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""Leno and Maria: A Success Story"" by Vincent P. Cano - 1985
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Therefore, Leno and his family returned as planned back to Houston hoping to repeat their luck in securing employment. As did the sugar-beet crop, northern steel companies also recruited Mexican workers. For example, Bethlehem steel in 1923 supported about 1,000 Mexicans from Texas to act as strike breakers in its Bethlehem, Pennsylvania plant. Correspondingly, National Tube Company, and affiliate of United States Steel, recruited about 1,500 Texan Mexican Americans for its Lorain, Ohio plant. Chicago's Mexican American population expanded from 4,00 to almost 20,000 between 1920 and 1930, making it the largest Spanish speaking area in the United States outside of the Southwest. Some of the Mexicans went to Chicago directly because of industrial recruitment. Others went in a series of short moves from working on railroads and others were attracted to the city from neighboring states sugar-beet fields. Leno was able to pick up the local gossip of the employment possibilities that Chicago had to offer and so pointed himself and the Cano family northward once again. On their way from Houston to Chicago, Maria began to hemorrhage internally. The recovery period from the recent birth was not sufficient enough to promote complete recovery. Therefore, it was necessary for them to stop in St. Paul, Minnesota where a social worker arranged for Maria's hospitalisation. The social worker also found Leno and the children a Mexican family with whom they stayed during Maria's two weeks of convalescence. Back on her feet once again, Maria joined her family and boarded the train to continue their journey with the funds they had earned in Crockston. Their itinerary was such that they took the Minneapolis (out of St. Paul) to St. Louis train as far as West Liberty, Iowa. Once in West Liberty, Iowa, a transfer was to be made onto the Denver to Chicago train. On their way to West Liberty, Leno could not help but wonder what fate had in store for them. As they pulled into the West Liberty train station early one morning, Leno made the sign of the cross before escorting his family off the train. The sound of the conductor's yell of "all abooooard" fell upon a deserted depot. The train slowly pulled away as Leno took his family inside to escape the unfriendly cold winter air. 41.
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Therefore, Leno and his family returned as planned back to Houston hoping to repeat their luck in securing employment. As did the sugar-beet crop, northern steel companies also recruited Mexican workers. For example, Bethlehem steel in 1923 supported about 1,000 Mexicans from Texas to act as strike breakers in its Bethlehem, Pennsylvania plant. Correspondingly, National Tube Company, and affiliate of United States Steel, recruited about 1,500 Texan Mexican Americans for its Lorain, Ohio plant. Chicago's Mexican American population expanded from 4,00 to almost 20,000 between 1920 and 1930, making it the largest Spanish speaking area in the United States outside of the Southwest. Some of the Mexicans went to Chicago directly because of industrial recruitment. Others went in a series of short moves from working on railroads and others were attracted to the city from neighboring states sugar-beet fields. Leno was able to pick up the local gossip of the employment possibilities that Chicago had to offer and so pointed himself and the Cano family northward once again. On their way from Houston to Chicago, Maria began to hemorrhage internally. The recovery period from the recent birth was not sufficient enough to promote complete recovery. Therefore, it was necessary for them to stop in St. Paul, Minnesota where a social worker arranged for Maria's hospitalisation. The social worker also found Leno and the children a Mexican family with whom they stayed during Maria's two weeks of convalescence. Back on her feet once again, Maria joined her family and boarded the train to continue their journey with the funds they had earned in Crockston. Their itinerary was such that they took the Minneapolis (out of St. Paul) to St. Louis train as far as West Liberty, Iowa. Once in West Liberty, Iowa, a transfer was to be made onto the Denver to Chicago train. On their way to West Liberty, Leno could not help but wonder what fate had in store for them. As they pulled into the West Liberty train station early one morning, Leno made the sign of the cross before escorting his family off the train. The sound of the conductor's yell of "all abooooard" fell upon a deserted depot. The train slowly pulled away as Leno took his family inside to escape the unfriendly cold winter air. 41.
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