Merchants Oppose Passage of Higgins Bill in Montana
Merchants and wholesalers argued against the Higgins bill during a Montana committee hearing. They warned that monthly price filings for thousands of articles would be costly and burdensome, and questioned the bill’s impact on prices, salaries, and interstate commerce. The committee praised but tempered the advocates for investigation and possible court challenges.
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Holter
Higgins
Montan Te
Gies
Sinclair
Giles
Messrs. Eich
Strain
Montana
Hi Ployer
Senators Back John D. Ryan in Wartime Service Defense
A Montana senator testifies to John D. Ryans high character and wartime aviation work. He praises Ryans integrity, notes no foundation for charges, and calls for a swift full investigation and vindication supported by Secretary Baker and the War Department.
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Colorado
Thomas
Ryan
House Committee
Montana
Mr. Ryan
United States
United Sta m
Baker
War Department
Germany
Sue Ces
Kryan
Theaure
Phelan
California
Ry Jshow
Air Service
War Department orders sale of surplus food items
The War Department announces sale of surplus food, stated to be in satisfactory condition and inspected under army specifications. Surplus property officers in major cities including Boston New York Baltimore Newport News Chicago St Louis New Orleans Fort Sam Houston El Paso Omaha and San Francisco have been directed to conduct the sales with parcel post rates likely applying for delivery.
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Statent
Department
Boston
New York
Baltimore
Newport News
Plane crew killed when ship crashes near Verona
Rome Aug 2. The Associated Press reports a flying machine from Milan with 14 aboard crashed near Verona. All crew members were killed. The accident occurred at an altitude of about 1,000 meters as the plane descended to the ground.
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Rome
Promi
Milan
Fargone
Verona
Special Session Sees Prolonged Montana Legislature Work
Helena August session leaders expect the special Montana legislature to continue at least another week with limited new topics. House and Senate plan committee work to speed reconvening Monday, while debates on county formation and bills proceed.
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Sta
Helena
House
Senate
Supreme Court
Brantly
Montana
Holloway
Cooper
Srelock
Slayton
McCone County Organization
House Memorial
Kenyon
Judiciary Committee
House Joint Memorial
Congress
Senate Joint Memorial
Enator Edwards
Shoes Theaters And Taxes In Butte Price Debate
A detailed critique of shoe pricing in Butte during wartime shortages. It argues profiteering by dealers and wholesalers, noting a white duck oxford at 7.60 and a $4.50 canvas shoe with minimal leather, while labor and material costs appear low. The piece links price hikes to wartime demand and government contracts, calling for an investigation. It also reports former Crown Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria opposing a court where the prosecutor is also judge.
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Butte Shoe
Butte
United States
Trade Commission
Berlin
Rupprecht
Bavaria
Diet
Court of Justice
Rout of Reds Ends Ten Belakun Rule
Bela Kun has been given safe conduct by the allies and plans refuge abroad as Budapest life is deemed unsafe. Jacob Weltner urged allies to recognize the government for peace talks. A new Hungarian cabinet led by Jules Peidil is criticized as cautious. War minister Haubreich, once Budapest police chief, is seen as anti communist. Soviet forces are defeated after Romanian forces cross Theiss, Szolnok falls, and Budapest railway is cut. Hungarians celebrate the fall of communism as reconstruction is seen improving Austria. Captain Thomas C. Gregory, U.S. food administrator in Vienna, is mentioned.
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Bela Kun
Budapest
Jacob Weltner
Soldiers and Workers’ Soviet of Hungary
Vienna
Herr Weltner
Colonel Cunningham
Jules Peidil
People
Peidil
Haubreich
Ords
Theiss
Tisza-Fured
Szolnok
Austria
French Soldier Shot for Treason at Vincennes
A non-commissioned officer, Sergeant De Brabant of the cavalry, was executed at Vincennes for treason after maintaining relations with the German secret service chief in Barcelona during the war.
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Pans
Sergeant de Brabant
Cavalry
Barcelona
Vincennes
Senator Myers Links Inflation to High Living Costs and Looming Strikes
Senator Myers argues in a Senate statement that money in circulation drives prices up and calls for action to curb the cost of living. He warns a railroad wage increase or higher living costs by October could trigger a nationwide strike and urges Congress to address the crisis.
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Congress
Federal Trade Commission
Senate
Secretary of the Treasury
United States
Jing
Myers
Milk River Valley Gun Club
Great Falls
Packers Taboo Negro Laborers At Stockyards Chicago
Chicago Aug 2 Following a destructive fire that leveled six blocks of homes for stockyards workers the city announced a policy barring Negro labor at the yards to curb possible race riots. Governor Lowden and packers met as the stockyards, a racial tinderbox this week, were set to allow 15,000 Black workers back tomorrow until the blaze, blamed by many on foreigners, altered plans. Negroes were not assaulted. police and militia guarded streets and relief centers opened in schools and fire stations.
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Chicago
Lowden
Packers
Lavor
Hoffman
Eugene Williams
Lake Michigan
Twenty-ninth Street
George Stauber
Williams
Theodore Gracia
Stockyards
Thirty-third Street
Prairie & Negro
Sinn Feiners seize rifles in Belfast raid
In Belfast on August 2, Sinn Feiners raided the Greenmore freight depot and carried off a quantity of rifles from England. The rifles were addressed to the commanding officer of the royal artillery, marking a bold seizure amid ongoing unrest.
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SINN
Belfast
Associated Press
Profiteer Fight Gains Momentum in Many States
Des Moines Iowa Aug 2 Gov W L Harding moves to curb high living costs by ordering county attorneys to meet next Friday to discuss fighting profiteers. The plan calls for investigations into food profiteering and possible grand jury probes. Ohio and Michigan pledge cooperation sharing court data to root out price gouging across states. New York stores offer to sell surplus war department food without profit. Seattle authorizes purchase of surplus foods for city residents. Maryland Baltimore officials plan prosecutions under 90 day cold storage rules.
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Des Moines
Towa
W. L. Harding
State House
Columbus
Ohio
Michigan
John G.__ Pric
Gene
D. Pepper
Clare Retan
New York
Veral
Seattle
Wasn
Ole. Hanson
War Department
Finance and Publi Safety Committees
Baltimore
Maryland
Eral Ritchie
Prima Donna Sails to Rescue Orphans in War Drama
New York dispatch reports opera star Mme Ernestine Schuman Henrik, wearing a service bar, sailed for Amsterdam on Aug 2 to bring back to America the two children of her son who perished commanding a German submarine. The departure follows her tearful explanation that the mission is to rescue the orphans.
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New York
America
Son
Germany
Mme
Ernestine Schuman Henrik
Amsterdam
Europe
Unions Cooperate to Fight Bolshevism in Russia
An official Russian Telegraphic Agency report from Omsk states a delegation of the union of labor unions pledged full support to Admiral Kolchak against Bolshevik forces. The North Russia provisional government led by Nicholas Tchaikovsky departed for London seeking British troop withdrawal.
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Omsk
Russian Telegraphic Agency
Union of Labor Unions
Admiral Kolchak
Doloheviana
Arin
Ani Nicholas ‘Tachakovuky
North
Russia
London
Fe Willen
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State Board of Examiners
Ban Francisco
Thomas C. Gregory
UN BA
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Herbert ©. Hoove
Senator Myers
H.C. L
Schaen
Washington
Bette Espens
Freupie
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