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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...effect of that truth, rightly apprehended, in the lives of those who read the 5,000,000 Bibles sent out by the Bible Society, will do more to bring peace of mind and provision for the body than all the soup in America. When men live, instead of exist, they provide for themselves...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Jul. 21, 1930 | 7/21/1930 | See Source »

Great was the excitement at Las Vegas (pop. 5,177) as work was about to start. The town suffered a premature land boom two years ago when the Boulder Dam Bill was signed. Houses were erected but no tenants arrived. Today ample quarters exist there for workmen and their families...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CONSERVATION: Boulder Dam Start | 7/21/1930 | See Source »

...retrenchment policy which the current depression in business demands. Labor has already contributed substantially and it was felt to be only fair that salaried employes should also bear some of the burden. The Chrysler organization is determined to operate its business on a profitable basis under whatever conditions may exist." To stockholders who had seen Chrysler earnings for the first quarter dwindle 98% to a paltry $180,000, this last sentence made pleasant reading...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Chrysler Week | 7/14/1930 | See Source »

This meant that on the Island of Malta the local parliament ceased to exist last week and Governor Sir John Du Cane began to rule by Royal fiat. In the House of Commons Isaac Foot (Liberal) roused Catholic indignation by observing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MALTA: No Second Canossa | 7/7/1930 | See Source »

...friendship'. . . .'' Sir Henry: "Religious contentions, the predatory desires of monarchs, the thirst for revenge, all fruitful disturbances in international relations, have largely disappeared and with the advance of commerce, finance and trade as preponderating influences in the world today, it is found that in these activities exist the most potential causes for strife and conflict...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany: Jul. 7, 1930 | 7/7/1930 | See Source »

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