Parowan Times | 1934-08-24 | Page 7 | Increase in Marriages

INCREASE IN MARRIAGES an increase in the number ot of marriages during 1033 has been reported by the statistical bureau of a leading life insurance company re employ ment larger earnings and better prospects haie given give n young men and women confidence in abl their it ability to establish homes the statistical bureau based its conclusions on preliminary figures from officials of 21 states there was a 43 per cent increase in the number of marriages in 1933 1033 over the preceding year the figure is low in comparison with normal years but but presents a strong contrast to what happened between 1029 and 1932 when the marriage rate dropped a total of per cent literary digest