SERIES OF RIOTS
W.P.A. STRIKE IN UNITED STATES
POLICE USE ARMOURED CARS IN MINNEAPOLIS. STRIKER KILLED AND SEVENTEEN INJURED. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright MINNEAPOLIS, July 15. A series of riots arising out of the Works Progress Administration strike culminated today in a pitched battle in the city streets. Police in armoured cars armed with riot guns and tear gas fought strikers armed with bricks and sticks. One striker was killed and 17 were injured.
The mayor later announced that the city refused responsibility for the further operation of the relief works "in order to avert a civil war.”
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 17 July 1939, Page 5
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97SERIES OF RIOTS Wairarapa Times-Age, 17 July 1939, Page 5
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