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A congregation in Penn Yan, N. Y., undertook to read aloud the entire Bible in one day, by a relay team of 200 fast-speakers. The head man commenced: "In the beginning God created," etc., at 3 a. m. The tail man finished "... be with you all. Amen," at 8 p. m.

The Bible contains 774,692 words. Between 3 a. m. and 8 p. m. are 1,020 minutes. Therefore, the readers averaged 759 words a minute. A fluent public speaker does well to get out 150 words a minute.

STATEMENT OF THE OWNERSHIP, MANAGEMENT, CIRCULATION, ETC., REQUIRED BY THE ACT OF CONGRESS OF AUGUST 24, 1912. Of TIME, The Weekly News-Magazine, published weekly at New York, N. Y., for April 1, 1925.

County of New York State of New York}ss

Before me, a Notary Public in and for the State and county aforesaid, personally appeared Henry R. Luce, who, having been duly sworn according to law, deposes and says that he is the Business Manager of TIME 1 he Weekly News-Magazine, and that the following is, to the best of his knowledge and belief, a true statement of the ownership, management (and if a daily paper the circulation), etc of the aforesaid publication for the date shown in the above caption, required by the Act of August 24, 1912, embodied in sectior 443, Postal Laws and Regulations, printed on the reverse of this form to wit:

1. That the names and addresses of the publisher, editor, managing editor, and business managers are:

Publishers, Time, Inc., 236 East 39th St., New York City.

Editors, Briton Hadden and Henry R. Luce, 236 East 39th St., New York City.

Managing Editor, Briton Hadden, 236 East 39th St., New York City.

Business Manager, Henry R. Luce, 236 East 39th St., New York City.

2. That the owner is: (If the publication is owned by an individual his name and address, or if owned by more than one individual, his name and address of each, should be given below; if the publication is owned by a corporation the name of the corporation and the names and addresses of the stockholders owning or holding one percent or more of the total amount of stock should be given.)

Time, Inc., 236 East 39th St. New York City Robert A. Chambers, 55 Liberty St., New York City; Harry P. Davison, Jr East 66th St., New York City; Manfred Gottfried, 236 East 39th St., New York City William V. Griffin, 80 Broadway, New York City; Briton Hadden, 236 East 39th St New York City; Edith Harkness, 4 East 66th St., New York City; Edward S. Harkness, 25 Broadway, New York City; William H. Harkness, 4 East 66th Street, New York City; Louise H. Ingalls, 11808 Lake Shore Boulevard, Cleveland, Ohio; Robert L. Johnson, 236 East 39th St., New York City; Seymour H. Knox, Marine Trust Bldg., Buffalo, NY; Roy E. Larsen, 236 East 39th St., New York City; Henry R. Luce, 236 East 39th St., New York City; John S. Martin 236 East 39th St., New York City; T. J. C. Martyn, 236 E. 39th St., New York City; Morehead Patterson, 15 East 65th St., New York City; Stanley Woodward, 708 N. A. Bldg., Phila- delphia, Pa.

3. That the known bondholders, mortgagees, and other security holders owning or holding 1 per cent or more of total amount of bonds, mortgages, or other securities are: (If there are none, so state.) None.

4. That the two paragraphs next above, giving the names of the owners, stockholders, and security holders, if any, contain not only the list of stockholders and security holders as they appear upon the books of the company but also, in cases where the stockholder or security holder appears upon the books of the company as trustee or in any other fiduciary relation, the name of the person or corporation for whom such trustee is acting, is given ; also that the said two paragraphs contain statements embracing affiant's full knowledge and belief as to the circumstances and conditions under which stockholders and security holders who do not appear upon the books of the company as trustees, hold stock and securities in a capacity other than that of a bona fide owner; and this affiant has no reason to believe that any other person, association, or corporation has any interest direct or indirect in the said stock, bonds, or other securities than as so stated by him.

5. That the average number of copies of each issue of this publication sold or distributed, through the mails or otherwise, to paid subscribers during the six months preceding the date shown above is (This information is required from daily publications only.)

(Signed) HENRY R. LUCE,

Business Manager.

Sworn to and subscribed before me this 19th day of March, 1925.

(Seal) Katherine Abrams,

(My commission expires March 30, 1926.)