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Show j WORLD'S MARKETS ZZJ NEW YORK, July 20. Stocks were extremely sluggish at the opening. Attendance At-tendance of brokers was very small but interest in the war situation was keen. Trading in the first half hour was trivial. The only issuo to vary more than a fraction was Sumatra Tobacco To-bacco which gained 1& points. Liberty Liber-ty bonds were steady. Specialties controlled by pools were the only diverting features of today's stagnant stock market. Industrial Al-J cohol and Sumatra Tobacco gained, from 3 to 4 points with a point each I for distillers and tobacco products. I The balance of the list hold firm but demand issues were nominal at best. United States Steel advanced a large, fraction but related shares were variable. var-iable. Marine preferred gained 11-2 and local tractions hardened but Wcs-1 tern Union was heavy. The closing ( was firm. Sales approximated 125,000 shares. s I Liberty 3V's sold at $99.60 to 99.70,' 4's at $93.9S to 94.52, and 4's at, $95.80 to 95.9S. t |