World Calendar proposed as perpetual timetable reform
The piece discusses the World Calendar as a perpetual system where any date falls on the same weekday across years. It explains how 91-day quarters and 26-week months would work, with Year End day an extra Saturday and June receiving a leap day to keep alignment during leap years. The author notes wartime time shifts and compares to the 13 month plan while highlighting advantages for scheduling and calculations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elliott Pine
Union
Hitler
Japan
League of Nations
League
Pacific
World Calendar Advocates Reform to a 12 Month System
An Inca like year with 12 thirty day months and five extra days would streamline holidays to nearest Monday Saturday or Sunday. Church groups business leaders and international bodies backed reform with proposals for a fixed Easter and a perpetual 12 month year. The League of Nations considered options in the 1930s but global adoption depended on universal agreement and swift action by 1950.
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Peru
United States
Episcopal Church
The
Presbyterian
United Lutheran
Methodist Episcopal of the South
World Calendar Association
Patriarch of
Constantinople
Dorsed
International Chamber of Commerce
American Bar Association
League of Nations
League
How Julius and Augustus Shaped Our Calendar
The text explains how Julius Caesar and his successor Caesar Augustus reformed the Roman calendar. Sosigenes set a 365 day year with 12 months, February 29 in common years and 30 in leap years. Julius named July and Augustus added August, lengthening it to 31 days and shifting days from September and November to October and December.
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Julius Caesar
Caesar Augustus
Julius
B. C
Sosigenes
Senate
Caesar
Augustus
Lesson for January 2 Scripture Texts
A brief note lists January 2 lesson subjects and scripture texts selected and copyrighted by the International Council of Religious Education and used by permission.
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International Council of Religious Education
Mark 1 9 22 Entering Jesus Ministry and Calling Helpers
Lesson text outlines Jesus baptism and temptation as entry to his mission of redemption. It emphasizes reliance on God's Word to resist temptation, and unfolds Jesus teaching preaching and calling of helpers as the path to real spiritual results. It ends urging Christians to be fishers of men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
God
Christ
Jesus— I
Jesus
Satan
John
Capernaum
Moody
New sheath dress with bow creates drama in pattern 8509
Fashion note predicts minimal material use prompting a sheath dress trend. Pattern 8509 offers sizes 10 to 20 with size 12 option and short sleeves. It requires 39 inches of 37 percent material for a 39 inch wide fabric.
Barbara Bell Pattern 1852 Two Piece Jacket Outfit
The pattern presents a two piece wardrobe with a belted jacket. Barbara Bell Pattern No. 1852 comes in sizes 34 through 48 with size 36 requiring 43 yards of 39 inch material.
Cleaning and simple upkeep tips for home goods
A list of practical household hacks covers dust removal with velvet over silk, dust in mouldings, burr removal with socks over water, and using a potato beater for hot compresses. It also advises airing white shoes, washing laces, polishing, inserting shoe trees, and boxing them for next season.
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Sauary
Sas
O Pdi
Elisabeth Achelis
Harold L. Lundquist
D. D
Moody Bible
Wetitate of
Chicago
Western Newspaper Union
Sewing Circle Pattern Dept
South Wells St
Ohio
B. F. Goodrich
Bfgoodrich
Smith Bros
America
Eer
Ian
Dr. Wernet
MSG
LTA
DONEC
ONL
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