Ryan Resigns as Head of Aircraft Service
John D. Ryan, second assistant secretary of war and director of aircraft service, resigns after armistice, but will stay on during demobilization. William C. Potter also resigns. Baker commends Ryan and notes no immediate replacement.
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John D. Ryan
United States Army and Navy
Baker
Ryan
William C. Potter
John B. Ryan
United States
Red Cross
War Council of the Red Cross
Leutenant
H. P. Davison
Davison
Washington
Anaconda
Anaconda Mining Company
Air Service
Sistant
America
Potter
Army
War Department
Congress
Galen in Russia Sees Great Peril and Praise for Czechoslovaks
Major Albert J. Galen, with the American expeditionary forces in Siberia, writes from Vladivostok praising the Czecho-Slovaks as great soldiers respected by Germans Austrians Russians. He notes martial law, diverse populations, and a vast area west of them with ongoing activities. Montanans in Red Cross work plan large reunions after the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert J. Galen
Siberia
Montana
N. P. Walters
Good Fellowship Club
Helena
Galen
Vladivostok
International Commission On Prisoners of War
Commission On Claims
Toomey
E. G. Toomey
Albert Galen
Emergency Seed Fund Reported By State Treasurer Hart
State Treasurer Hart presented the emergency seed fund report from the special legislative session for needy farmers. The fund balance stood at 218 250 19, with net loans expended at 311 429 17. Difference arises from loan repayments, interest, and tax receipts from counties.
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Hart
State Council of Defense
F. S. P. Lindsay
Lindsay
Montana Women May Go Abroad for War Service
The War Victory commission and General Federation of Women's Clubs announce a Montana program to send two young women aged 25 to 30, with four supervisors, to furlough houses overseas to aid American soldiers. Applicants must be recommended, healthy, and free from ties to soldiers or related groups, with reports due by December 1, 1918 and travel in mid January 1919.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Victory Commission
General Federation of Women’s Clubs
E. L. Houston
Club Women of
Montana
Women of
John Mott
Louis Slade
Bozeman
General Federation
Montana Federation of Women's Clubs
United States
Red Cross
Europe
New York
Gamblers played the church game in this town
Jerry Boyce, a Montana hotel proprietor with 46 years in the state, recounts a tale from High River and Sweet Grass where poker and faro players joined a minister’s service. He recalls a Sunday collection that swelled to over 250 dollars, insisting the town would play the game to the limit.
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Jerry Boyce
Boyce
Sweet Grass
Montana
Canadian Northwest
Great Falls
Jerry
High River
Alberta
Faro
World War I Headlines Roundup From Across The Globe
A compendium of brief reports notes the burning of Greek towns by Saloniki Bulgars who cited typhus as motive, the death of Joseph Tumulty’s father, Villa followers destroying Villa Ahtumida, and farmers borrowing 139 million dollars from twelve federal land banks since 1917.
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Saloniki
Jersey City
Phillip Tumulty
Joseph Tumulty
Wilson
el Paso
Villa
Villa Ahtumida
Juarez
Washington
New York
Chile
Peru
Copenhagen
Ludendorff
Germany
Sweden
Paris
Holland
Limburg
Belgium
Frank Morrison
American Federation of Labor
Chicago
Detroit
Henry Ford
Ford Motor Company
France
United States
Cleveland
American Specialties Manufacturers’ Association
San Francisco
Oregon
Idaho
Montana
Utah
Wyoming
California
Nevada
United War Work Campaign
Portland
Marie Equi
Berne
Switzerland
Rosika Schwemmer
Liverpool
Mauretania
London
San Juan
P. R
American War Department
England
Harwich
Ticonderoga
Metz
Wealthy Sheepman Returns from War Service
Major P. S. Dowson arrives in Miles City after three years with the British ambulance corps. Once a leading rancher in Custer county he earned a commission at 73 during the Boer war era. He spent nearly a year persuading Britain to accept his service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. S. Dowson
Miles City
British Ambulance Corps
Custer County
Miles City sheepman near Terry rescued after exposure
Arthur Cunningham a leading sheepman from Miles City was found unconscious near Terry after attempting to walk to town in light clothing. He was picked up one morning recently and was nearly dead from exposure.
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Arthur Cunningham
Miles City
Terry
Are Yank Fighters In Argonne Fight Back Against Germans
Between September 26 and November 6 American divisions drove back about half of the German divisions in grueling Argonne fighting. The Americans faced a two to one numerical disadvantage but held firm against the German assault.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Argonne Front
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Washington Confort Shoes
F. Mayer Boot & Shoe Company
Wis
Russia
Knight Light & Soda Fountain CO
Knight Bldg
Women's Federation
Preacher
Sweet Grassman
THE
Lucia
Irving Whitehouse & Co
Davenport Hotel Building Department
Spokane
Swift & Company
U. 5
S. A
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