Show ON THE WAY UP O OXE NE of the bri brightest spots in the business is being h by the department de- de stores During March there was a record breaking 44 per pcr cent gain in the nations nation's na- na tion's department store sales which may mar he be as au an indicator of a substantial rise in ill the general level or of prosperity The rhe Rain gaul is coming coining hand lland in iii hand with n a rise in Ill natIonal income Figures compiled by bp bythe the American Federation of Labor Imbor shoW that the workers workers' total income has risen 41 per percent cent in HI the past from year in March 1933 to in March 1934 Tile Thc industrial pump is getting primed at last the pickup ought to go rap rap- idly |