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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Saving Grace of humor is lacking in some very religious people, and thus absurd sects arise and flourish. Dr. Pollock, of Los Angeles, solemnly told radio fans last week that Zacharia 9:14 contains a prophecy of radio. (The passage reads: "And Jehovah shall be seen over them, and His arrow shall go forth as the lightning.") He even more solemnly declared that the millenium is not far off, because the automobile has fulfilled the prophecy of Nahum 2:4. ("The chariots rage in the streets; they rush to and fro in the broad ways; the appearance of them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Trends May 12, 1923 | 5/12/1923 | See Source »

President Eugene G. Grace of the Bethlehem Steel Corporation has an answer to Judge Gary's plea for letting down the immigration bars. He announced that he had 1,000 Mexican laborers at work in his plants, that they were efficient and reliable, and that since there was no restriction on Mexican immigration, the steel industry could replenish its labor shortage with Mexican labor without seriously disturbing economic and labor conditions in the steel towns. It is expected that many employers of common labor will take advantage of the fact that Mexican labor has no legal quota limit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Mexico's Quota | 5/5/1923 | See Source »

...Mexicans profitably employed by Steel President Grace...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Point With Pride: May 5, 1923 | 5/5/1923 | See Source »

Theodore Roosevelt, Assistant Secretary of the Navy: " My eldest son, Theodore, Jr., can ride Cossack fashion, standing in his stirrups, and take hurdles like a steeplechase winner. Sons Quentin and Cornelius and daughter Grace share his love of sport...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Imaginary Interviews: Apr. 28, 1923 | 4/28/1923 | See Source »

Fuad, by the Grace of England, King...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Point With Pride: Apr. 28, 1923 | 4/28/1923 | See Source »

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