Show 11 RET RETAILING AILING HEREc HERE c 4 SHOWS GAIN Salt Lake Lako City Christmas shoppers shop r p pers r showered hoYer d down wi with h such euch g generosity la last t month a as to Jo mark i x- x up-an up 11 per cent increase in retail sales ulu compared with those of at De- De c 1934 figures released S Saturday Saturday Sat Sat- t- t revealed This Increase ranks above an 8 88 8 per I-per per cent gain shown sho by tho the Intermountain intermountain inter- inter mountain area and y U per ver er cent for forI forthe I the entire Pacific co coast st region a ac according according aci ac- ac cording to federal reserve bank ank fig fig- I I i I ures res as reported by the tho Associated Press 1 For For the full fuli year th the intermountain tam tain In area showed a a. c cent nt gain gainIn In retail sales which Is the same figure re listed for tor or five stores in Salt Lake City The Pacific northwest also showed- showed a 99 per cent increase f for the while the Pacific southwest southwest south south- west recorded per cent The federal reserve survey threw the spotlight on Arizona trade which was was 24 per cent better than thanIa thanIn thanin in Ia December last year although t the e years year's increase s was 68 per cent This was the result of trade trado in v reporting p rUng stores Of the th there re re J yere i were that reported increased V sales ales In most places th the furniture dealers e lers did a little better than def det de- de f t store operators Gains by cities Un in percentages No Dr Deem Decem- tm Full Pull Store her ber Year Tur 12 II 11 0 12 6 Oakland 12 9 93 3 Suit Slut Francisco 19 19 87 10 6 7 74 9 9 t Seattle 6 40 0 8 87 6 3 3 36 r r. 01 07 Tacoma Taroma fl 9 11 9 Department t tore stores on only 1 |