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Newspaper
The Montana Standard
Location
Butte, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1941
Page
4
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Butte residents pledge to back the USO program aiding Army men at home and abroad. National chair Thomas E. Dewey leads a $10,000,000 fund to create civilian managed social centers at camps with music reading rooms and athletic activities. Rev. Floyd Logee heads local efforts to raise Butte’s $6,000 quota with minimal campaigning.
Nelson T. Johnson, veteran State Department official, argues the world sees the U S as the leader and the source of energy shaping the future. He notes Americans misread their influence while Russians imitate American methods and praises the American dynamo once felt in Paris and London.
The remarks call for spreading human freedom and justice to despot-ridden peoples without cost. The language frames the new order as an enduring, millennia in the making effort and urges American readiness to share its proud achievements.
Debates swirl over the nation’s defense effort and aid to Britain as Congress funds exceed 45 billion dollars. Only about 3 of 7 billion dollars in war materials allocated to Britain under lend-lease have been delivered, while manufacturing expands rapidly in areas like machine tools.
The piece argues that wartime reporting is tightly controlled by both Russia and Germany. Russian dispatches are censored by officials while German reports come as official statements. American reporters face front-line restrictions, shaping public perception and obscuring who is winning the war.
Article explains that child changes are gradual not sudden, urges parents to inspect past events for triggers such as bullying, broken promises, discrimination, or family stress. Advises talking with teachers and friends, studying routines, and prioritizing the child’s need over pride to find and address the cause.
Hollywood star Veronica Lake credits multiple people for her rise including Arthur Hornblow Fred Wilcox Mitchell Leisen and a press team along with Bushby Berkeley who first let her wear the now famous one-eyed blonde look Sturges calls her photogenic and says she belongs in front of the camera as she shines in Sullivan's Travels and Fort y Little Mothers.
The piece criticizes British officials like Lord Woolton for urging Americans to curb food use to aid Britain. It argues such appeals overlook the U.S. food situation and warns against rationing at home. It also notes a scouting plane flying with Army cars during Fort Benning maneuvers in Georgia.
Mary King’s Quincie Bolliver centers on Curtin Bolliver and his daughter Quincie amid Texas oil country turning away from boom to quiet decline. The novel threads a cast including Judith Paradise Fern Clay Ellie and a fortune telling woman, tracing lives from Quincie’s preadolescence to Curtin’s departure.
A Topeka notice in a Kansas capital paper announces doctors will have Thursday afternoons off as a half day. Topeka residents are urged to support the plan and postpone ailments until Friday morning.
The Cowan personality schedule with 201 questions helps assess emotional maladjustments and how children compensate for deficiencies. It highlights how preferences for solitude, stage fright, or feeling inferior can predict future behavior, including risk of delinquency.
Montana’s quarterly livestock report notes 4 sizable breeding cattle imports. The first quarter 1941 totals reach 17,000 with imports 10 percent higher than the same period last year. Livestock numbers, once shrinking due to feed scarcity, have reversed trend thanks to better range conditions and feed conservation practices. Aircraft data: since 1938, average maximum speed of American-built bombing planes up 71 mph and average maximum size nearly doubled.
Cancer March outlook notes sharp minds and talent but warns of laziness and dependence on money and luxury. The piece cites June 30 as a day of mixed fortunes with caution for travelers and romance disappointments, while business and national concerns look to profits, wartime strain, and patriotic acts. It also foresees international tension around Berlin and forecasts brave, capable children born today.
In a column by Charles P. Stewart the piece ponders whether Hitler's crackdown on German Christian Science churches is a reaction to U S policy, asset freezes, and consulate closures. It notes the Gestapo action, the dissolution of German Christian Science churches, and the Boston board's reports on their strength and obedience to Nazi rules. The piece comments on possible long term political effect and mocks a formal State Department note.
Montana’s bitter root the state flower grows in Washington in the Girl Scout Little House garden, thanks to Butte Girl Scout council members. Montana flower specimens sent by Mrs John Gillie June Anderson Isabella Rogers and Virginia Horton. Three former world wrestling champions Gus Sonnenberg Ted Thye and Dutch Marlin to headline a Butte card this week with match maker Chuck Staples arranging bouts. Marlin from Livingston is a lightweight. Lions club president Frank Tierney headed a Butte delegation to the state Lions convention in Missoula. All Montana dinner at Butte High School gym in celebration of optimism for Montana industries. Paul Gow new Montana Chamber president spoke at dinner and the 19th annual Montana Eagles session opens today with Butte aerie as host under State President Howard G Bennett. Work to start July 7 on Eighteen Mile Hill with three miles of road at $120 000. Major Martin Maginnis honored at First Minnesota reunion in St Paul. Ben Calkins moves to permanent quarters at California Tavern building on Main Street East Broadway. Weather bets in Butte show rain on 26 of 30 days in June.
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