Klan Dominates Headlines in Week of US Politics
Edward W. Pickard surveys a nationwide clash with the Ku Klux Klan as Dawes and Davis condemn the order, Ohio and Texas politics shift against it, and Texas Governor Ferguson emerges a likely anti Klan governor. The piece notes Michigan Klansmen threat at Camp Custer and Ford’s disputed remarks as the Dawes plan moves in Europe.
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Edward W. Pickard
Ku Klux Klan
Coolidge
John W. Davis
Dawes
Maine
United States
Davis
Democratic State Convention
Ohio
Klan
Texas
Miriam Ferguson
Judge Robertson
Order
Ferguson
A. Kluxers
Michigan
Camp Custer Military Reservation
George van Horne Moseley
Henry Ford
Montreal Star
Ford
Detroit
Montreal
Senator Nathaniel Dial Defeated For Renomination In Primary
South Carolina Senator Nathaniel Dial loses renomination bid in the Democratic primary. Local results show unexpected challenge as party voters weigh longtime service against fresh leadership.
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Enator
Nathaniel B. Dial
South Carolina
Runoffs loom in old state races and a police scandal
The article notes runoffs between former Gov Cote L Blease and Rep James F Byrnes. In Montana Republican returns name Frank Linderman as senator nominee and Joseph M Dixon as governor. Post Office Inspector William Fahy, famed thief catcher, is jailed amid allegations of being the inside man in a $2,000,000 Rondout mall robbery. one bandit was killed, others captured or fled, and authorities suspect Fahy shared the loot.
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Cote L. Blease
James F. Byrnes
Montana
Frank Linderman
Joseph M. Dixon
Post Office
Wiliam Fahy
Chicago
Rondout Ill
Fahy
Zeppelins, Greenland Flights, and ZR-2 Engine Ducts
Lieutenants Smitit and Nei 4 Son flew from Fredericksdal to Ivig tut Greenland for a test flight over the sea toward Indian Harbor Labrador. Locatelli and companions, pursuing from Iceland, were found by the Richmond floating 125 miles off Cape Farewell. Locatelli asked destruction of a badly damaged plane. ZR-2 first tests in Germany showed engine defects may require new motors before Atlantic crossing.
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Ieutenants Smitit
NEI—4 Son
Fredericksdal
Ivigtut
Greenland
Indian Harbor
Labrador
Locatelli
Italy
Iceland
Richmond
Cape Farewell
Germany
United States
Zepelin
Atlantic
Shanghai Poised for Battle Between Kiangsu and Chekiang Armies
Dispatches report Shanghai likely to become the battleground as Kiangsu and Chekiang armies clash. Foreign residents seek gun boats and marines while fearing no immediate danger. The dispute centers on Gen Wu Pei Fu’s plan to replace the Cheklang governor before attacking Chang Tso Lin.
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Shanghai
China
Kiangsu
Chekiang
Wu Pei Fu
Chihli
Cheklang
Chang Tso- Lin
Starvation fears rise as Moscow reports crop failure
The Moscow government admits this year’s crop failure affects 60 percent of planted area and warns of a famine as bad as 1921. Officials blame high taxes, forced loans, trade monopolies, and deflation of agricultural values for the crisis, while propaganda funds remain ample.
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Moscow
Editor Villard Sparks Debate Over US Policy in Latin America
Swald Garrsion Villard argues US government backs loans and force aiding bankers in Latin America. He cites Haitian killings and Vera Cruz deaths as dishonoring the nation. Rear Admiral Huse and Jones deny the figures, calling the claims outrageous and false.
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Swald Garrison Villard
the Nation
America
Institute of Politics
Williamstown
Mass
United States
Latin America
Vera Cruz
Darry Huse
Davy
Villard
Hilary P. Jones
Uberty
Nothe r of Wilson & Co Faces Receivership
Wilson and Co of Chicago, a major packing firm with assets around 121 million, has been placed in receivership by a U S court and operations will continue under the receivers. Efforts for financial reorganization without court action were halted after a New Jersey court appointed a temporary receiver at the request of a small stockholder.
