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Bernard J Matthews 1920 - 1998

Bernard J Matthews of Washington, District of Columbia County, DC was born on July 10, 1920 in Dist Of Columbia, and died at age 78 years old in August 1998.
Bernard J Matthews
Washington, District of Columbia County, DC 20002
July 10, 1920
Dist Of Columbia
August 1998
Male
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  • 07/10
    1920

    Birthday

    July 10, 1920
    Birthdate
    Dist Of Columbia
    Birthplace
  • Ethnicity & Family History

    Negro, Citizen
  • Nationality & Locations

    Washington, District of Columbia County, District Of Columbia 20002 District Of Columbia County, District Of Columbia United States
  • Early Life & Education

    1 Year Of High School
  • Military Service

    Military serial#: 33448429 Enlisted: November 10, 1942 in Ft Myer Virginia Military branch: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, Usa Rank: Private, Selectees (enlisted Men) 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

    Messengers, Errand Boys, And Office Boys And Girls
  • 08/dd
    1998

    Death

    August 1998
    Death date
    Unknown
    Cause of death
    Unknown
    Death location
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In 1920, in the year that Bernard J Matthews was born, the Volstead Act became law. Formally called the National Prohibition Act, the Volstead Act enabled law enforcement agencies to carry out the 18th Amendment. It said that "no person shall manufacture, sell, barter, transport, import, export, deliver, or furnish any intoxicating liquor except as authorized by this act" and defined intoxicating liquor as any beverage containing more than 0.5% alcohol by volume.
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In 1933, he was just 13 years old 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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