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Newspaper
The Montana Standard
Location
Butte, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1947
Page
4
A local notice lists mail subscriptions delivered by mail to your area in Montane and Northern Idaho. Pricing includes Silver Bowl Montans at $3.50 with 1.38 and 2 county options.
The Montana School of Mines holds its 47th commencement with 33 graduates as Spruille Braden delivers the address. Governor Sam C. Ford and other dignitaries attend while President Thomson lauds the program and the school’s high standards and engineering prominence.
The United States Office of Education projects a steady rise in higher education through 1960 with enrollment growing from over two million in 1940 to three million by the early 1960s. Veterans using the G I bill contribute, but non veterans, including high school graduates, increasingly seek college.
Veterans still eligible for G I tuition aid for married and single students. Colleges strained for space and faculty due to rising demand. Expansions underway but warnings of over-supply of white collar job seekers. Education beyond professional tracks sustains democracy and enriches every citizen.
President Truman may call the seizure of power by the Communists in Hungary an outrage but that is about all he can do. The Balkan state is under Soviet Russia and cries of hunger will not be heard. The United States and Great Britain will seek inquiries but face Russian veto and occupation forces.
The Montana Taxpayers association proposes national taxpayers week from June 8 to 14 to urge citizens to pressure Congress. It urges residents to write their Congressman and two Senators demanding a halt to wartime federal spending. Executive secretary R A Neill advocates counter pressure from taxpayers who fund the government.
A wry remark notes the shift from old saying to current practice of quietly leaving without notice, reflecting changing habits in departures.
A horoscope segment for June 17 discusses strong convictions quick judgment and artistic potential. It highlights music theater films and radio as fitting careers and notes relationship advice for men and women with artistic tendencies. The Sunday forecast then gives brief Gemini to Scorpio daily guidance.
Daily astrological guidance for zodiac signs followed by odd facts on Victoria Falls water flow compared to Niagara Falls, tomato packaging breathability, and 1946 seed potato production and onion markets. Includes figures: Maine 43 percent of seed potato output totaling about 18.2 million bushels and 70 million bushels per year for long keeping onions.
Fritz Lang, now 100 percent American, plans a 1948 Universal International film set in a small town. The plot focuses on political corruption and housewives forming a reform ring led by a young man and his girlfriend. Lang hopes Humphrey Bogart to play the ring boss and James Cagney as the young reformer. He also courted Theodore Bilbo and Herman Talmadge for cameos. The project marks Lang’s shift from European cinema to U.S. small town life themes.
The author argues that education should build character through experience not tests. He presses for open country camps to acquaint children with farms and nature, claiming nature teaches truth, work, gratitude, health, and appreciation, and that urban life lacks essential experiences. He urges expanding school camps for healthier generations.
Sen Arthur Capper calls the Truman doctrine program costly yet argues against dismissing it solely for its $10 billion to $13 billion two to three year estimate. He frames the issue as whether the plan will achieve its aims, reminding readers of World War II costs.
The Lewistown Democrat-News contrasts Aztec human sacrifices with modern auto accident fatalities in the United States. It notes about 100 people per day died in car crashes, equating ancient ritual bloodshed to contemporary mortality.
Washington insiders note friction at the Democratic National Committee as Gael Sullivan, now acting executive director, faces scrutiny from President Truman and party leaders. The piece also reports Soviet claims of miraculous neurosurgery aiding wounded soldiers, highlighted in the Soviet Embassy Bulletin. Additionally, bipartisan support in the Senate for four postwar treaties improves odds of ratification, with Vandenberg and Connally credited for steady leadership.
Judge Gardiner installed as worthy president of Butte F O E No 11 with officers seated. Mentions Montana boxing bout where Hubert Dennis was outpointed by Wesley Ramey. Notes visits of Jerry O Neill Seattle florist and Kiwanis inter city dinner dance attendees. Also mentions Knights of Pythias officers and Y M C A site dirt ceremony at Washington Park corner.
War leaves Skoli tribe in Finland bewildered as Suenjel village burns and reindeer and nets are lost. Evacuations cause hunger and cold deaths. survivors reach Inari where 200 live in German left barracks.
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