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Glenna B Downs 1923 - 2009

Glenna B Downs of Lincoln, Providence County, RI was born on November 13, 1923, and died at age 86 years old on December 13, 2009. Glenna Downs was buried at Rhode Island Veteran Memorial Cemetery Section E-1 Row 12 Site 476 301 South County Trail, in Exeter.
Glenna B Downs
Lincoln, Providence County, RI 02865
November 13, 1923
December 13, 2009
Female
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  • 11/13
    1923

    Birthday

    November 13, 1923
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  • Military Service

    Branch of service: Us Navy Rank attained: EM3 Wars/Conflicts: World War Ii
  • 12/13
    2009

    Death

    December 13, 2009
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    Rhode Island Veteran Memorial Cemetery Section E-1 Row 12 Site 476 301 South County Trail, in Exeter, Ri 02822
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In 1923, in the year that Glenna B Downs was born, on November 8th and 9th, Adolf Hitler and his followers (the early Nazi party) staged the "Beer Hall Putsch" in Munich in an attempt to take over Bavaria (a state in Germany). They failed. Hitler was charged with treason and convicted, receiving a sentence of 5 years. He served under 1 year in jail.
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In 1938, at the age of just 15 years old, Glenna was alive 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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