Farm Boy To President?'Thai's Record'
Of Truman, Row In Historical Role
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back there last August to receive
hi* notification and found no one in
the little town of 2,500 who remem
bered him as o child because he
moved away when he was four, "pie
little story-and-a-half white house
in which he was born still stands,
but the mule barn his father ran
in the eighties is gone. Truman'a
birthday was May 8, 1884, when his
mother .as 32 years old. She lived
to see him enter the White House,
today celebrating that event quietly
at nearby Grandview at the age of
92.
Truman's parents moved to a farm
near Harrisonville, Mo., in 1888, and
then came back to Jackson county
where the President grew up on #
farm and graduated from high school
in 1901. He worked in the mailing
room of the Kansas City Star, wash
ed bottles in a pop factory, worked
for a while in a bank and then went
back to help his father run the farm.
Was Captain
In 1915 the elder Truman died,
and in 1916 Battery B. his National
Guard company, was mobilized for
war, eventually going overseas
where Captain-Trumah was in com
mand when Armistice Day dawned
over the Argonne front.
Truman came home on the Zel
phin, a German ship that rolled so
badly he lost 15 pounds in the 10
day crossing. He had but one
thought in mind, to marry his child
hood sweetheart Bess Wallace of In
dependence. ? He was 35 when they
were married in 1919, and with a
partner he opened a haberdashery
in the historic old Baltimore hotel
in Kansas City in 1920. In 1922, the
firm went broke and 13 years later
when he entered the senate he still
was paying off debts.
Truman went into politics that
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summer and ran for judge of the
Jackson county court. He won a
two-year term, was defeated in
1924, and elected again in 1926 when
he became presiding judge. He has
held public office ever sinco, going
from there to the senate in 1935.
ImmtnMir Loyal
He owes his rise in politics to
two men to whom he is immensely
loyal, though both are dead now.
One was a corrupt city boss, the
other the President of the United
States, the man Truman succeeds.
Their names *""re Pendergrast and
Roosevelt. Pendergrast pushed Tru
man into the senate single-handed
ly in 1934 while he had the power
to do so. Six years later Pendergrast
had been to prison and had no pow
er, but Truman survived a vicious
Democratic primary to return to the
senate for a second term.
President Roosevelt turned his
back on Henry Wallace at Chicago
in 1944 and Truman saw the light
ning strike because he was the most
acceptable compromise candidate to
the warring factions of the discor
dant New Deal.
Truman is modest , loyal, hard
working, poor and frugal. He still
takes a great interest in his old
World War buddies, showed remark
able ability as an investigator as
head of the Truman investigating
committee, and is given to intense
and lasting friendships?the older
the better.
District Patrol
Camporee Sites Are
Selected for Scouts
Camporee sites for the annual
Patrol Camporees of the Old Hick
orv- Council have been selected by
the camping and activities commit
tees of the seven districts in the
area. Six separate camporees will
be held on May 5-6.
Ashe and Watauga districts will
co-operate in combining their cam
poree, which will be held on Negro
mountain near West Jefferson.
All events in the camporee are
on the patrol basis, with patrols
competing against standards for a
pennant. Each patrol earning 774
or more points of a possible 860 will
receive a blue pennant, and will be
eligible to attend the council cam
poree at Bluff Park in Wilkes
county on May 19-20.
Patrols develop their own menu,
provision list, equipment list, im
provise their own equipment as far
as possible and bring everything
needed except wood and water. Pa
trols must register with the district
commissioner not later than April
28 in order to take part.
The camporees will open on Sat
urday morning at 8:30, and will
close Sunday afternoon at 3:30.
Church service will be held on the
Sunday program.
It is possible that in time a farm
er mpy be given a chart showing the
probability of weather hazards in
his locality, for virtually every day
of the year, says the U. S. DeRprt
ment of Agriculture.
Ward Brothers Get Military Awards
S-Sgi. John E. Ward, left. ton oi Mr. Lionel Ward, of Boon*, has
juit been awarded the air medal on the Italian front. He la a nose
gunner on a B-24 in the 15th Air Force, and has been in combat for
over a year, having almost 50 missions to his credit. A brother.
