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James E Wightman Jr 1924 - 1984

James E Wightman Jr of Hyde Park, Suffolk County, MA was born on November 18, 1924, and died at age 59 years old on May 23, 1984. James Wightman was buried at Massachusetts National Cemetery Section 4 Site 2338 Off Connery Avenue, in Bourne.
James E Wightman Jr
Hyde Park, Suffolk County, MA 02136
November 18, 1924
May 23, 1984
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  • 11/18
    1924

    Birthday

    November 18, 1924
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  • Military Service

    Branch of service: Us Navy Rank attained: MOMM3 Wars/Conflicts: World War Ii
  • 05/23
    1984

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    May 23, 1984
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    Massachusetts National Cemetery Section 4 Site 2338 Off Connery Avenue, in Bourne, Ma 02532
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In 1924, in the year that James E Wightman Jr 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 1938, by the time he was only 14 years old, 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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