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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1919
Page
18
Mr and Mrs Otto Anderson of 106 Chestnut Street receive from the War Department the Distinguished Service Cross awarded posthumously to their son Private Ernest E Anderson for extraordinary heroism in France. Accompanying the medal are two ribbon bars indicating two acts of bravery.
The record recounts Private Anderson earning the Medal of Honor for two acts of valor in World War I. He seized a German sergeant and gun to reach American lines, then died near Moulin de Hueneville France on Sept 26 1918 after leading a charge under heavy fire. His death was confirmed by Sergeant A Johnson Hood River Ore. who spoke of his brave actions and burial details. The medal cross is cast in bronze with eagle emblem and inscription praising his defense of right.
A bronze tablet with Elmo Real’s memory is presented by Psi Omega Mu at Anaconda. The inscription honors Elmo Real of the Mu chapter as a beloved brother who sacrificed on the Fra his battlefields. Dr W Le Beal received the tablet yesterday for the fraternity.
Butte leaders face a standstill as Montana and Shiner teams cannot supply players for Saturday games. Anaconda and Deer Lodge promoters back a Sunday option but oppose delaying, while Mayor Conley pressures inclusion of Saturday games to keep the league alive and attract attention for the valley.
A choir leader replies to critics including Pollyanna and a newspaper reader. He defends church singers, questions the harsh tone directed at choirs, and invites restraint in criticizing Easter church music. The letter, dated May 1 1919, reflects postwar civic culture and local church life.
Albante Davis, a veteran from the Sawtelle Soldiers Home, visited relatives in Silverstow on April 20. He lost his mill book containing pension papers and furlough records, after departing an automobile party and rejoining at 1012 East Fourth Street. The note asks return to the Standard office or the address provided.
The Dalles Oregon May 7 Chief of Police Ralph Gibons was shot and fatally wounded by one of two men arrested on an eastbound train who were suspected of robbing the Clarke County bank at Washougal. The wounded officer was captured the man who shot him remained at large as a posse hunted across the river. One robber, Primrose, or Penrose, was captured after another escaped, and a reward for the others’ capture was in progress. About $2000 of the Clarke County bank loot was recovered after a robber’s arrest. The pursuit stretched to Vancouver Washington where the lone captured suspect faced custody.
Mrs William Bancroft Anderton of Cedarhurst announces the engagement of her daughter Dorothy Anderton to Captain Edward Salisbury Bentley U S A The bride elect has gone to her country home at Ridgefield where the wedding is planned for early June.
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