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ever. But th e new crop reports are expected
was to have been released in May, but I
to bring sha rp declines again. Most leaders
didn' t see a ny report in time for this re-
seem to think th e ideal is to prevent a
view. The c,ensus of location s is supposed
ge neral pri ce cra sh. Experts think th e gen- to be compl eted by the Census Bureau
eral price level will drop about 10 per cent.
also, but data is not expected until late
RETAIL TRADE- The Easter seaso n in the year.
d idn' t in crease tra de e nough to. reverse
TAXES- Latest re port available at thi s
declining trend s. Such popula r locations as writin g says th e House Ways and Means
drugstores, eatin g places, fillin g st ation s Committee, which must auth or revenu e
seem to be holding th eir own , althou gh
bills, mi ght begin to draft a fin al revenu e
so me sli ght declines fr om last yea r have
bill by th e end of May-"if it should de-
occurre d. Most oth er stores have a defin ite
cide to take u p a tax bill at all." Th e pros-
downward trend in sales. One report said
pect of excise tax relief grows hot a nd
March-April trade looked as good as last
th en cold, a nd latest report suggests no
year in dollars, better in ph ysical volum e excise tax action of consequence at this
of goods sold.
session. If a general tax bill fa ils to come
SMALL BUSINESS- As mentioned pre- up, Con gress might ru sh throu gh some kind
viously, the yea r is provin g hard for small
of excise tax bill at th e last. State tax
business. It will also cost more to sell
pro posals have been getting th e attention
goo ds and this will bear harder on small while Congress delayed tax action ; sales
firm s th an on large. Ge neral busin ess con-
taxes a ppear to be the new hope for in-
ditions have tend ed to overshadow th e creased revenue, while sta te in come taxes
e ternal struggle betwee n small and big are also fa vored ; several states had pro-
busin ess, but the year thus far is going posals to hike gasoline taxes- a tax th at
definitely in favor of bi g busin ess. Small ' affects operators directl y. T ax pressure
busin ess interes ts are totall y unorganized fr om now on du rin g th e year is expected
a nd hence mi ss many of th e stages in th e to shift to local and city tax proposals. It
battle. None of th e organization s proposing is well known that cities want and maybe
to represent small business have shown an y need mu ch more revenue.
interest in th e real . problems of small bus i-
TOURIST TRADE- The big summ er
ness; th ey are mos tly political tools. Small season will be on by th e tim e this issue
busin ess needs some leader I ike Joe comes from the press. Reports at the tim e
Kolodn y, who is fightin g th e real problems are meager; the auto trade expects a good
for wholesalers.
SURVEYS- The important government
survey on what consume~s need and want
increase in sales for the summer season,
and the oil industry calculates on a decided
boost in demand for gasoline ; hi ghway
locations are also said to be very optimistic.
Since shorter work weeks prevail, many
more people will have time for travel, but
the bi g question will be how freely people
can be expected to spend this summer
since they showed a tenden cy to hold to
their money last summer.
"Shufflepin" In
Sensational Debut
LOS ANGELES - System Amusem; nt
Exchange's new Olympic S hufflepin, now in
production , is creating a sensation in trade
circles.
The 12-foot board, combining bowlin g
and shuffleboard , is completely automatic,
includin g th e pin resetting. Pu cks are re-
turn ed to the player, similar to bowling,
a nd th e game requires less tim e than
shuffleboard. Field is constru cted of the
world-famous "Fibre-Loid," which will not
war p, dent, or require costly resurfacing.
Th e game will accommod ate u p to four
players at ten cents per player for each
.
10 frames.
On 15 test loca tions, Shu/fle pin has aver-
aged $70 to $150 gross per week. Th e ga me
packs so much ap peal that play has steadily
increased from week to week.
System Amusement Exchange, one of th e
Industry's fastest growin g firm s, recently
opened its new St. Loui s plant at 1227
Olive Street wh ere it is now produ cin g 80
boards per day.
Laura Alice Makes
Dave Gottlieb Grandpa
CHICAGO- A baby girl, Laura Alice,
put in an appearan ce at th e Presbyteria n
hospital here th e first week in May- the
pro ud infant of Mr. a nd M rs. Alvin Go tt·
li eb.
Bustin g th e button s on his vest over the
arrival of his fi rst gra ndchild was Dave
Gottlieb, president of D. Go ttlieb & Co. and
form er CMI prexy. Alvin is associated with
hi s fa th er as adverti sin g director. Little
miss weighed in at seven and a half pounds.
Shuffleboard Publication
ORANGE, N. J.- To promote the game
of shuffleboard and kee p players informed
as to shuffleboard acti viti es th e country
ove r, Nation al Shuffleboard Co. has started
publication of th e Na tional Shuffleboard
News in rotogravure. 200,000 copies of the
first issue were distribu ted in early May.
A se rialized story of the history of shuf-
fl eboard , stori es and pictures on league
and tourn ament play, information corner,
coming events, ladies column and jokes
make up the editorial content.
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