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Melvin Humphries 1916 - 1988

Melvin Humphries of Vesuvius, Rockbridge County, Virginia was born on December 15, 1916, and died at age 71 years old in January 1988.

Melvin Humphries

Vesuvius, Rockbridge County, Virginia 24483

December 15, 1916

January 1988

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December 15, 1916

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January 1988

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In 1916, in the year that Melvin Humphries was born, in June, the U.S. Congress authorized a plan to expand the armed forces over the next five years. Called the National Defense Act of 1916, the national law expanded the National Guard and Army (the Army added an aviation unit), created the Reserves, and gave the President expanded authority to federalize the National Guard. It also allowed the government to stockpile, in advance, materiel to be used in wartime.

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In 1935, he was 19 years old when on September 8th, Louisiana Senator Huey Long was shot by Dr. Carl Weiss. Weiss was shot and killed immediately by Long's bodyguards - Long died two days later from his injuries. Long had received many death threats previously, as well as threats against his family. He was a powerful and controversial figure in Louisiana politics (and probably gained power through multiple criminal acts). His opponents became frustrated with their attempts to oust him and Dr. Weiss was the son-in-law of one of those opponents. His funeral was attended by 200,000 mourners.

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