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Walter Thornton 1901 - 1977

Walter Thornton of Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia was born on March 27, 1901, and died at age 76 years old in November 1977.

Walter Thornton
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Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia 30313
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In 1901, in the year that Walter Thornton was born, John Pierpont "J. P." Morgan created U.S. Steel. J.P. Morgan was an American banker and financier who dominated U.S. business at this time. He had previously overseen the creation of General Electric, as well as International Harvester and AT&T. He has been referred to as America's greatest banker. U.S. Steel was the first billion dollar company in the world, worth $1.4 billion in 1901.
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In 1942, he was 41 years old when on February 19th, President Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066. This authorized the Secretary of War to "prescribe certain areas as military zones." On March 21st, he signed Public Law 503 which was approved after an hour discussion in the Senate and 30 minutes in the House. The Law provided for enforcement of his Executive Order. This cleared the way for approximately 120,000 men, women, and children of Japanese ancestry to be evicted from the West Coast and to be held in concentration camps and other confinement sites across the country. In Hawaii, a few thousand were detained. German and Italian Americans in the U.S. were also confined.
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Thornton, Walter (Dec 18, 1936 - Aug 20, 2012) Thornton, Walter (Apr 3, 1902 - May 14, 1990) Thornton, Walter (Mar 10, 1910 - Aug 1983) Thornton, Walter (Jan 28, 1916 - Sep 1983) Thornton, Walter (Jul 11, 1889 - Apr 1966) Thornton, Walter (May 8, 1908 - Jun 25, 1988) Thornton, Walter (Jul 28, 1906 - Jul 23, 1999) Thornton, Walter (Apr 18, 1913 - Jan 1986) Thornton, Walter (Feb 17, 1892 - May 1974) Thornton, Walter (Apr 24, 1890 - Jan 1963)
Thornton, Walter (Oct 26, 1939 - Apr 1980) Thornton, Walter (Mar 8, 1897 - Nov 15, 1973) Thornton, Walter (Dec 5, 1894 - Apr 1982) Thornton, Walter (Sep 1875 - May 1966) Thornton, Walter (Jul 1, 1892 - Jun 1985) Thornton, Walter (Mar 31, 1889 - Jun 1966) Thornton, Walter (Aug 23, 1918 - Feb 22, 2001) Thornton, Walter (Dec 5, 1897 - Mar 8, 1964) Thornton, Walter (Sep 14, 1941 - Dec 12, 2010) Thornton, Walter (Jul 30, 1891 - Aug 1980)

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Thornton, Thelma Thornton, Myrtle (Born Apr 9, 1884) Thornton, Irene (Born 1882) Thornton, Madison (Born Jan 10, 1886) Thornton, William (Born 1840) Thornton, Matilda Ann (Born Mar 16, 1843) Thornton, Elon (Born 1844) Thornton, Austin (Born Nov 27, 1846) Thornton, Noah (Born 1856) Thornton, Thomas (Born 1852)
Thornton, Amos (Born Nov 27, 1833) Thornton-Cooper, Georgia? (Born Oct 1856) Thornton, Todd Thornton, Jessica (Born c. Feb 17) Thornton, Randall (Jun 29, 1906 - Sep 22, 1988) Thornton, John (Feb 10, 1895 - Feb 1971) Thornton, Albert (Feb 6, 1900 - Feb 17, 1988) Thornton, Adelbert (Oct 6, 1903 - Jan 29, 1988) Thornton, Marion (Jun 1, 1919 - Oct 15, 2000) Thornton, Norman (Sep 12, 1916 - Feb 1976)
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