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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1932
Page
4
Rudy Vallee will join the national Victory Membership celebration broadcast on NBC next Monday from 10 to 11 PM EST. The event caps a nationwide drive and features an elaborate program. Campaign headquarters report over 400000 of the one million jobs sought in the War Against low mood have been logged in New York.
A Reading Legionnaire laments Free Riders among ex-service men who take pensions or aid yet offer no return. He defines a Free Rider as someone who benefits from government support but does not support the Legion or fellow veterans. He contrasts with a true Comrade who shares burdens and honors the service with acts of help. The appeal urges joining a worthwhile organization.
An official warns that a husband's neglect of a car's brakes lights steering and tires endangers his wife and children. Regular inspections by service station experts are cheap and prevent costly repairs and tragic accidents. Palmer cautions that one preventable crash could ruin a man's life.
Prof M E Scott announces arrival in Dillon to teach naturopathy and related sciences. He lists extensive post graduate work and offers courses in food and body chemistry, materia medica, physiology, anatomy, hygiene, nutrition, and health preservation. He is at Bond Rooms 1642 South Idaho street and invites in town and out of town students.
Postmaster J. C. Fuller reports two magazines addressed to Charley Storney and Addison Simms could not be delivered and subscriptions canceled. The tale recalls weary husband excuses like late nights with those aliases, as wives in Dillon grow wary of repeated alibis and hint at domestic rebukes.
The Associated Charities fund has made its last payment as of April 19 1982. From October to now about a hundred people were helped weekly with two local Dillon businessmen approving each case. After May 1 1982 aid will only go to families with small children and no transient support will be given after April 12 1932.
A recent writer notes that many world leaders came from humble origins. Lloyd George, Ramsey MacDonald, Aristide Briand, Pierre Laval, Masaryk and a blacksmith’s son are cited as examples of poor youths who became premiers or presidents.
In a sign of spring, prospectors idle about town have gathered a grubstake and loaded pack mules for a foray into the hills. The scene follows a season of winter loitering as the group heads outward.
Thirty years ago in Dillon the paper notes sudden fights as spring arrives and describes a bustling town with men and scarce jobs. It suspects strong beer named Bock at local resorts is fueling the revelry and springtime energy on the streets.
Extract from the Tribune dated April 19 1912 notes the Titanic disaster killing about 0000 people. It also mentions Ernest Nelson recovering from pneumonia in bed and local items including Francis Tonrey visiting Armstead and Charles Marven of Hull dying, plus Franz Groélinch fined $100 for calling a stranger sweetheart.
Notice from the United States Forest Service warns that all trespassing livestock found on lands in the Dillon Grazing District of Beaverhead National Forest Montana will be impounded after April 28 1932 if not removed. Impounded animals may be redeemed only by reimbursing gathering impounding pasturing and advertising expenses. Public sale of impounded animals is set for 2:00 p.m. May 4 1932 at Argenta Ranger Station. unsold animals may be privately sold condemned or destroyed per Agriculture Department rules. A number of horses branded as observed on U S lands are listed.
Arlayne Brown a 15 year old from St Louis carries a letter to New York Mayor Jimmy Walker from St Louis Mayor Victor Miller reporting a world title in girl revolver shooting and noting cross city correspondence.
A dog in the gallery of a Chicago Baptist church yelped when the choir began singing and the music halted until the animal was ejected from the gallery.
John Mead of Tondu conducts a Great Western Railway train where his five sons hold roles as engineer, fireman, and brakeman. Graham Copley of St. Louis fled six miles home after a auto wreck fright. A nine year old boy in Long Beach accosted William O'Brien with a pistol demanding a ticket. Mayor Ames A West of Paulsboro awards an oak rolling pin to every bride he marries. An Akron man jailed for stealing three quarts of whisky in 1917 before prohibition. Five year old Elmer Forrest of Winnetka swallows seven coins with no ill effects.
Pendleton Oregon Chief of Police Charles Lemons decorates the police station interior by selling liquor bottles collected in raids. In Spokane Washington a young man seized Flaine McCann as she alighted from a streetcar, kissed her, and stole $1.50 from her purse. Mrs Mary A Asay of New Lisbon New Jersey 109 years old sang a song and danced on her birthday anniversary recently.
Edward Day of Burwash England was fined 50 dollars after authorities found weeds growing in his garden. The local court ordered the payment as a weed control violation.
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