Salt Lake Telegram | 1929-05-29 | Page 9 | Marriages Drop Divorces Go up, Survey Reveals

1 1 r mA S DROP I W G UP Vf Bureau Compiles i Statistics in In Twelve States States's 11 J s 's uy f JOSEPH H. H BAIRD tad d Pr Press ts Staff Std Correspondent WASHINGTON May Mag 29 United 6 i eu Marriages decreased In Jn the States last lut year yur while more year I sought freedom in the dire di di- if statistics compiled r re i courts f the census b bureau from twelve tat and ti the District of Columbia teal the trend of th the nations nation's love lover 1 r pia states polled r n ranged ld from In th north to iI lio 0 south and Oregon Ort in the then them marriages Ind Ind In- In n lx o pf them d over 1327 1927 while seven or d A R l loss fg- fg Conversely Con e divorces divorcee in In seven even states and deell dc- dc tad t sir siz ell In fn 4 t DROP in the them thirteen e poal po- po cal Ical al divisions ns totaled lat last latr r r ri falling below the 1927 fig fig- 13 r numbered In In 8 8 u aa compared with 2 1700 In 7 a 7 n 11 n of or fat according to eT enus bureaus bureau's compilation oath Dakotans were wern Cupids Cupid's fall faHM fa- fa f ll HM t- t 13 last t year ear The marriage f e here 1 gained gabled I 22 p per r cent In Iner InU U td SC ver er v r 1927 Th Tho love 10 sod god od then t P pp ped over O Into Inlo New l England and mont wh where were rc marn marital uno unions union Inae In- In ae d 81 per pel rent had th the sec sec- rate However along Jh aid h the im In ht marria marriages In Int t slate a 1 40 p p per r cent g gain ln In Inthe Fes es the highest rate of oC an any anya recorded dd Delaware el was a e with more pa Bt-pa- Ir ons ns In 1928 1328 than in 1327 1127 lid Ix states Michigan Nebraska gon n South Dakota Vermont and 1 4 gained in the tho number of oC ages performers performed In Conn tI Delana District of or Colum- Colum New pw Hampshire II Ie de h Island land and Wisconsin I there r e a fe ver nia-i nia marriages last year car O to diver p mill Increased their f pit t in n Ip i Michigan oUch New Newt r t shirr South Houth Dakota Vermont in and Idaho Dut But they I i i-ed i d down dO perceptibly in Con- Con 1 Ut District of oC Columbia j and Nebraska Oregon and ando de o leland Island