Ryan Resigns as Head of Aircraft Service in War’s End
John D. Ryan resigns as director of aircraft service and second assistant secretary of war, effective after demobilization. William C. Potter also resigns. Secretary Baker will retain them temporarily and no immediate replacement is planned as war winds down and peacetime reorganization looms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John D.’ Ryan
United States Army and Navy
Baker
Ryan
William C. Potter
Department
John D. Ryan
United States
Red Cross
War Council of the Red Cross
H. P. Davisan
Davison
Washington
Anaconda
Anaconda Mining Company
Sistant
Air Service
America
Potter
Army
War Department
Congress
Galen in Russia Sees Peril and Praise for Czech Soldiers
Major Albert J. Galen, judge advocate with the American expeditionary forces in Siberia, writes from Vladivostok about the vast, lawless frontier and praises the Czecho-Slovaks as brave soldiers respected by Germans, Austrians, and Russians. He notes martial law, ongoing commissions, and Montanans aiding Red Cross as reunions loom amid wartime divisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert J. Galen
Siberia
Montana
N. P. Walters
Good Fellowship Club
Helena
Galen
Vladivostok
Major Galen
International Commission On Prisoners of War
The
Commission On Claims
Toomey
E. G. Toomey
Albert Galen
Emergency Seed Fund Report Details State Balance
State Treasurer Hart reports the emergency fund for seed and feed purchases totals 218000 plus with a balance of 218,250.19. Disbursing agent F. S. P. Lindsay records net loan expenditures at 311,429.17. Differences arise from loan repayments interest received and tax receipts from counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hart
State Council of Defense
F. S. P. Lindsay
Lindsay
Montana Women May Go Abroad for War Service
Montana seeks two young women aged 25 to 30 to join a 100-woman furlough house unit for overseas soldiers. Applicants must be recommended by Montana Federation of Women's Clubs and meet health and character requirements. Applications to Mrs. E L Houston Bozeman with medicals due by December 1 1918, and final reporting in New York January 1919.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Victory Commission
General Federation of Women’s Clubs
5. L. Houston
Club Women of
Montana
John Mott
Louis Slade
W. W. Co
E. L. Houston
Bozeman
General Federation
Montana Federation of Women’s Clubs
United States
Red Cross
Europe
New York
Gambler Hotel Owner Quotes Parishioner Poker Church Parable
Jerry Boyce of Sweet Grass Montana, famed hotelier for 46 years, recounts a High River tale where poker players and hotel guests walked to a church service after a parson spoke. The church pot exceeded 250 dollars, with Jerry declaring the town plays her the limit, parson or poker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sweet Grassman
Jerry Boyce
Boyce
Sweet Grass
Montana
Canadian Northwest
Great Falls
Jerry
High River
Alberta
Faro
World War Era Headlines From Across the Globe
A compilation of brief items notes violence in Saloniki and Villa A utomida, political shifts in Washington and London, labor and war work campaigns, naval moves, Porto Rican wages, and the last U S ship torpedoed. Notable names include Philip Tumulty and Rosika Schwemmer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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
Wealthy Sheeptman Returns from British War Service
Major P. S. Dowson arrives in Miles City after three years in the British ambulance corps where he earned a commission at 73. He had long been one of Custer county’s wealthiest ranchers and served in the Boer War before securing acceptance of his wartime service by Britain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. S. Dowson
Miles City
British Ambulance Corps
Custer County
Miles City sheepman near Terry rescued from cold
Arthur Cunningham, a prominent Miles City sheepman, was found almost dead from exposure near Terry after attempting to walk to town in light clothing. He had been visiting his ranch a few miles from Terry and was unconscious when discovered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Cunningham
Miles City
Terry
ARE YANKS FIGHTERS
Between September 26 and November 6 American divisions drove back fifty German divisions on the Argonne front. The Americans were outnumbered two to six in the desperate fighting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Argonne Front
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Russia
Martha Washington Comfort Shoes
Mark
F. Mayer ‘Boot & Shoe Company
Milwaukee, Wis
Honorgt
Mercy S
Knight Light & Soda Fountain CO
Keight
Women's Federation
Preacher
Lucia
Irving Whitehouse & Co
Davenport
Spokane
Swift & Company
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