TEAR GAS EMPLOYED
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WASHINGTON, Saturday. Troops hurled tear gas bombs and set rhacks of the "Bonus" army on fire in the vicinity of the capital again on Friday afternoon, at the timo wlien the President, Mr. Hoover, at White House was issuing an emphatic notice that the Government would not be coerced by mob rule. The President said he considered the disturbance on Thursday a 1 challenge to the authority of the United States Government, which had been mefc swiftly and firmly. As the President read the state- , ment, cavalrymen, "who had returned , to Pennsylvania Avenue, clashed with! a group of veterans. The troopers charged, scattering them. Some ran off and climbed the trees. One plunged headlong through the open window of a passing automobile. After the cavalry halted the infantry swept the street with gas bombs. There was no resistance, except that some refused to move until tear gas was usod. The cavalry kept the streets clear of spectators as a great roll of smoke poured out of the block into nearby residences. A strong wind fanned the fiaines and the shacks burned fierceiy.
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Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 289, 1 August 1932, Page 5
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