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...belief that after the passing of this depression, when we can examine it in retrospect, we shall need to consider . . . what action may be taken by the Government to remove possible governmental influences which make for instability and to better organize mitigation of the effect of depression. It is as yet too soon to constructively formulate such measures...
After 1876, when it was purchased by the late Richard Kyle Fox, the Gazette acquired a certain complaisance; the Richardson case became in retrospect "the most beautiful of illicit love tragedies.'' But under Publisher Fox's energetic direction the Gazette became not only a famed arbiter and promoter of sporting events, but a sensational forerunner of today's tabloids. The No. 1 writer was Samuel A. Mackeever who, as "Paul Prowler" and "The Old Rounder," showed the way for modern broadway colyumists. In its new pink dress, with full page drawings of dashing males cavorting with...
...retrospect, Billboard, theatrical weekly, released elaborate statistics on the 1929-30 season. Findings: 72 theatres with seating capacity for 75,314 people had housed 286 productions. There were 62 musicomedies, 195 legitimate attractions, 29 repertory plays. Based on the theory that 100 performances signifies a hit, 87% of the legitimate shows failed, a mortality rate 2% higher than the previous season. Of musicomedies, 69% failed, 10% more than the year before...
...began to take stock of the past season. Subtracting the six that quit last week (Journey's End, Berkeley Square, International Revue, A Month in the Country, The Plutocrat, Subway Express), 32 shows remained on Broadway, seven less than were running at the same time last year. In retrospect, some unique features of the past season could be noted...
...preferred shares and 7,477,392 common shares of Blue Ridge Corp., investment trust sponsored by Harrison Williams and by Goldman, Sachs & Co. As the same date is more memorable as opening day for greatest market crash in history, unfortunate has been Blue Ridge's Curb career. In retrospect, indeed, the history both of Blue Ridge and of Shenandoah Corp., companion investment trust formed by the same interests, appears somewhat ironic. In August, Blue Ridge had announced a policy of exchanging its shares for shares of other corporations, had thus indirectly endorsed such quotations...