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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1921
Page
6
The report details Germany paying 31 million gold marks to an reparations body, Greek captures at Kutaia, and varied comments on the League of Nations and Washington disarmament talks. It notes Russian, Polish, and American financial moves and a wave of law enforcement against Prohibition violations.
Springfield reports a sweeping scandal with Gov Len Small Lieut Gov Fred Sterling and Verne E Curtis named on true bills for conspiracy and embezzlement. Indictments cite removal of millions through state funds and a 10 million loan with Grant Park Bank tied to Curtis. Bond set at 50 000 per count.
Thomas D. Randolph a 32 year old Sharon resident famous for dramatic letters to his father was arrested at his father in law Boyce Fogle's home on Mayor Frank Gilbert's orders. He is held without bail on a technical charge as police continue to search nearby towns for abductors whom detectives say may not exist.
Federal authorities held Max Schallman a Russian native to the grand jury in bonds of 5000 dollars for espionage violations. United States Commissioner James R. Glass oversaw the detention. The case is linked to alleged deals where influential Detroit Cincinnati Chicago businessmen urged swift U S recognition of the Soviet government to secure contracts totaling 450 million dollars with Russia via Schallman.
Chicago report says audit of George A Hormel Co of Austin Minnesota shows total shortage of former comptroller R J Thomson amounting to 1 187 000.
Washington report states the house refused to impose an import tax on boots and shoes while maintaining a tariff on hides. The move leaves leather goods untaxed while tariff policy on hides remains unchanged.
A long neglected Rhode Island founder Roger Williams grave was rediscovered after research. The site showed a coffin outline, rusted hardware, and an apple tree whose roots traced the skull and skeleton, with bones dissolved into lime and absorbed by the tree.
A letter to the editor cites Arthur H. Folwell noting that many ice cream buyers are young and unmarried. Ice cream patrons splash purchases every evening as couples wander out, keeping prices elevated. Makers may ride war-time demand and keep prices high for years to come.
A Washington dispatch reports the bureau of standards has developed a device to test fabric quality. It measures thread count fiber strength and thread width and predicts life and wear resistance of cloth. The invention, created by a junior bureau employee, could be mass produced for home use to guide clothing purchases.
An engineering expert describes ideal home illumination using a 100 watt lamp as sun substitute and an opalescent ceiling disc to cast a soft radiance. The result mimics mellow daylight under a tree with a ceiling glow flooding the room and direct light beneath the disc.
In a Cripple Creek dry bed in Colorado a shack was swept away by a flood caused by a dam burst. The residents fled uphill to safety, leaving behind a brand-new furnished bungalow that replaced the vanished dwelling. No claimant appeared and the house was appropriated.
A farmer reaches the scene of a plane wreck and helps the aviator crawl free. The pilot lights a cigarette and recalls a tail spin before the crash, while the farmer asks how it happened and the aviator replies I don’t know. Birmingham.
Jefferson City Mo Lieut Gov Lloyd chairs a 150000 centennial budget for Sedalia State Fair Aug 8 20 with committees across Historial Exhibits Military Program Music and Attractions Registration Speakers Noted Visitors Immigration Transportation Government Participation Civic Organizations Education Industrial Entertainment Budget Contests Woman s Organization Public Safety Historical Advisory State Institution Exhibits and more with members including W T Robinson Chas A Becker Geo K Hackmann Jesse W Barrett Oak Hunter C L Ferguson and others
Jefferson City Missouri The House approved two measures to curb rent profiteering by a 105 to 6 vote the strongest support yet this session Representative Bittner of St Louis defended the bills urging their passage The bills require 72 votes to pass and 95 to fix the emergency clause sending them to the Senate for action and immediate effect upon gubernatorial signature
Makane residents celebrate a new airfield in the town’s south, home to a Fulton line aircraft. From opening, the single airplane has flown busy routes at a rate of one dollar per minute, drawing steady passenger demand and local attention.
Cape Girardeau Missouri Miss Emily Wilburn a manual arts professor at Southeast Missouri Teachers College resigns to lead industrial arts at the Woman's State College in Tallahassee Florida.
A deed for forty acres of land in Southern Bates County was filed. Jules and John Masure transferred the property to Edward Masure on June 8, 1921, in Brussels Belgium, where the grantors reside.
A Fender family reunion, among Polk County’s first settlers, drew 350 members to Brighton Missouri. The gathering highlighted family ties and local history.
Fayette Mo June reports the death of Prof A F Wills former treasurer of Howard County and longtime public school teacher who passed away at the state hospital in Fulton.
Mrs. Cora Powers exhibited a Ponderosa tomato weighing exactly two pounds and measuring 18 inches in circumference in Sedalia Missouri.
Kirksville Missouri will host the second annual mid summer festival of music and drama July 20 21 and 22 under the direction of the Music Department of the Northeast State Teachers College.
Nevada Missouri aims to host the national coursing meet in October with dates and site to be chosen by the National Executive Committee. An estimated 2000 dog owners from Pennsylvania to California will attend the two week event, with thousands more as spectators. Nevada will offer a strong basic bonus to secure the meet.
Mrs. Lee Perry of Elmo Missouri, 48, died after entering a barn where horses kicked and trampled her at her brother Bert Bailey’s Gordon Nebraska home. The incident followed the horses being frightened by her presence. Her husband was killed in a runaway eleven years ago this month.
Maryville State Teachers College seeks a $200000 appropriation for a new dormitory. W A Blagg, president of the Board of Regents, appointed a committee to confer with Governor Hyde on releasing the last legislature's grant.
Mexico MO reports Fret A Morris wins grand esteemed loyal knight and John Halpin named grand trustee making Missouri the only state with two officers on the national Elks order.
Springfield Missouri Joseph Oskamp a longtime horticulturist at the Missouri State Fruit Experiment Station Mountain Grove has tendered his resignation to the trustees. The resignation will take effect August 1.
Carterville Missouri chamber to enlist Joplin Webb City and Carthage in a campaign to obtain cheaper railroad shipping rates.
Charles Stulties, a local jeweler, was found dead in Louisiana. Officials cite heart disease as the suspected cause, but a coroner's jury returned a verdict of death from unknown causes.
Fulton Missouri J W Wheat aged 48 a foreman in the City Street Department died at Callaway County Hospital from injuries after falling from a city truck.
The South Side Garden Club of Mexico has accepted an invitation to demonstrate potato culture at the Missouri State Fair in Sedalia this August.
The Southwest Missouri Conference of the M. E. Church South will convene in Windsor on September 15 with Bishop W. B. Murrah of Nashville presiding.
A Salem Missouri blaze destroyed two blacksmith shops a livery barn and a residence.shop owners report heavy losses of tools and materials in the conflagration.
Pettis County Courthouse Commission in Sedalia, Missouri, received tentative plans from architect T. M. Williamson of Topeka, Kansas for a new courthouse costing about $400000 to replace the one destroyed by fire.
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