RUSH TO SECURE JOBS. —Six vacancies for charwomen in the United States Civil Service caused a riot. About 15,000 women in Washington applied for application blanks. A policeman is seen trying to get through the crowd. Fighting broke out, and many women were injured.
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Southland Times, Issue 23680, 1 December 1938, Page 9
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44RUSH TO SECURE JOBS.—Six vacancies for charwomen in the United States Civil Service caused a riot. About 15,000 women in Washington applied for application blanks. A policeman is seen trying to get through the crowd. Fighting broke out, and many women were injured. Southland Times, Issue 23680, 1 December 1938, Page 9
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