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William B Shaw 1918 - 1987

William B Shaw of Roanoke Rapids, Halifax County, North Carolina was born on August 30, 1918, and died at age 69 years old in December 1987.
William B Shaw
Roanoke Rapids, Halifax County, North Carolina 27870
August 30, 1918
December 1987
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William B Shaw's History: 1918 - 1987

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  • 08/30
    1918

    Birthday

    August 30, 1918
    Birthdate
    Unknown
    Birthplace
  • Ethnicity & Family History

    White, Citizen
  • Nationality & Locations

    Robeson County, North Carolina United States
  • Early Life & Education

    4 Years Of High School
  • Military Service

    Military serial#: 20455190 Enlisted: September 16, 1940 in Parkton North Carolina Military branch: Infantry Rank: Private, National Guard (officers, Warrant Officers, And Enlisted Men)
  • Professional Career

    Unskilled Occupations In Manufacture Of Textiles, N.e.c.
  • 12/dd
    1987

    Death

    December 1987
    Death date
    Unknown
    Cause of death
    Unknown
    Death location
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In 1918, in the year that William B Shaw was born, following European countries, Daylight Saving Time went into effect in the United States in March. It was an effort to conserve fuel needed to produce electric power. This was a war effort and proved unpopular so in most areas of the United States, Daylight Saving Time ended after World War I. It returned during World War II.
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In 1933, when he was just 15 years old, the day after being inaugurated, the new President, Franklin Roosevelt, declared a four-day bank holiday to stop people from withdrawing their money from shaky banks (the bank run). Within 5 days of his administration, the Emergency Banking Act was passed - reorganizing banks and closing insolvent ones. In his first 100 days, he asked Congress to repeal Prohibition (which they did), signed the Tennessee Valley Authority Act, signed legislation that paid commodity farmers to leave their fields fallow, thus ending surpluses and boosting prices, signed a bill that gave workers the right to unionize and bargain collectively for higher wages and better working conditions as well as suspending some antitrust laws and establishing a federally funded Public Works Administration, and won passage of 12 other major laws that helped the economy.
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