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Nother
Wilson & Co
Chicago
United States Court
New York
New Jersey
Two New Ambassadors Named for Japan and Mexico
President Coolidge appoints Edgar Addison Sancroft of Chicago as ambassador to Japan and James Rockwell Sheffield of New York as ambassador to Mexico. Sancroft, Knox College and Columbia University graduate, succeeds Cyrus E. Woods. Sheffield, Yale and Harvard Law School graduate, succeeded by Warren, has been a New York legislator and former National Republican Club president.
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Coolidge
Edgar Addison Sancroft
Chicago
Japan
James Rockwell Sheffield
New York City
Mexico
Bancroft
Knox College
Columbia University
Cyrus E. Woods
Sheffield
Charles B. Warren
New York
National Republican Club
Yale
Harvard Law School
Third National Radio Congress to Meet in Washington
Secretary Hoover calls for a third national radio congress in Washington on September 30 to discuss interconnection of stations, frequency allocations, high frequencies, station classifications, possible class C discontinuance, power limits, time division, zoning, amateur call identities, device interference, and government and commercial service relations.
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Commerce Hoover
Third
National Radio Congress
Washington
Montana Sheep Arrive From Idaho At Miles City Station
First shipment of 220 Corriedale Columba Rambouillet rams arrives at Miles City Range Experiment Station, with two more consignments to bring totals above 500 head including 500 ewes and 800 feeder lambs. General Hugh L. Scott to visit Crow Reservation around September 1 on tour of Dakotas Montana and Wyoming reservations.
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Idaho
United States Experiment Station
United States Range
Miles City
Soo Head
Scott
Uugh L. Scott
Indian Commission of the United States
Crow Reservation
Cot Ansburty
Gener Scott
Dakotas
Montana
Wyoming
Craw Reservation
Northwest
Aieutenant
Seventh Cavalry
Custer
Winifred
wWinifred
CT. Yost
Hector Goethal
Milwaukee
Harlowton
Pexpert Riflemen
Phy
Hinelowton
Camp Perry
Oho
Aati Tyrvainen
Fort Missoula
Pyrvainen
Pyrvainen Was Arrested Oat Butte
Tie
Diabor
Tr CL Alfen
Great Findls
Farut
Mir
Allen
Great Falls
Sun River Valley
Givan
Lincoln County
Libby
Eureka
Troy
Givin
Sno
Park Ponds
Flathead County
Glacier Park
Bitter Noot Lake
Filis Fulton
Lake Elizabeth
Belly River
Dearth of Teachers in State Shuts Some Rural Schools
southeastern Montana sees more schools than teachers says Miles City director Professor C. W. Grantley of the summer normal institute. Grantley reports telegrams and calls from authorities seeking teachers and notes a request for 10 teachers went unfilled, predicting many schools will stay closed.
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Montana
Miles City
C. W. Grantley
Summer Normal Institute
Grantley
Walsh Will Conduct Wheeler Defense
Senator Wheeler of Montana may cut his eastern speaking schedule as indictment proceedings loom. Senator Walsh of Montana has been retained as chief counsel to defend Wheeler, with other Senate colleagues volunteering support. The indictment alleges Wheeler took money from Gordon Campbell to push Campbell's interests before the Interior Department post election.
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Wheeler
Montana
la Follette
Senator Walsh
Senate Oil Committee
Senate
Gordon Campbell
Campbell
Interior Department
Gull Birds Help Eradicate Grasshoppers in Montana County
Local report credits Franklin gulls with suppressing a grasshopper plague in Pondera County. PLFP LaValle of Walier-Montana and Water Co. says units of 4 000 to 5 000 birds reduced hopper numbers around Walier. He calls the birds benefactors and urges protection.
