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Diamonds Pappalas

Era:1930s
State:Pennsylvania
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Biography

Diamonds Pappalas, printed in that form, was a Greek worker held in jail by the United States Department of Labor for deportation. A Philadelphia January 29 report describes the Greek ILD branch’s defense and fundraising entertainment. No completed deportation, destination, sentence, exact custody endpoints or duration is supplied. Page 4. Source: Daily Worker, January 30, 1933, https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/dailyworker/1933/v010-n025-Nat-jan-30-1933-DW-LOC.pdf

Case

Charges: Immigration detention for deportation; underlying statutory ground not stated.
Sentence: Held in jail by the Department of Labor by the January 29, 1933 Philadelphia report; deportation not established as executed.