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Willie Thomas Phillips 1920 - 2012

Willie Thomas Phillips was born on August 14, 1920, and died at age 91 years old on February 29, 2012. Willie Phillips was buried at Northern Wisconsin Veterans Memorial Cemetery Section AA Site 56 N4063 Veterans Way, in Spooner, Wi. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Willie Thomas Phillips.
Willie Thomas Phillips
August 14, 1920
February 29, 2012
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  • 08/14
    1920

    Birthday

    August 14, 1920
    Birthdate
    Unknown
    Birthplace
  • Military Service

    Branch of service: Us Army Rank attained: SSGT Wars/Conflicts: World War Ii
  • 02/29
    2012

    Death

    February 29, 2012
    Death date
    Unknown
    Cause of death
    Unknown
    Death location
  • Gravesite & Burial

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    Northern Wisconsin Veterans Memorial Cemetery Section AA Site 56 N4063 Veterans Way, in Spooner, Wi 54801
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In 1920, in the year that Willie Thomas Phillips was born, on November 2, radio station KDKA began broadcasting in Pittsburgh, PA. This was the first commercial radio broadcast in the United States. Westinghouse, a leading manufacturer of radios and the backer of the station, chose the date because of the Presidential election. People liked it because they could hear about the results of the election between Harding and Cox before the morning papers arrived. Four years later, there were 600 commercial stations broadcasting in the U.S.
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In 1933, at the age of only 13 years old, Willie was alive when Frances Perkins became the first woman to hold a cabinet-level position, appointed by President Roosevelt to serve as Secretary of Labor. She told him that her priorities would be a 40-hour work week, a minimum wage, unemployment compensation, worker’s compensation, abolition of child labor, direct federal aid to the states for unemployment relief, Social Security, a revitalized federal employment service, and universal health insurance. President Roosevelt approved of all of them and most them were implemented during his terms as President. She served until his death in 1945.
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