The Archive · 1938

LEADER ARRESTED Baltimore, Md., Mar. 5

Immigration officers of the United States Department of Labour to-day served a warrant on Mr. Harry Bridges, Australian-born Pacific Coast labour leader, in this city. The warrant resulted from a movement for his deportation, A formal hearing before the Commission of Immigration has been set for April 25 in San Francisco—United Press.

Washington, Mar. 5.

The Federal Housing Administration here to-day predicted a general improvement in residential apartment construction next summer. on the basis of'an "avalanche" of applications for private loans under the new housing programme. The greatest building activity was te-ported in California, where applica-tons for building loans have eclipsed those of all other states.—United Press. n Their. Friends Be 3

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