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Bess Devitis 1920 - 1979

Bess Devitis of Canonsburg, Washington County, PA was born on January 30, 1920, and died at age 59 years old in April 1979.

Bess Devitis
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Canonsburg, Washington County, PA 15317
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January 30, 1920
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April 1979
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In 1920, in the year that Bess Devitis was born, on January 1, over 6000 people were arrested and put in prison because they were suspected of being communists. . Many had to be released in a few weeks and only 3 guns were found in their homes. The U.S. Department of Justice "red hunt" netted thousands of "radicals" and suspected "communists" and aliens were deported. But the "hunt" ended after Attorney General Palmer forecast a massive radical uprising on May Day and the day passed without incident.
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In 1941, when she was 21 years old, on June 25th, President Roosevelt signed Executive Order 8802, prohibiting racial discrimination in the defense industry. EO 8802 was the first federal action to prohibit employment discrimination - without prejudice as to "race, creed, color, or national origin" - in the U.S. Civil Rights groups had planned a march on Washington D.C. to protest for equal rights but with the signing of the Order, they canceled the March.
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Devitis, Themis (Nov 3, 1904 - Jun 1973) Devitis, John (Jul 24, 1883 - Nov 1971) Devitis, Julia (Jan 1, 1888 - Jun 1975) Devitis, Lawrence (Jun 26, 1913 - Jun 1982) Devitis, Francesco (Sep 15, 1922 - Jan 1983) Devitis, John (May 21, 1930 - Dec 11, 2009) Devitis, Lucy (Sep 5, 1895 - Sep 1977) Devitis, Marianna (Nov 11, 1926 - May 1986) Devitis, Leonard (Oct 13, 1920 - Aug 22, 1992) Devitis, Lawrence (May 10, 1897 - Jan 1968)
Devitis, Theresa (May 12, 1931 - Dec 31, 2001) Devitis, Marie (Jun 21, 1935 - Mar 15, 2008) Devitis, James (Jun 20, 1918 - Apr 9, 2005) Devitis, Dan (Aug 7, 1893 - May 1965) Devitis, Esther (Oct 28, 1907 - Sep 1991) Devitis, Maria (Nov 12, 1899 - Aug 1978) Devitis, Helen (Aug 22, 1922 - Dec 1984) Devitis, Marziana (Mar 5, 1905 - Jan 7, 1989) Devitis, Donato (Nov 12, 1923 - Sep 7, 1997) Devitis, Jean (Sep 3, 1919 - Oct 6, 2005)
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