Word: zion
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...State of Utah the rock of ages has assumed strange forms. Geologically, as observed in such scenic reservations as Bryce Canyon National Park, The Cedar Breaks, Zion National Park (see map p. 27), the rock has been sculptured by erosion, forming unearthly peaks and terraces, ornate gorges, petrified and ghostly cities. Utah's religious rock of ages-its dominant church-is equally exotic. It is, as everyone knows, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, or, more familiarly, the Mormon Church. Fully half of Utah's half-million souls are Mormons. The history and commercial development...
President Grant also heads a company which owns the Hotel Utah, largest in the State. He is head of the Utah State National Bank, the Zion Savings Bank & Trust Co., of both of which the Church apparently holds majority stock. He is president of the Utah Home Fire Insurance Co. The Church is reputed to be a minority stockholder in the Deseret National Bank, the Deseret Savings Bank...
Mormon wealth, though impossible to calculate, is apparent to anyone who studies Salt Lake City commercially. The Church owns The Deseret News, two hotels, two office buildings, the Beneficial Life Insurance Co., and Zion's Cooperative Mercantile Institution (first U. S. department store, 1868). Through the Utah-Idaho Sugar Co., the Church owns 24,539 acres of farm lands and operates numerous beet sugar factories in Utah, Idaho, Washington, Montana, South Dakota. Board chairman of this company is Heber Jedediah Grant, now President of the Mormon Church. But though net current assets are listed at $3,466,860, worldwide...
...interests of Empire make it desirable to hold Palestine, then the Balfour Declaration becomes a sacred pledge, England's word of honor that "His Majesty's Government . will use their best endeavors" etc., and naturally one cannot let the Jews down after they have built their Zion upon this rock...
...World Zionist Organization met in London and its President, Dr. Chaim Weizemann, sought to deliver a eulogy. He broke down completely, sobbed aloud. In all parts of the hall prominent Zionists - including several British millionaires-first shed silent tears, then began to ululate in patriotic grief. For Zion's most potent champion, the author of the "Balfour Declaration," was no more. What would become of Zion? There have been signs that some Britons would like to economize by giving up the British Palestine Mandate (TIME, Sept. 9). The day may come when the Jews of resurrected Zion will...