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Kovalski (Weirton steel organizer, 1936)

Era:1930s
State:West Virginia
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Biography

Kovalski, identified only by surname as a steel organizer, was arrested in Weirton by a Holiday’s Cove police officer according to Marguerite Young’s interview with the police chief and mayor. The August 11, 1936 report supplies no given name, exact arrest day, statutory charge, physical release or duration. He is not merged with unrelated similarly spelled people. New Masses, August 11, 1936, original PDF page 15. Source: https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/new-masses/1936/v20n07-aug-11-1936-NM.pdf#page=15

Case

Charges: Steel-organizing arrest in Weirton; formal count unprinted.
Sentence: Kovalski, identified only by surname as a steel organizer, was arrested in Weirton by a Holiday’s Cove police officer according to Marguerite Young’s interview with the police chief and mayor. The August 11, 1936 report supplies no given name, exact arrest day, statutory charge, physical release or duration. He is not merged with unrelated similarly spelled people. New Masses, August 11, 1936, original PDF page 15. Source: https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/new-masses/1936/v20n07-aug-11-1936-NM.pdf#page=15