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Mrs. Blansett (Anderson meeting, 1934)

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Full name:Blansett
Era:1930s
State:Indiana
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Biography

Mrs. Blansett, named alongside congressional candidate Miles Blansett, was among five people arrested at a Communist Party factory-gate meeting at the Delco-Remy General Motors plant in Anderson, Indiana, on August 14, 1934. More than 1,500 attended before police broke up the meeting. All five were released on $100 bonds by the August 15 dispatch; a hearing announced for August 16 was still prospective. No statutory count or final disposition is supplied. Her own given name is not printed and is not inferred. Source: https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/dailyworker/1934/v11-n196-aug-16-1934-DW-LOC.pdf#page=1

Case

Charges: Factory-gate political meeting arrest; statutory count unprinted.
Arrested: Aug 14, 1934
Sentence: Mrs. Blansett, named alongside congressional candidate Miles Blansett, was among five people arrested at a Communist Party factory-gate meeting at the Delco-Remy General Motors plant in Anderson, Indiana, on August 14, 1934. More than 1,500 attended before police broke up the meeting. All five were released on $100 bonds by the August 15 dispatch; a hearing announced for August 16 was still prospective. No statutory count or final disposition is supplied. Her own given name is not printed and is not inferred. Source: https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/dailyworker/1934/v11-n196-aug-16-1934-DW-LOC.pdf#page=1