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Merle R Reid 1927 - 1990

Merle R Reid was born on August 16, 1927, and died at age 62 years old on June 1, 1990. Merle Reid was buried at Ft. Logan National Cemetery Section 1 Site 626 4400 West Kenyon Avenue, in Denver, Co. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Merle R Reid.
Merle R Reid
August 16, 1927
June 1, 1990
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  • 08/16
    1927

    Birthday

    August 16, 1927
    Birthdate
    Unknown
    Birthplace
  • Military Service

    Branch of service: Us Navy Rank attained: SWR2 Wars/Conflicts: Korea
  • 06/1
    1990

    Death

    June 1, 1990
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    Unknown
    Cause of death
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  • Gravesite & Burial

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    Ft. Logan National Cemetery Section 1 Site 626 4400 West Kenyon Avenue, in Denver, Co 80236
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In 1927, in the year that Merle R Reid was born, the first "talkie" (a movie with music, songs, and talking), The Jazz Singer, was released. Al Jolson starred as a cantor's son who instead of following in his father's footsteps as expected, becomes a singer of popular songs. Banished by his father, they reconcile on his father's deathbed. It was a tear-jerker and audiences went wild - especially when they heard the songs. Thus begun the demise of silent films and the rise of "talkies".
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In 1933, he was only 6 years old when the day after being inaugurated, the new President, Franklin Roosevelt, declared a four-day bank holiday to stop people from withdrawing their money from shaky banks (the bank run). Within 5 days of his administration, the Emergency Banking Act was passed - reorganizing banks and closing insolvent ones. In his first 100 days, he asked Congress to repeal Prohibition (which they did), signed the Tennessee Valley Authority Act, signed legislation that paid commodity farmers to leave their fields fallow, thus ending surpluses and boosting prices, signed a bill that gave workers the right to unionize and bargain collectively for higher wages and better working conditions as well as suspending some antitrust laws and establishing a federally funded Public Works Administration, and won passage of 12 other major laws that helped the economy.
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