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Dorothy Edge Smily 1917 - 1997

Dorothy Edge Smily of Tampa, Hillsborough County, FL was born on January 16, 1917, and died at age 80 years old on August 21, 1997. Dorothy Smily was buried at Bay Pines National Cemetery Section 44 Row 1 Site 16 P.o. Box 477, in Bay Pines.
Dorothy Edge Smily
Tampa, Hillsborough County, FL 33611
January 16, 1917
August 21, 1997
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  • 01/16
    1917

    Birthday

    January 16, 1917
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    Birthplace
  • Military Service

    Branch of service: Us Air Force, Us Air Force Rank attained: MSGT Wars/Conflicts: World War Ii, Korea
  • 08/21
    1997

    Death

    August 21, 1997
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    Unknown
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    Bay Pines National Cemetery Section 44 Row 1 Site 16 P.o. Box 477, in Bay Pines, Fl 33744
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In 1917, in the year that Dorothy Edge Smily was born, in April, the U.S. entered World War I, declaring war against Germany. President Wilson had previously declared neutrality in the war - a position supported by the majority of Americans - but after Germany declared that they would sink all ships trading with Great Britain and sunk U.S. ships, public opinion began to change. Then the Lusitania was sunk, killing 1,201 - including 128 Americans - and more U.S. ships were sunk. The U.S. could stand aside no longer.
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In 1933, she was 16 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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