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Show Business Shows ShowsSteady ShowsSteady ShowsStfiady Steady UpwardTrend UpwardTrendBusiness Upward jTrend jTrendBusiness ; T Trend rend Business Busmess moved orwald f'or\\a1d f'or for a1d orssaid < ' < \ \ on 011 allfronts all allfronts allfronts fronts to establish eswblsh estblish ! widespread widespreadgains widespreadgains widespreadgains gains ovei ove1 over the corresponding period periodor periodof periodof or of last year , according to earlY earlYDecember earlyDecember earlyDecember December leports lepOlis ieports to the Depart Depart- Department Department Department - ment of Commerce from . key k.ey cItIes cItIestllloughout citiesthroughout citiesthioughout tllloughout throughout the country Retailsales RetaIl Retailsales sales salesele ' \ weie \\ele ele were stimulated stmmlated bv bJ b a grossingholiday growing gro\\lng gro lng grossing \ | holiday demand whicha whichin which a ? in l1lan nman nmanInstances manvInstances instances ran to such lengths tp\t tp t tfrst tfrstdifficulty tptdifflct thitdifficulty ' \ difflct difficulty ty was beginning beg1nning to be e'i- e'i ei ex- ex e'ipelienced experienced ex expel ' : - - pelienced perienced pel fenced in m securing securmg de1ivciy dch\C1Y dch C1Y deliseiy \ of ofmerchandise ofmerchandise ofmerchandise merchandise Wholesale nnes Jlnes imnes were werebtimulated " , werestimulated ere erestimulated stimulated btimulated by the same 1nfluenccs influences 1nfluenccsand influencesarid influencesand and arid the outlook . continued contmued to gl\C gl C gre glCI glCCI grecredence givededence \ I CI credence edence to predictions tha that t the the1936 1936 Christmas Chnstmas season seMon will 1un inn 1unclose innclose innclose close to thit th9.t th9t th'tt thtt . ' of 1929 in m retail and andwholesale 5 \ \ % holE'sale holEsale ' turno\ turno turnos turnover turnoer turnoverIn \ er erIn erIn In addition to a somewhat somc\\hat somc hat \ e\- e euberant e e\-uberant e uberant \ ' . - - uberant me1 niei meichandisiiig chan chaudising 1Sing outlook outlookthere outlookthere . there weie wele were repOl repoits ts of COnt1l1ue continued continuedgains continuedgains l < lI lgains gains in m industry mdustry inthstry For e'lample elample example e'lamplePlttsbUlgh examplePittsburgh examplePittsbuigh ' { PlttsbUlgh Pittsburgh repo1 repoited reported ted thit th\t th t ' \ the tire na- na mist- mist national misttiorral na national - , I tional tiorral steil stet.l stetl . operating rate of ' 76 wlIl wIll wlIlin willin wIllin [ in all likelihood lih.elihood lihelihood . be exceeded cxceede1 exceede'l exceedel ' later laterthis laterthis laterthis this month Mill < ; schedules chedules , , It&S it \\&S &S S ssas ssassaid \ wassaid \ &SSaid & the thebalance thebalance thebalance Said , are virtually V1rtually filled for balance of the } vear , ear . with V.lt11 Vlt11 indicated indicatedoverflow Indicatedoverflow indicatedoverflow overflow into mto January Januarv , mak.lng maklng makIng mak.lngDecember makIngDecember makingDecember . December 1936 a month reminIScent reminiscentof of 1920 and 1929 New Nesv York report report- reported reported reported - ed much additional additlonal buying buymg in the theIailroad therailroad thelailroad Iailroad railroad equipment field Manu Manu- Manufacturing Manufacturing Manufacturing - - facturing and merchandising con- con concerns concei.ns con concerns - cerns cei.ns ceins . also arc are sh showing w1ng constantly constantlyincreasing constantlyIncreasing constantlyincreasing increasing interests in the modern- modern moderni7auop moderni7atlor modern-i7atlori modern i7atlori - i7atlor ' of pL plants < mts and sales rooms roomsNew roomsNew roomsNew \i7auop i7auop New York stated . . \ The auival arrival ai rival of cold v . weatherbrought weather weatherbrought cather catherbrought brought a rush of Southern tourists touriststrade touriststrade touriststrade witness witness- witnessed witnessed witnessed - I trade such as had not been , ed in some time bme Tourist registra registra- registraHOllS registratioiis registrations - - I tions HOllS tioiis at the tIle t1)e t1e ) : . " Miami , Floilda Flolida Floiida , Cham Cham- Chamber Chamber Chamber - - participa participa- participation participation participation - - ber 01COmmerce oC 01\ 01 of \ Commerce Cmmerce for tion in activities in the tbe Civic CivicCenter CivicCenter CivicCenter &ve ve five & times larger thanat thancit than thanReports [ Center Centerere were \\ere ere \ at cit this time 3 a . year ago , it was said saidReports d dReports [ Reports of building permits issuedIn issuedin issued issuedm in November jNovemuci . showed alw.wx alwwx . , heavy . . . , . . , in- in increases Increases - m in ' huge large largecities laigecities creases \ over O\er O er oser list hst lt year yenr miny m\ny m ny m'tny mtny ' \ clties cities , . . i < - - - f - |