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Newspaper
The Montana Standard
Location
Butte, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1950
Page
4
Idaho ad row lists rates for months and quantities with figures such as $14.00 $7.50 $4.00 $1.40, followed by a separate line for Fontena and Northern Idaho with $15.00 $8.00 $4.26 $1.40 and a total 848.00 and 1.80 15 26. The clipping ends with a News Room note showing Managing Editor Circulation Advertising and a Went 860 ean.
The St. Louis Browns were the only major league club to include a psychologist on their roster as an experimental measure to relax players and remove jinxes. The approach did not fix the team’s chronic losing record, and questions remain about the ex White Sox manager’s future in baseball.
A New York grand jury after eighteen months produced a mixed verdict on the Amerasia case. It cleared government officials of fault yet urged a new grand jury to continue investigations. It called for public release of its prosecution report and seized documents, and noted increased underground Communist activity. The panel urged tougher guarding of secret papers and linked laxity to past security breaches. Senator McCarthy praised efforts to purge government roles, while a broad public debate continued over the case and broader anti-Communist efforts.
In Modena Italy a funds misappropriation scandal taints the Communist led groups with 18 million lire collected for families of workers killed or injured in January. Distributions favored Rome and local left and front organizations while lawyers and deputies received payments. Investigations and seizures follow as right wing papers struggle.
Management acts as both teams face losses. The White Sox fire their manager while the Browns drop their psychologist Dr. David F. Tracy, aiming to change morale and results amid a rough season.
The United States and Great Britain authored a UN peace plan that was adopted by the General Assembly, while Russia’s competing resolution was rejected. This marks a second major Western victory in the current session, following Yugoslavia’s election to the Security Council.
A high profile marriage ceremony was performed in absentia with both parties represented by lawyers. The event mirrored their divorces, described as not unusual, reflecting a legalistic joining instead of personal presence.
A reflective column critiques wartime memoirs and biographers about Stalin Roosevelt and Hopkins. The writer labels history as deception, champions Elliott's As He Saw It, praises Merriman Smith and Summersby, and muses on Lloyd George, Northcliffe, and Rommantic notions of truth, while hoping Stalin delays violence to allow more reading.
Westbrook Pegler notes feeble appeal of Pearl Harbor the Story of the Secret War and Beard's war book. He jokes about heavy reading alongside mass sedition case analysis. Hollywood writers convicted of contempt vow UN review and urge United Nations to assess US court reach. Eugene Dennis joins the appeal. UN Commission on Human Rights busy, should defer US law decisions to the Supreme Court.
Birthday advice for June 17 to 18 readers outlines a serious contemplative mind with fiery persistence and originality. It notes a magnetic personality, love of music, and stamina for strenuous work, urging rest after effort and avoiding dull routines. Daily guidance follows zodiac signs from Gemini to Taurus with planning, health, romance, devotion, and wise conduct.
In Haverhill Massachusetts a Bates for Congress committee disclosed in its financial report that it spent seven dollars on babysitters to assist voting parents. This minor expense highlights efforts to support voters with child care during the election campaign.
Wyoming has drilled 11 000 oil wells, maintains over 100 producing fields in 18 of its 28 counties, and has produced more than 700 million barrels of oil.
In Washington the Malone Nevada daylight party for Hearst Jr. blended high humor and political tilt. Guests included Alice Roosevelt Longworth and Dolly Gann while George W Malone chased cows on horseback. A 35 silver dollar bag trick sparked playful bets as 192 Republicans and 5 Democrats dined on Nevada meat and roasted corn.
France sought peace talks with Germany and Italy as Churchill pledged Britain would fight on. Mussolini eyed Munich for armistice talks. Local notes include visits, graduations, trips, and community notices, with several residents and officials mentioned across Montana cities. Britain’s rail deficit figure appears as a separate 1948 item.
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