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Newspaper
The Montana Standard
Location
Butte, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1940
Page
5
The Montana governor outlines a balanced general fund for three years running and a paid plan reducing indebtedness. He cites highway expansion, water and grass conservation, and a broad land use program to stabilize agriculture and bolster the state economy amid national defense concerns.
Harrismith based boxer Caveman Spies entered an ant bear hole without clothes using only a pocket knife and rawhide noose. He lacerated his face and hands during the struggle but, after signaling his friends to pull, the jackal was hauled out alive.
Mrs Harry Daziel, a farmer’s wife in Atherton Australia, braved a storm and two swollen creeks to warn of a tele phone pole tipping toward railway tracks. Her swift report to the post office saved a train from wrecking.
Burke a veteran Montana newspaperman and former Scobey Sentinel editor declares candidacy for lieutenant governor in July primaries. He will request the ballot print line Arm to the teeth support the President stand together. Burke came to Montana in 1912 from Crystal North Carolina and built the St Ignatius Post before buying Scobey Sentinel. He has attended two Democratic national conventions and is married with six children at age 52.
City launches summer playgrounds at Clark park North Wyoming street and Zarelda street with WPA help. Recreation directors Katharine MacAllister Cliff Hensley Margaret Shea Eddie Moon Catherine MacDonald and Margaret Harrington oversee daily nine to six activities including games crafts volleyball handball and tennis. Wading ponds open later at Clark park depending on attendance.
New York banking sources say idle credit will be tapped for defense funding as Treasury borrowing in open markets likely resumes to cover a rising federal deficit. Roosevelt’s arms push lifts defense outlay toward 5 billion, with a projected deficit over 4 billion for the new fiscal year beginning July 1.
The 48rd Montana State Normal College commencement will be held Wednesday at 10 00 am in the college auditorium. District presidents of the Normal College Alumni association will speak on topics including teaching, outside activities and college course gaps. Diplomas will be awarded by President Sheldon E B Davis with musical selections by the Little Symphony orchestra and glee clubs.
President Roosevelt weighs a plan to help Allies by trading older Army and Navy planes to manufacturers for new models, enabling immediate delivery to allies. The policy could speed warplane supply despite current production limits and follows talks on broader defense funding and tax reform.
The annual memorial for Odd Fellows who died this year will be held in Centerville at 8:30 p.m. Tuesday. Edward S. Prohs of Longmont Colo will speak Wednesday at 8 p.m. in Enterprise hall. Prohs attends Montana grand lodge in Whitefish June 17 to 20 with Brig. Gen. M. A. Wright.
Dr H Joesting attends Western regional meeting of the American Academy of Pediatrics in Seattle with specialists from nine western states Canada and Hawaii. Esther Lynch will graduate from Marylhurst College with a bachelor of science degree as senior class president. Her sister Rosaleen Lynch plans to attend the graduation while Ruth Dwyer finishes her freshman year. Dr Herman, a local dentist, has returned to practice at 420 Phoenix block. Haiti is noted for a war order boom.
Dillon conference notes list multiple sessions during the Montana Federation of Women's Clubs meeting from June 6 to 8. Topics include American Citizenship and Legislation, American Home, Public Welfare, International Relations, Junior Women, Fine Arts, and Education with named presiding officers and speakers at Normal College facilities.
Orin Sassman, an instructor in Missoula, arrives at his mother Minnie Baseman’s Dillon home. Beaverhead county commissioners convene for their regular monthly meeting tomorrow. Dillon Rotary Club schedules its regular meeting tomorrow night. Dillon Ski club held a field day at the Elkhorn ski slide today.
Red Cross war relief drive reopens with reports due by tomorrow evening. A total of 8 771 dollars had been raised by Saturday night, surpassing Butte’s quota of 7 120 dollars. Norman H. Davis announced a new super relief organization to aid civilian refugees and war wounded. He said funds distributed by the American Red Cross would reach the areas most in need. Contributions nationwide reached 6 004 005 dollars. Fifty ambulances were to be sent to the British Red Cross to replace losses in the battle of Plander. Premier Paul Reynaud praised the Red Cross to the United States government, calling it a symbol of national generosity and international aid on behalf of Belgians, Dutch, British, and others.
Manchuria produced more beet sugar in 1939 than in any prior year, signaling a peak in local sugar production and potential shifts in regional agricultural output and market supply.
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