Salt Lake Telegram | 1938-05-27 | Page 17 | Department Store Sales Climb in S. L

DEPARTMENT DEPARTMENT STORE SALES I CLIMB IN S. S S 1 L. L Department store sales in Salt Lake City adjusted for s seasonal variations were nearer the 1923 1023 1925 average during April than in any month yet this year according accord accor ing to a report received at the chamber of commerce commerce from the Federal Reserve b bank at San Francisco Cal CaI April business was lIst listed d at 77 I per cent of normal as compared with 74 per cent in March Marchi 76 per percent cent in February and 73 per cent In January Compared with 1925 1923 sales thus far in 1938 1038 are running less than during 1937 although for the month of April alone an increase of 6 per cent is shown this year yar L Brightest spots in the west for department sales were Oakland Oakland Oakland Oak Oak- land and Los Angeles with and per cent r respectively during April Spokane Wash was at af the bottom bottom bot bot- tom torn of the list with sales sales' only 56 6 per cent of the 1925 1923 average