FATAL CLASH.
POLICE AND IDLE.
Three Dead in Affray At Detroit Motor Works.
TEAR BOMB ATTACK,
(United F.A.—Electric Telegraph—Copyright) (Received 1 p.m.) DETROIT, March 7. Three persons were killed and more than 20 were injured on Monday when the police clashed with 3000 unemployed marchers, who attempted to enter the employment offices of the Ford Motor Company at River Rouge. Several suffered bullet wounds. The clash came when tho unemployed, marching from the down town section in Detroit, reached Dearborn City limits. Sixty policemen attempted to halt them by hurling tear gas bombs.
The marchers at first retreated but attacked the police when the latters' bombs were exhausted. The unemployed continued on to the gates of the Ford Motor Company, where they were repulsed by firemen with hoses.
The State police assisted in dispersing the crowd, which failed to enter the employment offices.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXIII, Issue 57, 8 March 1932, Page 7
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