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Walter Smith 1911 - 1961

Walter Smith was born on May 8, 1911, and died at age 50 years old in September 1961. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Walter Smith.
Walter Smith
May 8, 1911
September 1961
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  • 05/8
    1911

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    May 8, 1911
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  • 09/dd
    1961

    Death

    September 1961
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    Walter Smith lived 22 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 50.
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In 1911, in the year that Walter Smith was born, the United States Supreme Court broke up Standard Oil in May. John D. Rockefeller established Standard Oil in 1870 and it was the largest oil refinery at the time. The Supreme Court found that Standard Oil of New Jersey (one of the many iterations of Standard Oil) was guilty of "monopolizing the petroleum industry through a series of abusive and anticompetitive actions". The Court broke up the several entities that comprised Standard Oil and they eventually became competing firms.
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In 1920, Walter was only 9 years old when on January 1, over 6000 people were arrested and put in prison because they were suspected of being communists. . Many had to be released in a few weeks and only 3 guns were found in their homes. The U.S. Department of Justice "red hunt" netted thousands of "radicals" and suspected "communists" and aliens were deported. But the "hunt" ended after Attorney General Palmer forecast a massive radical uprising on May Day and the day passed without incident.
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