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Arvelia Collins 1921 - 1995

Arvelia Collins of Memphis, Shelby County, TN was born on April 16, 1921, and died at age 73 years old on March 27, 1995. Arvelia Collins was buried at Memphis National Cemetery Section M Site 3131 3568 Townes Avenue, in Memphis.
Arvelia Collins
Memphis, Shelby County, TN 38114
April 16, 1921
March 27, 1995
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  • 04/16
    1921

    Birthday

    April 16, 1921
    Birthdate
    Unknown
    Birthplace
  • Military Service

    Branch of service: Us Navy Rank attained: S-1 Wars/Conflicts: World War Ii
  • 03/27
    1995

    Death

    March 27, 1995
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    Unknown
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  • Gravesite & Burial

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    Memphis National Cemetery Section M Site 3131 3568 Townes Avenue, in Memphis, Tn 38122
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In 1921, in the year that Arvelia Collins was born, hugely popular Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle, silent film star, was arrested for rape and manslaughter after an actress died following a party at his house. He was acquitted after three trials and the jury wrote a formal letter apologizing for the charges, but his career never recovered. His films were at first banned - the ban was lifted after a year - and he was mostly ostracized by the community. He died at 46..
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In 1933, by the time this person was merely 12 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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