Pioneer society opens 42nd Montana meeting in Bozeman
The Society of Montana Pioneers holds its forty second annual gathering in Bozeman with joint sessions for pioneers and Sons and Daughters. Registration, programs, a band concert, parade and a Montana relics exhibit mark three days of events led by Thomas R. Moore and local leaders.
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Bozeman
Society of Montana Pioneers
Society
Trail Blazers
Thomas R. Moore
Lewistown
Mont
Moore
Frank D. Brown
Ula
The
Pioneers
Lottie M. Rumsey
Helena
Ota
Montana Power Company
Emerson Auditorium
Pioneers and Sons and Daughters
Elks
Frank Collins
Manhattan
163Rd Regiment
Montana
Riffi Leader Orders Tangier Riffs Into War
Abd-el-Krim, ruler of the Rif, orders all Riffs in the Tangier neutral zone to join Rif forces at once or face confiscation of property. Fifty have already yielded to the threat.
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Associated Press
Tangier
Abd-El-Krim
Pardon Campaign Undertaken By M Grays Friends
The first step in a nationwide effort to win Warren T. McGray’s pardon was taken with a formal application presented to Attorney General Sargent. McGray signed the petition, backed by over 200 letters from senators, governors, bankers, ministers, and other leaders urging leniency. The delegation’s reception was described as courteous after a two hour conference.
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Warren T. M’cray
Indiana
Atlanta Federal Penitentiary
Sargent
Associated Press
Washington
Atlanta
Warren T. McGray
McGray
Indian bricklayer sets pace on Kansas City highway project
James Garfield Brown Oneida Indian bricklayer laid 1 187 feet of roadway in eight and a half hours earning $2 an hour while guiding six helpers. His rate exceeds two bricks per second in official stopwatch tests on the Kansas City Olathe highway project.
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Associated Press
Kansas City
James Garfield Brown
Kansas City- Olathe
Kan
Brown
Narcotic Addicts Seek State Institutions After Chicago Raids
About five hundred narcotic addicts petitioned at the federal building in Chicago for transfer to state or federal institutions after raids in Chinatown cut off supplies. Col Will Gray Beach and three agents were arrested on narcotics-for-merchandise charges. officials fear a wider narcotics ring possibly nationwide as police patrol Chinatown for a repeat tong war.
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Chicago
Federal
Will Gray Beach
Hero
Jairs
Chinatown
Hip Sings
Colonel Beach
Three Desperadoes Flee From Oregon Prison Break
Oregon Bert Jones fatally shot after killing two guards during a prison breakout at the state pen in Salem. Three convicts escaped with Jones. J M Holman and John Sweeney were killed, Lute Savage seriously wounded. Guards and posses hunt Kelly Willows Murray and others who fled in a hospital taxicab. Governor Pierce mobilizes state forces and warns National Guard to be ready at daybreak.
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Associated Press
Salem
Oregon
Bert Jones
Oregon State Penitentiary
J. M. Holman
John Sweeney
Jones
Lute Savage
Felle
Worth Kelly
James Willows
Tommy Murray
State Hospital
A. M. Dalrymple
Murrae Yard
Arsenal
James Nesmith
Holman
Sweeney
Savage
Quarté
John Davidson
Portland
Walter M. Pierce
Itland
Oregon Jones
National Guard
Ore
Debt negotiators seek new plan for Belgium war debt
American and Belgian debt commission edge toward fresh ground after rejecting each other’s first proposals. Talks end with cautious note as both sides prepare to resume negotiations tomorrow. Mediation concept discussed to suspend payments while negotiating terms.
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Associated Press
Washington
Belgian Debt Commission
Belgium
United States
Montana towns report slight quake near center
Aug 12 reports say Bozeman Manhattan Three Forks and Livingston felt a slight tremor around 7:30 to 7:50 PM. Shocks rattled homes in Gallatin valley and Shields River valley with plaster knocked in Three Forks. No damage reported in Great Falls.
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Montana
Bozeman
Center
Associated Press
Gallatin
Manhattan
Three Forks
Livingston
Tivingston
Shields River Valley
Great Falls
Golfers Gather at Helena Club for State Play
Helena hosts the ninth annual Montana State Golf Association championship with 200 entrants starting qualifying rounds at the Helena Country Club. The event opens Thursday with East-West tournament for the Mantie Wilson Trophy and follows with multiple flight matches to determine the state champion.
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Standard
Helena
Montana
Montana State Golf Association
Butte
A L. Matter
Association
Eac
Mantie-Wilson
Wildcat Oil Scheme Arrest Hits Missouri Minister
William Rutledge 66 former minister and editor of a church magazine in Kirkwood Missouri was arrested on a charge of using a mail fraud scheme to sell oil stock. Federal investigators say about 600 people invested around 406000, with ministers and congregations among buyers. Rutledge allegedly promised 100 to 1000 percent dividends and misrepresented the enterprise financing college funds for children.
