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Walter M Wowk 1923 - 2007

Walter M Wowk of Coventry, Kent County, RI was born on July 4, 1923, and died at age 83 years old on March 3, 2007. Walter Wowk was buried at Rhode Island Veteran Memorial Cemetery Section CW1-F Row C Site 28 301 South County Trail, in Exeter.
Walter M Wowk
Coventry, Kent County, RI 02816
July 4, 1923
March 3, 2007
Male
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  • 07/4
    1923

    Birthday

    July 4, 1923
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  • Military Service

    Branch of service: Us Navy Rank attained: COX Wars/Conflicts: World War Ii
  • 03/3
    2007

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    March 3, 2007
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    Rhode Island Veteran Memorial Cemetery Section CW1-F Row C Site 28 301 South County Trail, in Exeter, Ri 02822
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In 1923, in the year that Walter M Wowk was born, on September 1, an earthquake - the Great Kanto earthquake - destroyed one-third of Tokyo. Measuring 7.9 and with a reported duration of between 4 and 10 minutes, casualties totaled about 142,800 deaths, including about 40,000 who went missing and were presumed dead.
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In 1938, he was merely 15 years old when 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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