Word: kubelik
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Dates: during 1932-1932
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Twenty years ago famed Violinist Jan Kubelik told U. S. newsmen: "I have made more than $1,000,000 with my violin. I have this, and a wife and five beautiful children. And now, as far as the strenuous American life is concerned, I am done up with it. ... The amassing of a fortune, the gaining of fame is not all." With his million dollars Jan Kubelik bought a large estate in Hungary. Last week in Vienna he appeared in bankruptcy court, offered to settle his $125,000 liabilities at 35? on the dollar, blamed his plight...