FARMERS' STRIKE
GRAIN ELEVATORS IDLE RED TARRED AND FEATHERED (Received November 18,-6.5 p.m.) VANCOUVER, Nov. 17 A message from Vegreville, Alberta, states that George Palmer, a Communist who recently returned from Russia, was abducted by three men and tarred and feathered. The incident followed the man's arrival from Calgary and an inflammatory speech made by him in connection with the farmers' strike. Seventy-seven grain elevators are standing idle as the result of the strike and no deliveries are being made at 17 centres. With all roads blocked and picketed against grain deliveries to the elevators, the strike took a serious turn yesterday in 10 towns. Only one delivery was made by a farmer under armed police protection. A protest by the strikers alleged unfair grading and excessive charges by the elevators.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21961, 19 November 1934, Page 9
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131FARMERS' STRIKE New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21961, 19 November 1934, Page 9
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