Show i SALES n Hi CITY SHOW 4 l tt BIG w INCREASE Stores Report Per Cent I Cain in in February Over Ove Same Period in 1933 L. L SECOND IN WEST j 1 L i p kane Leads District With of Third One-Third J Jump mp i Dollar DoHar value of retail sales of ot Salt Salte kt e City stores increased per pertIn at t-In t In February over the th same ath Ui h last year more than double Increase ncr e for lor the twelfth district I the ike Federal Reserve bank an As- As fated Press dispatch said Satur Satur- Silt tt Lake City y ranked second as leading with an increase of 33 6 cent ent Department store sales in int lit t Lake City for the month were per 83 per cent for the month over overy y year e r ego compared with an on inis inus in- in us is of oZ per cent for lor the diset dis- dis et eL for the ct ct i indicate alc tc the short hort month this WI r while not up p to J January nu nur r led on g iby 3 about ut 4 per pcr cent business was up 18 per cent centI I ton frem i y year u ago ogo INi 1 ty ne sores stores in tn the district ou out If 1 rot reported increased business IS Is tilling short of last years year's mark muk r In Utah and nd southern Idaho com com- Ja mitts s. s excluding Salt Lake City Cily si a i group up of of reporting stores dores were up upPA upp p PA per cent Department Store ties tel l s Show Cain Gain Hr 11 AC Associated d Press s sf I f WASHINGTON March 10 The la-The The pointed today to toa a new sign Continued on P Put Pue ee Two RETAIL SALES 1 MOUNT IN S. S S L. L Stores Report Increase of Per Cent Over Same Sam Period Last Year I Continued from Pace One ol of f better betler business increased business increased ment store sales Also it enjoyed the first fruit of its hour reducing cam cam- The announcement that department store tore sales increased 17 per cent for forthe forthe the he first two months of ot 1934 as s compared com corn pared pored with last year came from the federal reserve board I Announcement of ot a proposed 10 per cent slash in working hours without with with- out ut reduction re in pay was made by bythe bythe the he pottery industry The employment employment employ employ- ment of ot about 2000 more men was In In- Three Resignations ResIgnation The N R B. A however continued to have troubles of ot its own Three major resignations on its staff beame became became be- be came ame known Dr Paul H. H Douglas of of- the consumers consumers' ers era rs' rs advisory board resigned 1 to return to the shy ity of Chicago Chicag Chicago Major R. R to B. B Paddock deputy administrator will leave with with- in n a few days to head the cotton garment garment gar gar- ment industry and L. L H. H Tompkins pers personnel adviser to General J Johnon Johnsons John John- hn sons on has left to resume his office as ns executive vice president of United States Rubber company Meanwhile blue eagle cagle enforcement activities boomed as N R A and the department of ot justice with an an addi addi- ional tion force undertook the immediate examination of several hundred complaints com corn plaints with a view to quick action in in n the courts Coal Complaints Made State and federal attorneys in Colorado Colo Cob rado were called on to take over seven complaints un under r U the e coal code Hugh S. S Johnson code administrator tor or has a new case under under- the com corn pany jany union issue before him The E E. GB G.-Budd G. j. j Budd dd Manufacturing company of o Philadelphia was charged with holding holding holding hold hold- ing an election o of its es despite deSpite despite de de- de- de spite direct orders from Davis to postpone it for ten days The federal federal- reserve boards board's department de de- de store sales roles index which makes allowances both for the number num nurn- ber of business days and for usual seasonal al changes w was s 70 in February on the basis of the 25 1923 average as compared with 69 in January and 69 in December The percentages of Increase In each reserve d district as compared with February last year year- were Boston 9 New York 6 Philadelphia Philadel phia 8 Cleveland 29 Richmond 11 Atlanta 37 Chicago 32 St St. Louis 24 Minneapolis 18 16 Kansas Kans City 21 Dallas 38 and San Francisco Francis o 14 |