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Dirk Ras 1906 - 1990

Dirk Ras was born on March 13, 1906, and died at age 84 years old on September 4, 1990. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Dirk Ras.
Dirk Ras
March 13, 1906
September 4, 1990
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  • 03/13
    1906

    Birthday

    March 13, 1906
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  • 09/4
    1990

    Death

    September 4, 1990
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    Unknown
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    Dirk Ras lived 12 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 84.
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In 1906, in the year that Dirk Ras was born, author Upton Sinclair exposed the public-health threat of the meat-packing industry in his book The Jungle. While his intent was to show the lives of exploited lives of immigrants in Chicago and other industrialized cities, most people were horrified by how the meat that ended up on their tables was handled. There was such an outcry that legislation was passed to regulate meat packing. Sinclair said " "I aimed at the public's heart, and by accident I hit it in the stomach."
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In 1920, when he was only 14 years old, 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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