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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1921
Page
2
Berlin signals a German offer to the reparations commission as Hughes presses Germany directly for new proposals. Britain and France reach a reparations accord while Japan threatens Pacific security. US state and treasury officials weigh debt, prices, and disarmament, with domestic crime, labor, and rail accidents also noted.
The Oklahoma legislature faces a stalemate as the Republican House and Democratic Senate feud over the first appropriation bill of the special session. Nearby, Shawnee suffers $200,000 in damage from the Osage cotton seed oil mill blaze, origin undetermined.
Berlin reports the German cabinet led by Chancellor Fehrenbach has resigned amid grave postwar tensions as Allied reparations terms loom. The coalition blocs and President Ebert anticipated the move while Upper Silesia faced new disturbances and talks shifted to forming a new government. London dispatch notes Germany will accept Allied reparations terms, prompting the cabinet’s decision to step down.
In Gary Indiana workers vote to reduce wages by twenty percent starting May 15 after foremen announce the cut following United States Steel Corp head Judge Elbert H. Gary's New York disclosure. Many employees had been on reduced schedules for months and seek steadier employment despite the loss.
Washington reports that home and apartment construction is rising across the United States. Officials say relief through lower rents will follow housing shortages, though declines are not immediate as the nation remains years behind its normal program with about 144 million dwellings lacking.
Janesville Wisconsin Samuel Clarke 74 year old Burnham veteran recovers from dangerous illness after blood transfusion from Civil War comrade W H Chesbrough Detroit 76.
Allied high commission notifies Greece and the sultan that the neutrality of Constantinople and the straits must be observed.
A Catskill mountaineer named Dominic Joe believes he is called to preach and, lacking a church, prays for a vision. He envisions a white church with green shutters and a tall steeple topped by a bright star. The community gives timber and labor, a city buyer funds a steeple and bell, and a country church rises from his faith.
An American groom arrives at the altar in a steam plow while wedding processions appear in Britain using traction engines trucks tramcars and toboggans. Victorians attend ceremonies in Birmingham Kent Wolverhampton and Payrbach with festive decorations and unusual transport adding local color.
Admiral Sir H. Bacon argues that submarine design loses most surface fighting efficiency when submerged, estimating only about 15 percent of a surface ship’s fighting and scouting ability. Sir George Owens Thurston cites that a 5450 ton submarine at 30 knots could carry just one 55 inch gun and one 3 inch gun.
The USDA reports beef per capita dropped from 78 pounds ten years ago to under 56 pounds last year. The article notes a major change in American households with a strong move to reduce waste in beef consumption.
In a short dialogue quoted by American Legion Weekly, Jinks recalls a robbery last week prompting Binks to reflect on a landlord calling to collect rent. The exchange frames a discussion of local crime and property pressure.
From Editors. A brief exchange notes that the speaker regrets not pursuing poetry, while a companion counters that any such path would bring many regrets. The Boston Transcript presents the vignette in concise editorial tone.
Union Missouri Joseph Brown pleaded guilty in circuit court to burglary and larceny in the Farmers and Merchants Bank of St. Clair robbery and drew 40 years in the penitentiary. Robert Walsh and two co defendants were sentenced to 20 years and 40 and 35 years respectively. The early morning raid saw 25 safety deposit boxes taken containing 12222 in bonds stamps cash and other valuables all recovered.
Missouri agricultural statistics show wheat recovering after freezes and pastures good while oats lag due to cool weather. 1921 corn planting delayed by rains but progressing in Delaware Maryland Wisconsin. Frost damage noted in some states. overall winter wheat condition excellent with regional yellowing in eastern Kansas.
Sikeston Missouri reports W. W. Daugherty leaped under a Frisco train. His father in law Jap Mays, nearby, died of heart failure on arrival at the scene. Daugherty had been seen walking along the track earlier in the day before the fatal act.
