Thursday, May 23, 2019

Wednesday, August 6, 1930


United States:  Adding to the economic misery of the Depression, drought is now ravaging key food-growing regions of the country.  Crop losses are said to top $1 billion, and prices for food are soaring. 

London:  More bad economic news -- unemployment passes 2 million as of July 28.  That’s up more than 133 percent from 857,338 a year ago, and the first time since January 1922 that unemployment has exceeded 2 million.  At 2,001,467, it’s the highest unemployment figure for Great Britain since June 1921.

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