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Walter Thompson 1920 - 1995

Walter Thompson of Chambersburg, Franklin County, PA was born on April 20, 1920, and died at age 75 years old on June 26, 1995.
Walter Thompson
Chambersburg, Franklin County, PA 17201
April 20, 1920
June 26, 1995
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  • 04/20
    1920

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    April 20, 1920
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  • 06/26
    1995

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    June 26, 1995
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    Walter Thompson lived 3 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 75.
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In 1920, in the year that Walter Thompson was born, on November 2, radio station KDKA began broadcasting in Pittsburgh, PA. This was the first commercial radio broadcast in the United States. Westinghouse, a leading manufacturer of radios and the backer of the station, chose the date because of the Presidential election. People liked it because they could hear about the results of the election between Harding and Cox before the morning papers arrived. Four years later, there were 600 commercial stations broadcasting in the U.S.
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In 1934, Walter was merely 14 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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