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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1923
Page
6
World notes from capitals on crises in the Ruhr and Vilna. Franco Belgian authorities seize German customs in the Ruhr as Berlin urges tax payments to France. Lithuania massing near Vilna. Ireland and Dublin clash with irregulars. U S meat consumption hits a record. coal and law debates continue in Washington. Also Hawaii statehood talks and suffrage moves in Japan and the Philippines.
President Harding urged American participation in a League of Nations court to aid world stability without binding the U.S. to the league. He proposed four reservations including disavowing league obligations and Congress approving expenses. Senators signaled surprise and likely delay as foreign relations leaders planned a Tuesday committee meeting with little time for action before Congress adjourns.
Washington reports a new push to challenge federal control of big business led by meat packers and the motion picture industry. Banking interests and railroads watch as two major cases, the Armour Morris packing merger and the FTC probe of the film industry, may spark a renewed national debate.
Paris watchers fear Britain may quit the Mesopotamia mandate under the League of Nations. A British pullout could topple the mandate system, trigger French expulsion from Syria, and push pan Arab conflict led by King Feisal. The Geneva framework lacks a replacement if the mandate ends.
Interstate Commerce Commission report shows railroads did not earn a reasonable return in 1922, making a rate reduction unlikely this year.
A special senate committee evaluating the veterans' bureau recommends a joint congressional inquiry during the recess to investigate the bureau. The recommendation passes unanimously, signaling a formal probe into the agency's operations.
Cash Miller notes in Thrift that inventions multiply and accelerate, from wireless photo transmission to radio tasting meals. He mocks speeding progress and jokes how the public treats new ideas as common nuisances while trains washrooms hide soap and cadres shift to buttons.
A nostalgic essay recalls a “theater like a barn for young America” once seen as a circus in a barn. The author describes improvised acts, improvised costumes, and the nostalgia for barns and circuses that built shared memory among boys, contrasting with modern venues like garages.
The piece notes Alaska is not a pure gold region, with exports exceeding 1.0 billion dollars led by gold and copper, plus fish valued at about 50 million dollars yearly. It laments weak conservation, citing shrinking salmon packs despite reports of stabilized output after 1920 and 1921.
Archeologists from the Metropolitan Museum of Art uncovered the well preserved remains of an Egyptian princess at Luxor. The 2150 B.C. princess, likely a favorite court lady, bears blue symbols on the neck and bosom indicating noble caste. Her hair and teeth remain intact.
A police emergency dispatch reports a patrol wagon sent to assist a stalled patrol car after a radiator frozen and engine seized. The incident occurs as the driver Clif ford Leaf communicates the breakdown to the police station via the patrol box line.
At a recent literacy conference in New Jersey, Eastern states officials estimated nearly 4,982,000 people in the region cannot read or write.
The University of Missouri Board of Curators adopted a resolution praising Prof. George Lefevre of Columbia for nearly 24 years of service before his death on January 25. The tribute lauds his scholarship, teaching, and civic impact on Missouri and higher education.
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