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Lowis
William
Isher
Maganeirkwood
Eptem
Simmons
Postoffice
C. B. Uttley
Tuledge
Antonio
White
George L. Newkirk
Warrensburg
United States
Currey
Rutledge
Kirkwood
Preachers
Chorcn
Rustic de
Railway Sends Out Crews Fire Zone Threat to Towns
Milwaukee officials order nearly 400 railway workers into the Saltese district near the Idaho Montana line as a forest fire breaks control lines. Taft and Saltese face danger with winds fanning the blaze and power lines at risk. Firefighters fight to hold five mile front amid spreading flames and fleeing residents.
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Associated Press
Wallace
Idaho
Saltese
Idaho-Montana
Taft
Mont
John Lewin
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway
Raine Creek
Upper Pine Creek
Six Major Fires Burn Western Forests Under Strain
Six fires across the district remain out of control as drought and storms worsen conditions in western Montana and northern Idaho. Crews battled Tamarack near St Regis and Seventeen Mile on the Kootenai, with hundreds more firefighters deployed. Cross Mountain, Rode and Kaniksu fires stretch resources while weather and wind hinder containment efforts. Continuous patrols continue on multiple fronts as skyward threats persist.
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Missoula
Foresta of Destrict No. 1
Forest Service
Montana
Idaho
St. Regis
Uiin
New Newenty
CrewWa
Kootenai
Libby
E Cross Mountain
Kanikev
Irty
Idale
Dominion
Pend
A'Ortelle Forest
Clearwater Forest
Negro killer shot by Mississippi mob
Pidney Townes, a negro, was taken from the sheriff by a mob of about 76 men in Scoobey Mississippi and shot to death. Townes had been wounded by shotgun fire from I M McMullen, brother of Jacob McMullen killed at his farm during a disturbance following the death of Mrs Long. Townes allegedly attacked McMullen and Mrs Long, triggering the killings.
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Associated Press
Scobey
Miss
Pidney Townes
Jacob McMullen
Farmer
Re. Mary Long
Eh Will Frost
I. M. McMullen
Mrs. Long
Townes
McMullen
Insanity Trial Terms Key Evidence In Ellingson Case
Testimony in San Francisco describes Dorothy Ellingson, aged 17, as the suspected killer of her mother in January, with defense seeking an insanity verdict. Landlady Mary Legier recalls Dorothy socializing after the incident, while neighbor Julia Ui testifies to hearing two gunshots and finding bullets in the wall.
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Associated Press
Ban Francisco
Dorothy Ellingson
Dorothy
Mary Legier
Itmant
Dave Stein
Julia UI
Ellingson
Reading Klan Riots Draw 1700 In Confederate Clash
In Reading Massachusetts clashes broke out between Ku Klux Klan members and anti klansmen. Estimates ranged from 1000 to 1700 participants with stones clubs and tear gas used. More than twenty injured as authorities held back further violence and state police moved in.
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Associated Press
Reading
Mass
Ku Klux Klan
Ion
Legion opening draws Montana delegates to Dillon banquet
National Commander James A. Drain arrives with Mrs Drain and Vice Commander Bill Stearns for the Montana American Legion state convention in Dillon. State leaders and Dillon Rotary guests attend a banquet as preparations continue for three days of sessions and a Friday baseball game against Silver Star.
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Drain
Stearns
Standard
Dillon
The
American Legion
Montana
James A. Drain
Les Societe Des Forty Hommes Et Eight Chevaux
Silver Star
Mra
BR. M. Porter
H. EB. Green
Atate
Discover Base for MacMillan Planes On Ellesmere Island
Washington reports MacMillan Arctic expedition planes found a potential intermediate base at Bettstad fjord about 100 miles from Etah after two flights over Ellesmere Island. The crews traversed rugged terrain in frigid conditions to identify a suitable landing site between Etah Gesemnne and Cape Thames Hubbard. The team prepared to move to Bettstad fjord to establish further operations.
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Associated Press
Washington
MacMillan Arctic Expedition
Etah
Gesenmne
Cape Thames Hubbard
Ley Mountains
Ellesmere
Bettstad Fjord
Butte Hosts Unique Camp Fire Girls Camp
Margaret Thomason, associate field secretary for the Camp Fire organization, visits Brown's Lake camp near Butte and commends camp executive Dorothy Reeder. She notes rapid growth of Camp Fire in the West and plans for an associate field secretary in the Northwest next year with Butte as a regional center.
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Butte
Unitedates
Iss Margaret Thomasmen
National Camp Fire Organization
Brown's Lake
Grand Rapide
Thomarina
Dorothy Reeder
Thomason
Northwest
Montana
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C. B. Carter
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