Biography
Jake Hurst was among Kentucky strike supporters reported in Middlesboro jail in a March 11, 1932 dispatch published in the March 12 Daily Worker, page 2. A Knoxville dispatch dated April 15, published in the April 18 Daily Worker, Section 1, page 2, names him among eight Kentucky prisoners actually released that day and specifies that Hurst and A. N. Moore were released without bond. His exact admission date and completed custody total remain unknown. Sources: https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/dailyworker/1932/v09-n061-NY-mar-12-1932-DW-LOC.pdf#page=2 ; https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/dailyworker/1932/v09-n092-NY-sect-one-apr-18-1932-DW-LOC.pdf#page=2
