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...Pernette De Wolfe, 45, formerly rector of Christ Church, Houston, Tex. Prayed the Bishop before the installation: "Almighty God, the Giver of all good gifts. . . . Grant we beseech Thee to this Thy servant, whom we receive this day as Dean of this Cathedral, that he may . . . dwell with his brethren in this Thy house in perfect love and peace...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: St. John's Dean | 7/1/1940 | See Source »

Sirs: . . . Could it be that, for one minute, our business and governmental executives believe that we young men could ever hold our heads erect again in the presence of English or French youth were they to fight our battle and sacrifice the lives of their brethren in order that the Allies may dictate peace terms favorable to America as well as to themselves, all while we are enjoying a war boom here, with freedom to swim, hike, enjoy many sports, as contrasted to the horrors of the battlefields across the ocean...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jun. 24, 1940 | 6/24/1940 | See Source »

...Council, to which belong 63 churches of every variety except the Roman Catholic. Replied the Council's U. S. committee: WE EXPRESS OUR HORROR AND INDIGNATION. . . . WE ARE CALLING UPON OUR FELLOW CHRISTIANS IN AMERICAN CHURCHES TO LEND ALL HELP AND SUPPORT IN THEIR POWER TO OUR BRETHREN IN ALL CHURCHES OF EUROPE SUFFERING FROM...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: As to War | 6/10/1940 | See Source »

...were Karelians and Finnish Communists who had fled to Russia after the Communist Party was outlawed in 1930. Last week they were back to plague the country, spying out the Army's movements, cutting communications, trying to spread dissatisfaction among the Finns, who sometimes mistook them for loyal brethren. Police rounded up many of these spies, warned the populace to beware of them, but how many were still at large at week's end no one knew...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World War: Fire Hose | 2/19/1940 | See Source »

...Justices arrived from Virginia, making a quorum. In its first two years only one case came before the Supreme Court, was quickly dismissed because of an error in the writ. John Jay found plenty of time to go to England, negotiate his ill-famed treaty. His brethren spent their days cursing because they had to ride circuit. Nobody dreamed of assuming that the Supreme Court had the power to declare unconstitutional an Act of the People, as represented by Congress. If such a power existed, declared Jefferson, "then indeed is our Constitution a complete felo-de-se [suicide]." It remained...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: JUDICIARY: Birthday | 2/12/1940 | See Source »

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