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Newspaper
The Montana Standard
Location
Butte, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1940
Page
4
The Taxpayers Bulletin urges citizen involvement in budget hearings and tax levies. It explains how budgets are prepared, reviewed by county commissioners, and how objections to budget items are heard. The piece emphasizes public cooperation to keep local taxes fair and reasonable.
The article compares Italy’s entry into the European conflict to a predatory wolf joining a wounded stag, arguing Mussolini’s regime whipped public opinion with manipulated issues. It notes Italy’s colonial aims, debates contraband controls, and past Allied ties, questioning the democracies’ ability to resist totalitarian pressures.
Montana officials invite public participation in shaping the upcoming year’s tax valuations and rates. The Montana Taxpayers' Association urges residents to air views and cooperate with officials responsible for tax decisions in the current issue of its publication.
A historical overview traces the airplane from fragile prototype to pivotal weapon. It notes Roland Garros’s 1915 synchronizing device, early Paris and London raids, and the shift from pistols to machine guns. It highlights major WWI air power figures and the evolution toward long range bombers.
O L Haught profiles a barrasanta tree in eastern Colombia whose hollow trunk shelters aggressive ants. The piece notes a possible insect plant alliance, ant defense tricks, and ecosystems where mymecophilous species live in mutual but outlawed arrangements, all amid vivid jungle imagery.
After the decision on a new play The Wit to Woo sparks an approach to the Orpheum manager Walsh about staging it. Bill and Gayle, with Jeremy, face police queries over a theft while Lola inspires a tense, personal moment as Jeremy finds himself drawn to her quiet grace.
The Gemini forecast notes dual traits and talents including intelligence and artistic ability. It mentions shifts in mood today and promising aspects for commerce and leadership, with cautions on women’s plans and a call for first aid study. A closing vignette hints at a shared quiet reading moment between a boy and a girl, foreshadowing a developing affection.
Hollywood reels under war as May 10 blitz changes salaries and demand for realism. Studios delay or scrap war pictures while Chaplin weighs abandoning The Dictator after investing over a million. Theaters struggle with competition from authentic events and shifting audience tastes.
The piece argues child rearing must balance discipline with rest and self care. It urges parents to watch for mental exhaustion, provide time out, and practice judicious neglect to prevent overstressing a child and mother, fostering self-help and cheer.
Pat R. Gagner elected chief ranger of the Catholic Order of Foresters at the Great Falls convention with Butte chosen for the next meeting site. Butte hosts the fourth annual first aid meet of the Boy Scouts. Anaconda company donates a bronze trophy shield for the winning team. Judge Edwin M. Lamb to speak at the Butte Elks Flag Day observance. A three inch fish blocked water mains on West Copper street, found by a plumber. Attendance at the Americanization school cited as highest in the U.S., per Eugene Corrie. Air mail route rumored among Butte Twin Bridges Virginia City Dillon. Inland Aerial Transportation plane flew to Dillon in less than a third the train time. Thousands of Butter schoolchildren end summer vacation. Western Montana fishing conditions improve, streams falling and clearing. Chief Justice Theodore Brantly speaks at Butte High commencement. stage decor evokes a lawn party. Doc Peck elected president of the Silver Bow Stockgrowers association. Ernest Furze installed as worthy grand president of Victoria lodge, Sons of St. George at Centerville St George’s.
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