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Ruth L Ellis 1921 - 1999

Ruth L Ellis of Platte, Charles Mix County, SD was born on January 23, 1921, and died at age 78 years old on June 21, 1999.
Ruth L Ellis
Platte, Charles Mix County, SD 57369
January 23, 1921
June 21, 1999
Female
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  • 01/23
    1921

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    January 23, 1921
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  • 06/21
    1999

    Death

    June 21, 1999
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In 1921, in the year that Ruth L Ellis was born, in May, the Emergency Quota Act - or Emergency Immigration Act - was passed. The law restricted the number of immigrants to 357,000 per year. It also established an immigration quota in which only 3 per cent of the total population of any ethnic group already in the USA in 1910, could be admitted to America after 1921. Although the Act was supposed to be temporary, it stayed in effect until 1965.
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In 1935, Ruth was merely 14 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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