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Emmett Davis 1924 - 2008

Emmett Davis of Portland, Multnomah County, OR was born on December 11, 1924, and died at age 83 years old on August 21, 2008. Emmett Davis was buried at Willamette National Cemetery Section KK Site 322 11800 Se Mt. Scott Boulevard, in Portland.
Emmett Davis
Portland, Multnomah County, OR 97202
December 11, 1924
August 21, 2008
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  • 12/11
    1924

    Birthday

    December 11, 1924
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    Unknown
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  • Military Service

    Branch of service: Us Navy Rank attained: EM3 Wars/Conflicts: World War Ii
  • 08/21
    2008

    Death

    August 21, 2008
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    Unknown
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    Willamette National Cemetery Section KK Site 322 11800 Se Mt. Scott Boulevard, in Portland, Or 97086
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In 1924, in the year that Emmett Davis was born, in May, wealthy college students Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb kidnapped and killed 14 year old Robert Franks "in the interest of science". Leopold and Loeb thought that they were intellectually superior and that they could commit the perfect crime and not be caught. They were brought in for questioning within 8 days and quickly confessed. Clarence Darrow was hired as their defense lawyer, getting them life imprisonment instead of a death sentence. Loeb was eventually killed in prison - Leopold was released after 33 years, dying of a heart attack at age 66.
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In 1933, he was merely 9 years old when Frances Perkins became the first woman to hold a cabinet-level position, appointed by President Roosevelt to serve as Secretary of Labor. She told him that her priorities would be a 40-hour work week, a minimum wage, unemployment compensation, worker’s compensation, abolition of child labor, direct federal aid to the states for unemployment relief, Social Security, a revitalized federal employment service, and universal health insurance. President Roosevelt approved of all of them and most them were implemented during his terms as President. She served until his death in 1945.
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