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Mason Hockensmith 1920 - 1981

Mason Hockensmith was born on June 26, 1920, and died at age 61 years old in September 1981. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Mason Hockensmith.
Mason Hockensmith
June 26, 1920
September 1981
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  • 06/26
    1920

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    June 26, 1920
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  • 09/dd
    1981

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    September 1981
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    Mason Hockensmith lived 13 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 61.
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In 1920, in the year that Mason Hockensmith 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 1938, he was 18 years old when on October 30th, a Sunday, The Mercury Theatre on the Air broadcast Orson Welles' special Halloween show The War of the World's. A clever take on H.G. Wells' novel, the show began with simulated "breaking news" of an invasion by Martians. Because of the realistic nature of the "news," there was a public outcry the next day, calling for regulation by the FCC. Although the current story is that many were fooled and panicked, in reality very few people were fooled. But the show made Orson Welles' career.
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