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John Novak

Era:1930s
State:Pennsylvania
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Biography

The Chester February 11 dispatch individually names them among three workers arrested the preceding day for speaking to unemployed workers outside Sun Shipbuilding and Drydock, held under $10,000 bail each on inciting-to-riot accusations and incommunicado until ILD intervention. The third defendant is unnamed. No completed duration or exact discharge is supplied. Daily Worker, February 12, 1930, original PDF page 3. Source: https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/dailyworker/1930/v06-n292-NY-feb-12-1930-DW-LOC.pdf#page=3

Case

Charges: Inciting to riot while speaking to unemployed workers.
Arrested: Feb 10, 1930
Sentence: The Chester February 11 dispatch individually names them among three workers arrested the preceding day for speaking to unemployed workers outside Sun Shipbuilding and Drydock, held under $10,000 bail each on inciting-to-riot accusations and incommunicado until ILD intervention. The third defendant is unnamed. No completed duration or exact discharge is supplied. Daily Worker, February 12, 1930, original PDF page 3. Source: https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/dailyworker/1930/v06-n292-NY-feb-12-1930-DW-LOC.pdf#page=3