Trial Broadcast on Screen for the First Time
Radio brings the courtroom trial of a murder case to the screen in Attorney for the Defense at Hartwig theatre. The Columbia picture stars Edmund Lowe with an ensemble including Cons tance Cummings Evelyn Brent Donald Dillaway Dorothy Peterson Wallis Clark and Clarence Muse. The plot mirrors a real Los Angeles trial and uses a radio broadcast as a dramatic device.
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Columbia
Edmund Lowe
Hartwig Theatre
Los Angeles
David Clark
Jo Swerling
Irving Cummings
Lowe
Constance Cummings
Evelyn Brent
Donald Dillaway
Dorothy Peterson
Wallis Clark
Clarence Muse
Knight Frye
Douglas Haig
Vat Pendleton
Truth serum to aid Wissoola police questioning
Wissoula police announce future use of truth serum to obtain information from suspects. Police expect physicians will administer the serum, believing it will ease questioning and improve results.
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Wissoula
Missoula
Polce
Ira Johnston
Johnson
Marriages and funerals in Idaho and Dillon notes
Harold Adsit and Pearl Quinn of Idaho Falls wed last Friday by Justice of the Peace George Opp. Attendees at Herbert F. Gilbert’s Dillon funeral included many Alder residents. Two Nelson daughters were hospitalized in Butte but improving. Dillon rodeo spot dances drew crowds with Baxter Tonney orchestra. Beaverhead National Forest no smoking rule lifted September 1, per Supervisor A A Simpson.
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Harold Adsit
Pearl Quinn
Idaho Falls
Justice of the Peace
George Opp
Dillmont Park
Baxter-Tonney
Beaverhead National Forest
A. A. Simpson
Dillon Rodeo Delivers Outstanding Weekend Winners
The Dillon rodeo crowned numerous winners across events including pig race won by John Stefanic and novelty by Jack Ditty. Broncho busting crowned Howard Tegland, rock drilling saw 18% inches in ten minutes with Be av erhead Mining association prize setters, and daily contests drew big crowds on Montana street with free dancing and a bathing beauty contest.
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Glen Henry
John Stefanic
Eddie Hoerning
al Lohr
Jack Ditty
Orin Stoddard Breezing
Brig Young
Jim Atkenson
Walter Gurnas
Malcolm Stone
Helen Wheat
Howard Tegland
al Capone
Buck Mason
Buck Turner
Paul Shafer
J. Underwood
Clyde Brown
Orin Stoddard
Margaret Gordon
Smoky Bill
Homer Cutler
Charles H. Rowling
William Roberts
Butte
Beaverhead Mining Association
Dillon
William Christensen
C. O. Benson
Deer Lodge
Montana Street
Glendale
Bannack
Meaderville Fire Department
Dillon Boys
Audrey Tovey
Beryl Scully
Mary Lloyd
Judith Afin Chapman
Chickie Thompson
Peggy Smith
Orange Crush Orchestra
Eddie Exum
Dillon Rodeo Features Two Day Carnival Of Skill and Firemen Help
The two day program offered rifle and gun exhibitions by Ted Renfro and rope tricks by Al Johnson and Jack Blackmore. Harry Shuler’s educated mule plus Floyd DeLong’s cowboy clown act drew laughs while Beaverhead beef barbecue fed hundreds. The gala opened with a large Saturday night dance at the city hall and Barry was named rodeo queen. Local firemen organized, praised for their help, and prizes from Dillon merchants highlighted the event described as a lasting reminder Dillon remains rodeo minded.
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Ted Renfro
Dillon Gun Club
Harry Shuler
Floyd DeLong
al Johnson
Jack Blackmore
Beaverhead County
James Elmose
City Hall
Barry
Orange Crush Orchestra
Eddy Bakeries
Helena
Butte
Ellery Queen Mystery Author Reveals Masked Identity
Writing under the pen name Ellery Queen the detective writer remains mystery to public as his latest work The Greek Coffin Mystery sells well. A masked photo accompanies the piece showing the elusive author behind the pen name.
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Ellery Queen
Mr. Queen
Selways Spend Double Holiday in Dillon
Mr and Mrs Elmer Selway of Grant spent the double holiday in Dillon visiting friends and relatives during the season.
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Elmer Selway
Grant
Dillon
Men First Ladies Demand In Elevator Rescue
In Chicago four women defied the old chivalry rule by letting men go first during an elevator rescue. After being trapped with 12 robbery suspects, rescuers removed the top and lowered a ladder from the fourth floor. The men went first as the women whispered and yielded the gesture.
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Chicago
Public library without a home in Dillon
The Dillon public library has lost its rented room in the Dillon National Bank block. The Poindexter-Davis geyser party returned from the National Park with all members safe. Beaverhead Republicans depart for Great Falls in Grandpa hats. Montana State Normal College enters its sixteenth year with 106 students registered. Terah T. Maroney, Montana’s aviator, has a flight machine ready for county fair daily flights from John T. Orr garage. Records: height 7700 feet, maximum flight 43 minutes, speed 7412 miles per hour at Gregson Springs. Plans pursue cross country, Great Falls to Lewistown, 120 miles, an ambitious high altitude challenge.
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Dillon National Bank
Montana State Normal College
Terah T. Maroney
Montana
Dillon
John T. Orr
Maroney
Gregson Springs
Great Falls
Lewistown
Famous Eclipses Across History Told In Brief
The article lists notable eclipses from 2137 B C in China where two astronomers were executed for drunkenness, through events in 768 B C tied to Jerusalem’s salvation, a fourth century BCE eclipse that halted battles, 1780 in Penobscot during the American Revolution with a scientific expedition, and a 1842 Italian eclipse marked by grand crowds and Bally’s beads.
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Penobscot
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Canadian National Steamshipe
Cotantoil Gardens
Trinidad
British West Indies
Jxaminer
Heere
Herbert F. Gilbert
Joseph A. Browne
Melrose
Charles Metzel
Hmerson Stone
Htta Metzel
Elwyn
Elizabeth Stone
Albert Metzel
Clyde Rann
Henry Stone
William Marshall
Lillian Matthews
Hazel Ransome
A. M. Tate
Sam Maloney
Sam Wonderly
Belle Maloney
William
Mary Rowe
Tom Jones
Wiilbur Leonard
Richard Long
Ira Townsend
Ellsworth Pittman
L. W. English and Sons
Alder
Murray Hospital
Mary Lou
Betty Nelson
Richard Nelson
Mayer Waller
Ew Yash
Novia
Dillon Rodeo
Dillon Fire Department
O. T. Vandegrift
Ott Gordon
Art Halls
Bill Angove
Ellinghouse
Richter
Madison County
Drackett
Mes
Walton Hi. Marshall
Vanderbilt Hotel
New York State
Nipper
Rainier National Park
Washington
Anns Madison Washington
Major Doolittle
Loretta Turnbull
Richard Blythe
Lindbergh
Canadian National Railway
St. Mary’s River
Sault St. Mario
North West Trading Company
Lake Huron
Lake Superior
Sault St. Marie
Canada
National Park
Beaverhead
Boston
China
Joshua
Jehovah
Jerusalem
A. D
Italy
Bally
First National Bank
Dillon, Montana
Northwest Bancorporation
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