Biography
D. B. Levis was the Kansas City secretary of the International Labor Defense. A report dated September 29, 1935 said authorities had arrested him the previous Thursday and were still holding him incommunicado for investigation. It placed the detention amid relief cuts and preparations for a citywide protest by unemployed workers. No formal charge, conviction, release day or completed custody duration is established by that report.
Sources and evidence limits
The September 29 dateline and explicit last Thursday give September 26, 1935; calendar checked. The headline and article expressly describe jail/incommunicado holding, not merely a fine. Enlarged original spells D. B. Levis. Initials are not expanded and the surname is not changed to Lewis. Formal charges and release remain unknown.
- Daily Worker, September 30, 1935, original page 3, ILD Leader Jailed in Kansas City Drive on Jobless
Birth and death dates are unverified. No race or organizational affiliation is inferred. Historical detention does not imply present custody.