Pvt. Jack Ward, right, who is with the air force hi India, has also
distinguished hmself and received the Presidential dilation. H?
has been overseas for 18 months. The Ward brothers entered serv
ice two years ago.
REPUBLICAN LEADERS
MOURN DEATH OF PRESIDENT
Senator Wherry, Nebraska, mi
nority whip in the senate: "It is a
terrific shock to me ... It calls for
a continued united effort to fight
the'war to a victorious conclusion
and to win the peace.
Alf M. Landon, 1936 Republican
presidential nominee: "I treasure the
memory of many pleasant conversa
tions with him. It is tragic he could
not have lived to see the fruition of
his greatest undertaking."
Senator Vandenberg, Michigan:
"President Roosevelt leaves an im
perishable imprint on the history of
America and the world. Those who
disagree with him have always rec
ognized his amazing genius in be
half of his always vgorous ideals."
Senator Robert A. Taft, Ohio: "The
death of Franklin Delano Roosevelt
removes the greatest figure of our
time at the very climax of his ca
reer, and shocks a world to which
his word and actions were more im
portant than those of any other
man.
Former President Herbert Hoover:
"The nation sorrows at the passing
of its President. Whatever differ
ences there may have been, they
end in the regret of death." It is for
tunate that in this great crisis of
war our armies and navies are un
der such magnificent leadership that
we shall not hesitate. The new
President will have the backing of
the country. While we mourn Mr.
Roosevelt's death, we shall march
forward."
Governor Thomas Dewey, of
New York, in a telegram to Mrs.
Roosevelt: "Please accept our deep
est sympathy in your great loss
which shall be shared by every
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American and mourned by all of
the freedom-loving peoples of the
entire world."
Sandhills Peaches
Escape Damage
Raleigh. April 16?Although the
temperature went down to 34 de
grees in some sections of the sand
hills no frost damage to the peached
is apparent, the State Department of
Agriculture is informed.
No damage to strawberries in the
Wallace and Chadbourn areas has
been reported.
Spring pigs should be vaccinated
against cholera around weaning
time, says Dr. C. D. Grinnells. Agrj^
cultural Experiment Station veteri
narian at State College.
SIX-INCH SERMON
REV. ROBERT H. HARPER.
THE FOUNDING OF A NATION
Uuon for April 23: Exodus 11-19,
24; 19:3-8
Four hundred years after the days
of Joseph, there arose a new king
over Egypt that "knew not Joseph."
j It was during those centuries, per
haps, that the Shepherd Kings were j
I expelled and a native dynasty re
| stored to the throne. The new kin?,
| claiming the Hebrews were a men
ace to the state began the oppres-1
sion that led to the Exodus.
Moses, trying alone to administer
I to the people, under the wise advice
of his iather-in-law, began the or
ganization of the nation, giving laws
and regulations, appointing rulers,
and establishing a judiciary.
On Sinai Moses communed with
God, entered into the covenant, and
received the Ten Commandments,
r
honored through all time since. ?
The tabernacle was set up In the
wilderness, with its priesthood and
elaborate ritual?to become the cen
ter of the people's life. When the ark
set forward, the host took up the
march; when the ark rested, its tab
ernacle was set up. and the people
pitched their tents round about, ac
cording to the tribes.
In this period we see the hand of
God. under Moses, forming the He- #
brews into an organized nation,
which, after 40 years, reached the
borders of Palestine, ready Jfor the
conquest of a homeland. Let us
realize the need of God in the af
fair3 of nations and in the lives of
individuals.
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The World Has Lost A Leader
. . . And A Friend
Humbly, we pay tribute to a great man. A man who
fought for peace and justice for all. A man who symbol
ized America to people the world over . . . and now, he's
dead. But his democratic spirit and living dream of
America are not dead . . . and will never be dead as long
as we take up the fight, and finish it With the indomitable
will and courage of our leader. We will serve him best by
fighting for his democratic ideals of a lasting peace.
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