Congress to End Penny Postcard Questioned by Postmaster
Washington Postmaster General Jesse M. Donaldson will ask Congress next Tuesday to end the penny postcard. The administration is pursuing this step as part of a broader cost saving effort.
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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1951
Page
2
Washington Postmaster General Jesse M. Donaldson will ask Congress next Tuesday to end the penny postcard. The administration is pursuing this step as part of a broader cost saving effort.
President Truman warns Congress that postal deficits must be covered by higher prices or taxes. House Postoffice Committee Chair Tom Murray introduces an administration bill to double postcard rates as a quick $163 million offset, with hearings set to begin Tuesday.
The Seventh-day Adventists hold Sabbath services at 9 30 a m in the Elyria Woman's Club with the sermon The Sign of Sanctification based on Ezekiel 20 12 20 Evangelist E H Lehnhoff speaks on The Unpardonable Sin Sunday at 8 p m Prayer meeting Tuesday 8 p m at 619 West River Street led by Mrs Minnie Frederick Lehnhoff offers further study.
The Rev. Harold W. Fildey, Oberlin College ethics professor and former China missionary, will speak at First Methodist Church in New London on Sunday evening March 4. The event includes a 6:30 p m supper by the Rum Dubble Sunday School class and a Youth Fellowship led devo tions as part of the Fellowship Nights program.
Dr. O P Heller showed a bowling related film at Thursday noon Kiwanis meeting in Herrick Auditorium. Anna Smart of Elyria underwent recent surgery in Elyria Memorial hospital and plans to return to the McCoy home in Wellington when able. Holy Week services announced at the Methodist church include a Wednesday night sermon by Dr John Wesley Flynn and a Maundy Thursday pageant The Challenge of The Cross followed by Holy Communion. Olivet To Calvary cantata on Good Friday features the chancel choir and Rev Paul Brown.
At Hill Air Force Base near Ogden an officer in charge of safety addressed airmen from a truck bumper. He slipped off the bumper and sprained his ankle ending the safety talk for the day.
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