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Show lido's iSe v J NEW YORK. Aug. 24 Covering of short contracts prompted by additional encouraging war bulletins, Imparled a strong tone to leading stocks in the first half hour of today's brief session, investment rails were substantially higher, Canadian Pacific gaining H'x points. Standard industrials and equipments advanced fractionally but shippings eased. Hide and Leather preferred made a new high record on its further gain of one point and tobaccos to-baccos and fertilisers also Improved. Liberty 33 approached their maximum maxi-mum at $102.46. Influenced by war nows and. easier money prospects, trading on the stock exchange todav was attended by greater breadth'and vigor than at any week-end period during the summer scasoni Rails were especially prominent, promi-nent, Canadian Pacific adding moro than 5 points to its recent substantial gains with 1 to 2 point advances In other transcontinental.1? and grangers. United States Steel recorded Its high price of the year at 111 and other in-, dustrials and war shares also attained their beat quotation or this year. Tobaccos, To-baccos, leathers, fertilizers and miscellaneous mis-cellaneous issues followed the upward trend The closing was strong. Sales approximated 300,000 shares. |