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Joseph Ratkus 1911 - 1998

Joseph Ratkus of Livonia, Wayne County, MI was born on May 29, 1911, and died at age 87 years old on August 16, 1998.

Joseph Ratkus
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Livonia, Wayne County, MI 48154
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In 1911, in the year that Joseph Ratkus was born, the first Indianapolis 500 was run in May. Ray Harroun was the winner - he was an engineer and had retired from racing but he came back for this race. After the race, he retired for good. The purse was $27,550 - the largest offered up to that time - and Harroun received $10,000 for first place. His average time was 74.602 mph.
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In 1938, Joseph was 27 years old 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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Ratkus, Helen (Apr 24, 1917 - Jul 12, 2006) Ratkus, Benigna (Apr 24, 1892 - Dec 1977) Ratkus, Phyllis (Mar 10, 1947 - May 30, 2005) Ratkus, Alice (May 15, 1904 - Jan 1988) Ratkus, Anthony (Jun 22, 1917 - Apr 7, 2008) Ratkus, Justin (Jul 24, 1888 - Apr 1969) Ratkus, Charles (Mar 26, 1916 - Apr 9, 2011) Ratkus, Alex (Oct 15, 1891 - Jul 1958) Ratkus, Daniel (Apr 6, 1902 - May 1986) Ratkus, Helen (Dec 24, 1894 - May 2, 1990)
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