A Game of Skill Ends Courtroom Showdown
In a courtroom drama adapted to the street, a boy defends a betting arcade as a game of skill. The magistrate dismisses the case after a dramatic display, while the boy’s father and neighborhood confront the line between skill and gambling. The story closes with the druggist shuttering the table and a football game scene underscoring the boy’s vow to avoid gambling.
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Y’onner
Paduce
Louis
Mr. Purnell
Montana Briefs Highlight Local Events and Obituaries
Mary Genevieve Schwab 92 dies at Corvallis home. Montana welfare reports 26 carloads of federal commodities since Jan 1. Great Falls to host 1938 Montana Congregational conference April 29 to May 2. Dillon honors two veterans with Order of the Purse Heart. Hamilton Sportsmen pledge grain for Bitter Root birds. Laurel judge promotes traffic safety with eyebrow remark. Sam Dinsmore, ex track star, dies in Bremerton. Livingston hosts fifth annual purebred sale March 14. Libby attorney notes Golden West bond sale. bid won by bondholders. Richey fire uses soap chips to smother flames. Polson welfare funding aids county relief work program. Fort Benton Duchess finalists in Whitman basketball tourney. Butte elects Dr Edward M Little to Montana Physical Society. Missoula school board member wins another year by drawing lots.
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Sam Dinsmore
Missoula High School
University of Montana
Bremerton
Washington State Highway Commission
Livingston
Livingston Registered Livestock Association
Excent Emer Johnson
State Board Urges 1937 Levies for 1938 Vehicle Taxes
The state board of equalization advised county treasurers to use 1937 levies in computing motor vehicle taxes for 1938 registrations. Some counties had added two to ten mills to cover increased costs or anticipated higher levies.
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State Board of Equalization
Picture Writing: Montana Tourism Book Sends Dudes East
The Highway Department releases a tourist guide titled Picture Writing with Montana scenery photographed by Bob Fletcher and text in Indian picture writing by Irvin Shope. A dictionary sheet translates the hieroglyphics. the book will be mailed to out of state residents and distributed by the traffic bureau.
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Highway Department
Montana
Bob Fletcher
Irvin (Shorty) Shope
Shining Mountains
Fletcher
Traffic Department
Highway Bureau
State cash balance hits new high of 9.4 million dollars
State Treasurer Ray N. Shannon reports a cash balance of 9,427,769 on February 1, a rise from 8,392,679 on January 1. Investment accounts declined by 48,834. January receipts totaled 136,650 while disbursements reached 185,484, leaving January 1 and February 1 totals at 17,597,008 and 17,548,174 respectively.
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Ray N. Shannon
Margaret Hood Beauty School Opens in Great Falls
Young men and women learn beauty culture and independence at the best equipped up-to-date school in Montana. New classes soon starting at Margaret Hood Beauty School 314 Central Ave Great Falls.
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Montana
Eecuen
Margaret Hood Beauty School
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Great Falls
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