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Domestic News December 9, 1931

Imperial Valley Press

El Centro, Imperial County, California

What is this article about?

About 300 'hunger marchers' from the West paused in Cleveland, Ohio, en route to Washington, D.C., to demand relief. Local officials provided them with food, a dining hall in the public auditorium, and a writing room. Photos show the group eating and Column Captain William Reynolds serving Ray Nomand.

Merged-components note: Image with accompanying caption text about hunger marchers; bounding box overlap and sequential reading order indicate they form a single domestic news component.

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Capital-Bound 'Hunger Marchers' Pause To Eat
They call themselves "hunger marchers," but they had plenty of food in Cleveland, O., where they paused enroute to Washington, D. C., to demand relief. The upper picture shows part of the delegation of 300 marchers from the west eating their evening meal in Cleveland's public auditorium.
Below is Column Captain William Reynolds, right, of Detroit, Mich., serving Ray Nomand, of Seattle, Wash. Cleveland public officials surprised the marchers by providing them with a dining hall, food and a "writing room."

What sub-type of article is it?

Riot Or Protest Economic

What keywords are associated?

Hunger Marchers Cleveland Washington Dc Relief Demand Public Auditorium

What entities or persons were involved?

William Reynolds Ray Nomand

Where did it happen?

Cleveland, O.

Domestic News Details

Primary Location

Cleveland, O.

Key Persons

William Reynolds Ray Nomand

Outcome

marchers provided with food, dining hall, and writing room by cleveland officials.

Event Details

Group of 300 hunger marchers from the west paused in Cleveland en route to Washington, D.C., to demand relief; ate evening meal in public auditorium; Column Captain William Reynolds of Detroit served Ray Nomand of Seattle.

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