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Robert Higby 1915 - 1970

Robert Higby of Newton, Jasper County, Iowa was born on July 8, 1915, and died at age 54 years old in February 1970.
Robert Higby
Newton, Jasper County, Iowa 50208
July 8, 1915
February 1970
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  • 07/8
    1915

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    July 8, 1915
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  • 02/dd
    1970

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    February 1970
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    Robert Higby lived 20 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 54.
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In 1915, in the year that Robert Higby was born, the Germans first used poison gas as a weapon at the second Battle of Ypres during World War I. While noxious gases had been used since ancient times, this was the first use of poisonous gas - in this case, lethal chlorine gas - in modern war. Subsequently, the French and British - as well as the United States when they entered World War 1 - developed and used lethal gas in war.
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In 1938, by the time he was 23 years old, 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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