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Essie Mae Owings 1920 - 2011

Essie Mae Owings of Broken Bow, McCurtain County, OK was born on February 29, 1920, and died at age 91 years old on April 27, 2011. Essie Owings was buried at Riverside National Cemetery Section 2A Site 747 22495 Van Buren Boulevard, in Riverside, Ca.
Essie Mae Owings
Broken Bow, McCurtain County, OK 74728
February 29, 1920
April 27, 2011
Female
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Essie Mae Owings' History: 1920 - 2011

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  • 02/29
    1920

    Birthday

    February 29, 1920
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  • Military Service

    Branch of service: Us Army Air Corps Rank attained: CPL Wars/Conflicts: World War Ii
  • 04/27
    2011

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    April 27, 2011
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    Riverside National Cemetery Section 2A Site 747 22495 Van Buren Boulevard, in Riverside, Ca 92518
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In 1920, in the year that Essie Mae Owings 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 1938, Essie was 18 years old when on June 25th (a Saturday) the Fair Labor Standards Act was signed into law by President Roosevelt (along with 120 other bills). The Act banned oppressive child labor, set the minimum hourly wage at 25 cents, and established the maximum workweek at 44 hours. It faced a lot of opposition and in fighting for it, Roosevelt said "Do not let any calamity-howling executive with an income of $1,000 a day, ...tell you...that a wage of $11 a week is going to have a disastrous effect on all American industry."
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