Saturday, January 25, 2014

Saturday, 25 January 1930

Libya:  

Italian troops raise their flag over the city of Murzuq, captured four days ago, in a ceremony attended by Libya’s colonial governor and head of Italian military forces in Libya, Marshal Rodolfo Graziani.  Capture of the city is considered important in Italy’s campaign to suppress resistance fighters in the Fezzan area of southwestern Libya.  Italian forces also have captured the nearby town of Ubari. 

New York:  

Two-hundred communist agitators battle police in City Hall Park.  They are protesting the recent death of a worker who was shot by police while picketing a fruit and vegetable stand.  A police force nearly matching the size of the communist gathering is on guard.  At a pre-arranged signal, demonstrators try to race through the police lines to mount the city hall steps.  That’s when police start swinging.

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