and Western West IVEst- em ern Union gained 3 to 5 S points ointa General Motors touched 9 96 and Gulf Guif Mobile 6 Northern which had been down clown to 71 earlier snapped back to 75 a new peak Colorado Fuel extended Its Its' rise to ItS 7 points Total sales sale approximated 2 shares I cv |