STRIKE RIOTS IN MINNEAPOLIS
Received July 16, 7.20 p.iu. MINNEAPOLIS. July 15. A series of riots arising from th< works progress administration strik< culminated in a pitched battle in th< city street.-. Police in armoured car v. ith riot guns and tear gas fough strikers armed with bricks and sticks One striker was killec and 17 injured The Mayor later announced that th city refused responsibility for furth<. operation of relief works “in on’''!
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 166, 17 July 1939, Page 7
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