#farm strike

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“Farmer Strike Urged in West,” The Globe and Mail. December 2, 1938. Page 01. --- Vegreville, Alta., Dec. 1 (CP) - A Co-operative Commonwealth Federation convention here yesterday approved a suggestion Western Canadian farmers call a ‘planting strike’ next spring. The suggestion was incorporated in a notion criticizing the 80-cent-a-bushel wheat price ‘peg’ this year and ‘inadequate’ prices offered for coarse grains.

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09/22/32 Governors meeting at Sioux City to consider farm relief measures. L to R: Gov George F. Shaeffer, North Dakota; Gov Dan Turner, Iowa,; Gov. Warren Green, S.D.; Gove Floyd Olson, Minnesota.

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2/4/33 FOUR SHOT IN CLASH WITH FARM PICKETS Four men were wounded when farm strike pickets were reported to have fired into a truck transporting milk in South Dakota across the river from Sioux City, IA. The above photo shows the bullet-riddled truck.

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8/17/32 Road Closed Into City By Striking Farmers. Photo shows a group of farmers that stopped all produce trucks from entering Sioux City, Iowa from South Dakota with the aid of spiked planks and wire cables that they stretch across the roads when trucks approach.

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8/29/32 South Dakota Farmers Plan Strike Sept. 5.

Directors of the South Dakota Farmers Holiday Association, meeting in Huron, decided to declare a holiday on the sale of commodities starting Sept. 5 if other agricultural states have holidays simultaneously.