Montana News Notes Highlight State Events and Figures
Montana items report Tom Stout of Livingston seeking the U.S. Senate on the Democratic ticket in the primary. Other notes include deaths, conventions, mining, farming, and infrastructure across Billings Butte Great Falls Missoula and Laurel with multiple counties and state agencies cited.
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Tom Stout
Livingston
United States Senate
Ono
Charles 8. Muffly
The
Montana Mining Association
Broadwater County
Muffly
Mysterious Greenwich Village Warehouse Fire Kills Firefighters
A stubborn warehouse blaze in Greenwich Village raged as 40 hoses sprayed 4 million gallons of water. Two firefighters were killed, three missing, about 15 injured, 175 treated, and 500 families evacuated as black smoke and explosions baffled investigators.
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New York
Greenwich Village
Red Cross
War Department to retire 2615 officers from regular army
Washington regulations outline the separation of hundreds of regular army officers before year end as required by the current appropriation bill. The plan prioritizes government interests, aiming to complete separations by December 15 and to discharge or retire over 1,70 officers across colonels majors captains and first lieutenants with options for those under ten and over thirty years of service.
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Washington
Congress
War Department
Subidy bill attacked in Senate by Florida senator
Senator Fletcher of Florida, former commerce committee chair and now ranking minority member, assailed the administration ship subsidy bill in the Senate. He said it contained subventions and subsidies on a scale never before contemplated and urged that enacting them now would be a mistake and unfortunate for the country.
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Washington
Senate
Fletcher
Florida
Senate Commerce Committee
Government Expenditures Decrease in Fiscal Year
The Treasury's classifier expenditures report shows ordinary government spending for the year ending June 30 decreased by 1,393,000,900 from the previous year. Public debt disbursements declined sharply by 82,131,000,000.
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Washington
Treasury
New Chinese Nation Near Money Crash
President Li Yuan Hung's administration may weather the crisis, says Finance Minister Tung Kane. With the treasury empty, the finance ministry closed its doors and will stay shut until funds are found.
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Peking
China
Li Yuan- Hung
Tung Kane
Standard Oil Cuts Gasoline and Oil Prices
Standard Oil Company of Indiana announces a two cent reduction in gasoline price and a one cent cut in refined oil price effective in the eleven central western states served by the company.
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Standard
Chienago
Standard Oi Company
Indiana
President Will Not Recall Congress
Washington reports no plan to convene the House before its recess ends August 15 unless a situation requires it. The statement notes no immediate prospect of a special session.
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Congress
Washington
Four Die in Clintonville Mine Riot in Brooke County
Sheriff H I Duval led deputies against striking miners at Clintonville near Cliftonville. Four bodies lay in the morgue as gunfire lasted over an hour around the Richland Coal Clinton mine. Dozens imprisoned or wounded, state police and deputies guarding the scene amid rumors of more dead.
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Wellsburg
W. Va
Wheeling
Ohio County
John Doe
Pennsylvania
Cliftonville
Brooke County
Clinton
Richland Coal Company
Clintonville
H. I. Duval
Union
Allies Discuss Reduction in German Pay
Paris reports French and British officials seriously discuss a reparations plan to cut the German indemnity to 50 billion gold marks from 132 billion and cancel the French debt to England. The idea has British support and could influence the European situation if the United States signs on later.
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Paris
England
United States
America
Harding bids work resume
President Harding invited bituminous coal mine operators at the White House to return to their properties and resume operations after they accepted arbitration for the national coal strike. The invitation followed their offer to place properties and services at the government’s disposal in this crisis.
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Washington
Harding
White House
Tariff Debates Slow Senate Fight Over Cotton Schedules
The senate drags as the administration tariff mill faces controversy over cotton rates. Senator Lenroot, Republican of Wisconsin, presses to cut committee rates but has not succeeded.
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Washington
Senate
Administration
Lenroot
Wisconsin
LaFollette Campaign Speech in Milwaukee Attacks Wealth
Wisconsin Senator Robert M. LaFollette opened his campaign for renomination in Milwaukee criticizing predatory wealth. He said wealth has reached undreamed of proportions and has dominated the disarmament congress and tariff acts within Republican policy.
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LaFollette
Milwaukee
Wis
United States
Robert M. LaFollette
Newport News Leader Talks Largest Ocean Steamers Plans
Homer L. Ferguson of Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock says discussions are underway with parties who intend to construct two 1,000 foot passenger steamers, aiming to build the world’s largest vessels.
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Norfolk
Homer L. Ferguson
Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Company
Harding Proclaims Yap Treaty Ratification
State Department announces President Harding has proclaimed ratification of the Yap treaty negotiated between the United States and Japan during the armistice period.
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Harding
Washington
State Department
United States
Japan
Up, MARSHALS. 10 KEEP MAILS MOVING
Federal authorities deploy 200 marshals and arm 1,000 deputies to safeguard mail and interstate trains in New York and northern New Jersey amid railroad sabotage threats. Deputies are instructed to protect the mail and ensure trains run without interference.
