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Walter Polchlopek 1914 - 1989

Walter Polchlopek of Pittsfield, Berkshire County, MA was born on March 24, 1914, and died at age 74 years old on January 13, 1989.
Walter Polchlopek
Pittsfield, Berkshire County, MA 01201
March 24, 1914
January 13, 1989
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Walter Polchlopek's History: 1914 - 1989

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  • 03/24
    1914

    Birthday

    March 24, 1914
    Birthdate
    Unknown
    Birthplace
  • Ethnicity & Family History

    White, Citizen
  • Nationality & Locations

    Berkshire County, Massachusetts United States
  • Early Life & Education

    Grammar School
  • Military Service

    Military serial#: 11062298 Enlisted: April 29, 1942 in Springfield Massachusetts Military branch: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, Usa Private Army Of The United States - Includes The Following: Voluntary Enlistments Effective December 8, 1941 And Thereafter; One Year Enlistments Of National Guardsman Whose State Enlistment Expires While In The Federal Service; Officers Appointed In The Army Of The United States Under Army Regulations 605-10 Terms of enlistment: Enlistment For The Duration Of The War Or Other Emergency, Plus Six Months, Subject To The Discretion Of The President Or Otherwise According To Law
  • Professional Career

    Unskilled Occupations In Manufacture Of Textiles, N.e.c.
  • 01/13
    1989

    Death

    January 13, 1989
    Death date
    Unknown
    Cause of death
    Unknown
    Death location
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In 1914, in the year that Walter Polchlopek was born, in August, the world's first red and green traffic lights were installed at the corner of East 105th Street and Euclid Avenue in Cleveland Ohio. The electric traffic light had been invented by a policeman in Salt Lake City Utah in 1912.
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In 1920, he was merely 6 years old when speakeasies replaced saloons as the center of social activity. After the 18th Amendment was ratified and selling alcohol became illegal, saloons closed and speakeasies took their place. Speakeasies, also called a blind pig or blind tiger, were "so called because of the practice of speaking quietly about such a place in public, or when inside it, so as not to alert the police or neighbors". There were a lot of them and they were very popular. And where saloons often prohibited women, they were encouraged at speakeasies because of the added profits.
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