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Alton R Barker 1920 - 1995

Alton R Barker of McAllen, Hidalgo County, TX was born on September 30, 1920, and died at age 75 years old on December 6, 1995.
Alton R Barker
McAllen, Hidalgo County, TX 78501
September 30, 1920
December 6, 1995
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  • 09/30
    1920

    Birthday

    September 30, 1920
    Birthdate
    Unknown
    Birthplace
  • Nationality & Locations

    Lubbock County, Texas United States
  • Early Life & Education

    2 Years Of College
  • Military Service

    Military serial#: 18077796 Enlisted: September 5, 1942 in Lubbock Texas Military branch: Air Corps Rank: Private, Army Of The United States - Includes The Following: Voluntary Enlistments Effective December 8, 1941 And Thereafter; One Year Enlistments Of National Guardsman Whose State Enlistment Expires While In The Federal Service; Officers Appointed In The Army Of The United States Under Army Regulations 605-10 Terms of enlistment: Enlistment For The Duration Of The War Or Other Emergency, Plus Six Months, Subject To The Discretion Of The President Or Otherwise According To Law
  • Professional Career

    Retail Managers
  • 12/6
    1995

    Death

    December 6, 1995
    Death date
    Unknown
    Cause of death
    Unknown
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In 1920, in the year that Alton R Barker was born, speakeasies replaced saloons as the center of social activity. After the 18th Amendment was ratified and selling alcohol became illegal, saloons closed and speakeasies took their place. Speakeasies, also called a blind pig or blind tiger, were "so called because of the practice of speaking quietly about such a place in public, or when inside it, so as not to alert the police or neighbors". There were a lot of them and they were very popular. And where saloons often prohibited women, they were encouraged at speakeasies because of the added profits.
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In 1933, at the age of only 13 years old, Alton was alive when the day after being inaugurated, the new President, Franklin Roosevelt, declared a four-day bank holiday to stop people from withdrawing their money from shaky banks (the bank run). Within 5 days of his administration, the Emergency Banking Act was passed - reorganizing banks and closing insolvent ones. In his first 100 days, he asked Congress to repeal Prohibition (which they did), signed the Tennessee Valley Authority Act, signed legislation that paid commodity farmers to leave their fields fallow, thus ending surpluses and boosting prices, signed a bill that gave workers the right to unionize and bargain collectively for higher wages and better working conditions as well as suspending some antitrust laws and establishing a federally funded Public Works Administration, and won passage of 12 other major laws that helped the economy.
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