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Show Bits O' Business And Things To Come BITS O' BUSINESS Stepped-up demand for silk proves the worm is turning. Imports this year may be twice 1949's peak, with most of the supply going into w o m e n 's dresses. Coming next spring: men's silk suits . . . Labor pools are drying up as the Korean chisis drains more and more manpower from the nation's factories. fac-tories. Most in demand; engineers, engin-eers, draftsmen, machinists, welders, wel-ders, tool and die makers, electronics elec-tronics and aircraft specialists . . . . Furniture makers are looking forward to a record year in 1950. One leading form's present order backlog is double what it was three months ago, with no appreciable slackening in the offing. |