Friday, February 14, 2014

Friday, 14 February 1930

Libya:  The Italian air strafing and bombing of fleeing Libyan resistance fighters, and their civilian family members, continues along the Libya-Algeria border. 

Spain:  2,000 strikers march to a large factory in Madrid, seeking to incite the women workers there to join them.  They clash with police.  Unemployment has soared in Spain after the resignation of dictator Miguel Primo de Rivera and the discontinuation of his large public works programs.  Food riots and other unrest are leaving many injured and arrested throughout the country.  A mob in Barcelona attacks the headquarters of the Patriotic Union, which supported de Rivera. 

Philadelphia:  250 alleged communists storm city hall to protest rising unemployment.  Police break up the attack and arrest 17.  Unemployment in the city is said to be at 200,000.

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