Veterans service meeting in Big Timber to aid ex servicemen
Local veterans and service members in Sweet Grass county will gather in Big Timber for a conference featuring Fredericks from the Veterans Bureau and state Legion officials. Topics include life insurance reinstatement, medical examinations, compensation claims, and public discussion with bureau and Legion representatives.
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American Legion
U. S. ‘ Bureau
Wren Leg
Fredericks
Helena
Mahethr
Veterans’ Bureau
S Legion
Sig Tumber
Tun Busha
Thie
Vain
Montana
will _ Lamport
Vecan Legion
Lamport
Valie Swent Life
W. S. Bentley
Bureau
Legion
Guilty Verdict in Nosko Girl Murder Case
In Iver Wash on May 6 George id was found guilty of first degree murder for slain Anna Nosko near Batt's Ground. Deliberation lasted seven hours before the verdict. Anna Nosko, 11, vanished March 8 while walking home from school and was found murdered at a cabin near Whitefield. The jury convicted the youth, Moore, who testified that the killer seized Nosko and killed her after she resisted. The judge will set a death sentence week and move the case to Walla Walla for final imposition.
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Iver
Wash
George Id
Anna Noskold
Batt's Ground
Zoko
Leeame
Whitefield
Anna
Mather
Moore
Mohe
Dias Une
Walla Walla
Two Weddings Officiated in Afternoon Ceremonies
An official performed two wedding ceremonies in a single afternoon. The couple names include Edgar and Beulah Williams, with Beulah of Maet B Laubscher from Wilsall and Clyde Park as part of the nuptial notices.
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Fiterpoys
MD. Miller
Edgar
Beulah Williams
Maet B
Laubscher
Wilsall
Clyde Park
North Dakota Officials Praise Florida Tabert Inquiry
North Dakota through G. Grimson and J H Kneghan will present appreciation to Florida lawmakers for the Tabert case investigation. The committee's four week inquiry urged abolition of the county convict lease system and corporal punishment, and called for dismissal of Sheriff J R Jones and County Judge B F Willis who oversaw Tabert’s arrest and sentencing.
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Tallahassee
Fla
North Dakota
G. Grimson
J. H. Kneshaw
Joint Legislative Committee
Martin Tabert
Tabert
Florida
North
J. R. Jones
B. F. Willis
Sentence Of Charles Berger Reduced By Governor Dixon
Governor Dixon lowered Charles Berger's sentence from 18 months to three years in the penitentiary to a minimum nine months and maximum 18 months. Berger, arrested in January for carrying a deadly weapon and displaying a gun at John Rye's residence, pleaded guilty before Judge Miller. The American Legion petitioned to have the sentence set aside and the board of pardons will hear the action May 28. Berger has served four months.
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Dixon
Charles Berger
Miller
Berger
John Rye
The
American Legion
State Board of Pardons
Ringling Plans Greatest Show Ahead of Dempsey Gibbons Bout
Dick Ringling, noted showman and ranch owner, plans a major rodeo styled spectacle at Shelby preceding the Dempsey Gibbons championship. John E. Dawson reports Ringling’s Chicago activity and talks with Ringling about aligning Shelby with the bout. Kearns, Dempsey's manager, is cited as Ringling’s ally in promoting the event.
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West
Shelby
Dick Ringling
John E. Dawson
Rocky Mountain Fire Insurance Company
Chicago
Ringling
Mr. Ringling
Montana
Jack Kearns
Dempsey
Editor Seese and wife resign to return to Butte
George L. Seese resigns after five months as editor of the Livingston Enterprise and his wife steps down from editorial duties. They will depart by week’s end for Butte where Seese will rejoin the editorial staff of the Butte Daily Post. Leclair Flint will edit the local paper in their absence.
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Park County
George L. Seese
Livingston Enterprise
Flint
Mrs. Secese
Governor Dixon to Attend National Railroad Valuation Conference
A national conference on railroad valuation will meet in Chicago May 25 and 26. The call comes from the congressional progressive group’s transportation committee chaired by Senator La Follette and supported by Senators Ashurst Brockhart Sheppard Cooper Huddleston Logan. Governors Hunt Sweet Kendall Davis Dixon Walton and Blaine are noted as cooperating officials.
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Washington
Chicago
Committee On Transportation
Congress
la Follette
Wisconsin
Ashurst
Arizona
Brockhart
Iowa
Sheppard
Texas
Cooper
Huddleston
Alabama
Logan
South Carolina
la Fellette
Governors Hunt
Sweet
Colorado
Kendall
Davis
Kansas
Dixon
Montana
Walton
Oklahoma
Blaine
Brigands Seize Americans on Peking Express at Suchow
About 20 foreigners including prominent publisher Robert Scripps and several U S army majors are believed held by Chinese brigands after a dawn train raid near Suchow Kiangsu. One English passenger Rothman was killed. women captives were beaten and released in stages. some escaped after an underground trek in pajamas. Lucy Aldrich, linked to Rockefeller family, was reported released unharmed.
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Peking
Peking Express
Suchow
Kiangsu
Rothman
Lucy C. Aldrich
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
New York
Robert Scripps
Far East
Roland Pinger
United States Army
Philippines
Roland, Jr
Robert Allen
Robert
Lloyd Lehrbas
Pocatello
Idaho
Widespread Plot To Upset Stock Market
Post office inspectors and police traced a nationwide plot to shake the market by sending hundreds of fake buy orders backed by worthless checks. Brokers bought New York Central and other shares, prices rose briefly, then fell as forged checks were rejected. nearly 100 orders were found, each with a cashier's check.
