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Newspaper
The Montana Standard
Location
Butte, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1946
Page
4
The passage states that the Associated Press holds exclusive publication rights for news dispatches credited to it and local news in the paper. It also notes second-class postal matter status in Butte Montana under the 1879 law, with a March 3 date.
A political column questions U N R R A spending and reporting practices under wartime style aid, noting vast federal payroll growth, concerns over misallocation to Moscow allies, and calls for transparency on how relief funds reach populations in Poland Yugoslavia Czechoslovakia Greece and the Ukraine. It contrasts domestic welfare scale with global aid and cites Harry Hopkins.
A historical reflection on the 1921 Project B tests off Virginia Capes and the 1925 Mitchell court martial. It contrasts early air power claims with naval objections, noting the battleship’s continued role and the long debate over air versus sea supremacy. The piece cites Mitchell’s push for centralized air power and his eventual five-year suspension.
Biot studied light behavior after reflecting a beam from a mirror at a precise angle. He observed waves that vibrated in one direction. The finding relates to how light interacts with surfaces and could inform optics understanding.
In a Montana Standard note from June 29 1946 Butte a column reflects on Bill Hart’s retirement from the motion picture world as talking pictures rise. It contrasts Hart’s era with modern films where villains often receive sympathetic treatment and social gloss.
The article criticizes the Good Neighbor Policy as largely ineffective and claims it left little mark on Latin American countries. It describes Bradenism as propaganda driven intervention, attributing Peron's rise in Argentina to Spruille Braden's influence and arguing the conflict framed as Peron versus Braden.
By George E. Sokolsky argues Spruille Braden shapes American interventionist policy, warning that other nations fear his influence and expect U S political campaigns to determine public office. He notes Argentinians’ resentment and questions why such policy persists after the war. He links these moves to South America rather than Germany.
Cartoon caption by Fred Neher jokes about the ideal husband balancing bread winning with domestic chores. The quip suggests a husband who brings home the bacon and then cooks it in the kitchen, delivering lighthearted gender role humor.
The piece argues that loud shouting at home and school fatigues children and undermines obedience. It suggests that parents gain attention by getting close, then speak calmly in ordinary voice to guide behavior. It warns that yelling trains children to ignore commands and warns against losing self control.
A lesson on gentle, consistent parenting from Angelo Patri tones advises keeping control without shouting, promising children learn to respond to direction. The oak tree symbolizes steady guidance while the pine expresses distressed resistance, illustrating how children judge adults by behavior during storms. Also notes wartime toy factories in South Africa closing due to competition with American and British factories.
The article muses on live waters as the earth’s sweet spring sources feeding rivers, brooks, and streams. It notes springs shape landscapes, verdant brookside meadows, and soils, then shifts to a Port Elizabeth motorist finding a six foot snake in his car hood after a long journey.
Cancer signs are described as honest and sincere, with women as efficient home managers and all Cancers as intelligent and tolerant. The daily reading adds favorable notes for breaking unprofitable habits, setting written goals, and notes about shifting political lines and peaceful international relations. It predicts a year of good health, contentment, and clever children born today.
Sal Hoffman of the Upholsterers Union suspends Local 661 in New York over Ben Pross a longtime union figure linked to multiple locals including Local 1 of the Wine Liquor and Distillery Workers Pross governs as business manager amid accusations of intimidation and secrecy. Hoffman's action aims to recover records and property and to curb Pross and his relatives' influence across several trades. the AFL routes remain vague about his activities. The National AFL meeting in Philadelphia will decide Local 661's future as this Pross case unfolds amid warnings dating back to 1942 about his rise post Wagner Act and alleged ties to liquor industry bosses.
Westbrook Pegler reports on how whiskey distribution was allocated by Pross and the effect on distributors. The text discusses the AFL’s weak stance toward Press and his alleged bullying, plus benefits tied to Ben Pross and family bankruptcy cases, arguing the federation abdicates authority to intervene in union affairs.
Washington column argues the CIO and its anti inflationary, pro appeasement program were weakened in primaries. It notes losses for CIO aligned candidates, Truman’s ties to Hillman, and internal AFL CIO frictions. The piece predicts a unsettled Democratic future influenced by November elections and looming strikes.
A 12 car special train of farmers on vacation passed through Butte on the Northern Pacific en route to the coast from Chicago under William Foley of St Paul, publisher of a farm magazine. J T Gardner of Butte named acting president of the Montana State Baseball league at a meeting in Justice Rudy Kline’s offices. Mel Clevett, Butte Y M C A physical director, resigns to attend Y M C A College in Chicago. C C Goddard awarded $108 659 general contract for McKinley school. Arnold Plumbing $27 875. Dorhofer sheet metal $1 040. Ellis Paint $4 570. Arnold Lighting $6 754. The city gears up for celebrations with Passing of the West arriving at Cowitchee on the frontier town’s flat as 200 cowboys and cowgirls arrive. Stadium construction for 15 000 capacity begins. E J Barker reaches Pacific Northwest golf semi finals in Spokane defeating E H Hughes 4 and 2. Barker shot 73 in Spokane and averages 74 over five rounds.
Berlin reports thriving black markets with prices such as two dollars per cigarette and sixteen dollars for sardines and two hundred forty dollars for shoes. Courts levy fines yet racketeers can earn double the fines in a single day. A proposal suggests condemned racketeers perform public labor like in Aachen, wearing bold markings to indicate a Black Market Gang.
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