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1947 Gambling machines destroyed by police in Chicago
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0:26Now PlayingDate: 23rd January 1947
Location: USA
Source: Reuters Historical News Collection: GAUMONT BRITISH NEWSREEL (REUTERS)
SLATE INFORMATION: Our Roving Camera Reports
USA: Illionois: Chicago:
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CHICAGO Pin-Tables machines being broken up and burnt in the city's Anti-Gambling Drive
GAMBLING American pin-ball machines being stacked on heap and fired in Chicago Anti-gambling drive
PIN-TABLES Being broken up (pick through one) and stacked for burning in Chicago's Anti-Gambling drive
Crime, Justice and Law Enforcement
pinball, gaming, bonfire, pick-axe, underground, illegal
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