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Show iWAR DEPRESSES j STOCK MARKET NEW YORK, March 23. The news of further German aggression on the 1 wostern front was an influence in today's to-day's stock market, stocks reacting at the opening. Reading, Mexican Petroleum, American Amer-ican Smelting, Texas company, Central Cen-tral Leather and General Electric fell a point each. Other active -war shares, equipments and specialties sustained large fractional frac-tional losses. Rails as a group were but slightly affected. Heavy selling continued during tho first hour, losses becoming moro extensive. ex-tensive. Union Pacific broke 2 1-2, Chesapeake and Ohio 2 3-4, Rending Rend-ing 2, Norfolk and Western 1 1-2, Atchison 1 1-4 and Now York Central a point United States Stool showed an extreme ex-treme decline of 1 5-8, other stoels 1 to 2 points, Baldwin Locomotive 2 3-8, General Electric, American Car, oils, motors and shippings 1 to 3 points. After 11 o'clock pressure abated and fractional recoveries were made by a few leaders. Sales in the first hour approximated approxi-mated 250,000 shares. Selling assumed wider proportions in the final dealings and further impairment im-pairment of prices ensued. Net losses ranged from 1 to 4 points In an unusual unus-ual variety of issues, notably rails, shippings and equipments. Feverish activity marked the weak close. Total transactions were placed at 500,000 shares. |