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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1930
Page
3
Labor groups raise a 120000 fund for a triangular monument to Samuel Gompers set for a Washington site. The text stresses that democracy must start in the factory, insisting bosses’ unchecked power erodes workers’ rights and dignity, and long hours harm families.
George L. Berry argues the labor movement must fight for practical peace in industry to end strikes and lockouts. He contends workers seek peace, employers want favorable terms, and a united campaign is needed to sustain industrial prosperity and public confidence.
A prose piece by the late Samuel Gompers extols the labor movement as a living force that lifts workers from oppression. It portrays two million strong unions driving social progress, demanding freedom, dignity, and justice, and vows the organized labor movement will win humanity’s triumph.
The National Trades union formed in New York in 1834 as a federation of local unions and central bodies in various cities was the United States' first national workers organization and it disappeared after the 1834 panic.
The article notes France established public employment bureaus in Paris in 1843 as the first of their kind. It also mentions the first private agency appearing in 1885, and the first in Ohio in 1890, marking early strides in workforce placement.
The Labor Department and the A F of L emphasize strength and a larger mission for labor. They urge organization education and publicity to solve modern problems, promote industrial democracy, and show solidarity through emblems and collective action.
In Paterson New Jersey a banker's son Roderic Meakle age twenty eight murdered Jenny Brauer twenty two a waitress then killed himself as they planned a joint death note stated fate denied them happiness and they would die together Meakle was married since 1926 to Jessie Murphy a Paterson school teacher who refused him a divorce and ordered him to stop seeing Jenny.
Whitby Ontario resident Albert Thorn confessed to stealing a bicycle after it was recovered on a highway. He surrendered at an Oshawa police station and was jailed in Whitby pending a hearing.
A dog mauled a three year old child in Pendleton Oregon after the boy taunted and stuck out his tongue at the animal. The infant Arthur Wayne Wells suffered the loss of an ear and severe tongue injuries. The parents Mr and Mrs Morris Wells reported the incident.
Six year old Alfred Parsons visiting Hastings with his parents cried with joy at the sea then broke from his mother and was struck down and killed by a trolley omnibus along the seafront in Hastings England.
In Medford Oregon a clerk’s desk bouquet was stolen from Judge Alex Sparrow’s courtroom signaling little respect for the courts. The incident occurred in the courtroom of Judge Sparrow.
Hannah Stevenson, a 74 year old widow, went to Jarrow town hall to pay taxes. She opened the wrong door and fell into a cellar, dying from her injuries.
Clarence Darrow laments women in the workplace while praising men as the primary breadwinners. A friend boasts of stashing money in socks to keep it safe, illustrating a humorous cash-management quip amid domestic roles.
Dr Arnold A C Butts of the Emery laboratory at Hahnemann Hospital Philadelphia says a dye developed to detect internal cancers in early growth stages shows promise. Used for two years as an aid to diagnosis, the dye is injected in diluted form into the veins and may guide prompt surgery or radiative treatment.
A planned Turkish folklore survey aims to prove European descent over Oriental. Anatolian territory will be split into 12 zones to collect lore and customs on racial origins. An Angora professor urged forming an official national history commission based on ethnological findings.
George L. Hossfield achieved a 135 words per minute typing record on September 28, 1929 in Toronto. He previously held the record in 1918 1920 1921 1922 1926 and 1927, typing from reading matter for one hour.
Motion pictures are introduced in Berlin to teach surgery. A camera records every step during operations in the clinic. The films are then shown in classrooms with expert explanation of the procedure.
A lively exchange contains a playful dialogue about self mockery and resilience. The speakers exchange quips on humor and life, highlighting a lighthearted view of personal missteps and candid responses.
A quotation attributed to Lytton highlights society's emphasis on outward appearances over true character. The line underscores the tension between perception and essence in evaluating people.
An 85 cent monthly weight loss ad promises to melt 15 pounds of fat in a month while boosting energy and health. It touts the salt's health benefits, urges readers to weigh themselves, use Kruschen Salts daily for four weeks, and claims leading druggists across America carry the product.
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