When Lillian Merle Simmons was born on 18 September 1912, in Rigby, Jefferson, Idaho, United States, her father, Jonathan Alpheus "John" Simmons, was 29 and her mother, Amy Lilian Anglesey, was 25. She married Albert Wesley Tunnell on 13 May 1931, in Albany, Linn, Oregon, United States. She lived in United States in 1949 and Westfir, Lane, Oregon, United States in 1950. She died on 26 June 2002, in Eugene, Lane, Oregon, United States, at the age of 89.
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The Sixteenth Amendment allows Congress to collect an income tax without dividing it among the states based on population.
Thousands of soldiers were assigned to the U.S. Army Spruce Production Division to provide wood for airplanes and ships during World War I. Poor working conditions in 1917 caused the men to strike which slowed the logging production in the area. The demands of the strikers were rejected by the lumber companies. As the need was ever-present for lumber during the war, the government stationed soldiers to do the work. Over 230 spruce soldier camps were built and occupied throughout the Pacific Northwest at this time.
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 Most of the Acts were repealed in 1941 when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor.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 (southeastern): variant of Simon , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s.
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