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Helena Independent

Location

Helena, Montana, United States of America

Date

Jun 23, 1927

Page

6

Escape at Texas prison farm dominates rugged sweep

Prisoners break from Ferguson farm barracks on the Trinity River bottoms, slipping out amid guards, with seven recaptured and four others rounded up. Key escapees include Alvin Ireland and John Reid, aided by bloodhounds as search teams comb the grounds and surrounding woods. The incident follows a prior high profile escape and comes as other troubles, including unrest in China and evolving immigration concerns, echo through the day.

Ferguson Trinity River Prism Fd Crawder Alvin Ireland Price Washer John Reid Ireland Reid Ieaders Texas

Tilson Sees Proxy and Tax Talk on Reform Paths

Tilson urges cautious tax relief while seeking relief from the corporate levy. He proposes reducing the corporate tax to 32 percent and favors slow adjustments to the automobile tax, with general income tax exemptions already sufficient for many. He notes flood relief and farm aid as priorities, calls for a practical control scheme, and mentions Governor General Leonard Wood’s administration in the Philippines during a Light of U.S. policy. President Coolidge may visit with General Wood, amid concern for his health.

Tilson Wood Philippines Leonard Wood Coolidge Sam Lake General Wood Casper Wyo Witter Winter Covledge Tulson House Congress

Great Falls vaudeville encore shines at Grand theater

The Great Falls Tribune reviews the Three White Kabos and supporting acts at the Grand theater in Helena. The ensemble pleases with banjo and guitar, Mary Cantor's staged bits, Vida Duval's singing and clog dancing, with two vocal soloists. The closing rope act by the Misses Stanton and De Mores entertains after a strong opening dog act. Seafaring drama Marriage License features Rubens in the lead, with McGrail Pidgeon and Walling in principal roles. the film centers on a mother's sacrifice and builds to a dramatic climax before the final screen flash.

Fang Kubo Anottice Sandalay Harry Cantor Vida Duval Doc Hns Ok Norzage Mung Rubens 11M Harewood Fo Tennyson Jesse Beaden Miss Rubens Walter McGrail Walter Pidgeon Richard Walling Juvenibe Emily Fitzroy Charles Lane Edgar Norton George Cowl Langhorne Burton Lon Poff Billie Latimer Patsy O'Brene Arthur Rankin Erne Mayne Marlow Great Falls

Spanish Vets Seek Pension and Law Reforms

Spanish War veterans urge Congress to amend pension laws to widen eligibility and speed payments. The Detroit encampment memorializes for transport, furloughs, and death benefits, calls for medical evidence requirements to be standardized, and seeks equal treatment with other wars. The petition covers travel pay, enlistment marches, and denoting duty findings by examining physicians as mandatory.

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Brilliant English Comedy Mr Pim Passes By at Marlow

The Moroni Olsen players and Western Repertory Company present Mr Pim Passes By, a bright English comedy by A. A Milne. Cast includes Moroni Olsen, Janet Young, Darden Nelson, and Dorothy Adams. A Tacoma stop before national drama conventions and theater workers conference.

Mir Pim Moroni Olsen Players Western Repertory Company Wall Marlow Ala. Milne Arociate Punch Olen Players Tacoma Drama League of Amenia Thea Ster Workers Sealite Ar Tily Nac Hipont EF Ucsion Association Ron Moroni Olsen Janet Young Darden Nelson Dorothy Adams Mr. Pins Byron Kay Fougler Caraway Pim Mr. Pim Moroni Olson

Surveying Crews End Work for Season on Cheyenne Reserve

J Scott Harrison director of United States surveys in the state withdrew the government survey crew from the Cheyenne reserve due to exhaustion of annual appropriations. The town will distribute funds locally in western Colorado. Some crews remain nearby, while others move to Superior for a week.

Cheyenne Reserve J Scott Harrison United States Surveys Holder Wagshoor Jaman

Human Skyscraper in the Alg Barnes Circus

The Alg Barnes Circus showcases a Chinese giant Lin Yu-Ching called the human skyscraper on N Main Street this Saturday July 2. It features the Kiiskerts equestrian act and fourteen Bavarian dwarf riders as a study in contrasts with Lau Yu-Glung said to weigh more than the whole group of midgets. Lin Yu-Ching is beginning his first tour of the United States and comes from Mongolia.

Alg Barnes Circus N. Main Street Lin Yu-Ching Mongolia

Famous Screen Pair Reunited on Screen

Ramon Novarro and Alice Terry, a famed screen duo, reunite after early collaborations. They star together in The Prisoners of Zenda and Where the Pavement Ends, then Scarambuche, marking their notable on screen pairing. Terry tours Europe later as Mare Nostra heroine before The Maxician for Metro Goldwyn Mayer.

Aime Ramon Novarre Alice Terry Novarra Miss Terry Zenda Europe Metro: Goldwyn-Mayer Rex Ingrant Novarro

Ben Hur and Lovers on Marlow program tease

The note lists actors circling major roles in Ben Hur and Lovers directed by John M. Stahl, with Mise Terry back from Europe and a reunion of two earlier Saul actors, as Shanghai previews unfold. Also mentioned is a British headquarters order requiring officers to be escorted by a guard on all moves.

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