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John Jr Martin 1920 - 2007

John J Martin of Jamestown, Newport County, RI was born on August 8, 1920, and died at age 86 years old on April 11, 2007.
John J Martin
Jamestown, Newport County, RI 02835
August 8, 1920
April 11, 2007
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John J Martin's History: 1920 - 2007

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  • 08/8
    1920

    Birthday

    August 8, 1920
    Birthdate
    Unknown
    Birthplace
  • Ethnicity & Family History

    White, Citizen
  • Nationality & Locations

    Bristol County, Massachusetts United States
  • Early Life & Education

    2 Years Of High School
  • Military Service

    Military serial#: 31289978 Enlisted: February 6, 1943 in Providence Rhode Island Military branch: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, Usa Rank: Private, Selectees (enlisted Men) Terms of enlistment: Enlistment For The Duration Of The War Or Other Emergency, Plus Six Months, Subject To The Discretion Of The President Or Otherwise According To Law
  • Professional Career

    Janitors And Sextons
  • 04/11
    2007

    Death

    April 11, 2007
    Death date
    Unknown
    Cause of death
    Unknown
    Death location
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In 1920, in the year that John Jr Martin 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 1933, at the age of merely 13 years old, John 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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