MAY DAY ABROAD.
AMERICAN DEMONSTRATIONS. Received May 3, 8.5 a.m. NEW YORK, May 1. The traditional May 1 international Labour Day was celebrated throughout the Western Hemisphere, with unusual quiet. Although demonstrations were held in many cities in South America, Central America and the United States, there are as yet no reports of serious trouble. Sixty thousand Communists and sympathisers paraded lower New York. Heavy rain kept many spectators away and probably prevented clashes. Three hundred police kept the paraders moving. They guarded the City Hall and other buildings. The demonstrators carried banners demanding free rent, food and employment, and denouncing capitalism. As May Day fell on Sunday, many demonstrations in the United States were held yesterday.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LII, Issue 129, 3 May 1932, Page 7
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117MAY DAY ABROAD. Manawatu Standard, Volume LII, Issue 129, 3 May 1932, Page 7
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