Aviators Freed After Mexican Bandit Ransom Episode
Marfa Texas dispatch reports Lieut H G Peterson and Lieut Paul H Davis of the American army aviation were released after bandits held them since their plane fell on the Mexican side. Captain Matlack paid the ransom. the men walked and rode through villages and mountains, believed they were near Valentine Texas, with differing accounts on minor details and a bridge location noted in Davis story.
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Marfa
Texas
H.G. Peterson
Paul H. Davis
Matlack
Mexico
Conchos River
Rio Grande
Valentine
Peterson
Candelaria
Kante
Lee
Norning
Davis
Lieutenant Davis
Lienant Davis
Falimor
Chihuahua
Texas Orders Guard Ready for Emergency
Governor Hobby directed the adjutant general to keep the Texas National Guard on standby for emergency service. The order follows a border incident as officers arrest and escort suspects to the police station.
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Texas
Austin
Tex
Gov
W. P. Hobby
Adjutant General's Department
Texas National Guard
Butte Market Booms Amid Fresh Bread and Meat Sales
Fresh meat, vegetables and bread drew large crowds at the municipal market yesterday morning with prices well below normal. Bakers from Helena reported strong demand and planned larger supplies for Thursday morning. In Washington, the House adopted a shoe price investigation resolution amid broader talk of curbing living costs.
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Eddy" Baking ‘Company
Helena
Hyste
Tnd
Fisher
Women Plan Movement To Bring Down Prices
Fifty women gathered at the Consumers league meeting in city hall and elected Mrs. Seim as president and Mrs. Wilson as secretary. Plans discussed include sending trucks to Jefferson valley to sell rotting vegetables at the municipal ferry. sale possible Thursday. League aims to recruit 1,000 members to enable carload food shipments with small advance payments.
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Consumers League
C. Seim
Wilson
Butte
Jefferson Valley
Bandit pursuit delayed as aviators freed after ransom
Fennell received 15 000 dollars from bandits and recounted money recovered by Captain Matlack after freeing the aviators. Matlack crossed the river without the signal, while the bandits led by Jesus Renteria reportedly used American ammunition as souvenirs and planned to claim the men were killed.
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Fennell
Candelaria
Matlack
Davis
Davi
Peers Nee Emetale Matlack
Peterson
Roope
Jesus Renteria
Big Bend- Ojinawa
Chien Cano
Renteria
Cano
Kansas
Governors Seek Remedies for High Cost of Living
SALT LAKE CITY Aug 19 Governors opening session discuss causes of high living costs and ways for states to cooperate with the federal government. A seven member committee is named to report to Washington on remedies and action to reduce food and commodity prices.
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Washington
Federal Trade Commission
House
House Agriculture Committee
F. W. Waddell
Armour & Co
Mary Pennington
Department of Agriculture
Palmer
Haugen
Senate Agriculture Committee
Gronna
Post Office Department
War Department
Dockery
Salt Lake City
Utah
Ranchers Flee Forest Fire Near Missoula
Fire swept through the Quast ranch area prompting evacuations as Missoula autos ferried women and children to safety. The Effinger and Snook ranches faced encirclement with families refusing removal despite flames. Firefighters, led by Supervisor Rutledge Parker, fought the blaze amid cordwood losses and evolving peril along the east divide toward Marshall Creek. Local residents credited a ranch straw fire as the probable start.
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Quast Ranch
Missoula
Curry
Mr. Curry
Robert Phelps
George Snook
Eminger
Eifinger Biid
Effinger
Hom
Einge
Sheriff Green
Marshall Creek
Charles Gould
Forest Service
C. Olsen
Louis Loy
Riots at Cudahy Plant Prompt Militia Deployment
Milwaukee August 19. Rioting packing plant workers at Cudahy led to one death eight wounded and many injured. Three militia companies and deputies moved to restore order after stone throwing by strikers’ wives and clashes near the plant. The Cudahy plant remains closed after two weeks amid wage disputes and unionization efforts.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Cudahy
Phillip Wetsphal
E. L. Philipp
Brotherhood Approves Wage Agreement After Referendum
DETROIT August 15 General chairman of the United Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes and Railway Shop Laborers approved a new wage and working agreement proposing about one dollar extra per day, time and a half for overtime, and seniority based promotion. The settlement covers railroads in the United States Canada and Central America affecting about 600000 workers. A referendum with a return date August 24 shows 99 percent support, with a threatened general strike if demands are not met.
