Salt Lake Telegram | 1931-09-22 | Page 1 | Women Faint as Police Hold Immense Crowd in Check During Legion Parade

Women Faint as Police Hold Immense i Crowd in Check During Legion Parade B By Associated J ft r tit u DETROIT Sept 22 22 1 Many women I f fainted and minor Injuries were in inflicted In- In 0 on several persons this afternoon after after- noon police fought 0 back a crowd near the city hall hail which 0 threatened to break through h police pollee 0 lines and block the route of the American Legion Ion parade 0 Newspaper estimates were that 0 people were massed on Jefferson Jefferson Jef Jef- 0 ferson and nd Woodward avenues and adjacent streets to view the parade 0 Men women omen and children were 0 packed In an Immobile mass north of II the city hall hail From the thousands thousand'S in the rear came caine an almost Irresistible push Police Pollee and legion guards on foot pushed back As the police line weakened again and again mounted policemen rode up and down pushing back the mob One policeman rode through the crowd In an effort cHort to relieve the pressure pressure pressure pres pres- sure at the rear It was with the great greatest st difficulty that the officers were able to remove from the crowd the women who had fainted The women were brought into the open parade route on Wood ward avenue and carried carrie to police I cars Some were sere removed in Icycle sidecars