Biography
Petroni, whose given name is not supplied in the report, was a leading Young Communist League member involved in the Ferguson furniture strike in Hoboken. The Daily Worker of January 18, 1933 reports that Rocco and Petroni had been arrested and sentenced to thirty days each for distributing strike literature to Ferguson workers. The article says other League members were beaten by gangsters in the courthouse. The source does not establish unreported custody endpoints or total time actually served.
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Daily Worker, original PDF page 2
Petroni, whose given name is not supplied in the report, was a leading Young Communist League member involved in the Ferguson furniture strike in Hoboken. The Daily Worker of January 18, 1933 reports that Rocco and Petroni had been arrested and sentenced to thirty days each for distributing strike literature to Ferguson workers. The article says other League members were beaten by gangsters in the courthouse. The source does not establish unreported custody endpoints or total time actually served.
