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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (the Mormons) takes itself very seriously as an international organization-though all but 70,000 of its 892,000 members live in the U.S. And to Mormons the utterances of their First Presidency (President Heber Jedediah Grant and his two counselors) are a divinely inspired part of the continuous revelations of God. These two facts last week produced a First Presidency message to the semiannual Mormon conference at Salt Lake City whose impartial stand on the war closely resembled the attitude of the Pope...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Mormon Mixup | 10/19/1942 | See Source »

...British bull-dog spirit and overdoing the jolly-well, pip-pip, chins-up attitude of the average Briton. This has not been done in "Desperate Journey," but rather the director has let the actions of the characters speak for themselves in conveying the same idea. Needless to say, the latter method is by far the more forceful...

Author: By J. M., | Title: MOVIEGOER | 10/17/1942 | See Source »

...everyone's ear, and definitely worth the listening time of two records. With a rhythm section of Zutty Singleton, drums, Eddie Condon, banjo, and Earl Murphy, bass, the band achieves a colossal beat, especially on "Indiana." On "Georgia Cake Walk" they outdo the Yerba Buena band in the latter's own territory...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SWING | 10/14/1942 | See Source »

...been written off and junked long ago. Taking the former would merely hasten the demise of a peace plant which is probably doomed for the duration by materials or labor shortages. (Such a plant would become a case for a War Liabilities Adjustment Board, see p. 81.) Scrapping the latter would wipe the U.S. slate clean of a lot of uneconomic production after...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Cruel Words | 10/12/1942 | See Source »

Following a brief session of cheers from the Navy stands which were answered from across the way by shouts of "Sink the Navy" (sabotage?), Captain McIntosh strode to the plate to bat out the first ball, the latter being thrown in by an equally high representative of the civiliau or home defense unit. In an auspicious manner, the Captain got a solid hit, which made a hit with everyone and should have warned the civilians of the things to come...

Author: By Martin PARKER G.b., | Title: Navy Turns Guns On Business Nine | 10/10/1942 | See Source »

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