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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1920
Page
2
In Moselle a dramatic pursuit by four robbers and officers during a fierce electrical storm ended with Bergadine and accomplices captured. He has a record of 472 arrests with only one conviction, and loot valued at 1800 dollars was recovered. the band fled wrecking Bergadine's car until barricades halted them. Railroad detectives aided the arrest.
Robert L. Lynch of Moberly and two women were held up in St. Louis losing 224 dollars in cash jewelry and a traveling bag. Annie Hurst announces marriage to Jacques Danielson. State supreme court denies union film picketing rights. Ozark apple crop expected to top last year’s 4 000 carloads amid new spray trials. Rev W Hopper Adams installed at Boonville church. A church insured pastor for 50 000. Ray Fishburn wins 3 500 damages from Wabash RR near Columbia. George Mitchell 65 drowns near West Plains likely apoplexy. Empire District Electric to be financed by citizens. power to Greene Polk Dade counties. Nelson must pay 85 alimony monthly for 13 years. Leon Morton’s Smithville store robbed. burglars flee toward Kansas City. riot guns fired near bridge. Rep Romine seeks reelection. Aurora sales pavilion nears completion for Hereford breeders sale June 5. Mount Vernon Home Coming May 30 31. Kidder bank robbed of 300 in bonds. Martin City Bank cash 1 500 stolen. Knights of Pythias to rebuild in Boonville after fire.
A-month council session in Rome will decide if League of Nations arms talks are led by military men or civilian advisers with member nations' officers as technical aides. Ambassadors in Paris also defer plebiscite in Teschen for two months, setting July 12 as the casting date.
Assistant Attorney General Garvan says ruling bars deportation for Communist Party membership. Secretary Wilson rules that mere membership in the Communist Labor party does not justify removal, despite radical platforms. Garvan notes implications for aliens joining radical groups and urges Congress to act. Department of Justice awaits Palmer’s review on future enforcement.
Secretary Daniels announced a division of destroyers including Isherwood Case Lardner Putnam Beale Reid and the tender Blackhawk has been ordered to proceed to Key West Florida. The move is precautionary and aims to protect Americans endangered by evolving events and possible actions on the east coast of Mexico.
Plan to junk the Kansas City Northwestern railroad may follow failure of over half the townships to vote bonds or call elections. W W Hooper, attorney for the road, says an order to abandon could be sought from Federal Judge William Hook and the Interstate Commerce Commission in Washington. A bondholder committee led by L B Cass seeks financing in Chicago, but the move is not expected to succeed. Also notes bonuses to Brooklyn teachers and a labor-saving machinery boom on Chicago farms.
A United States study urges organized rat extermination citing rats as the world’s worst pest. It argues for denying food and shelter to rats, organizing communities, and using specialist guidance to curb destruction in farms and towns.
Youth's Companion quotes the British National Lawn Teams association altering the game rules to allow a one armed player to toss the ball from his racket when serving. The change is praised as true sportsmanship, placing a disabled player on equality with able competitors.
The telephone industry in 2017 employed 202,629 people, with 171,119 women making up over 5 percent. Salaries and wages totaled 176,670,440 dollars. Workers operated plants and equipment valued at 1,402,520,015 dollars, yielding operating and nonoperating revenues of 901,490,591 dollars.
London moves to counter prohibitionists by remodeling saloons into large airy public houses offering both food and drink. Brewers and licensed victuallers have hired architects to design spaces that attract patrons while London remains in the dry debate.
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