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Franklin R Mercer 1918 - 1987

Franklin R Mercer of Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa was born on December 29, 1918, and died at age 69 years old in December 1987.
Franklin R Mercer
Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa 50313
December 29, 1918
December 1987
Male
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Franklin R Mercer's History: 1918 - 1987

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  • 12/29
    1918

    Birthday

    December 29, 1918
    Birthdate
    Unknown
    Birthplace
  • Ethnicity & Family History

    White, Citizen
  • Nationality & Locations

    Shelby County, Iowa United States
  • Early Life & Education

    1 Year Of High School
  • Military Service

    Military serial#: 17011261 Enlisted: September 5, 1940 in Omaha Nebraska Military branch: Field Artillery Rank: Private, Regular Army (including Officers, Nurses, Warrant Officers, And Enlisted Men) Terms of enlistment: Enlistment For The Philippine Department
  • Professional Career

    Attendants, Filling Stations And Parking Lots
  • 12/dd
    1987

    Death

    December 1987
    Death date
    Unknown
    Cause of death
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In 1918, in the year that Franklin R Mercer was born, in January, President Wilson presented his Fourteen Points, which assured citizens that World War I was being fought for a moral cause and outlined a plan for postwar peace in Europe. The only leader of the Allies to present such a plan, the Europeans thought Wilson was being too idealistic. The points included free trade, open agreements, democracy and self-determination. They were based on the research and suggestions of 150 advisors.
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In 1933, at the age of only 15 years old, Franklin was alive 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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