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Newspaper
The Montana Standard
Location
Butte, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1941
Page
4
A column condemns a Washington bureau for planning to set automobile prices, arguing it harms free enterprise and may disrupt defense production. The piece cites rising costs in industry and praises American auto industry gains, warning centralized pricing would erode unity and democracy during national danger.
The article chronicles Damascus as an ancient, continuously inhabited city with 4000 years of history. It describes its control by Egypt Israel Rome and Islam, Crusaders battles, Alexander the Great era, Mongol and Ottoman rule, and Allenby’s capture in World War I.
On October 1, 1918 the Versailles treaty grants France a Syria mandate. Riots and uprisings under French rule mark Damascus history. The city’s story would span war, Christian conversion, pagan relics, and age old contrasts of color and poverty.
The Montana public views the highway department reorganization with mixed anxiety and hope as leaders seek more efficient design, maintenance, and operations for a $90 million road system funded by the gasoline tax. The public trusts the highway commission, engineering staff, and highway patrol to sustain safe roads through vigilant enforcement and prudent traffic management.
National Machine Tool Builders' association figures show 18 home workers supply one front line worker in 1941. The data illustrate war mobilization across nations, with every man woman and child participating, far beyond traditional front line fighting.
The article details violent and criminal backgrounds linked to C I O leaders in Pittsburgh and Cleveland. John W. Filer, a hospital strike leader, faces past robberies and parole violations while U S Lusk of Local 117 is noted for a box car burglary and Browder petition ties. Additional figures, Paul Mehringer in Cleveland and others, are cited for prior thefts and strikes.
The article notes Carl Milling, involved in the 1931 Mehringer Martin incident, later worked at an aluminum plant under the figure of the criminal who wielded a gun and menaced Milling on release. It compares Mehringer Martin to Willie Bioff and suggests revenge motives tied to labor cost raises.
The piece reports isolationists led by Senator Wheeler claim the U S should avoid allying with Communists while Germany aims at Russia. A State Department statement condemns red scare tactics and urges unity against Hitler, noting Russia’s weak air force and strong manpower as Germany’s advantage and warning that public opinion should focus on defeating Hitler.
Raymond Clapper argues that a German victory over Russia would yield vast Soviet resources and threaten Western Europe. He dismisses Lindbergh’s peace proposal as naive, warning it would merely lull the nation as Germany readies new campaigns and aims to strike for global power.
Mexico City ministry of communications studies a plan by Congressman Jose Medina to build a national railroad from Barron de Escandon Tlaxcala along the Mexican railway to Bocas del Miniso Oxaca with branches to Acapulco and Las Sedas on the Mexican Southern Railway.
The piece recalls Charles Evans Hughes losing the 1916 bid for the presidency due to a missed handshake and bad timing. It chronicles California campaign missteps, a tense party split, and the moment Wilson secured the election after Hughes’s defeat.
Cancer natives with the Moon as ruling planet face temperamental moods yet find romance and imagination in daily life. Mondays bring luck, violet color, and potential gains in trade and manufacturing. home news may bring cheer amid caution about future war impacts.
The narrator describes a staged air raid near Shelbyville Tennessee as part of Second American Army training. A rumbling anti aircraft barrage, bombers from Georgia and a misleading recovery by allied planes create a surreal, terrifying spectacle before ending with reflections on the ruse.
A scan of items records 1931 and 1921 notes from Butte including Gerald L. Christie’s nomination for the U S Naval Academy by Senator Wheeler, a girls in overalls flap among newsies, Camp Fire Bluebirds prep at Georgetown Lake, a Fourth of July baby show with substantial prizes, hydroelectric power talks with engineers, a fireworks fine and mayoral urging against firecrackers, plus 1911 items on hotel clerk H H Walker’s Helena visit, wool clip sale by J E Hample, and school staff leave and resignations.
A riot broke out as Dr Alvear appeared to open the national convention of the radical party in Buenos Aires Argentina. Rival groups threw chairs spittoons and missiles injuring three before police used tear gas to quell the disturbance and adjournment was ordered until the next day.
Cuba forms a division of mercantile information as a branch of the ministry of commerce. It will publish data on production stocks and prices and issue lists of individuals and firms seeking to buy or sell the island. In Havana two inspectors will gather data. elsewhere local civil and military authorities will assist.
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