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Show SMALL DECLINE IN NUMBER ON PAYROLL WASHINGTON Jan. 7 t'nemploy-j t'nemploy-j ineni Increased In the United States during the month of December by a 'percentage which the department of labor in estimates issued today fixed at 4.7. This was in spite of Increased lactlvlt) and larger payrolls which i reported from the textile, steel, metal products, leather and paper Industries There were 3C cities and industrial centers from which an im reuse in unemployment un-employment was reported while in 29 cities additional men were put to work In Iaj Angeles the percentage was 4.8. There was a reduction In the number on payrolls reported in Omaha, Oma-ha, of 21 2 per cent; Sioux City, Iowa, 15.6. and Seattle. Wash... 12. New York showed u .flight increase In employment em-ployment amounting to 1.6 percent, j while In Chicago there was a decrease ' of 2.7 per c-nt In the number of hand! j on reported payrolls |