Brief Life History of LeRoy Richard
When LeRoy Richard Moe was born on 20 December 1918, in Winnebago, Iowa, United States, his father, Henry John Moe, was 44 and his mother, Anna A. Horvei, was 41. He lived in Norway Township, Winnebago, Iowa, United States for about 20 years. He died on 26 February 2012, in Mason City, Cerro Gordo, Iowa, United States, at the age of 93.
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- Le Roy Moe in household of H J Moe, "Iowa State Census, 1925"
- Le Roy Richard H. Moe, "Iowa, County Births, 1880-1935"
- Leroy Moe in household of Henry Moe, "United States Census, 1940"
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1919 · The Eighteenth Amendment
The Eighteenth Amendment established a prohibition on all intoxicating liquors in the United States. As a result of the Amendment, the Prohibition made way for bootlegging and speakeasies becoming popular in many areas. The Eighteenth Amendment was then repealed by the Twenty-first Amendment. Making it the first and only amendment that has been repealed.
1922 · Oldest radio station west of the Mississippi
The Karlowa Radio Corporation, in Davenport, was issued a new license for broadcasting and with it they were randomly assigned call letters of WOC. The small studio was the first to reach the Iowa area and was identified as one of 21 stations that were desirable because of coverage area and performance. In September 1927, WOC became a member of the new NBC radio network and still is today. In 1932, Ronald Reagan got his first broadcasting job at WOC as a sportscaster and he returned in 1988 after his presidency tour. WOC is the oldest surviving broadcasting station in the middle Mississippi Valley and was the first to keep logs on their electrical consumption and their on-air programming.
1944 · The G.I Bill
The G.I. Bill was a law that provided a range of benefits for returning World War II veterans that were on active duty during the war and weren't dishonorably discharged. The goal was to provide rewards for all World War II veterans. The act avoided life insurance policy payouts because of political distress caused after the end of World War I. But the Benefits that were included were: Dedicated payments of tuition and living expenses to attend high school, college or vocational/technical school, low-cost mortgages, low-interest loans to start a business, as well as one year of unemployment compensation. By the mid-1950s, around 7.8 million veterans used the G.I. Bill education benefits.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Erik, Knute, Carsten, Helmer, Aagot, Alf, Ardeen, Bergit, Bernt, Gunhild, Gunner, Iver.
Norwegian: habitational name from any of numerous farmsteads named Moe or (modernized) Mo, from Old Norse mór ‘plain, moor, heath’. Compare Mo and Moo .
Swedish: ornamental or topographic name from mo ‘sandy heathland’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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