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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1916
Page
3
Readable list of bed linen items including pillow cases 45x36 and 81x90 seamless sheeting 85e. Full bed size bedspreads 1.35 and full hemmed sheets described as ready for use. Turkish towels offered in extra large heavy weight, with per dozen and bulk quantities.
A clipped social column lists Harriet Leicester and Frances Saville among a group of Newport figures. Also noted are Sylvia Summere Schweftel James McAulitte as attendees at a charity event hosted by the club of prominent local residents.
Berlin May 5 wireless report says twenty six Allied aircraft were shot down by German aviators in April. German losses totaled 22 aircraft. Western front air battles intensified mid month with group and squadron combats. most combats occurred beyond German lines. French war office reported twenty one hostile aircraft downed in April and six French planes lost.
A. A. Rogers of Whatcom County was arrested in Bellingham on arson charges following a fire at the home of George Altcum. Mrs Minn Harland, 33, mother of five, confessed after being taken into custody and implicated two others still at large. She wore men’s clothes during the incident and claimed she was promised $600 from insurance money.
President has decided to press for confirmation of the nomination of Justice De Fouls D. Brandeis for the supreme court. A Senate committee has urged delay for several months, but the president declined to withdraw the nomination despite calls from opponents.
Washington May 5 Germany's diplomatic notes with the United States on submarine warfare stretched nearly a year. President Wilson faced cabinet and Congress dissension over how to respond while public sentiment restrained Germany from relaxing its use of its submarine fleet. The notes, replies, and German assurances fluctuated, culminating in a warning that the United States might sever diplomatic ties if Germany does not abandon its unrestricted submarine actions against neutral and belligerent shipping.
New York May 5 relatives of victims of the Lusitania disaster filed suits in the quasi-legal court seeking about $500000 as damages alleging negligence in navigation through the German submarine zone. A Worcester Massachusetts union meeting notes several members arrived by their own automobiles.
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