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Henderson Daily Dispatch
Henderson, Vance County, North Carolina
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Labor riots erupted in Kingstown, St. Vincent, British West Indies, on Oct. 22, 1935, amid ongoing labor disputes worsened by the Italo-Ethiopian war. Three rioters killed, others injured in clashes with police; martial law imposed by British marines after looting and vehicle damage.
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Kingstown, St. Vincent, British West Indies, Oct. 22.--(AP)-Rioting broke out anew on this West Indian island today, while armed marines from a British warship enforced martial law after three rioters had been fatally wounded during the night.
The disorders, the outgrowth of labor troubles which had gone on for months, and increased by tension due to the Italo-Ethiopian war, reached a head in a series of battles with police last night, in which three of the rioters received fatal wounds. Eight of their companions, including two women, were wounded, and six police, have been injured in the wild clubswinging riots that raged through Kingstown yesterday after massed demonstrations of laborers before Governor Sir Selwyn Grier.
The governor's car was smashed, as were those of a supreme court judge and of the islands' attorney general, and homes and stores were looted and wrecked before police guns subdued the rioters.
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Kingstown, St. Vincent, British West Indies
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Oct. 22
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three rioters fatally wounded, eight rioters wounded including two women, six police injured; martial law enforced by armed marines from a british warship
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Rioting broke out in Kingstown due to ongoing labor troubles exacerbated by the Italo-Ethiopian war. Demonstrations by laborers led to battles with police, resulting in fatalities and injuries. Rioters smashed vehicles of officials, looted and wrecked homes and stores before being subdued by police guns.