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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1919
Page
6
The piece discusses German reliance on big artillery and the belief that tanks and air power would decide the war. It recounts Fokker’s claim that the German war office bungled aircraft production, delaying wireless guided planes, and notes Allied air superiority by war’s end.
In a holiday tone the article notes coal strikes easing as industries resume with energy. Miners back at work confident in the Wilson program to deliver justice. Business improves nationwide with a hummer Saturday and three shopping days before Christmas. Consumers plan purchases, resources steadied for possible downturn.
The article compares rival claims over the radium transmutation method, noting Rutherford and Dr. R. M. Hunter may have pursued similar work independently. It discusses potential commercial dangers if the process becomes widely known, including threats to the gold standard and foreign exchange in global trade.
The piece surveys postwar investigations into how the conflict ended and critiques German explanations. It highlights General Pershing's report as crediting American forces and recounts Fokker describing Berlin's plan to replace heavy guns with wireless controlled bombers, a concept the German high command supposedly pursued.
The piece notes plans for a commission to study the bituminous situation and hints at forming a permanent body to settle miner operator disputes. It recalls a 20 year old committee with miners operators and railroad reps that achieved equality, respected discussions, and long peace through compromises.
A quotation filled column notes widespread belief in a predicted apocalypse last Wednesday. It contrasts rural fear with urban calm, mocks holiday quirks, and comments on Bolshevism, census costs, and Santa Claus myths while lampooning postwar politics and social tensions.
Paris reports under Secretary Ignace left for London to help assemble war crimes lists for Allied tribunals. France has 500 names ready including Crown Prince Rupprecht and other generals. About 1,500 Germans may face mixed tribunals or Allied courts. William will be handled separately. Trials set for 1920 in Paris and Lille. Lille court-martial issued warrants. Holland refuses to extradite William.
A collection of jokes and witty exchanges from several papers. An Irishman jokes about quarantine boards in New York harbor while another quip notes the cost of Christmas shopping. A Washington Star exchange ridicules arguments and intellect, and a Brooklyn joke riffs on a dog and a father. A remark about whale meat and store size ends with a pun. Aimee and Hazel recount Harold proposing during an interruption.
A collage of satirical lines and remarks from multiple papers. Flashes of Lightning jokes about presidents salary and vice presidents. Mentions of Burk, Leonard Wood, and ring any surmises on politics. References to deportation to Russia and a Soviet ambassador in Indianapolis context.
Lord Leverhulme, famed as the Napolean of British industry and proponent of employer employee partnership, arrived in New York aboard the Mauretania with eight secretaries and attendants. He advocates letting the machines sweat and opposes prohibition.
Winifred Black riffs on the idea of “perfect” men as she notes 25 UC Berkeley or California men with ideal physical traits while challenging notions of moral character and suitability for marriage. She questions what makes a life partner and pokes fun at society’s fixation on idealized masculinity and beauty.
A fragmentary excerpt from Elias Lieberman’s The Amateur Bolshev ine presents a narrator railing that “Whatever is wrong” pervades life. The youth narrator’s failed gestures and a bystander’s grim critique reveal a satirical clash of bourgeois sensibilities and social discontent.
International News Service reports Fibetas Minnesota will relocate the entire town to access valuable iron ore deposits beneath Hibbing. Hibbing previously moved half a mile to mine ore, and Eveleth has moved three times in 30 years to accommodate mining.
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