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Tri-State Red Leader Scales Arrested by FBI in Memphis
FBI agents arrested Junius Irving Scales in Memphis on a warrant under the Smith Act for allegedly running the Communist Party activities in Tennessee and the Carolinas for over three years. Scales, also known as Shields, faces possible penalties up to 10 years imprisonment and $10,000 fine. He was taken without resistance after investigators traced his disappearance from Carrboro, North Carolina, in 1951.
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Junius Irving Scales
FBI
Communist Party
Tennessee
Carolines
U. S
Memphis
Tenn. UP
Junius
Irving Szsales
Comrounist Party
Carolinas
Wilkesboro
N. C
J. Edgar Hoover
Scales
Foe Shields
North
South Carolina
Hoover
Carrboro
N. ©., Oct. 6, 1951. If Connected, Scates
Bond
North Carolina
Long Beach
Iyy
Scates
Santa Monica High School
Downey High School
Arcadia High School
Baldwin Park School
Comptonettes
Compton
Jthe “Knightettes
Lynwood