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Willis Carter 1929 - 2011

Willis Carter of Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky was born on October 9, 1929, and died at age 81 years old on July 11, 2011.
Willis Carter
Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky 40203
October 9, 1929
July 11, 2011
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  • 10/9
    1929

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    October 9, 1929
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  • 07/11
    2011

    Death

    July 11, 2011
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    Willis Carter lived 10 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 81.
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In 1929, in the year that Willis Carter was born, the St. Valentine's Day Massacre happened on February 14th. In Chicago, seven men from the North Side Irish gang were gunned down by Al Capone's South Side Italian gang at the garage at 2122 North Clark Street. Al Capone was making a successful move to take over Chicago's organized crime. But the St. Valentine's Day massacre also resulted in a public outcry against all gangsters.
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In 1938, Willis was just 9 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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