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Detroit
United’ Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way
Maintenance of Way
Surface Road Employes Get Pay Increase
John E. Sedges, receiver of the New York Railways company, granted an additional 15 percent wage increase to surface line workers, bringing total gains to 25 percent in recent days. Subway and elevated men, who had struck, returned to work after receiving a 25 percent raise.
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John Schmid
Cudahy
Schmin
Gettleman
Prionere
Camp Dodge
Theriit
Waukee
York
Aus
John E. Sedges
New York Railways Company
Manhattan
Subway
Carpenters Strike in Spokane Over Wages
Carpenters at Medical Lake and Cheney on private Spokane homes walked out on August 19 to demand seven dollars a day from master builders, aiming to enforce higher wages in the area.
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Spokane
Medical Lake
Cheney
Two Are Arrested In Ten Mile Case In Butte
Charles A. Roberts and C M Morris were seized in Butte as possible participants in the Ten Mile house robbery and shooting Monday night. Officers pursued the trio after a gun battle with a patrolman on South Montana Street and a chase through Galena and Hamilton streets. One suspect escaped by leaping from a fire escape. the others were held for questioning while a wounded proprietor and two other men were treated. The raid marked one of the county’s most daring crimes, with extensive detail on the shootout and subsequent arrests.
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Butte
Charles A. Roberts
C. M. Morris
Ten Mile House
Morri
Ten Mile
St. Ann's Hospital
Henault
Green
Peterson
Honault
South
Montana
Nick Gibbin
Jim ‘Larkin
Mike Dwyer
Galena Street
Hamilton
Symons
Miners’ Bank
Larkin
Morris
Roberts
Whalen
Christ
Ann's Hospital
William White
Deer Lodge Penientiary
Yellowstone County
Fison
Billings
Spokane
Wash
San Antonio
Texas
Deer Lodge
Surface Gang
Charles Goris
Geortd
L. F. McLaughlin
Goris
Nolan
George
McLally
Mrs. Goris
McLaughlin
White
Nels Swanson
Mars
Mines Timber Company
Sheriff's Office
H. A. Peterson
Gillespie
Timber
Anaconda
Anaconda Hosts Party Returning From Yellowstone Tour
Anaconda residents JH Deity and W A Macintyre with Mr and Mrs J B Pryor from Hanford California returned yesterday from a tour of Yellowstone National Park. Mr and Mrs Pryor are visiting the Duffy home on Hickory street.
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Sire
JH Deity
W. A. Macintyre
City
Pryor
Hanford
Cal
Yellowstone National Park
Washoe Park Picnic Draws Retail Clerks Union
Washoe park hosts the Retail Clerks union annual picnic with feasting and a sports program. A hall game between the Goodfriend and Cub teams will close the day after dancing at the pavilion. Butte clerks also plan a picnic at Silver Lake.
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Washoe Park
Retail Clerks' Union
Butte Clerks
Silver Lake
Great Falls Shopmen Return to Old Jobs
Great Falls shop workers resume duties after a disruption as about 500 employees register for the whistle call. All returning workers reclaim their former positions at the Great Northern shops in the city.
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Great Falls
Paulo
Great Northern
Ems
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Bluebird
MEX
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Pileras
Rinoner
Mroc
Morocco
Fongress
Gougers
Eighth Cavalry
Rattlesnake Valley
Stone Women Workers
Michael Cudahy
Brotherhood
Bandit White
Gorls
Gorts
George Nolan
Sinks Waters
Ded
Bandit
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