for the LDS Church in Palmyra, New York. 1938 August 8: J. Reuben Clark calls for church educators to focus on building students' faith in his speech "The Charted Course of the Church in Education", which became a classic text influencing the mission of CES. August 14: Deseret Industries is started. November: The Genealogical Society of Utah (now called FamilySearch) begins to microfilm records of genealogical data. This grew into a massive collection from around the world, which is being digitized today. Local church education boards are replaced by the new General Church Board of Education. 1939 June 19: Liberty Jail is acquired for the LDS Church. August 24: All LDS missionaries in Europe are called to return home, due to the buildup of World War II. Portuguese translation of Book of Mormon. 1940s 1940 September 27: Theatrical release of Brigham Young, a Hollywood biopic, featuring Dean Jagger as Brigham Young, and Vincent Price as Joseph Smith. Though the film is commercially unsuccessful, it brings Mormon history to a wider international audience. October 14: All LDS missionaries in the Pacific islands are called home, due to rising tensions in the buildup to the Pacific War in World War II. 1941 April 6: The position of Assistant to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles is created. April 6: Marion G. Romney is sustained as Church's first Assistant to the Twelve. April 10: Harold B. Lee is ordained to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. May: Hugh B. Brown is called to be the LDS Servicemen's Coordinator. The Presiding Bishop's office organizes central management of LDS Church membership records. 1942 April: Because of war-time travel restrictions, General Conference was limited to certain priesthood leaders in the Assembly Hall, and not the general public. May: The Improvement Era begins devoting an issue for each General Conference, publishing all the talks. October: The LDS Servicemen's Committee is created, headed by Apostle Harold B. Lee. October: Helmuth Hübener, a German Latter-day Saint is the youngest opponent of the Third Reich to be sentenced to death by the infamous Special People's Court (Volksgerichtshof) and executed. The first time an evening meeting of General Conference is held. 1943 LDS Church apostle Richard R. Lyman was discovered to be cohabitating with a woman other than his legal wife, in a relationship that he defined as a polygamous marriage. Lyman was excommunicated on November 12, 1943 at age 73,