Word: wealth
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...usually distinguish the gatherings of the Protestant Episcopal Church. Its bishops are gentlemanly, impressive; its lay delegates potent in calibre. Aware of the Church's influence and its duties. The Churchman pointed out last fortnight (quoting Banker George Foster Peabody) that its membership controls one-tenth of the wealth in the U. S. But Episcopal dignity, grounded in ease and security, can become ruffled with changing times and new problems. It was evident last week that the Episcopalians' 50th triennial General Convention, opening in Denver, Col., was to be considerably less placid than the 49th, which President...
...John Pfiffner of Princeton, Long Island Biological Laboratories, Parke, Davis & Co. and indirectly Mayo Clinic (TIME, June 22); Drs. Walter Bernard Coffey & John Davis Humber of San Francisco and the Southern Pacific (TIME, Feb. 24, 1930 et seq.). But Professors Rogoff & Hartman, first discoverers of the hormone, have less wealth and facilities at their disposal than the rest. Scientists know of their work, but their reputation has not been widespread. Last fortnight Professor Hartman had opportunity to describe his work before the American Chemical Society at Buffalo (TIME, Sept. 14). The 2,000 chemists present constituted the largest professional audience...
...magazine (price 25?) went in for "big names" and such personal success stories as "How Charles Dana Gibson Keeps Fit," "Leonard Wood, Physical Culturist." But after five years of it the Macfadden public became bored with inspirational wealth-through-health interviews and in 1926 Physical Culture added departments on food, householding, beauty and some inferior fiction...
...control of the road passed from the estate of the titan's widow to a group of bondholders. Henry Morrison Flagler conceived greater schemes in his life than his $126,000.000 railroad, but none retained his affection as did this enterprise, on which he lavished his brain and wealth...
First need this year, reported the Council last week, is relief. But then "are we to continue indefinitely to drift . . . through lack of any adequate social planning? . . . Our economic life now seems to be without a chart." Chief trouble is the present distribution of wealth: "the stark contrast of vast fortunes and breadlines." The average worker earns (according to 1927 statistics) $23.17 a week; millions fall below the average. Of all the wealth in the U. S. in 1921, 33% was owned by 1% of the population; 64% by 10%. Society treats the needy in these times as if they...