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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1923
Page
2
A week of scattered reports covers Ruhr tensions and French occupation, US reparations talks, Hawaii sugar output, and political shifts. Notables include Senator Cochran’s death, Harding’s international justice visit, and Smoot Burton debt terms. Also noted are ship sale plans, tax probes, and European political movements.
The Sixty seventh Congress adjourned sine die at noon Sunday after a session marked by no vetoes. President Harding signed the farm credits bill and 96 other measures before adjourning, with Coolidge's gavel falling and crowds filling the galleries. The last law enacted was the better butter measure, and a key late addition returned seized property to enemy alien owners under $10,000.
Thousands of residents watched a rare tornado sweep through St. Joseph with no fatalities and only minor injuries. Property damage is estimated at 200000 dollars as the storm struck swiftly and vanished, leaving many unaware of its passage until the next morning edition.
Proponents pressed for an investigation into rising sugar prices as Senate debate closed without presenting a committee audit report. Senator Dial of South Carolina urged action while La Follette of Wisconsin questioned the regular order and alleged an organized effort to block inquiries.
Rome reports the small republic San Marino has adopted fascism by electing a sixty member council with thirty Fascisti, twenty Popularists and ten Democrats. The move aligns the microstate with its larger neighbor Italy.
A seventy two mile per hour wind storm struck Pittsburgh causing two deaths heavy property damage and rail traffic delays as reported by local authorities and witnesses.
Geologists report remains of gigantic flightless Patagonian birds in southern South America. Wide jaws and strong legs suggest running predators, while wings were likely used only for balance. Finds in Patagonia point to prehistory life and parallel trends with other continents.
A man without funds begs Waters for a dollar in the early evening, sparring over advice to work. Waters notes he would have given a quarter, but denies the request, while the derelict departs in a snarl.
Professor W M Flinders Petrie lectured on Ancient Egyptian workmanship stressing knowledge dating to 7000 B C. He cited 5000 year old tombstones with precision to a 17000th inch, hand woven fabrics rivaling modern cambric, and tools from 3500 years ago matching present carpentry equipment.
Rose Hawthorne Lathrop widowly known as Mother Alphonsa leads St. Rose's free hospitals for incurable cancer in Hawthorne New York and New York City. As founder and mother superior she dedicates her life to serving the poor in cheerful sun parlors gardens and beds where outcasts find comfort and companionship.
A garbled report notes United States commerce with its insular possessions in the early occupation period. It mentions totals for the first quarter century and hints at military or colonial trade interests and forage records.
RE A Logan and Jewell Mayes of the Federal State Crop Reporting Service in Jefferson City say farm product prices in Missouri are up from last year with gains in livestock grain and hay. Of 43 items for February 26 higher than February last year while 4 were lower and 3 unchanged. Wool and green hides up. wheat down. dairy improving. egg prices down but improving. tobacco up. broom corn up.
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