STRIKE IN BERLIN
POSITION NOT IMPROVED POLICE FIRE ON UNRULY CROWDS Press Association —By Telegraph—Copyright BERLIN, November 4. Tho trains and omnibuses are still idle. The threat of dismissal caused only 2,500 men out of 24,000 to work. Clouds of cyclists, shouting abuse, accompanied the vehicles that were attempting to run. Many windows were broken. The escorting police, hemmed in by stone-throwing crowds, fired, killing two and seriously wounding others, including two women. AHOTHER DEATH BERLIN, November 6. (Received November 7, at 10.40 a.m.) Another death has occurred as a result of the strike riots. Four hundred and fifty arrests have been made. POLICE SQUADS PATROL CITY communists active. Under a broadcast threat, anyone interfering with traffic will be shot. The morning was marked by no disorders. Flying squads of armed police are patrolling the city in the parts where the strikers filled the tram rails with cement. Few trams are running, and the buses and tubes arc idle. Two more Communist newspapers have been suppressed. The city dustmen have joined the strikers. The police raided a suburban house and arrested fifty alleged Communists, including strike leaders. The provisional transport services cease at midnight.
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Evening Star, Issue 21253, 7 November 1932, Page 9
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194STRIKE IN BERLIN Evening Star, Issue 21253, 7 November 1932, Page 9
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