Montana Gunner Sneider Proves Calm Under Fire in War
Clayton Sneider of Phillips county Montana wins praise for coolness and nerve in France with the Second Montana machine gun unit. A shell blasted his tent as he walked away and he quipped to his captain, I fooled em that time. Earlier at Zortman a gunman terrorized the camp until Sneider seized the outlaw's gun and booted him down the street, warning him to move on.
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France
Montana
Clayton Sneider
Phillips County
Second Montana
Sneider
New York
Zortman
Little Rockies
Short Vacations for All Schools
Following the third national conference in Washington, schools will shorten vacations and operate on Saturdays with farm craft instruction for boys aged 16 to 20 to aid the labor shortage. Military training may be added later, with working reserve members eligible for entry into the military training corps. Uniforms and badges will be issued, with olive green uniforms and shield insignia and colored hat cords indicating the branch.
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Washington
U. S. Boys’ Working Reserve
Federal Department of Labor
Working Reserve
War Department
S. Foote
Montana
Boys’ Working Reserve
Army
Department
Military Training Corps
Foote
British air losses tally and bombing totals
The British report shows 665 enemy aircraft and 61 balloons downed since August 1, with 216 British aircraft missing. Bombers dropped nearly 1,000 tons of bombs in the same period.
Cloud of mystery over last gold store in Little Rockies
A historical survey of the Little Rockies in Phillips and Blaine counties outlines Montana gold districts, early discoverers, and vigilante history. It notes ore finds at Alder and Beauchamp creeks, the 1868 Bent party, 1884 stampede, and the rise of cyanide processing that unlocked wealth in the region.
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Little Rockies
Motana
Montana
Little Rocky Mountains
Phillips
Blaine
Ruby Gulch
Portman
August Gold Company
Sandusky
Fergus Mining Company
Rawhide
Butte
Curry Gang
Horse Pare
William Bent
Kit Carson
Hamilton
Ex inmates flock to flag in draft as path to service
Warden Frank Conley advocates letting pardoned or paroled prisoners serve in the armed forces. Deer Lodge prison inmates of draft age are reported eager to join, with several already in uniform. Maude Pallington Booth cites service flags and reformers praising prisoners’ contributions, urging officials to grant qualified inmates a chance to serve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank. Conley
Deer Lodge
Franklin Bell
Maude "Pallington Booth
United States
Bell
New York
Army
Navy
Conley
Montana
England
France
Four Norwegian vice-consuls hold a Montana convention
In Great Falls a rare gathering brought together four Norwegian vice-consuls to discuss wartime neutral concerns. Pete Peterson of Montana, Olaf I. Rove of Wisconsin, Thomas H. Holderup of Washington, and R. C. Belland of Idaho shared careers in law banking and shipping, with postings in Seattle Milwaukee Fargo and Coeur d'Alene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
Norway
E. Peterson
University of Minnesota
Moore
Great Falls
Olaf I. Rove
Wisconsin
Milwaukee
Fredrikshald
United States
Rove
University of Wisconsin
Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co
Thomas H. Holderup
Washington
Seattle
University of Christiana
Guardian Trust & Savings Bank of
R. C. Belland
Idaho
Coeur’ d'Alene
Pacific Coast
Norway- Pacific Construction & Dry Dock Co
Our War Tools Shows Big Gains in Equipment Output
United States wartime production advances are noted with daily cartridge output of about 15 million and weekly rifle production over 54 thousand. Pistols reach 8,700 and revolvers 6.10 thousand, with machine guns just over 2,000. A plant turnover of 7,000 rifles in one day highlights steady increase and a shift toward public awareness of these gains.
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United States
Snelson Leaves Helena Paper for War Service
Peter B. Snelson, managing editor of the Helena Record-Herald, has passed tests and plans to enter an officer training camp around November 1. He aims to join the intelligence department, drawn by his newspaper background.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter B. Snelson
Helena Record-Herald
Intelligence Department
Sword of Major Long Bequeathed to Smithsonian
A sword carried by Major Long of the United States engineers during the first official government survey of the Rocky Mountains was listed in Foulke Johnes of New Yorks will. The blade was left to the Smithsonian Institution.
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Major Long
United States Engineers
Rocky Mountains
Foulke Johnes
New York
Smithsonian Institute
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Hunshell
Lieutenant Clayton Sneider
Foope
Labor Department
Northwest
Helena
Chris Kies
Fort Benton
Kies
John Lepley
Chouteau County
Silver Creek
Lewis and Clark County
Lepley
Bill Hamilton
Harlem
Fort Browning
Peoples Creek
Milk River
Rockies
Bill
Joe Wye
Fred Merchant
John Thomas
Bent
Grinnell
Benton
Piegan
Billy Skillen
Old Fort Belknap
Bill McKinzie
Spud
Murphy
Missouri River
Fort McGinnis
Lee Scott
Rocky Point
McKinzie
McGinnis
Hancock Creek
Hattlesnake
Reed
Judith
Lewistown
Thern
Missouri River Country
Dutch Louis
Crooked Creek
Missouri
Louis
Pike Sandusky
Frank Aldrich
Alder
Moccasin
Maiden
Matt Foley
Sport Welsh
Denton Deer
Billy Leg
Willard Duncan
Clais Steadman
Tony McFarlin
Fort Assinniboine
Potter
Eighteenth Infantry
Alder Gulch
Captain Scott
Beauchamp’s Creek
William T. Hamilton
Kingdom of Norway
Thomas H. Kolderup
R. C. Bjelland
Olaf I, Rove
Snelson
Great Falls Brick & Tile Co
1St National Bank
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