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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Schmidt's chief weapon, his thunderous voice, has been dulled by a recent operation; but however weak the flesh, his spirit is still willing to take...
...more recent years, the royal family has not shared Victoria's suspicion of homeopathy: twelve years ago the top-drawer job of physician to the King went to genial Homeopath Sir John Weir. Weir, a white-haired, white-mustached master of the jolly bedside manner, shares honors with Lord Horder and Sir Maurice Cassidy. But in practice, Weir has been the man who actually looked after George VI and his family...
Shivers & Waistcoats. The Chicago Orchestral Association's directors were still not sure about that. After a series of musical fiascos in recent years, they wanted a "great" conductor to resurrect the orchestra's fame & fortune. Said one director: "The board all want him. He's a great musician, though I understand he's a little on the prima donna side. He might be hard for Eddie [Association President Edward Ryerson] to handle." There were other considerations. Said one symphony musician: "Maybe it's just as well if Furtwangler doesn't come. I understand...
Money Talks. Steelmen had some other plausible arguments against big expansion now. They pointed out that throughout the 1930s, capacity was far greater than the country's demand for steel. Even in recent years production has been below capacity because of strikes, shortages of scrap and coke, etc. But that argument lost some of its point recently. Production stood at 100% of capacity, and scrap had once again become plentiful enough so that the price was dropping...
Down Prices, Down Pay. Cleveland's Lincoln Electric Co., whose wages are tied to living costs, cut the pay of its 1,089 workers by 2½% to 3% to match the recent drop in the cost of living. The employees could afford it: under its incentive payment plan, Lincoln Electric, only two weeks before, had given out bonuses oi $3,821,973, equal to 104% of the annual payroll...