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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1946
Page
2
Published every Thursday at Choteau Montana the paper is entered as second class matter. Subscription options include one year 2.25 in Teton County two dollars outside the county six months 1.25 in county 2.00 outside Teton County and foreign countries Canada 3.50 per year payable in advance.
Advertising rates shown include 40c per column inch for foreign display ads and 35c per column inch for local display if fewer than three ads monthly, 30c per column inch for three or more. Locals 10c per line straight readers 10c per line first insertion 5c per line repeats. Legal ads at statutory rates and want ads 10c per line first insertion 5c per line subsequent insertions.
In postwar inflation fears and rising living costs, the piece argues that government must intervene to share gains from technology and stabilize prices. It warns that without arbitration and economic democracy, the public welfare will bend to the strongest voice and fist.
Troops press for rapid return home amid charges that some Army officers block redeployment. While Congress debates, the Army must keep troops content overseas or justify bringing them home promptly.
Mrs Clyde Baquet reports on community life with notes on visitors family gatherings and club activities. Local residents Norman Rotvold ex‑soldier and Sadah Banis receive well wishes while Henry Weist and family recount California visit and return. Fishermen boast icebound success as port conditions improve with sizable catches.
Man About Town Observation recounts Maj W Rockefeller returning from combat 30 pounds heavier and featured as an advertisement for The Lifted Pinky Set. Peggy Joyce attended by wealthy suitors. Estelle Taylor admires a Jap war bond bought by a G I in Tokyo. Brig Gen Carlos Romulo and family arrive at the Waldorf. Mrs Romulo once a Jap captive. D Runyon and a second writer greet 1946 and study the celebrants as they are carried or discarded.
Eddie Cantor toured Chelsea Naval Hospital in Boston with Thelma Carpenter Leonard Sues and Bea Walker gifting impromptu song and dance for soldiers in the hospital and mental ward. A veteran mistook Cantor for Jolson and asked for April Showers which Cantor sang. He praises friendship and friendship’s value while noting political lines in State of the Union dialogue.
A Miami soldier vents about third-party rail practices he calls a nuisance. He says tickets to New York lead to abrupt Philadelphia stops and hurried coach assignments with limited seating. He warns of looming lawsuits and notes recent Miami to New York trains have had wrecks.
Lt. Col. Fred L. Hardy announced from Butte that January 31 is the last day for World War II veterans to re-enlist in the regular army and retain current grades. Re-enlistment options include 30, 60, or 90 day furloughs and terms of 1.5, 2, or 3 years with branch and theater choices. Montana has 160 vacancies for January, with 25 percent filled in four days. recruiting stations statewide invite eligible veterans to apply for travel, security, education, or career opportunities.
Montana and national estimates project large outlays for major repairs and remodeling. Teton county homeowners may spend over 292000 in the next five years on re modeling, with kitchens baths and painting topping the list as war shortages ease and funding via banks and savings institutions remains available. R E Jordan chairs the Title Council of America Residential Construction committee forecasting 1946 to be a landmark year for home modernization and employment.
Czar Petrillo faces medical orders to slow, or risk worsening internal disorder. Norman Corwin, the radio writer, is reported ill. The unrelenting Yankee weather in Miami Beach hampers travel as trains head north.
Farmington residents host and visit neighbors with many Sunday dinners and Friday gatherings at the W F Arensmeyer home. Notable events include nine and eight year birthdays and multiple Great Falls visits, with associations to Chalmers Linseth Depner Hadley and others.
The article notes Curry warning visitors of raids on gaming spots and uses a mocking tone about deterrence and reactions. It references a Newspaper Guild resolution barring Fiorello from costs unless he apologizes for insults to newsmen, mentions a new Super-Chief Diesel capable of 150 mph, and reports Ezra Pound being sent to a booby hatch.
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