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Newspaper
The Montana Standard
Location
Butte, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1945
Page
4
Official paper of Silver Bow County announces mail and carrier subscription rates for daily and Sunday editions with regional pricing by state and Canada. Also notes Associated Press news rights and second class mailing status in Butte Montana since 1879.
Spectacular military developments in China shift the war in Asia with China seizing Foochow and other coastal cities enabling inland landings without heavy losses. Chinese capture of Nanning interrupts the Manchuria to Malay corridor, isolating Japanese supply lines across Indo China Thailand Malay and the Dutch East Indies.
Butte sponsors again back junior baseball as two public and parochial leagues start regular seasons. An intermediate league forms to feed the Legion team, with district and national hopes next fall. Local business support and equipment drives bolster the effort. residents urged to watch games and encourage the players.
Japan faces a sharp cutback in war plane production as the Army announces reduced output for short-range fighters and bombers. Chief emphasis remains on expanding B-29 production, with officials indicating a months long increase to support efforts against Japan alongside a forecast of heavier air bombardment than Europe last year.
Mr Hopkins and Premier Stalin meet to discuss postwar issues amid Russia's westward reach and potential gains. The piece notes Russia's vast size and population, nearby Alaska, and strategic interests in Europe and Asia, including Korea and Manchuria, with emphasis on stabilizing China and maintaining friendly U S Soviet relations after World War II.
The passage notes sustained high rate operations with over 500 Superfortresses already striking the Japanese home islands. It claims substantial destruction of Japan's five largest cities over recent months and asserts industrial production is seriously hampered. It compares Japan’s situation to Germany’s fate and warns of harsher blows to come.
The San Francisco world peace conference struggles to attract public attention as delegates debate the charter amid war weariness and competing headlines. observers note the dull proceedings contrast with dramatic wars’ memories, yet emphasize the need for a strong, well-promoted peace charter from 49 nations.
A published collection by R. J. Scott appears in public view, outlining tales, notes, and sketches. The item prompts reader interest in Scott’s writings, with emphasis on archival availability and potential reprints.
In a New York radio riff, Johnny Green of the C I O shipbuilders debates unions and the Wagner act. The piece recalls Henry Kaiser's shipyards contracts, compulsory union dues, and life insurance ties amid labor wartime graft and political leanings.
The narrator reflects on Johnny Green and labor conflicts amid Kaiser era unions, discussing AFL-CIO shifts, Wagner Act effects, and the plight of workers driven into exclusive contracts. He notes loud broadcasts pushing a dangerous narrative while emphasizing current honesty and misinformation in public scenarios.
A reflection urges parents to discuss sex openly with children rather than letting peers or uninformed adults fill the gap. It argues that informed children remain unembarrassed, privacy is essential but shame harms the soul, and teaching should be tailored to each child with trusted books aiding parents and teachers.
At least eighty percent of Bolivia’s people live above ten thousand feet. The republic, the third largest in South America, spans about five hundred ten thousand square miles.
A Washington housewife recalls empty meat shelves as stores scramble for scarce beef and eggs. Officials fault OPA price ceilings for discouraging cattle feeding, hog and poultry production, causing a large drop in beef output and delayed egg supplies into late October.
George E. Sokolsky argues that high store prices for ducks at four dollars apiece and soft shell crabs at thirty seven cents reflect shortages caused by tight price controls and other factors. He predicts little relief in meats poultry or fish, notes weather will decide vegetable supplies, and says Congress plans to extend the OPA with new limits rather than solve the problem.
Gemini natives show conflicting traits with dual natures and mixed emotions in love and life. On Friday June 1 benefic influences favor government aims and officials while world affairs may cause public confusion. Heart and home planning is favorable and tourism to Mexico rises as factories convert wartime output to peacetime production. national trust in foreign nations needs renewed cooperation.
The report notes Germany's defeat fueling Nazi underground plans. Since April warning signs point to subversive propaganda targeting finances, education, and diplomacy. Predictions suggest individuals born today may see Jupiter bring luck, with emphasis on guiding gifted children carefully.
In Salem North Carolina during the 18th century, marriage proposals were conveyed to girls by Moravian church members after a drawn lot determined if the match had Lord approval.
In the middle ages jewelry developed as an industrial art rooted in monastic workshops serving the church and later advanced by urban jewelers. The shift from cloistered craft to town guilds marked the profession's growth and technical refinement.
In Mississippi a voter must be able to read any section of the Constitution or be able to understand the same when read to him or give a reasonable interpretation thereof.
In Luzon a war correspondent accompanies Col Johnson up to a muddy ridge near Balete Pass where two Chinese newspaperwomen from the Chungking Times join the advance. The column trudges through rain and mud as Filipino laborers haul supplies by hand using marmite cans and Coleman stoves heat meals from C rations.
The memorial service committee for the Butte Pioneer club lists Miles J. Cavanaugh as chairman along with Gus Heim bach John A. McMillan Larry Hamilton and A B Cohen. Club officers are Dr W J Sullivan president Mrs Anna M Quinn secretary and W J Scott treasurer. May statistics note May 1925 as the wettest month since 1908 with 2.88 inches of rain.
Moscow outlines intensified dredging of minor waterways and new lock systems to grow the 63,380 miles of inland routes in use to 237,985 miles. Small rivers will be linked into the system, aiming to cut transport costs for grain and other cargo substantially.
Athol Massachusetts Reverend Truman L. Hayes of the First Unitarian church aids the war effort by working six mornings weekly at a local war plant and devoting afternoons to church work. He has donated 14 pints of blood to the Red Cross.
Scientific investigation traced fingerprints to two airline employees, leading to arrests in Durango. The case involved multiple bars of gold and a cash sum seized from a Mexican Airlines plane after months of study by the attorney general's office.
Scotland plans 2500 temporary Phoenix houses with Glasgow ordering 400 initially. Drains and sewers laid. sites prepared. The program marks Scotland’s first consign ment of such temporary dwellings to ease housing.
Real estate dealer C. L. Schmitt celebrated the birth of a daughter in New Kensington by distributing cards promising “good for one 25 cent cigar after the war.” The playful stunt reflected wartime scarcities and local humor as the city welcomed a new child.
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