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Show RETAIL TRADE PEAK FOR 7JEARS SEEN SEATTLE. Nov. ( OPv-A bright picture of America's retail trad waa painted her today by L. 8. Crowder of St. Louis, general manager man-ager of th National Retail Credit association. He said retail trad for th year would total $42,000,000,000, th highest high-est sine th 1929 pak or (49.000,-000.000. (49.000,-000.000. and a 10 per cent increase over 193b. Crowder forecast th Christmas trad would set a seven-year peak, surpassing last yar by around T per cent, with shoppers buying luxury lux-ury Items heavily and paying their bills more promptly than before. |