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Penny Auctions and Farm Rebellion in Plymouth County
A Plymouth county focus piece recounts the Penny Auction rebellion and the Farmers Holiday actions during 1932-33. It details foreclosures in Iowa, Nebraska, and surrounding states, mob scenes at Le Mars and Primghar, the 1933 martial law in Plymouth and Crawford counties, and the shift to New Deal policies easing farm distress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plymouth County
John L. Shover
The
American West Magazine
Mr. Shover
Iowa
Nebraska
Michigan
Ohio
Sears-Roebucks
Shover
Minnesota
Sioux City
James
Omaha
Missouri River
Mars
John Johnson
Johnson
Herbert Martin
New York Life Insurance Co
Ralph Rippey
Martin
C. W. Pitts
Pitts
Clyde Herring
C.J. Schultz
Plymouth
National
Farmer's Holiday Assn
Milo Reno
le Mars
New York Life Inc. Co
Gov. Herring
New York Life
Primghar
Court House
Charles C. Bradley
Bradley
R. F. Starzl
le Mars Globe-Post
Herring
Crawford County
J. F. Shields
Denison
Rippey
National Guard
Park A. Finley
Harvester Trust
Military Commission
Sears-Roebuck