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Loretta Starr

Era:1930s
State:Massachusetts
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Biography

Page 1's November 6 Lawrence dispatch identifies Pioneer director Loretta Starr as seized when Marshal O'Brien's police attacked eighty textile-strikers' children hiking on Denrock Road. Children demanded her release; she was later actually freed after police-station questioning. Exact arrest and discharge days, statutory charge and duration are unprinted. Source: https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/dailyworker/1931/v08-n268-NY-nov-07-1931-DW-LOC.pdf

Contemporary original newspaper source; individual page evidence retained in review audit 884. Exact individual custody dates and duration are not inferred from relative dates or collective claims.

Case

Charges: Police seizure while leading textile-strikers children on a hike.
Sentence: Released after questioning; no imposed term or exact custody duration established.