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Merland Fryer Despain 1924 - 2010

Merland Fryer Despain of Bakersfield, Kern County, California was born on November 29, 1924, and died at age 85 years old on September 4, 2010.

Merland Fryer Despain
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Bakersfield, Kern County, California 93311
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Updated: November 10, 2011
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In 1924, in the year that Merland Fryer Despain was born, on January 21st, Vladimir Lenin, a leader of the Russian Revolution and the first leader of the Soviet Union died. He had survived two assassination attempts but had subsequent physical problems, suffering 3 strokes. He was in such great pain, it is said that he asked Stalin to poison him. The circumstances of his death are still disputed. He did oppose Stalin as the next leader - nonetheless, Stalin won a power struggle and ruled as a Soviet dictator until his death in 1953.
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In 1938, at the age of only 14 years old, Merland was alive 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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Despain, Elmer (Mar 3, 1908 - Jan 1976) Despain, Jean (Jun 28, 1941 - Apr 1976) Despain, Kathleen (Aug 15, 1949 - May 20, 1992) Despain, Marcia (Oct 19, 1909 - Apr 1, 1997) Despain, Florence (Feb 24, 1897 - Jun 1981) Despain, Elizabeth (Nov 27, 1905 - Jan 11, 1999) Despain, Tammy (Oct 2, 1975 - Aug 18, 2003) Despain, Fred (May 19, 1896 - Nov 1971) Despain, Verna (Apr 4, 1906 - Apr 1980) Despain, Minier (Jul 31, 1902 - Aug 8, 1994)
Despain, Mildred (Aug 5, 1903 - Mar 18, 1992) Despain, Milton (Oct 12, 1921 - Sep 1974) Despain, Anna (Mar 3, 1883 - Dec 1968) Despain, Frances (Oct 4, 1926 - May 17, 2004) Despain, Alice (Sep 14, 1879 - Mar 1969) Despain, Marie (Jan 3, 1945 - May 18, 1988) Despain, Daysie (Dec 11, 1894 - Jul 1987) Despain, Charles (Aug 12, 1923 - Jan 1978) Despain, Vera (Jul 5, 1914 - Apr 1, 2006) Despain, Sallie (Jan 9, 1932 - Jun 20, 2010)
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