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New York
United States
New Jersey
Daugherty
Lackawanna
Rememer
Northwest sheriffs plan cross border offender exchange
Plans were adopted by the Northwest and Idaho associations of sheriffs to exchange identifications of liquor runners drug peddlers and other federal violators among Peace officers across Pacific states and Canadian provinces. Luke May of Seattle presented the plan and said the system would share descriptions of offenders known to operate in the territory. O H P Shelley the federal prohibition enforcer for Montana said Prohibition revenue would exceed fifty million dollars in fines and confiscations in 1922.
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Coeur D'Alene
Idaho
Northwest
May
Seattle
Northwest Association
Prohibition
O. H. P. Shelley
Montana
Pilot and Two Passengers Die in Plane Crash
W H Robinson, aged 30, a World War veteran, and two young business men died when the aircraft caught fire and fell at an aviation company grounds. The plane reached about 1500 feet before Robinson attempted a loop and the wings collapsed, burning all aboard.
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Los Angeles
W. H. Robinson
Robinson
Britain flags debt to United States at 938 million pounds
Sir Robert Horn declares in Commons the postwar financial position remains serious but Britain is stronger than since the armistice. He notes England's exchange rate and that Britain’s debt to the United States stands at 938 million pounds sterling during the third reading of the finance bill.
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Britain
U. S
London
Great Britain
Robert Horn
House of Commons
Woman Uses False Identity On Sunset Limited
A Tucson woman who gave the name Clara McGyver while detained on the eastbound Sunset Limited admitted her real name was Mrs. Mara Phillips. Los Angeles authorities had advised she was wanted in connection with the killing of Mrs. Alberta Meadows.
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Tucson
Ariz
Clara McGyver
Mara Phillips
Los Angeles
Alberta Meadows
Young Pittsburg Native Wins National Open Golf Title
Gene Swarazen, a 21 year old native born American of Italian descent from Pittsburgh, outpaced many veteran golfers to capture the national open championship with a 288 over 72 holes played in two days.
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Glencoel
Gene Swarazen
Pittsburgh
Four Crown Ship Sinks In Strait Collision
The steam schooner Henry T. Scott and the freighter Harry Luckenbach collided in the Strait of Juan de Fuca, sending the Scott to the bottom and resulting in the loss of four seafaring men.
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Seattle
Henry T. Scott
Strait of
Juan de Fuca
Scott
Harry Luckenbach
A F L backs striking railroad shopmen
The American Federation of Labor supports the striking railroad shopmen and pledges to act within the law to back the unions in their dispute.
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A. F. of L
Washington
American Federation of Labor
Maintenance Men In Check Threatens Fruit Growers
Peace negotiations in the rail shopmen strike stall after talks among shopcraft leaders, railroad executives, and the labor board. E F Grable after meeting with President Harding said no immediate walkout possible, with 48 hours potentially changing the stance. Troops were seen in San Bernardino to guard property amid regional disturbances including Scranton and Sinnils incidents.
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Chicago
Railroad Labor Board
Western Railroads
Labor Board
BE. F. Grable
Maintenance of Way
Harding
Cummins
Interstate Commerce Commission
San Bernardino
California
E. F. Grable
White House
Grable
Calif
War Weeks
Neff
Texas
Denison
Scranton
Sinnils
Enormous Loss From Tornado Across Iowa Towns
Des Moines reports a tornado storm hitting Boone and nearby towns. Ogden Colfax and Colfax suffered blown structures and broken windows. Telegraphs and phones are down. crops damaged. heavy brief rain with lightning. Dozens injured when cars were blown into ditches near Boone.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Boone
Ogden
Colfax
Weather Bureau
Ford Will Not Change Offers for Muscle Shoals Project
The Senate Agricultural Committee failed to elicit changes from Henry Ford on his bid to purchase and lease Muscle Shoals nitrate and power project properties in Alabama after final statements from bidders.
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Ford
Washington
Senate Agricultural Committee
Muscle Shoals
Alabama
Henry Ford
Ford to Open Mexico Plant
Ford Motor plans a large assembly plant in Mexico, with officials in Washington citing advices from Mexico City about the project. The move signals expanded production capacity and regional manufacturing strategy for the automaker.
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Ford
Mexico
Washington
Ford Motor Company
Mexico City
Germany In Bad Shape
Germany’s economy is described as weak with France in a holding pattern and Austria showing some improvement, according to commerce department reports from representatives in those nations.
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Germany
Washington
France
Austria
Commerce Department
Warning on counterfeit liquor prescription blanks
Federal prohibition directors receive notice about a new counterfeit physicians prescription blank for liquor. The warning aims to curb distribution in certain parts of the country and urges vigilance by agencies and officials.
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Washington
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