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Shelma Bowen 1924 - 1985

Shelma Bowen of Gadsden, Etowah County, Alabama was born on May 6, 1924, and died at age 60 years old in April 1985.

Shelma Bowen
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Gadsden, Etowah County, Alabama 35905
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May 6, 1924
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In 1924, in the year that Shelma Bowen 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 1942, by the time this person was 18 years old, on February 19th, President Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066. This authorized the Secretary of War to "prescribe certain areas as military zones." On March 21st, he signed Public Law 503 which was approved after an hour discussion in the Senate and 30 minutes in the House. The Law provided for enforcement of his Executive Order. This cleared the way for approximately 120,000 men, women, and children of Japanese ancestry to be evicted from the West Coast and to be held in concentration camps and other confinement sites across the country. In Hawaii, a few thousand were detained. German and Italian Americans in the U.S. were also confined.
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Bowen, Elizabeth (Born Oct 26, 1907) Bowen, Katherine (Born Oct 31, 1908) Bowen, Maud (Born 1883) Bowen, Jasper (Born 1875) Bowen, Japser (Born 1875) Bowen, William (Born Oct 25, 1835) Bowen, Elizabeth E. (Born 1856) Bowen, Mary (Born 1873) Bowen, John (Born Dec 8, 1874) Bowen, Alice (Born Dec 19, 1883)
Bowen, Hattie (Born 1905) Bowen, Lula (Born 1880) Bowen, Luther (Born 1886) Bowen, Eula (Born Sep 5, 1894) Bowen, Stephen (Oct 1, 1802 - Jul 27, 1897) Bowen, Joe (Jul 25, 1902 - Nov 17, 1992) Bowen, James (Born May 28, 1858) Bowen, Lucien (Jun 30, 1919 - Jul 22, 1989) Bowen, Emma (Born Jun 2, 1862) Gesellman, Alma (May 15, 1897 - Apr 1984)
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