CANDIDATE ARRESTED
Angry Women Attack Police With Powder Puffs
MUNICIPAL ELECTION CLASH SUFFRAGE ONE OF ISSUES (United Fr*s* A*»oclation~By Electrlo Telegapb Copyright). Received 1 p.m. to-day. PARIS, May 5. Angry women at Montmartre attacked the police with powder puffs when they arrested an unofficial candidate at the municipal elections, Madame Weiss, who erected her own polling booth, consisting of a ballot box made from a hat box. One of the issues is female suffrage. The police, despite the fact that they were covered with white powder, grimly persisted and took Madame Weiss to a police station. She was later liberated.
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Hawera Star, Volume LIV, 6 May 1935, Page 5
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100CANDIDATE ARRESTED Hawera Star, Volume LIV, 6 May 1935, Page 5
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