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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1918
Page
1
In a graphic report the Allied counter offensives are described as costly with minimal German gains. The piece references heightened sea operations and political maneuvering around suffrage, noting Italian leadership and President Wilson.
Venice report recounts Commander Rizzo’s escape after sinking an Austrian battleship in the Adriatic. A second Austrian battleship was damaged or destroyed by Commander Millazo’s motorboat as Italian crews risked all on a daring patrol off the Dalmatian coast near Passiolve.
The report notes no clear advantage for the invaders after four days of fighting. German losses are admitted, while Allied efforts under Foch seem to wear them down. French and American resistance inspires cautious optimism of a turning tide on the Picardy and Aisne fronts with counterattacks and captured prisoners.
A French Union for Woman Suffrage memorial urges President Wilson to declare woman suffrage a fundamental right for the future. The White House cites gratitude for women’s wartime sacrifices and endorses the push, hoping the Senate acts this session to ratify the federal amendment.
A heavy hailstorm and cloudburst struck Colfax Washington and surrounding areas causing extensive crop and property damage. Rain disrupted roads and damaged farms while town windows basements and outbuildings suffered and lines were down. No damage estimate yet compiled.
In Minneapolis bankers from Montana North Dakota and Wisconsin predict favorable conditions for a bumper crop. Montana leaders Power Ford and Marlow say rains could boost profits while North Dakota bankers Welser Trish Remington Hunter foresee a strong harvest with no obvious drawbacks.
Incomplete text mentions an American wounded incident and transportation leaders, but details are unreadable. The fragment references a pictorial issue and wartime transport command without coherent context.
New York June 15. The Postal Telegraph Cable company towed the line to the President’s demand and waived its right to discharge workers who joined unions during the war. Western Union officials diskut plans for a worker association to guard against petty tyranny and collective bargaining. In California, Mooney urged Superior Judge Cabaniss for a new murder trial tied to the 1918 preparedness parade bombing. San Francisco reports an aviator Gordon Cooper killed at Barrow field in Texas.
The page compiles brief items from Montana locales including Butte and Anaconda. It lists editorial notes on honor and flag day events, local club plans, ads about advertising services, and a forecast noting likely showers and cooler temperatures Friday for the state.
A break in the wartime recovery program appears as Col Frank Billings reports in Washington. The plan, backed by the Surgeon General and Red Cross leadership, aims to educate disabled soldiers and place them in full employment roles. Atlantic City to host next annual meeting.
Washington reports quote Carl L Alsberg chief of the bureau of chemistry telling the senate agricultural committee that Allies now excel Germany in gas warfare They have more gas at disposal and use it more effectively and their defensive gas masks are more advanced The dispatch from Amsterdam says Dr von Seydler Austrian premier offered resignation to Emperor Charles on Wednesday which the emperor had not accepted yet.
St Paul Minnesota report cites Berry stating German propaganda outlived militarism and undermined Russia. He links English gold used by France as indemnity to fund propaganda and notes it spread through allied countries via German effort. Delegates described resolutions and labor goals with suffrage and unity at a Fort Sueliing event.
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