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Ridley C Duke 1924 - 1978

Ridley C Duke of Pleasant Shade, Smith County, Tennessee was born on January 24, 1924, and died at age 54 years old in September 1978.
Ridley C Duke
Pleasant Shade, Smith County, Tennessee 37145
January 24, 1924
September 1978
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Ridley C Duke's History: 1924 - 1978

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  • 01/24
    1924

    Birthday

    January 24, 1924
    Birthdate
    Unknown
    Birthplace
  • Ethnicity & Family History

    White, Citizen
  • Nationality & Locations

    Smith County, Tennessee United States
  • Early Life & Education

    1 Year Of High School
  • Military Service

    Military serial#: 34885249 Enlisted: September 16, 1943 in Ft Oglethorpe Georgia Military branch: No Branch Assignment Rank: Private, Selectees (enlisted Men) Terms of enlistment: Enlistment For The Duration Of The War Or Other Emergency, Plus Six Months, Subject To The Discretion Of The President Or Otherwise According To Law
  • Professional Career

    Farm Hands, General Farms
  • 09/dd
    1978

    Death

    September 1978
    Death date
    Unknown
    Cause of death
    Unknown
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In 1924, in the year that Ridley C Duke was born, J. Edgar Hoover, at the age of 29, was appointed the sixth director of the Bureau of Investigation by Calvin Coolidge (which later became the Federal Bureau of Investigation). The Bureau had approximately 650 employees, including 441 Special Agents. A former employee of the Justice Department, Hoover accepted his new position on the proviso that the bureau was to be completely divorced from politics and that the director report only to the attorney general.
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In 1933, by the time he was merely 9 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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