Salt Lake Telegram | 1934-05-22 | Page 2 | Montana Girls Win 'Battle of Scanties' |

Type	issue
Date	1934-05-22
Paper	Salt Lake Telegram
Language	eng
City	Salt Lake City
County	Salt Lake
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Article Title	Montana Girls Win 'Battle of Scanties'
Type	article
Date	1934-05-22
Paper	Salt Lake Telegram
Language	eng
City	Salt Lake City
County	Salt Lake
Page	2
OCR Text	MONTANA GIRLS WIN BATTLE OF SCANTIER BILLINGS Mont UP Youth UP-Youth Youth as represented by indignant BUlin Billings girls and misses has won a major vi victory vie vic tory in Iii the Battle of ot Scan ties which raged here Younger members member of ot the fair lair sex were outraged when the city park board originally announced that shorts scan ties and abbreviated attire at at- tire Ure in general would not be allowed on Billings tennis courts 4 Stunned by this the girls announced announced an an- themselves as indignant protested protested protested pro pro- tested that the ban on their attire was the only one in a town of ot Billings' Billings size in the United States Furthermore to add weight to 10 their pleas the winsome lasses threatened to appear on the courts attired in old old- fashioned black bloomers with black cotton stockings T While some of ot the conservative board members shook their h heads ds a a a resolution was adopted allowing men and women to wear in m a public public park park an any costume based on common sense and decency
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