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Martha Shields 1909 - 1980

Martha Shields of Houston, Harris County, Texas was born on April 7, 1909, and died at age 71 years old in October 1980.
Martha Shields
Houston, Harris County, Texas 77028
April 7, 1909
October 1980
Female
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    1909

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    April 7, 1909
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  • 10/dd
    1980

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    October 1980
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    Martha Shields lived 1 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 71.
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In 1909, in the year that Martha Shields was born, the New York Times published the first movie review. It was a report on D.W. Griffith's movie "Pippa Passes" also called "The Song of Conscience", a silent film. The review said that this work was moving away from "lurid material that attracted the wrath of censors and concerned citizens and toward more respectable ends. The movie was the story of a young female factory worker, on her day off, wandering and singing - thus changing the hearts of those around her towards good.
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In 1934, she was 25 years old when on July 22nd, gangster John Dillinger was killed in Chicago. His gang had robbed banks and police stations, among other charges, and he was being hunted by J. Edgar Hoover, head of the FBI - although many in the public saw him as a "Robin Hood". A madam from a brothel in which he was hiding became an informer for the FBI and, after a shootout with FBI agents, Dillinger was shot and died.
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