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Walter H Thorpe 1919 - 2004

Walter H Thorpe of Durham, Durham County, NC was born on October 29, 1919, and died at age 85 years old on November 5, 2004.
Walter H Thorpe
Durham, Durham County, NC 27704
October 29, 1919
November 5, 2004
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    1919

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    October 29, 1919
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    2004

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    November 5, 2004
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    Walter H Thorpe lived 13 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 85.
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In 1919, in the year that Walter H Thorpe was born, in June, the Treaty of Versailles - officially ending World War I - was signed. The European Allies demanded "compensation by Germany for all damage done to the civilian population of the Allies and their property by the aggression of Germany by land, by sea and from the air.” The requirement of compensation is seen by most as the reason for the collapse of the German economy and gave rise to the rule of Hitler.
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In 1934, Walter was merely 15 years old when on November 11th 1933, an extremely strong dust storm hit South Dakota, stripping topsoil. Other strong dust storms had occurred during 1933. Severe droughts continued to hit the Great Plains and the dust storms devastated agricultural production as well as people's' lives for several years. The Roosevelt administration and scientists eventually determined that farming practices had caused the conditions that led to the dust storms and the changes they implemented in farming stopped the Dust Bowl.
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