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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1948
Page
5
President Truman urged Democratic congressional leaders to move on an increased minimum wage and federal aid to education in this congressional session. He met for an hour at the White House with Senator Scott Lucas of Illinois and other lawmakers to discuss the measure.
Rep John W McCormack of Massachusetts and Democratic whips in Congress spoke after a briefing on wage policy. Luces said President Truman seeks a federal minimum wage increase from forty to seventy five cents per hour, aiming to boost workers pay.
A fire during the Patron Saint fiesta in San Juan Huastepec Mexico destroyed 90 homes and ruined the season’s crops including corn and beans. The blaze prompted 800 people to seek federal aid as a delegation led by Eugenio Santos Reyes traveled to Mexico City to petition the president.
A Lorain County Mental Hygiene Association will be formed as a non profit organization at a meeting Tuesday at 8 p.m. in Oberlin High School auditorium. Eleanor Goldstein urged county residents concerned with mental well being to attend. The group grows from the Lorain County Mental Hygiene Committee, formed in 1946 to study county mental health and propose a full program including treatment for those not hospitalized. The committee’s 1947 survey found 490 possible clients needing guidance and services, with many others unknown to agencies. A state funded clinic, opened February 1948, has expanded to allow a half time psychiatrist, and 61 patients were served by May 13, with many awaiting appointments. The new association aims to back expanded operations amid rising demand for help with issues from stuttering to truancy and anxieties.
Danish archaeologist Einar Dyggve finds remnants of an early church at Jellinge in Jutland, dated about 960, built by King Harald Bluetooth. The site is described as the oldest church in Denmark and possibly all of Scandinavia, linked to Harald Bluetooth’s christening of the Danes.
Gail Texas small county reports almost no crime with only two major incidents since memory. County Judge C S Harris notes murder in 1935 and a cattle theft as the only significant crimes. Gail County population about 1 200 with 916 square miles, most land used for ranching while progress lags and highways carry traffic past the main street. Postscript adds Holland Michigan mail volume and letters to the old country.
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