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Willa Christene Carney 1924 - 1999

Willa Christene Carney of Elk Grove, Sacramento County, CA was born on November 18, 1924, and died at age 74 years old on February 20, 1999. Willa Carney was buried at Rocky Gap Veterans Cemetery Section K-4 Row 3 Site 3 14205 Pleasant Valley Road, Ne, in Flintstone, Md.
Willa Christene Carney
Elk Grove, Sacramento County, CA 95758
November 18, 1924
February 20, 1999
Female
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  • 11/18
    1924

    Birthday

    November 18, 1924
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  • Military Service

    Branch of service: Us Marine Corps Rank attained: PFC Wars/Conflicts: World War Ii
  • 02/20
    1999

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    February 20, 1999
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    Rocky Gap Veterans Cemetery Section K-4 Row 3 Site 3 14205 Pleasant Valley Road, Ne, in Flintstone, Md 21530
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In 1924, in the year that Willa Christene Carney was born, on January 21st, Vladimir Lenin, a leader of the Russian Revolution and the first leader of the Soviet Union died. He had survived two assassination attempts but had subsequent physical problems, suffering 3 strokes. He was in such great pain, it is said that he asked Stalin to poison him. The circumstances of his death are still disputed. He did oppose Stalin as the next leader - nonetheless, Stalin won a power struggle and ruled as a Soviet dictator until his death in 1953.
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In 1938, at the age of only 14 years old, Willa was alive 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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