Ryan resigns as head of aircraft service in war's end
John D. Ryan, second assistant secretary of war and director of aircraft service, resigned last week at Secretary Baker's urging but will stay on through demobilization. Potter also resigns. neither post to be filled immediately as war ends and reorganization proceeds.
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John D. Ryan
United States Army and Navy
Baker
Ryan
William C. Potter
Department
United States
Red Cross
War Council of the Red Cross
H. P. Davison
Davison
Washington
Anaconda
Anaconda Mining Company
Air Service
Sistant
America
Potter
Army
War Department
Congress
Galen in Russia Sees Peril and Praises Czecho-Slovaks
Major Albert J. Galen, with American expeditionary forces in Siberia, writes from Vladivostok area praising the Czecho-Slovaks as great soldiers respected by Germans Austrians Russians. He notes martial law, diverse population, and ongoing efforts of the International Commission on Prisoners of War. Virginia Toomey confirms Montana ties and sketches Red Cross work as pioneers in Siberia.
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Albert J. Galen
Siberia
Montana
N. P. Walters
Good Fellowship Club
Helena
Galen
Vladivostok
International Commission On Prisoners of War
The
Commission On Claims
Toomey
E. G. Toomey
Albert Galen
State Emergency Seed Fund Report by State Treasurer
State Treasurer Hart released the emergency seed and feed fund report showing a balance of $218,250.19. Disbursing agent F. S. P. Lindsay recorded net loan expenditures at $311,429.17. Differences arise from loan repayments interest on loans and tax receipts from county treasurers.
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Hart
State Council of Defense
F. S. P. Lindsay
Lindsay
Montana Women May Go Abroad for War Service
Montana aims to send two young women as part of a 100-worker unit to overseas furlough houses for American soldiers. Applicants aged 25 to 30 must be childless by husband, son, or father in military or related service, with selections coordinated by the War Victory Commission and Y M C A. Application details and deadlines point to December 1 1918 and mid January 1919 training in New York.
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War Victory Commission
General Federation of Women’s Clubs
E. L. Houston
Club Women of
Montana
Women of
War Department Commission
General Pershing
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 owner known for generosity toward ministers recalls a Alberta town scene where poker tables moved to a church service. He observed a large collection of bills on the plate, saying the town was no piker and they played the limit whether poker or church.
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Jerry Boyce
Boyce
Sweet Grass
Montana
Canadian Northwest
Great Falls
Jerry
High River
Alberta
Faro
World War Era News Fragments and Dispatches
A compilation of short items reports Greek atrocity claimed to combat typhus. deaths, political moves, labor talks, and military notes from across the United States and Europe. Highlights include the death of Phillip Tumulty. Villa followers arson in El Paso. American land bank loans. Chile-Peru peace. Ludendorff voyage. Limburg troop movements. wage scale protests. Ford departure. fewer U.S. divisions in France. price stability urged. red flag ban. Dr Marie Equi conviction. Rosika Schwemmer ambassadorship. Mauretania voyage. German naval surrender issues. Porto Rican wages. AEF arrivals. Deutschland surrender. Metz revolution. Lucia torpedoing.
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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 in Britain
Major P. S. Dowson arrives back in Miles City after three years in the British ambulance corps. He earned his commission at 73 and had long been among Custer county’s wealthiest ranchers. A Boer War veteran, he spent almost a year securing acceptance of his services.
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P. S. Dowson
Miles City
British Ambulance Corps
Custer County
Miles City Sheepman Rescued After Cold Exposure Near Terry
Arthur Cunningham, a prominent Miles City sheepman, was found unconscious near Terry after wandering from his ranch to town in light clothing. He was picked up one morning recently and survived exposure despite near death.
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Arthur Cunningham
Miles City
Terry
Are Yankees Fighter Aces in Argonne Clash
Between September 26 and November 6 21 American divisions halted 60 German divisions in brutal Argonne fighting. The Americans, though outnumbered two to one, held the line and pushed back the enemy in a pivotal defense.
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Argonne Front
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Russia
Knight
Knight Light & Soda Fountain CO
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Women’s Federation
Preacher
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Lucia
Irving Whitehouse & Co
Davenport
Spokane
Gene Yhgnereiair
Rhea
Swift & Company
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