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Gussie Smith 1924 - 1994

Gussie Smith of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA was born on December 25, 1924, and died at age 69 years old in November 1994.
Gussie Smith
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA 19138
December 25, 1924
November 1994
Female
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Gussie Smith's History: 1924 - 1994

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  • 12/25
    1924

    Birthday

    December 25, 1924
    Birthdate
    Unknown
    Birthplace
  • Ethnicity & Family History

    Negro, Citizen
  • Nationality & Locations

    United States
  • Early Life & Education

    3 Years Of High School
  • Military Service

    Military serial#: 34099498 Enlisted: April 5, 1946 in Philadelphia Pennsylvania Military branch: Ordnance Department Rank: Private First Class, Regular Army (including Officers, Nurses, Warrant Officers, And Enlisted Men) Terms of enlistment: Enlistment For Hawaiian Department
  • 11/dd
    1994

    Death

    November 1994
    Death date
    Unknown
    Cause of death
    Unknown
    Death location
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In 1924, in the year that Gussie Smith was born, in May, wealthy college students Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb kidnapped and killed 14 year old Robert Franks "in the interest of science". Leopold and Loeb thought that they were intellectually superior and that they could commit the perfect crime and not be caught. They were brought in for questioning within 8 days and quickly confessed. Clarence Darrow was hired as their defense lawyer, getting them life imprisonment instead of a death sentence. Loeb was eventually killed in prison - Leopold was released after 33 years, dying of a heart attack at age 66.
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In 1947, when she was 23 years old, in June, the Marshall Plan was proposed to help European nations recover economically from World War II. It passed the conservative Republican Congress in March of 1948. After World War I, the economic devastation of Germany caused by burdensome reparations payments led to the rise of Hitler. The Allies didn't want this to happen again and the Marshall Plan was devised to make sure that those conditions didn't arise again.
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