Missouri Governor Hyde says he will ask lawmakers in a special session to cut the corporate tax rate from one dollar per thousand of capital stock and surplus. The move follows the U S Supreme Court ruling upholding the current rate in the rail way suit against state officials.
A morning fire gutted a two story building at Sixth and Walnut in Rich Hill Missouri. Losses totaled 20000 dollars with partial insurance. Wagner Davis occupied the lower floor with a garage and machine shops while the American Legion held the second floor. Several automobiles were destroyed or damaged and the G A R relics suffered losses.
Jefferson City Missouri attorney James H Lay, in practice for 25 years, died after several months of illness. He was the son of former congressman Lay who represented the Jefferson City district in Congress in the 1870s.
Jefferson City Mo on recommendation of the State Prison Board Governor Hyde paroled Paul Watson who was sent to the penitentiary from Cass County in November 1919 for five years for stealing an automobile.
Buffalo Missouri congregation of the Christian Church has raised a substantial fund to complete the church auditorium under construction. The old building was struck by lightning and burned to the ground two years ago.
An older boys and girls conference will be held in Springfield Missouri on May 11 and 12 under the Greene County Sunday School Association.
Mrs Fleming Davidson, wife of a farmer, and two children Georgiana aged five and Henry aged three, narrowly escaped asphyxiation when their Ford coupe stalled in water in a ravine while en route from their farm six miles northwest of West Plains Missouri. Davidson escaped and attempted to restart the engine as fumes entered the car. On opening the door he found his wife and children unconscious.
Richard V. Oulahan of the New York Times has accepted an invitation to speak during journalism week at the University of Missouri in Columbia on May 27. Oulahan is a renowned Washington correspondent with years of experience and strong ties to public figures. In a separate item, Governor Hyde issued a requisition for Georgia prisoner Chelmas W. McCall, who escaped from the state prison in Atlanta. he is serving a 10 year sentence after a February 1915 Jasper County robbery conviction and is expected to be released in a few days.
J. Murray traffic manager for the Missouri and North Arkansas Railroad said passenger rates will drop on June 15 from 5 to 3.6 cents per mile. He cited wage cuts of about 20 percent for railroad workers on February 1 and a continuing strike by all union employees on the line.
Warrensburg Missouri May events outline graduation for the high school training department with 45 diplomas awarded, 11 to men. Baccalaureate speaker Rev G E Prewitt opens commencement week on May 15 with the address to follow May 20 by B M Stigall of Kansas City.
Missouri Dental Association announces a tri state convention with Missouri Kansas and Oklahoma dental groups set to meet in Kansas City in 1922 following invitations from Kansas and Oklahoma groups to participate.
The Missouri District of the Walther League will hold its annual convention in Jefferson City on May 21 and 22 with about 200 delegates expected from branches across the state. The league comprises societies of the Evangelical Lutheran Synodical Conference.
Four gas showings were found within 500 feet in the Karlin test well of the Springfield Bolivar Oil and Gas Company. The first occurs at 200 feet, the second at 309 feet, and the third near 400 feet, according to company president T. J. Corrigan.
Bruno Wilson a pitcher for the Fort Smith club in the Western Association was arrested in Springfield Mo in connection with an attack on Glen McNally the shortstop of the local Western Association team.
Mrs W H Huston, 50, wife of the vice president of Wood and Huston Bank, Marshall, died at her home after a long illness.
Columbia Missouri postmaster L. J. Hall died suddenly in Denver Colorado after receiving a telegram announcing his death. The obituary notes his service as postmaster of Columbia and reports the immediate cause as a sudden death.
Missouri Pacific passenger train No. 9 the fast mail struck a rock slide near Labadie 45 miles west of St. Louis. Only the pony truck left the rails and no injuries were reported by railroad officials.
Jefferson City Missouri reports the state convention of the Missouri Missionary Union will be held in the city on June 14 15 and 16 with several hundred delegates expected to attend.
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