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Richard Price (Philadelphia garage worker)

Era:1930s
State:Pennsylvania
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Biography

Richard Price had worked for twelve years in a Fitzwater Street garage. A July 11 worker’s account says police jailed Price and Brown after an Unemployment Council public trial of janitor Richard Bagley, although neither worker belonged to the council. Price was held on $400 bail with a further hearing scheduled July 3; Brown was dismissed. The article supplies no exact arrest or physical discharge day or formal charge. Twelve years describes Price’s employment, not his age or custody. No later outcome of Price’s hearing is established. Daily Worker, July 11, 1934, page 4. Source: https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/dailyworker/1934/v11-n165-jul-11-1934-DW-LOC.pdf#page=4

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Sentence: Richard Price had worked for twelve years in a Fitzwater Street garage. A July 11 worker’s account says police jailed Price and Brown after an Unemployment Council public trial of janitor Richard Bagley, although neither worker belonged to the council. Price was held on $400 bail with a further hearing scheduled July 3; Brown was dismissed. The article supplies no exact arrest or physical discharge day or formal charge. Twelve years describes Price’s employment, not his age or custody. No later outcome of Price’s hearing is established. Daily Worker, July 11, 1934, page 4. Source: https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/dailyworker/1934/v11-n165-jul-11-1934-DW-LOC.pdf#page=4