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The Railroads. Compared with other U.S. industries, the railroads have had the Midas touch in the last two years. On the surface, the first half of 1943 was no exception: Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific jumped its net from $2,378,000 in 1942 to $17,134,000; the Burlington...
One American Midas who has struggled rigorously to keep the money from rolling in is Thomas John Watson, president of International Business Machines Corp. He was No. 2 on the 1939 list of the top ten salaries ($442,560). Of this honorarium, $100,000 was salary. Most of the rest...
By raising the value of its gold hoard, the government can make another tremendous paper profit to fill the hole in the budget left by deficit financing. Thus in 1933 F. D. R. made $2,800,000,000 by reducing the gold in the dollar to fifty-nine cents. $675...
Frank Baum, the man who hit the literary jackpot many years ago writing nice unpretentious stories about a little girl named Dorothy, must be doing more than his share of acrobatics in his coffin these days. For M.G.M. has screened his "immortal classic," the "Wizard of Oz," as only M.G.M...
No matter how varied her roles, Clandette Colbert gilds them with her own delightful personality and carries a Midas-touch of success. Despite its title, "Midnight" takes her from moonlight romance to a light-hearted Paris where she can romp with royalty but feel more at home with taxi-drivers...