Billings, Warren K., 1893-1972

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Billings, Warren K

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Warren Knox Billings

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Billings, Warren K., 1894-

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Laborer and union organizer.

From the description of Papers of Warren K. Billings, 1899-1973 (bulk 1920-1939). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71014443

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1893, July 4 Born, Middletown, N.Y. 1906 Moved with family to Brooklyn, N.Y. 1908 Graduated from high school 1908 1912 Worked at numerous odd jobs between frequent stints of unemployment 1911 Convicted and given suspended sentence for possession of burglar's tools 1912 1913 Lived on the road while traveling to San Francisco, Calif. 1913 Convicted and imprisoned for one year on a charge of possession of dynamite during an electrical workers' strike 1914 1916 Blacklisted by employers because of his union activities 1916 Convicted on a charge of planting a homemade bomb during a San Francisco, Calif., Preparedness Day parade Given a life sentence and sent to Folsom State Prison, Folsom, Calif. 1926 Warren K. Billings Committee for Pardon organized 1939 Billings Defense Committee organized Billings' sentence commuted by Governor Culbert L. Olson of California 1940 Married Josephine Rudolph 1941 Chairman, Northern California Citizens Committee to Free Earl Browder 1947 1949 Chairman, Vern Smith Defense Committee 1955 Delegate, AFL-CIO convention 1961 Pardoned by Governor Edmund G. Brown (1905- 1996) of California 1972, Sept. 4 Died, Redwood City, Calif. From the guide to the Warren K. Billings Papers, 1899-1973, (bulk 1920-1939), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)

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