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New York
Post Office
Wall Streets
New York Stock Exchange
Wall Street
New York Central
High School Vaudeville Heads to Reed Point
Reed Point will host a high school vaudeville show Friday evening May 18 after a April 27 performance drew praise. About 50 students perform eight acts including the Cosmetic Chorus and the 1860 Maids with a feature one act play The Trysting Place by Tarkington. Dent La Rue’s Rube monologue drew strong applause as the cast plans to travel by car to Reed Point.
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Reed Point
Cosmetic
Tarkington
Dent la Rue
Bank Superintendent Delays Insolvent Montana Bank Report
Helena May 8 Judge W H Poorman denied the attorney general's bid for a receiver in the Banking Corpora tion of Montana case because the complaint was too indefinite and the superintendent of banks L Q Skelton failed to provide a formal insolvency statement. The Banking Corporation has been closed six days while officials await needed information to proceed.
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Helena
L.Q. Skelton
Montana
Banking Corporation
W. H. Poorman
District Court
Skelton
Banking Corporation of Montana
Rankin
Mrs Riddick Plans Move Near Missoula After Divorce
Mrs Carl Riddick, recently divorced from former United States representative Carl Riddick of the Second district, will live near Missoula with her son. Her son reportedly closed on the L Tucker ranch in the Rattlesnake valley near the county farm. She visited Missoula last summer during her husband’s campaign.
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Missoula
Carl Riddick
United States
Second
L .E. Tucker
Rattlesnake Valley
Riddick
Unclear OCR fragment on upcoming sports or event
Fragmentary text mentions Reed Point and expected performance, with garbled phrases about years and teams. No clear entities or facts to resolve a coherent item.
Track Meet a Success From Start to Finish
The second Big Timber invitational track meet ran on schedule last Friday with warm calm weather and 60 athletes. Billings led delegations with Livingston and Big Timber. Bozeman Columbus Belgrade and Manhattan sent several. Lucien Lanphear led student body efforts and Ott Romney attended as MSU coach. Larry Sweetman set a state record in the century, though not official. Madden Mye won the broad jump, Hathaway the shot put, Bade the mile, and the relay was won by Billings. The meet showed Big Timber improving, ending with a large crowd and close boys and girls contests.
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Big Timber
Billings
Livingston
Bozeman
Columbus
Belgrade
Manhattan
Ott Romney
Montana State College
Romney
Sweet Grass County High School
Lucien Lanphear
Mr. Hinds
M. C. Deitrich
Larry Sweetman
Sweetman
Missoula
Jacob Miller
Penfield
Burg
Burnie Smith
Madden Mye
Hathaway
Bade
Nye
Attorney Towle
Donaldson
State College
Winans
Elizabeth Gregg
Peg
Jas
Kenneth Niles
de. Loss
Thorson
Boreman
Roger Wyatt
Ruth Phelps
Hazel Anderson
Liquor Runners Use Air and Submarine Routes
New York May 4 A coast guard report says prohibition enforcement has forced the liquor running fraternity to use air and underwater channels to land contraband. The cutter Seneca located the British yacht Istar near Jones Inlet as a seaplane landed crew members aboard a rum raider. A second plane signalled the first and both men left, while lobster boats nearby fled, leaving submerged casks believed to be liquor bound for shore.
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New York
Atlantic Rum
Camden
Coast Guard
Seneca
Rem
Rum
Sandy Hook
Jones Inlet
Rum Rainer
Rum’ Geet
Love Picture Stars Are Slowly Star in New York
Well known motion picture stars receive from 160 608 to 960 000 dollars for each picture they work in John D Williams organizer of the First National Exhibitors Circuit Inc testified at a hearing about Pasions Players Lasky corporation and its subsidiaries forming a trust Williams said stars were paid before work began and sometimes earned a share of profits or higher renewal salaries Some received as high as 850 000 bonus for signing contracts
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New York
John D. Williams
First National Exhibitors’ Circuit, Inc
Pasions Players-Lasky Corporation
SI WilMenis
Jara
Williams
Woman Denies She Is Mrs Clara Phillips
In Tegucigalpa on May 7 a Honduran woman shown Clara Phillips likeness denied being the California hammer murderess. She tore the New York paper, and told a group of girls she would prove her innocence beyond doubt.
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Tegucigalpa
Honduras
Clara Phillips
New York
Hammer
California
Anyess
Testimony Given On Excessive State Freight Rates
Helena May 7 Comparative tariff schedules were introduced at the Montana railroad commission hearing to show Montana state rates for livestock and petroleum products are higher than North Dakota Minnesota and Wisconsin standards. The state exhibit claimed petroleum rates 4 to 92 percent higher for 100 miles and up to 68 percent higher for 200 miles. livestock rates for cattle sheep and hogs also ran above Minnesota and Wisconsin figures. John Lyndes of the state board of equalization was recalled to clarify valuation for taxation and rate making, a railroad attorney challenging his answers.
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Helena
Reakie
Montana
Wisconsin
North Dakota
Minee‘seta
Minneapolis, St. Paul ,& Sault Ste. Marie
Minnesota
John Lyndes
State Board of Equalization
Senator H Lt Myers to Billings Residency and Law Partnership
A report indicates former Senator Henry edders is moving to Billings and forming a law partnership with Sok ue.
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Senator H
Myers
Billings
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Louisiana
N. D
Seese
Butte
Cavinaée
Big Tis
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