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...musicians rebelled. After forming their own orchestra (TIME, Aug. 23), they picked their own conductor, a bright, energetic young localite named Eugene Linden. While the old Seattle Symphony's socialite directors screamed "musical mobsters," the new orchestra made music merrily-and successfully-though most of Seattle's mink and 75?-cigar set boycotted the concerts. One reason for the success (and the boycott) was a tall, bosomy woman named Cecilia Schultz, whom the musicians had picked to carry their flag and manage their money...
Every seat in the columned auditorium at Madrid's Club Mercantil had been taken, but still the people came. Mink-coated ladies and threadbare scholars jostled for places behind the doors, crowded onto the balcony overlooking the hall. They waited patiently for the wiry little man with unruly white hair to step to the gold desk on the dais. When he did, they burst into cheers. They clapped and shouted so long that they seemed almost hysterical. The little man smiled, slowly raised his arms for silence. Then he began to speak...
Daughter Elizabeth was also feeling fine. Chipper in mink and taffeta, she showed up at a BBC show, looking every inch the serene and happy matron (see cut), in her first public appearance since the baby came...
Saskatchewan farmers were cautious about taking delivery of cars, trucks and tractors they had ordered when the world wheat famine seemed to assure endless prosperity. Many took delivery simply to resell-and then found that there was little or no profit to be had. At Edmonton fur auctions, ranch mink and ermine prices were down 35%. British Columbia lumbermen were cutting the price of lower grades, and they saw more cuts in prospect...
...business and social highlights of Hollywood last week had very little flavor of hard times. At the huge testimonial dinner ($15 a plate) naming Darryl Zanuck "Man of the Year," there was no noticeable scarcity of mutation mink and diamonds among the 1,500 diners. The only damp spot in this glittering evening was the five minutes during which Georgia's Ellis Arnall got off to a belligerent start as president of the Society of Independent Motion Picture Producers. He scolded Eric Johnston and brashly challenged him to a debate on monopolies and the movies; he proposed that misbehaving...