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Joseph Mertz 1919 - 1974

Joseph Mertz was born on April 11, 1919, and died at age 55 years old in August 1974. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Joseph Mertz.
Joseph Mertz
April 11, 1919
August 1974
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  • 04/11
    1919

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    April 11, 1919
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  • 08/dd
    1974

    Death

    August 1974
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    Unknown
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    Joseph Mertz lived 20 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 55.
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In 1919, in the year that Joseph Mertz was born, in the summer and early autumn, race riots erupted in 26 U.S. cities, resulting in hundreds of deaths and even more people being badly hurt. In most cases, African-Americans were the victims. It was called the "Red Summer". Men who were returning from World War I needed jobs and there was competition for those jobs among the races. Tension was heightened by the use by many companies of blacks as strikebreakers.
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In 1920, at the age of just 1 year old, Joseph was alive when the Volstead Act became law. Formally called the National Prohibition Act, the Volstead Act enabled law enforcement agencies to carry out the 18th Amendment. It said that "no person shall manufacture, sell, barter, transport, import, export, deliver, or furnish any intoxicating liquor except as authorized by this act" and defined intoxicating liquor as any beverage containing more than 0.5% alcohol by volume.
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