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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1918
Page
1
The report states General Foch is deploying forces to counter a Western offensive. A door opening to the public is noted at Rohn Hearins. Meanwhile the State Council has only just reached that case, signaling ongoing deliberations.
Helena dispatch reports the state council of defense abandoned secrecy in its session begun Friday. Wheeler, questioned, said he heard Frank Little’s speech at Butte and doubted a murder conviction under the espionage act. He claimed he had not met McGinnon or Fischer and would help with war activities if invited.
In Today’s Standard the page reports Wheeler and Rohn hearings at Helena and mentions various war era items including appointments in Butte, draft registrations, and support efforts. It references local advertising, society notes, and multiple brief items across sections from advertising to sports and society news.
Helena June 1 Governor Stewart appoints Edwin M Lamb of Butte to fill the Second Judicial District bench vacancy created by the death of Judge John B McClernan. Lamb, a Nebraskan by birth and long time Butte attorney, has served as city attorney and in county posts and is described as an able, affable jurist with broad legal knowledge.
June 1 reports state railway commission notifying Director General McAdoo of a rally approving an order impacting freight and passenger rates on intrasstate business. The dispatch references urgent instructions and evolving situations amid Paris standoff reports and related wartime actions.
Washington reports the American forces have become a vital factor in the fighting in France and may determine victory or defeat. A British military mission head says the German aims center on Paris, Amiens, and the channel ports, with the Allied response needing careful ground conservation as the long struggle continues for weeks.
Washington June 1 Representativ es of railroad shop trades including machinists blacksmiths boiler makers electricians and carmen protest wage increases approved by Director General McAdoo. The new board of railroad wages and working conditions will hear them Monday in Washington. The shop crafts claims are deemed most urgent and recommendations on wage scales may come within weeks.
Washington June 1 General March acting chief of staff told members of the senate military committee that Germans have reached their objective the Marne and will dig in to prepare for a later drive perhaps on Paris Weather forecast for Montana calls for partly cloudy skies Sunday with little change
Washington June 1 The navy department still lacks details on the sinking of the President Lincoln, formerly a German steamer, by a German submarine. Secretary Daniels says Vice Admiral Sims delays stem from efforts to obtain information from destroyers that answered the transport's distress calls and to complete survivor reports.
A World War II era dispatch reports an American destroyer sinking two submarines within a half hour off the French coast. The account emphasizes rapid action and proximity to European waters, noting the destroyer’s success in combat against U boats.
Washington reports crown prince army on north bank of the Marne as Allied reserves mobilize. General March and Senate military committee discuss German strategy, French retrenchment, and the push toward Paris. Railroads received 40.6 million dollars in May under government loans, totaling 124.3 million since federal operation began.
German offensive along the Marne and Oise lines presses toward Paris with up to 750000 troops. French and American forces resist west of Soissons with several hundred prisoners taken. Chaudun Chovy and Neuilly St Front see heavy clashes as reserves mobilize, while Austrian pressure in Italy is anticipated to begin soon.
Military observers assess German actions near Soissons and Chateau Thierry aiming to pinch French defenders from the angle of Soissons. They cite large German advances toward Paris and suggest General Foch may hold reserves behind Amiens and Flanders to sustain a new Marne–Aisne battle line while German forces push westward to consolidate the Aisne and Picardy fronts.
London reports President Lincoln, an American troop transport, torpedoed by a German submarine in a naval zone. The ship sank after being struck while returning home. destroyers reached the scene and rescued most aboard, with only light casualties among crew and convalescent soldiers.
Military critics via a Havas agency review say the situation remains serious yet increasingly reassuring. The main development is the enemy’s westward push toward Paris, revealing strategic intent. Allies held firm on the Aisne and Ourcq while vigorous attacks suggest a prelude to balanced stoppage. The key battlefield area lies south of Royon and north of Chateau Thierry near the Marne, where the German drive toward Paris demands undivided attention.
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