Biography
Emma Grondahl was a foreign-born Manhattan Beach, California resident targeted in a November 1953 McCarran-Walter Act roundup over alleged Communist affiliation. Immigration authorities arrested her for deportation proceedings. The reviewed record confirms the arrest but does not establish whether she was booked into detention or when she was released.
The National Guardian, November 16, 1953, printed page 5 (PDF page 9) reports a historical age. Contemporary report gives age 63 in November 1953, placing birth in 1889 or 1890; no exact birth date or custody endpoint given. This is an approximate research lead based on the reported age, not a confirmed birthday; the birth-date field has not been filled from it.
