STRIKERS' FUNERAL
SCENES IN SWEDEN
FIVE MINUTES' SILENCE
(Received 22nd May, 2 pan.) STOCKHOLM, 2.lst May. ' Work ceased throughout tho country for five minutes at noon during tho ' fun Oral: of ' the ' strikers killed in last week's clash with tho police. Traffic at Stockholm, Gothenburg, and other towns was stopped, and workmen stood bareheaded. , The funeral was attended by twenty-five tho'usancl. The hearses were drawn by workmen, and the service conducted by a Communist. The general striko called by Com: .wnnists failod.
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Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 119, 22 May 1931, Page 11
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82STRIKERS' FUNERAL Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 119, 22 May 1931, Page 11
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