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Brief Summary: Governor Legendre

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Colorado, Nov. 14, 1935 Governor Legendre, I am Tanmayee and I am in my mid-teens. I am a victim of the dust storms. My family and I have been sick for the last few weeks, but my father’s condition is the worse. My family said everything is going to be okay, but my father has been diagnosed with dust pneumonia and the doctor said his survival chance low. As far as I have seen people are getting because they are inhaling the dust from the storms. Since we can 't control the weather, but it would be really appreciated if the sick can get better treatment at an economical price or even better if there were camps arranged in the affected regions to treat them. Some people in dust bowl region are starving to death because they do not have

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