U.S.S. HOUSTON 
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Morning Press News -8- 
30 July 1938 
FINANCIAL 
New York: The stock market came a cropper Friday as late 
selling in the steels wiped out early gains running to a point 
or so and brought losses of as much at the close. The associated 
press average -of 60 shares was off- .4 of a point at 49.1. Trading 
totaled 1,204,240 shares against 1,065,630 Thursday. In the 
sliding division were U.S. Steel, Bethlehem, General Motors, 
Chrysler, US Rubber, Anaconda, International Harvester , Dupont, 
and General Electric. Wheat at Chicago was up 1/8 to 3/8 of a’ 
cent per bushel and corn was unchanged to off 5/8 d. Cotton 
yielded 10 to 15 cents a bale. The British pound' hit a new low 
and the French franc weakened. 
DOW- JONES DAILY AVERAGES 
30 Industrials- 
20 Railroads 
20 Utilities 
40 Bonds 
141 ;2G off 1.0 
28*44 off 0.10 
20.69 off 0.19 
90.43 up 0.07 
10 1st Rails 92.56 up 0.27 
10 2nd Rails 56.84 off 0.09 
10 Utilities 105.51 up 0.11 
10 Industrials 106.80 off 9.01 
Call money 1%. Sales volume 1,250,000. London, idle. Paris, firm, 
Closing Stock Prices 
Allied Chem 
180 1/8 
Nat 7 1 Bisk 
23 5/8 
Am Can 
98 1/2 
Natl P&L 
7 1/8 
Am Com nlch 
13 1/4 
NY Cent 
19 
Am Smelt 
49 1/4 
North Am 
21 1/4 
Am T&T 
141 1/2 
Penn RR 
21 
Anaconda 
35 
Radio 
6 7/8 
Atchison 
38 1/4 
Rep Steel 
18 7/8 
Auburn 
4 1/4 
Soars Roe 
71 1/2 
Both Steel 
58 
Soc Vac 
15 1/8 
Case 
99 1/2 
Std Brands 
8 
Chos & Ohio 
32 
Std Oil Cal 
33 1/4 
Chrysler 
69 3/4 
Std Oil NJ 
56 1/2 
Cli Holy 
41 3/4 
Texas Corp 
46 7/8 
Com Solv 
11 3/8 
Union Carb 
83 
Cons Edis 
28 
Union Pac 
83 1/2 
DuPont 
126 
Unit Aire 
27 7/8 
C-en Elect 
41 5/8 
Unit Corp 
3 
Gen Motor 
43 1/8 
Unit Gas Imp 
10 1/2 
Int Nick 
50 
US- Ind ALch 
20 5/8 
Int T&T 
9 3/8 
US Steel 
58 5/8 
J ohns Mansv 
94 1/2 
West Union 
31 
Hone co tt 
41 1/4 
T , o sting ho use 
101 1/2 
Mont Ward 
46 1/8 
Woolworth 
47 
End of Press. 
