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Walter B Orton 1938 - 2009

Walter B Orton of Burlington, Des Moines County, IA was born on July 28, 1938, and died at age 71 years old on October 4, 2009.

Walter B Orton

Burlington, Des Moines County, IA 52601

July 28, 1938

October 4, 2009

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Walter B Orton lived 3 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 71.

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In 1938, in the year that Walter B Orton was born, 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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In 1947, Walter was just 9 years old when on April 15th, Jackie Robinson joined the Brooklyn Dodgers, playing first base. He was the first black man to play in the Major Leagues. Since the 1880's, professional baseball had been segregated and blacks played in the "Negro leagues". He went on to play for 10 years.

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