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Franklin
Mr LaValle
LaValle
Utah
Montana Power to Lower Mystic Lake by Explosive Tunneling
Montana Power plans a September 1 blasting operation to drop Mystic Lake level by about 45 feet. A 3 to 4 ton explosive charge at the tunnel end under the canyon will blast through 12 to 14 feet of granite, enabling controlled drainage and work on the funnel section.
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Montana Power Company
Billings
Sapphire Mines Development Tour At Rock Creek
Peter A. Leininger of New York, VP of Precious Stones Corp, leads an inspection of sapphire properties on Rock Creek near Philipsburg. D Jankower, general superintendent, has prepared for extensive development since arriving for the project started in 1900 by the Rock Creek sapphire industries. The company also owns blue sapphire grounds in Judith County's Yoo region.
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Peter A. Leininger
New York
Precious Stones Corporation
Rock Creek
Philipsburg
D. Jankower
Junkower
Trecious Stones Corporation
Yoo
Judith County
Montana
Bridge project resumes with Broadus span expansion
Work on the Broadus Bridge will restart as crews begin steel installation. Workers salvaged a buried piledriver from an adjacent ranch while the Security Bridge company completed a heavy hammer test on the river last fall. A 192 foot span will extend the west end to cross the new channel formed last spring.
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Broadus
Security Bridge Company
North Dakota Plans Major Sheep Purchase Through Minnesota Firm
Sam Crabbe, president of the North Dakota state fair in Fargo and a large dairyman, travels Montana to buy 50 000 ewes for placement on about 1000 farms in North Dakota next year. Purchases to be made via the Agricultural Credit Corporation of Minneapolis.
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Montana
Dakota
Sam Crabble
North Dakota
Fargo
Minnesota
Agricultural Credit Corporation of
Minneapolis
Crabbe
State Education Officials Plan Fall Term Openings
Montana school superintendents report readiness for September 2 fall term opening. Rural schools may start later in September. about 6 000 teachers needed statewide with 2 500 in rural areas. Western counties report plenty of hires while eastern counties face shortages.
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Montana
May Trumper
Miss Trumper
Insurance Fees From Montana Policies Rise With Auditors Report
Montana insurers paid 801 687 in fees on net premiums for fire life sick and accident and surety policies in the year ending June 30 last per state auditor George B P Porter. State fees totaled 293 307 for 1922, with 1 508 788 collected in 1919 to 1926, up 481 420 from 1914 to 1918. Money collected reverts to the state general fund.
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Montana
George BP. Porter
Requisition for Barry Return and Highway Contracts Noted
Governor Dixon approves requisition for the return to Thermopolis Wyoming of George C Barry on assault with attempt to commit murder charges. Hershberger wins federal aid and forest reserve highway contracts in Cascade county totaling about 8510,000 for Kibby canyon and Monarch Richville roads with nine bids.
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Joseph M. Dixon
Thermopolis
Wyo
George C. Barry
Tutte
Wyoming
Barry
Arthur Gwynn
Hershberger
Jardin
Forest Reserve Highway
Kibby Canyon
Cascade County
State Highway Commission
Riceville
Montana Sportsmen Seek Refuges to Bolster Wildlife
Seek More Game Refuges Information on proposed or possible game refuges is sought in questionnaires sent by M S Carpenter secretary of the Montana Sportsmen's association to all affiliated clubs. The association cooperates with the state fish and game commission to establish wildlife preserves refuges and hunting areas. The governing board opposes further reductions in bag limits and open seasons, arguing more refuges will help maintain and grow wildlife.
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M. S. Carpenter
Montana Sportsmen’s Association
Tvith
State Fish and Game Commission
The
Sportsmen’s Association
Milk Water Content Emphasized For Dairy Cows
Since milk consists of about 87 percent water it is vital that cows receive sufficient water intake. The statement highlights the importance of hydration for milk production and overall cow health.
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Owen D. Young
Europe
S. Parker Gilbert
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Rufus C. Dawes
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