IN UGLY MOOD

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 68, 22 March 1935, Page 7

IN UGLY MOOD

NEGROES IN HARLEM CONTINUANCE OF RIOTING LOOTERS FATALLY SHOT [By Telegraph—Press Association— Copyright) Received March 21, 5.5 p.m. NEW YORK, March 20. Throughout the day police detachments maintained uneasy order in Harlem, with prospects of more violence after nightfall. Last night’s rioting continuad until dawn, and the police in several instances were forced to shoot looters, two of whom died in hospitals to-day. About a hundred, mostly rioters, are nursing wounds, many requiring medical attention. The boy whose theft started the trouble, has been found and his photograph displayed in the newspapers to showed that he is unharmed, but by this time the unruly elements are in an ugly mood and apparently have forgotten the incident involving the child. It is estimated that over 600 shop windows have been broken and other property damaged to the extent of several hundred thousand dollars. Many attribute the rioting to the serious economic conditions in Harlem, sometimes called “the world’s biggest negro city,” wherein of the 200,000 persons packed into the relatively small area, about half are unemployed with corresponding poverty and unhealthy conditions. A grand jury investigation stated with particular emphasis that alleged Communist agitation is responsible for most of the trouble.