Wheat Substitutes Demonstrated Today in Montana
A series of food demonstrations continued this week at the Montana Power Company offices on East Broadway under the Food Administration. Today Mia Co Nepper will conduct a substitute-focused session starting at 2 PM and lasting until closing. Local organizer Betty Einhom urged women to adopt substitutes while noting troops still need wheat and the nation relies on careful household planning.
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Montana Power Company
East Broadway
The
Food Administration
Mia Co Nepper
Betty Einhom
Philadelphia Ledger
Advertising Surge After War Declares Record Gains
London interview with Harry Gordon quotes Self Tidge owner of an American store describing a postwar advertising boom. He says since the war was declared the firm has bought all available ad space and would buy more if possible, noting the first four months of the year as the biggest in history and stressing the need to push display advertising.
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Chicago Tribune
Aga
Charles N. Wheeler
London
Harry Gordon
Self Tidge
Death at Helena of Mrs Paul D Pratt
Relatives in Butte recall Edna Paine Mrs Paul D Pratt died July 21 in Helena after sudden illness meningitis Pallbearers included Dr Hert Wiley Adjutant General Greenan and others Pratt left a husband Samuel a son and her parents Mr and Mrs Bonn Paine An obituary noting her roots in Butte and connections to the Pratt family and local figures
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Butte
Paul D. Pratt
Edna Paine
Helena
Hert Wiley
Greenan
Gilman Archie Mahon
John Eddychard Lockey Jr
Republicans Convene Saturday in Silver Bow County
A Republican convention will be held at the Empress theater next Saturday afternoon at 1 o clock. Delegates will adopt resolutions on candidates and a platform of principles. The event will not interfere with primary operations.
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Reublicans
Silver Bow County
Empress Theater
Enna
Administrator 13 Denies Collecting Bills for Food Office
A Stockton California commission man asked Administrator Haskins to collect 4178 and 228 from Butte commission firms for cherry shipments. Haskins stressed this office is not a collection agency and has no jurisdiction to collect debts or fix prices. He noted no instructions on any two pounds a month and called the idea a complaint bureau interpretation.
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Haskins
Stockton
Cal
Hasking
Butte Commission
Commission
Mr. Haskins
Sur
Men Not Of Class One May Enlist In Marines
Through a drafting mix up the youth within draft ages but not of class one may enlist in the Marines. Sergeant Bradbury at the Butte station said no class one men could be released for navy or emergency fleet service, but those in deferred classes may obtain releases as before. Four men enrolled and left for Missoula headquarters: Sam Krahenbuhl Rostyn Wash miner Herbert Swan Burke Idaho miner Fred Klefig North Wyoming electrical apprentice Aaron James Hirschman 436 South Wyoming truck driver.
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Bradbury
Butte Station
Navy
Missoula
Sam
Jack Krahenbuhl
Rostyn
Wash
Herbert A. Swan
Burke
Idaho
Fred” A. Klefig
Wyoming
Aaron
James Hirschman
Wyoming Street
Red Cross Seeks Garment Makers At Headquarters
Workers are needed in the new garment making room at headquarters as gauze work ends. Those who worked on gauze should shift to garment making and knitting to meet demand. Finish and turn in all articles now for shipment on Thursday Aug 1. Mountain View church unit contributed 95 pairs of socks yesterday and aims for 100 by month’s end.
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Mountain View Church
Seattle to Build Hydro Electric Plant Bond Proposal
Seattle moves to issue 5.5 million dollars in bonds for a hydro electric plant after documents were presented to the senate following a San Francisco federal reserve bank panel disapproval. Mayor Hanson reportedly discussed the plan with the president last week.
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Washington
Jones
Seattle
Senate
Capital Issues Committee
San Fransinco Federal Reserve Bank
Hanson
Western Union pleads not guilty in federal case
New York July 28 Western Union Telegraph company pleads not guilty in federal court to indictments charging violation of criminal statutes forbidding private express service and mail transmission in competition with the government. The hearing was continued for one week.
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New York
Western Union Telegraph Company
Sombrero No More for the Huskies
London July 29 The death knell of the sombrero type hat favored by American soldiers in England is sounded by a general order from American headquarters. Officers and enlisted men on duty in England must stop wearing the service hat after Aug 1 and turn in their hats. The regulation headgear henceforth will be the overseas cap similar to the British aviator style.
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London
England
Avia
Dove Wings Are Clipped Again
Amsterdam July 29 A resolution favoring immediate peace without annexation and reparations was offered in the Austrian lower house by Deputy Stanek for the Czech Teague. The Vienna dispatch to the Volkische Zeitung says the house rejected the resolution as inadmissible for a vote.
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Amsterdam
Stanek
Vienna
Volkische Zeitung
Berlin
Rules on complete addresses for letters to American soldiers
Washington July 29 books and periodicals may be sent to American prisoners of war in Germany only when ordered through publishers and dispatched from publishers offices. The military censorship ruling cites risk of secret communication and demands extra scrutiny.
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Washington
Germany
Bilees
Appeals for clemency for Mooney and Billings
In Sacramento telegrams from labor groups and individuals urged executive clemency for Thomas J. Mooney, sentenced to hang for murder tied to the preparedness day bombing in San Francisco on July 22, 1916. Some urged Gov. Stephens to intervene for Warren K. Billings, serving life at Folsom for related murder. Telegrams echoed yesterday’s Mooney mass meetings. Governor Stephens had said he would grant a reprieve to Mooney until December 12 and would ignore organized agitation for clemency.
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Sacramento
Cal
Thomas J. Mooney
Sahancisco
United States
William D. Stephens
Stephens
Warren K. Billings
Folsom Penitentiary
Mooney
Local Tax Collector Warns of 50 Percent Penalty
Clinton H. Moore, the local collector, cautions taxpayers that liquor revenue taxes are slow to arrive and that a 50 percent penalty applies after August 1 for those subject to the tax.
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Clinton H. Moore
Criticism of De Haviland plane probes open hearings
Washington July 29 General Pershing and others criticize the De Haviland airplane now a major American factory output. Secretary Baker and a Senate committee reopen hearings into the design and ed tion with witnesses and testing officers from Wright plant slated to testify. The inquiry aims to determine structural weaknesses in fabric and bolt joints as the War Department reports 133 planes completed domestically and 67 received by General Pershing.
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Washington
General Pershing
Baker
Senate
de Haviland Chines
de Haviland
Mr. Baker
General March
Sam
Oteers
Ator
Aeronautical
de’ Haviland
Pereshing
UTE NEWSBOYS ANNUAL PICNIC AT GREGSON SPRINGS
The Butte Newsboys Club holds its annual picnic at Gregson Springs with a 9:30 departure via the Butte Anaconda Pacific line. Sponsors provide prizes and cars for the event, expecting several hundred dues paying members to attend.
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Hutte Newsboys' Club
Butte, Anaconda & Pacific
Gregson Springs
Heart
Roger Wharton
Taily
Main
Park Streets
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