When Mathew Jerome William Bonas was born on 23 September 1921, in Muenster, St. Peter No. 369, Saskatchewan, Canada, his father, Mathew John Bonas, was 36 and his mother, Rose M. Maddock, was 33. He married Beverly Jeanne Brown on 28 June 1945, in Santa Ana, Orange, California, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He immigrated to Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada in 1922 and lived in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States for about 20 years. He registered for military service in 1942. He died on 21 October 1981, in Tucson, Pima, Arizona, United States, at the age of 60.
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Warrant G. Harding died of a heart attack in the Palace hotel in San Francisco.
Alcatraz Island officially became Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary on August 11, 1934. The island is situated in the middle of frigid water and strong currents of the San Francisco Bay, which deemed it virtually inescapable. Alcatraz became known as the toughest prison in America and was seen as a “last resort prison.” Therefore, Alcatraz housed some of America’s most notorious prisoners such as Al Capone and Robert Franklin Stroud. Due to the exorbitant cost of running the prison, and the deterioration of the buildings due to salt spray, Alcatraz Island closed as a penitentiary on March 21, 1963.
The Neutrality Acts were passed in response to the growing conflicts in Europe and Asia during the time leading up to World War II. The primary purpose was so the US wouldn't engage in any more foreign conflicts. Most of the Acts were repealed in 1941 when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor.
English: see Bowness .
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