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Frank James

Gender:Male
Era:1930s
State:California
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Biography

Frank James was arrested in 1934.

The July 16 Western Worker reports Cannery and Agricultural Workers Industrial Union organizer Frank James pulled from his car when returning from Hayward to Oakland, badly beaten and jailed. The same report discusses more than400 apricot pickers striking in solidarity with the maritime workers. It supplies no precise personal arrest date, charge, discharge, sentence or complete service total. Source: https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/westernworker/1934/v3-n27-31-jul-1934.pdf#page=8

Case

Charges: Cannery and Agricultural Workers Industrial Union strike organizing; no formal charge reported.
Arrested: 1934
Sentence: Actual arrest or confinement reported; exact physical discharge and completed custody total unknown.