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Jim Roberts (Middlesboro miner, 1932)

Full name:Jim Roberts
Era:1930s
State:Kentucky
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Biography

The March 11 dispatch places these five strike supporters in Middlesboro jail and reports concern about transfer to Pineville. It distinguishes them from Joe Yeary, actually released March 10 on $1,000 bond. No physical release, completed sentence or measured total for these five is established. Daily Worker, March 12, 1932, original PDF page 2. Source: https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/dailyworker/1932/v09-n061-NY-mar-12-1932-DW-LOC.pdf#page=2

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Sentence: The March 11 dispatch places these five strike supporters in Middlesboro jail and reports concern about transfer to Pineville. It distinguishes them from Joe Yeary, actually released March 10 on $1,000 bond. No physical release, completed sentence or measured total for these five is established. Daily Worker, March 12, 1932, original PDF page 2. Source: https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/dailyworker/1932/v09-n061-NY-mar-12-1932-DW-LOC.pdf#page=2