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At its triennial convention nine years ago the Protestant Episcopal Church appointed a Commission on Marriage & Divorce to whittle down its Canon 41, which stoutly enjoined Episcopal pastors from solemnizing the marriages of divorced persons. Under the chairmanship of Michigan's grey and liberal Bishop Herman Page, the commission...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Divorce Report | 7/19/1937 | See Source »

Fourth of July celebrations no longer are a major cause of accidents, due to warnings such as Surgeon General Thomas Parran Jr. published last week: "The thought that many children will be sightless the rest of their lives because their parents heeded their pleas to 'play with fireworks'...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Accident Record | 7/12/1937 | See Source »

Hour-limiting work laws for New Jersey females, including the 1923 law, which had no enforcing penalties, have exempted employes in the New Jersey canning industry. In the recent legislative session a new law was passed exempting the canneries but otherwise prohibiting the working of women between midnight and 7...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Law: Forgotten And | 6/28/1937 | See Source »

The photography is the only redeeming feature of this very poorly constructed film. Shots in the House of Commons with Mr. Gladstone speaking are excellent. When Mr. Gable makes his impassioned pleas, he looks like a fish out of water. At best "Parnell" is a very mediocre excuse for a...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Moviegoer | 6/7/1937 | See Source »

In Kentucky until last week, even a goldfish theoretically had some right of privacy. After what happened in the Common Pleas Branch of the 30th District Circuit Court in Louisville last week and unless the Kentucky Court of Appeals reverses the decision, though a goldfish may still have that right...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Law: Privacy | 6/7/1937 | See Source »

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