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Merton Petty 1907 - 1978

Merton Petty of Tiverton, Newport County, RI was born on December 7, 1907, and died at age 70 years old in August 1978.

Merton Petty
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Tiverton, Newport County, RI 02878
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In 1907, in the year that Merton Petty was born, in October, over a 3 week period, the New York stock exchange fell almost 50% from the previous year's high mark. Public panic ensued and there were runs on banks since the U.S. was in the middle of a recession. J.P. Morgan offered his own fortune to back the banks and he was followed by other financiers. This temporarily shored up the banking system, stopping the immediate panic. All of this led to the creation of the Federal Reserve.
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In 1930, at the age of 23 years old, Merton was alive when as head of the Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America, William Hays established a code of decency that outlined what was acceptable in films. The public - and government - had felt that films in the '20's had become increasingly risque and that the behavior of its stars was becoming scandalous. Laws were being passed. In response, the heads of the movie studios adopted a voluntary "code", hoping to head off legislation. The first part of the code prohibited "lowering the moral standards of those who see it", called for depictions of the "correct standards of life", and forbade a picture from showing any sort of ridicule towards a law or "creating sympathy for its violation". The second part dealt with particular behavior in film such as homosexuality, the use of specific curse words, and miscegenation.
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Petty, Effie (Born 1890) Petty, Mary (Born Oct 7, 1894) Petty, Virginia (Born Mar 4, 1896) Petty, Charlie (Born Sep 10, 1880) Petty, Nora (Born Jan 22, 1883) Petty, Felix (Born Feb 27, 1843) Petty, Joseph (Mar 19, 1877 - Jan 1963) Petty, Dorothy (May 8, 1919 - Aug 5, 2001) Petty, Vivian (Aug 8, 1939 - Jan 18, 2005) Petty, Elwood (Sep 23, 1940 - May 12, 2008)
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