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Robert O Matthews 1924 - 1965

Robert O Matthews was born on October 27, 1924, and died at age 41 years old on December 14, 1965. Robert Matthews was buried at Long Island National Cemetery Section 2L Site 4713 2040 Wellwood Avenue, in Farmingdale, Ny. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Robert O Matthews.
Robert O Matthews
October 27, 1924
December 14, 1965
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  • 10/27
    1924

    Birthday

    October 27, 1924
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    Unknown
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  • Military Service

    Branch of service: Us Army Rank attained: S/SGT Wars/Conflicts: World War Ii
  • 12/14
    1965

    Death

    December 14, 1965
    Death date
    Unknown
    Cause of death
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  • Gravesite & Burial

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    Long Island National Cemetery Section 2L Site 4713 2040 Wellwood Avenue, in Farmingdale, Ny 11735
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In 1924, in the year that Robert O Matthews 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 1933, he was just 9 years old when Frances Perkins became the first woman to hold a cabinet-level position, appointed by President Roosevelt to serve as Secretary of Labor. She told him that her priorities would be a 40-hour work week, a minimum wage, unemployment compensation, worker’s compensation, abolition of child labor, direct federal aid to the states for unemployment relief, Social Security, a revitalized federal employment service, and universal health insurance. President Roosevelt approved of all of them and most them were implemented during his terms as President. She served until his death in 1945.
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