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Show I T C. Penns?" Co. Sales I " Up 10,7 Percent In P-et. i Gross sales of the J. C. Penney Co. j fr Serte-mlx:r wore S!S.?12.:O0.S2, as c-mp?r1 with ' ?16,477.r.22.32 for, p;-,fen:her, 1 !?!, showing an inerensej jn c.ross sales for th" month of j fl.Tfi5.27S.."0. or 10.71 per cent, over the corresponding period last year, j Cu:nr.ln!!.vc gross sales of the orpan-j Nation this year, up to and including j .Sept. "'"'th. totaled f l?,2.37S,.'fi7.fll. Compared with cumulative gross sales of S112.S42.739.49 during the first nine months of 192S, this shows a gain of S19,535,76S.42 or 17.31 per cent for the three-quarter year period. |