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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1948
Page
3
In 1931 Wiley Post and Harold Gatty completed the first Round the World flight aboard Winnie Mae. The journey covered 15,488 miles in 8 days 15 hours and 51 minutes.
The 57th Ohio Bankers Association convention will be held in Columbus May 26-27 with talks by Dr. Marcus Nadler on business conditions and the money market. Morris M. Townsend will discuss U S Savings Bonds as inflation fighters, and Ollie E. Fink will address food as money in a Hungary world, for conservation.
On May 9 at the H. G. Shock residence at 455 West River Street, five generations gathered for Mother's Day. The twins Dale and Dean Snodgrass, born nine weeks prior, were the youngest, while the 94 year old Elizabeth Bell was the oldest. In the group photo, Jack Snodgrass, Mrs. Bell, Mrs. Shock, and Thelma Snodgrass are shown with family connection notes.
Ohio's welfare department operates eight receiving hospitals offering voluntary early diagnosis and short-term treatment for mental disturbances. Since 1945, 3566 admissions and 3025 discharges with about 68 percent improved. Welfare Director Charles L. Sherwood says the program preserves mental health and saves state resources. A national public health service letter of praise will reach the department in weeks.
The Great Pyramid of Egypt spans 13 acres and rises 482 feet, matching the Time and Life Building height in New York City. Dublin Zoo plans a building dedicated entirely to insect displays.
On Pelew Island the eldest women of the tribe are the bosses and make all decisions. The Pelew women have the right to kill any man who disturbs their contemplations. A goggle developed in Australia eliminates the danger of eclipse blindness.
The Committee for Community Service to Camps and Hospitals of the American Red Cross prepared to send a supply consignment to Crile Hospital. Items include mucilage paste hectograph paper hectograph compound and construction paper. Mrs Arthur Sherman reports demand for used editions of Popular Mechanics Popular Science and Field & Stream. Whalers of Chile caught 277 whales in four months this year.
Officials of the U S Postal Department designate May 15 21 for airmail's anniversary events. The period marks the start of air service in 1918 with growth to 125000 miles of domestic routes by 1947 along with 772185070 pieces carried. Milestones include a ten cent air letter and helicopter service in Los Angeles. A 30th anniversary air mail cadet is authorized for use on May 15 on covers from New York Philadelphia and Washington.
Collectors may obtain the air mail cachet by sending a self addressed envelope prepaid at five cents per ounce to the listed district superintendents and postmaster in New York Philadelphia or Washington. Covers will be mailed from the three airports accordingly. EXPLORING RARE GARDENS highlights NY botanical garden expeditions.
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