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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1918
Page
3
A heated session features violent Czech and German nationalist rhetoric against Austria. Speakers demand breaking up Austria, accusing it of tyranny and calling for resistance. Police censor speeches as indictment motion fails 215 to 162.
July 28 announces a partial resumption of the old habit of eating wheat as pledges to curtail consumption are loosened for homemakers. The food administration notes no change to the food ration rules and wheat flour purchasers must still use wheat substitutes. Bread must contain a set wheat percentage and substitutes remain required. Domestic sale of coal remains restricted under special orders if necessary.
The Daniels Bilbon funeral chapel announces several services for the departed. John Pris Sampson Mrs Sullivan Patrick Sullivan and others will be laid to rest at Sacred Heart Mountain View Holy Cemetery and Mary Cross family plots with Masses and interments scheduled at various times this afternoon and tomorrow morning.
Allied forces report German efforts to bend the front south of Soissons as French and British units press advances along the Oureq and toward Grand Kozoy and Cuxny. British and Australian troops harass the sector, with Canadians taking prisoners near Gravelle and Arras as fighting concentrates along the Soissons Fismes line.
British and French dispatches report continued German retreat with Paris Chalons railway restored for future operations. French forces secure crossings on the Ourcq and advance near Grand Rozoy and the Ourcq pocket. American troops press toward the Ardre as German resistance stiffens north of the Marne and at Mont Sans Nom hill.
Australian forces report capturing 100 prisoners in two German trench lines astride the Lilly Corbie road near Amiens. Allied troops push north of the Oure river, advancing toward Grand Rozey and Ising wood as German resistance tightens. The Rhelins Solstons pocket front connects near Fere en Tardenois with a line from Soissons, while Berlin notes Germany completing a stated task.
A fragmented report recalls forefiery guards falling under orders during renewed enemy attacks near Pere-en-Tar and its south. The clashes are described as violent combats that ended with the enemy being repulsed, though the wording is garbled.
Reports suggest Constantinople's system is deeply penetrated by German influence, risking severed ties with Germany. If true, Entente positions could gain. Bulgarian resistance may falter, aiding a northern push by French Italian and British forces toward the Aegean. Wilson issues executive order extending reinstatement rights to civil service employees entering military or naval service within five years if qualified.
London dispatch reports German forces in the Marne salient committed widespread vandalism in Chateau Thierry after seizing the town. A Reuters correspondent details deliberate destruction of opulent furnishings, tapestries, pictures, mirrors, glass, and carpets, with shells not blamed for the damage.
The passage describes a vengeful fury causing extensive damage to interiors including ink stains on silken papers and ambushes of nursemen and doll houses. Rooms and beds are defiled in a dire pattern, suggesting a troubling, unsettling disturbance.
Basel July 29 Switzerland faces a grave internal situation after a clash between federal authorities and labor groups. A Swiss workers congress led by Robert Imm condemned the federal council reply as unsatisfactory and warned of general strike if prompt negotiations fail, signaling potential turmoil. Turn to War Work in Minnesota report notes factories nonessential to war effort may pivot to war production under new regional labor controls, as E M Mahon travels to designate sub-regions for the three stations.
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