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William Joseph Shortes 1926 - 1972

William Joseph Shortes of Woodside, Queens County, NY was born on April 15, 1926, and died at age 46 years old on September 30, 1972. William Shortes was buried at Long Island National Cemetery Section 2X Site 4083 2040 Wellwood Avenue, in Farmingdale.

William Joseph Shortes

Woodside, Queens County, NY 11377

April 15, 1926

September 30, 1972

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04/15

1926

Birthday

April 15, 1926

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Military Service

Branch of service: Us Navy Rank attained: BMG/3C Wars/Conflicts: Korea
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1972

Death

September 30, 1972

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Long Island National Cemetery Section 2X Site 4083 2040 Wellwood Avenue, in Farmingdale, Ny 11735
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William Joseph Shortes lived 30 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 46.

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In 1926, in the year that William Joseph Shortes was born, on November 15th, NBC was founded. It was the U.S.'s first major broadcast network. Ownership of the network was split between RCA (a majority partner at 50%), its founding corporate parent General Electric (which owned 30%), and Westinghouse (which owned the remaining 20%).

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In 1938, he was just 12 years old when 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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