Show Business Business Today Boom Aay flay ay Mean g Sa g Next Fall I. I PAUL GESNER GNER andI and I ECKLEY E tt E YORK May Mav 20 20 Tele Tele- Tele ms Special News Service Services Service Service- m s of general merchandise in ines ine ines es e the nation were ning 15 to lo 22 Pel per cent ab above abc c ago and some retail were ere re wondering 1 Tuesday how chill current consumer buying being boi borrowed boire rowed from next leIng s and winter winters winter's s business I 1 automobiles particularly report many customers j normally would not trade ins in s next year ear are buying v 7 Tare cars now fearing special ex- ex es may make machines re e or that the 1942 id del production cut may delay i Shere S. S here are tw two o schools of thought subject ome stores according to whole- whole r re ordering goods for fue fu- fu e j ery cautiously just in ine e a i trade let down let down occurs t fall or winter ers See Gains merchants especially 5 busy defense towns are cing ang orders for goods the lh sJ ahead since 1930 reason reason- there WIll ill be no up let-up defense se factory activity and that of even larger pay- pay ls is promises new ne nestore store trade ns as as s the year vear and the arms gram igram proceed e spur One thing is ise e fia say As long as construction steps along ent br brisk sk pace contin- contin sales in m home furnish furnish- ma may be expect- expect IN Nw w homes and new furnish- furnish 5 0 hand in m hand view Mew Some real esen es- es en eh see at at least a three to lr e r boom in sales of new newnes newie nes ie As M s to w ha hat t is coming after it they hey shrug Many fear con- con on of ro rOIls and rows of new es for defense workers will ng a. a gigantIc gigant c real estate slump er he emergency officials think at least new houses for defense are needed now and ani an an- i 1 next year ear However er C chief of the supply tion of 0 P PM M. M says In my in nion defense housing construe construe- be held to the absolute I believe where we pw he demand is temporary and industry cannot afford to lid e shou should d make every ery ef- ef rt o 0 use dormitories or 01 float- float trailers mobile houses mountable houses or the cheap cheap- t t. t construction fi consistent with F Fen feW riff living standards Other- Other se 55 seft Ii view w wIth th alarm the im- im im- im ft on other existing home val- val after the emergency Steel til The nations nation's nations nation's steel mills Is is eek are turning out over Pilo tons of ingots largest EP mage for an any week in the coun- coun ales Good Defense bonds Bankers rankers are aree e rag with considerable satis- satis Ft the in initial subscriptions rt e new Ln United nIt ted Id States savings n on sale ale May ray 1 1 In a the the first 15 days davs around of the new federals were Id dl directly to the public Jankers lankers say however that it itt t too early to judge just exactly pace the bonds will sell vily bought during the first ays were the series F and ISSUes by trust accounts t upon sale of the series E Endi Enos nos which are sold on a discount si at prices starting at 1875 government pins its hopes t raising money from direct sales the h public E Th h series E E sales are destined Inse Jrie rISe sharply a month manth or so sonee sonee nee nee ence it is thought when com corn bu buying ing of the issues for sets in in A num- num f industrial concerns at the li inest hest t of workers currently are ducting d Ung small amounts from the therk rk sneers rs' rs wages and salary checks r he purchase of E bonds hen the amounts deducted ac- ac sitUate to the size to cover pur- pur ate ase of a L L. L s S. S bond the comE com com- E 3 buys the bond for the em em- e oye and turns it over to him |