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Newspaper
The Montana Standard
Location
Butte, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1944
Page
4
The Montana Standard lists mail subscription prices by duration and delivery area. Rates cover Delivered by Mail to post offices in Montana, outside of state, and to Canada, with options for daily and Sunday editions and Sunday only. Official paper of Silver Bow County.
In a plea from Butte leaders, families are urged to back war bonds as battles rage abroad. Merchants, clerks, and Black Leaders of the National Defense join bankers in promoting patriotic savings to fund the war effort and safeguard democracy.
Mr Wendell Willkie, who left the GOP presidential race after Wisconsin primaries, resurfaces as author of a political questions column invited by a consortium of eastern middle western and western newspapers. The initial installments are described as intriguing and some what startling.
The piece defends federal authority against states rights arguments, praising Willkie’s call for a strong federal government while criticizing arbitrary federal power. It urges Montana residents to resist federal overreach, especially over water resources, stressing sovereign state control and efficiency in federal dealings.
The Upper Mississippi Waterway association argues for irrigation needs in the upper Missouri valley while criticizing the Pick-Sloan plan. It asserts enough water exists for a nine foot lower Missouri channel and irrigation, noting potential 10 million acres of irrigation near future Montana plans and Dakota projects.
The piece critiques Willkie's stance on labor democracy and regulation. It targets Thomas of the United Auto Workers and Dubinsky of the Garment Workers, accusing them of strikes, foreign fund schemes, and coercive politics. It questions legitimacy, democratic pretenses, and the idea of legal regulation to curb supposed racketeers.
The text critiques using high sounding but empty rhetoric to defend liberties and proposes restricting fund collection, allocation, and activities. It notes that Mr. Willkie may not explicitly advocate such limits.
The piece argues praise must recognize real achievement and not trivialize effort. It recalls a parent asking to change a B to an A for a promised bicycle and describes how true growth comes from challenging tasks and earned honors.
Angelo Patri argues that marks should reflect genuine achievement not bribery, and should be kept high only for the best effort. He contends honesty in grading fosters self appraisal and higher aims, while acknowledging occasional judgment limits. Normal children require more calories per pound than adults.
Cancer readers receive a mixed forecast with travel interest and strong intellect. The column notes Monday as lucky, homes and domestic staffing as favorable, and warns indulgence may bring misfortune. It cites Russia as a key buyer and competitor and mentions postwar cultural shifts and health concerns in India.
Ernie Pyle recalls landing on a French beach by LST and rhino barge, facing rain and mines. He describes wading ashore with Pvt. William Bates Wescott, waiting through a tense night with camouflage nets, flak, and German planes. Animals and wounded lay along the road as dawn reveals a battlefield orchard bivouac and buried German soldiers.
The item lists social arrivals visits and events with dates from 1934 1924 and 1914 including Mrs Robert E Parmut visiting Napton apartments in Butte evangelist Aimee Semple MacPhersons brief visit to Butte and Phil C Gillis estate probate and Anaconda Anglers club planting a million fry in the Big Hole river The Montana American Legion Helena convention to meet in Dillon and other brief notices plus stray Q A in Anaconda Standard about ships French Canadians in Montana and a University of Michigans sleep lab finding and British carrier pigeons carrying a 35 mile message in 32 minutes
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