MAY DAY

Gisborne Times, Volume LXX, Issue 11196, 3 May 1930, Page 5

MAY DAY

QUIET-- eTrMjE IN U.S.A ONLY 50 ARRESTS IN NEW YORK. United Press Assn, by El. Tel. Copyright (Received May 2, 0.55 pan.) NEW YORK. AJn.v 2. With the exception of Oakland (California), where four parading Communists were seriously injured by a" police charge, the May Day demonstrations in the, various cities ol tho United States' were generally . without 'incident. Boston reports many children in the parade there, which was without disorder. The Ehiladelphia town ball was guarded by (he police. while Communists held a, demonstration nearby. Two Communists were • seized in Selim neetady while handing out, “red literatim*. A few arrests were made iu Newark. Sporadic lights, resulting from l/bm m musts’ demonstrations in various parts of New \oi k city, resulted in 51) arrests, hut none of the disturbances was of considerable proportions. QUIETNESS IN EUROPE. HUNGER-STRIKERS IN LONDON HYDE PARK DEMO.NSTRATTO-N. United Preß» Assn, by El. Tel. Cooyrighi (Received Alav 2, 8 p.m.) LONDON. May 1. May Day passed off quietly in most European centres. Hunger strikers have boon converging on London during the past fortnight to participate in a, Hyde Park demonstration organised hy Communists. The demonstrators, ineluding Lascars and other nqnEnropeans, made a. procession tlirough the streets singing “The Red King.” and “Internationale.” “DOWN WITH CANING.” Among, the numerous banners and slogans, one, borne by “Red” children, read “Down with calling ni school.” In Moscow, the street*- were Idled all day with demonstrators carrying effigies of the Rope and of French and British statesmen. To-morrow has been declared a. general holiday to (‘liable tin* people to recover Korn tin* Afny Day exertions. DEMONSTRATION BY AIR. ’PLANE LAvOk IN POLICE FIELD. Berlin reports no dirt iirhniiees, hut members of the Proletarian Hying Club flew over a procession ann one machine, hv the. irony of late, made a forced landing in the police athletic field. . Oniot prevailed in Pans where, the police made 226 precautionary cares is. . . . , A number of persons wen* injured in ' scuffies Let v ecu lie* police and demonstrators in Czoeho-Slovakia - fn Vienna the police truncheoned Communists hearing seditions banners and arrested 20. BELL DTSPERS-'ES RRO( FUSION. A hull, infuriated hy the sight or red flags, dispersed a. procession at AYolkowsk. in Poland, near the Russia n border.