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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...reports a net income of $1,000,000, of which $200,000 was distributed in dividends. Under the 1936 law Corporation B would have paid a normal tax of $148,840. Because it retained more than 60% of its earnings, it would also have paid up to the maximum rate of 27% on its undistributed profits, another $120,487.80. Total: $269,327.80. Under the 1938 bill, corporations earning more than $25,000 will pay a flat tax of 19% minus 2½% of the amount it distributed in dividends. If Corporation B retains the same share of its profits...
...born conductor has ever been conceded a place at the top of his profession ; and few have ever rated a job as chief of even a second-rate U. S. symphony orchestra. A rare exception is the Kansas City Philharmonic's Karl Krueger, who last week completed a tour of Italy as guest maestro with the Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra. Fuzzy-headed, cigar-puffing Krueger, who during the past four years has put Kansas City, Mo., on the symphonic map, was born in Atchison, Kans...
...opera houses. Assistant conductorships in the few permanent U. S. opera companies are very seldom awarded to U. S.-born aspirants, full-fledged conductorships almost never. U. S. audiences, long accustomed to judging other types of musicians impartially on their merits, still flock more eagerly to hear a fourth-rate foreign conductor than to hear a fairly well-equipped and conscientious native maestro. Boards of directors of U. S. symphony orchestras, sometimes influenced by socialite patronesses, usually demand colorful or famous personalities. Current in orchestral circles is the remark of a well-known pianist's wife:* "When a conductor...
...compete with full-fledged & experienced European rivals, many U. S. conductors have not only studied in Europe but have launched their careers there. European opera houses will occasionally take on a U. S. student for odd jobs. Second-rate European orchestras can usually be hired for concerts. But hiring a loo-man orchestra to practice on is a luxury that only a very liberally financed maestro can afford...
...April high) and indicating an intermediate upswing. Brokerage boardrooms fluttered with rumors that Robert Rhea of Colorado Springs, best-known interpreter of The Theory, had said upward breaking of 121 would definitely mark the end of the bear market. This was denied by High Priest Rhea. At any rate, industrials closed the week still below 121. And there was no theory or index that said business had definitely landed on a shelf, or reached bottom...