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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1919
Page
4
The article discusses German artillery and aviation strategies in World War I. It notes German reliance on big guns like the Big Bertha and suggests Allied air superiority by 1918. It recounts Fokker's view of German plans, the war office missteps, and a missed opportunity when Fokker proposed wireless steered airplanes.
A Dickens style opening for Christmas week notes industries waking from coal strike shuts and miners returning to work. The Wilson program is seen as a path to justice, business improving daily with three shopping days left before Christmas and strong consumer readiness.
The piece compares rival claims on the radium transmission process and cites Sir Ernest Rutherford versus Dr. R. M. Hunter, noting a 1903 publication and suggesting potential commercial perils. It links to rival discoveries in science, parallels with Darwin and Wallace, and warns that widespread transmutation could disrupt the gold standard and foreign exchange.
The piece reviews Pershing's report and German explanations of wartime defeat. It reports Fokker's claim that Berlin bungled a plan to use cheap wireless controlled aircraft to flood the skies with bombs. He alleges authorities sought cheap planes steered by one pilot to precise targets.
The piece discusses a plan to form a permanent body to settle disputes between miners and operators after a commission studies the bituminous situation. It recalls a 20 year old parallel committee with miners operators and rail reps that achieved equal standing, constructive talks, and long peace through reasonable compromises.
A desultory survey notes widespread fear among rural whites and blacks while urban areas stay calmer. Amid holiday irony and political quips, readers remark on mail delays, census costs, Bolshevik criticisms, and Santa Claus belief, reflecting era's satirical tone and public unease.
Paris dispatch outlines Allied plan to form joint tribunals with Great Britain France and Belgium to prosecute Germans for war crimes. About 1500 individuals named by France including former Emperor William s son Crown Prince Rupprecht and camp commanders face trials in Paris Lille in 1920. Holland refuses to extradite William.
A collage of light humor and quips from a range of papers. The jokes traverse topics from immigration boards on quarantine to Christmas spending worries, quirky lines about dogs and whales, and marriage etiquette, delivered in a brisk, period-voice style.
A collage of brief quotations from various papers mocks political events and figures. References include Vice President Marshall, a mine in Indiana, and a mayoral or post office surplus, with remarks on finance and leadership. The tone is satirical and fragmented.
Lord Leverhulme, called the Napoleon of British industry and a leading advocate of employer employee co partnership, arrived in New York aboard the Mauretania with eight secretaries and attendants. He supports machine use over prohibition.
Emigration yarn presents twenty five physically perfect male students at the University of California and muses on moral, mental, and romantic fitness. The piece questions whether such perfection exists and teases modern views on romance, marriage, and gender roles with satirical reflections.
The excerpt presents a fragmentary verse titled Whatever is, is wrong by Elias Lieberman featuring a narrator who chafes at a slogan. The lines reflect misheard phrases and a sense of confusion as the speaker questions logical certainty in a satirical tone.
International News Service reports Hibbing Minnesota will be moved to access iron ore deposits beneath the town. The town, like nearby Evelethy, has been relocated previously to permit mining. Hibbing had halted once, but now faces another move as ore underlies the area. The plan involves shifting the entire town to a new site to allow extraction.
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