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Martin Olsen

Era:1930s
State:Washington
Support
Trade Union Unity League
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Biography

Martin Olsen was a Bellingham, Washington worker arrested for distributing leaflets without a permit on September 13, 1930. The September 14 dispatch published in the September 15 Daily Worker says Martin Olsen remained held, while two other people were released after questioning. The report gives no release date, final disposition, or total time held. The newspaper identifies membership in the Trade Union Unity League. Source: https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/dailyworker/1930/v07-n222-Nat-sep-15-1930-DW-LOC.pdf#page=1

Case

Charges: Distributing leaflets without a permit; conviction not established
Arrested: Sep 13, 1930
Incarcerated: Sep 13, 1930
Sentence: Remained held at the September 14, 1930 dispatch, following the preceding day’s arrest. Release, final disposition and actual duration unknown.