| Show BROAD DEMAND FEATURES RISE High Priced Industrials Go Up Meat Stocks Advance NEW EW YORK TORK Aug AUK By 6 By The Associated Press A A marked broadenIng In the th demand for tor stocks featured the resumption ot of the upward In today's market markeL High priced indUStrial l particularly those In specialties A favorable merger mercer or dividend developmentS are belle ed to be pending were again the spectacular In- In Interest but Increasing public features terest was w s manifest in the in standard Industrials Industrial and nd rails rills the tb latter rt- rt to reports ot of record breaking earnings for tor this season caon of ot the year hIGHER OIL on- DIVIDEND D Further Indications of ot current prosperity In many lines of ot Indus indus indus- try ry ry vere today by the Increase In the annual dividend on the common stock ot of the Standard oil company of ot New Kew York the an- an announcement announcement an announcement that retail sales of ot the Woolworth company for tor th first seven months were per Ier cent above the same period last year ear re- re reports reports re report ports port ot of Increased employment In Automobile centers and expanding operations In the steel Industry Loose Loose- Loose Wiles biscuit was AS the sen- sen son Individual feature soaring 19 points to II a new Dew record top at by early afternoon Among the score or so other Issues to sell seU 4 to 10 points higher hither were National Tea rea Midland Steel products pro pre preferred pre preferred Union Bag Bae and Paper Hud Hud- Hud Hudson son MI Motors American Express and American and nd Foundry Concurrent strength of ot several se of ot the tho th leading farm Implement stocks started merger mercer gossiP Case Thresh Thresh- Threshing Threshing Thresh inc ing Machine Machin extending Its early gain to 7 2 points while International International International Harvester and Advance Rumely preferred each moving up more than 4 points PACKING STOCKS UP VI Packing stocks Gathered strength on reports that negotiations were ere In progress In London to end the price cutting war the he meat bust bust- business bustness busi business ness In that country and an by the thc announcement that Cudahy earn earn- earnings earn Ines Ings In the th first eight months ot of the tho fiscal year car were above those during the tho same samo period a SL year ago RAZORS co-RAZORS RAZORS I IX DE DEMAND Tho The closing was strong high grade railroad stocks soared roared to new top prices for the sear ear In the final hour on buying inspired bythe by bytho bythe the tho announcement of ot record rail rail- railway rail railway way earnings In the first halt half ot of the year Amon Amons tho specialties American Safety Razor and Amer Anler- AmerIcan American ican lean Express were In brisk 1 de- de demand demand de demand mand Total sales approximated shares |
