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Jay F Mercer 1924 - 1983

Jay F Mercer was born on June 23, 1924, and died at age 59 years old on November 22, 1983. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Jay F Mercer.
Jay F Mercer
June 23, 1924
November 22, 1983
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Jay F Mercer's History: 1924 - 1983

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  • 06/23
    1924

    Birthday

    June 23, 1924
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  • 11/22
    1983

    Death

    November 22, 1983
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    Unknown
    Cause of death
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    Jay F Mercer lived 13 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 59.
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In 1924, in the year that Jay F Mercer 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 1942, he was 18 years old when on February 19th, President Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066. This authorized the Secretary of War to "prescribe certain areas as military zones." On March 21st, he signed Public Law 503 which was approved after an hour discussion in the Senate and 30 minutes in the House. The Law provided for enforcement of his Executive Order. This cleared the way for approximately 120,000 men, women, and children of Japanese ancestry to be evicted from the West Coast and to be held in concentration camps and other confinement sites across the country. In Hawaii, a few thousand were detained. German and Italian Americans in the U.S. were also confined.
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