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Sam Telford

Era:1930s
State:California
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Biography

The July 2, 1934 Western Worker’s San Francisco June 26 report identifies Sam Telford as chairman of the Marine Workers Industrial Union strike committee. It says he was arrested last Saturday, held overnight without charges at city jail, taken for questioning at the Hall of Justice and released. This is an actual earlier overnight episode; later reports that he was never apprehended on a different contempt warrant do not erase it. Exact calendar endpoints are not separately encoded. Source: https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/westernworker/1934/v3-n27-31-jul-1934.pdf#page=3

Case

Charges: Maritime-strike investigation without charges.
Arrested: 1934
Sentence: Actual overnight custody and release reported; precise calendar endpoints unknown.