Brief Life History of Wallace “Wally” Otto
When Wallace “Wally” Otto Yust was born on 3 October 1918, in Sylvia, Reno, Kansas, United States, his father, Edward Phillip Yust, was 40 and his mother, Louisa Frederika Springer, was 39. He married Kathryn Mae Shuster on 27 October 1940, in Caldwell, Sumner, Kansas, United States. He lived in Hayes Township, Reno, Kansas, United States for about 30 years. He died on 3 March 2012, in Hutchinson, Reno, Kansas, United States, at the age of 93, and was buried in Memorial Park Cemetery, Hutchinson, Reno, Kansas, United States.
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- Wallace O Yust, "United States 1950 Census"
- Legacy NFS Source: Wallace Otto Yust - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: Wallace Otto Yust
- Wallace Otto Yust, "Kansas, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1945"
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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 The Eighteenth Amendment was then repealed by the Twenty-first Amendment. Making it the first and only amendment that has been repealed.
1927 · Kansas Adopts a Flag
The flag of the State of Kansas was adopted on September 24, 1927. The flag was designed by Hazel Avery in 1925.
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
Americanized form of German, Danish, Hungarian, Czech, Polish, Slovak or Slovenian Just , from the Latin personal name Justus.
Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic): variant of Just 4.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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