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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1918
Page
1
WADOG announces cutbacks affecting attorney services as railroads and other agencies reduce nonessential legal support. The move aims to streamline operations amid budget reviews, leaving several departments reevaluating outside counsel contracts and in-house legal staff.
A government directive under General Order No 6 restricts railroad finances and payrolls during control periods. It bans funding of nonessential legal work and political action, forbids free transportation passes without congressional authorization, and requires officers, directors, and agents to handle money and transportation matters cautiously.
Washington on January 27 1930s era dispatch reports a government statement calling for sharp curtailment of public utilities munition factories and all industrial activity on shipments unless rail relief is granted. The petroleum industry appeals to the director general of railways for ordered preferred movement of tank cars to expedite supplies.
The page blends wartime notes with local items including references to submarine offensives, German politics, injuries to General Wood, and school sports. It mentions Montana shipbuilding quotas, Russo-German talks, and church and social notices, with Adams and local figures appearing in scattered items.
Petrograd report from Brest Litovsk says heavy fighting among Rumanians and Russians continued for days around Gulatz near the border. Armies moved through territory, divisions pressed forward, and attempts to cut off the Danube region persisted despite heavy artillery engagements.
Authorities launch an investigation into an explosion at Newport Naval Station that destroyed three bombproofs and killed 12 civilian workers while injuring seven others. Navy officials say all workers in bombproof No. 7 are accounted for except one. survivors recall the event with limited detail.
Chicago reports the fourth severe snowstorm of the winter caused little damage. Railroads claim normal movements and street conditions are only slightly worse than the day before. Coal transport improves with more cars reaching the city as hydrants and crossings are kept clear.
London cabling reports Count Czernin Austrian foreign minister told the Vienna foreign affairs committee that Germany seeks to recover colonies and war gains before restitution, signaling a potential exchange of views with Western powers. The Cologne Gazette notes the statements may indicate steps toward U.S. engagement and embassy positions.
General Pershing announced the wounding of four infantrymen from the expeditionary forces. Private Bernard Gorski of Chicago severely wounded, Corporal Wil le Carpenter of Mangum Oklahoma and Privates Early Ballard of Kannapolis North Carolina and Casper A Schwal of Most Washington slightly wounded. Also reported deaths from natural causes including Sergt Joseph M Ellis pneumonia Nortonville Kansas and Privates William H Crook Angelo Franco and Anders. Rifles ordered by the Russian government from Remington and Westinghouse plants will be taken over by the government to aid war production. Over 500 rifles differing from the Enfield will be reorganized for machine gun manufacture. Also a meeting of the League for Nazi Unity in New York will discuss national interest issues in war prepations.
In Petrograd on Saturday January, delegates approved a resolution backing the government of the national commissariats and declarations of the central executive committee rejected by the disunited constituent assembly. The measure, in line with land transfer and worker republic aims, is presented as a principle proceeding toward repudiation of national debts if the government deems it expedient or necessary.
Reports indicate new outbreaks in Holland with severe breaks noted. Troops with machines have been summoned to the Rhine opposite the area. there are no Wetels reported.
An older report notes a Cunard liner torpedoed with about 40 passengers aboard and over 200 crew. Trawlers and patrol boats aided rescue as the ship, built in Greenock in 1913, had long run between Britain and America.
King Charles has accepted, presenting a cabinet including Count Aladar Zichy as Minister of the Court, Count Istbert Appony as Minister of Instruction, Gen. Alexander von Saurma as Minister of Defense, Johann Toth as Interior, Karl Unkelhauser as Croatia, Wilhelm Vaasen as Justice, Joseph Sxverenii as Commerce, Bela Foeldes, Morits Keterhazy, and Prince Ludwig Windisch-Grace as ministers without portfolio. In New York, an enemy alien formerly with the G firm handling the Rola Pasha fund was interned at Ellis Island and prepared for Fort Oglethorpe, after arrest at Lake Placide. he admitted to being a fool alongside others.
Readable fragment notes cold conditions with a Tuesday emphasis and a portion of dawn or morning stow times, indicating a cold spell following. No specific highs or lows provided.
BG forces launch submarine offensive near the American line in a tense advance. Units from BG press maritime positions, sparking alerts along coastal defenses and signaling potential escalation in the struggle for control.
The report speaks of a planned broad submarine offensive against Allied sea lanes to cut air supplies to the Allies and to disrupt communications with France. It notes German moves on the Western Front and shifts in center of gravity to the west, with Vienna facing unrest and Russia peace negotiations stalling.
German secretary Von Kuehlmann, in a Reichstag address, attacked Bolshevik rule as forceful and uncompromising, defended Lithuania’s push for representative bodies, and urged unity with nations still fighting Russia. He asserted the free state status appeals to border peoples and warned against Bolshevik methods.
Dispatches from Zurich report a major political row in Germany. Von Hindenburg and von Ladendorff oppose Chancellor Hertling after his speech, while Emperor William is also targeted. Berlin officials weigh whether Bethmann Hollweg would have acted differently. The press notes a tense stance among allied and German leaders.
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