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Word: coaltown (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...sober the next morning, he finds himself nominal head of a new organization formed to break the old union. The war between the two labor factions results in a lockout and a strike. When the miners and their children start to starve, when their families are being ousted from Coaltown by the mining company, it becomes apparent that the new union was a cat's-paw and that Joe Radek is responsible for the confusion. An ugly incident prompts Joe to make restitution for his blunder. He encounters two company policemen slugging his best friend to death. The fight...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures: Apr. 22, 1935 | 4/22/1935 | See Source »

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