Truman Carries Talking Points For Russia Aid
President Truman uses a proposed total of 5.3 billion dollars in aid to Russia as leverage in talks with the Soviet Union at the Potsdam discussions. Congress added about 4.09 billion through Bretton Woods and boosted Export-Import Bank lending by 2.8 billion, on top of the existing 1 billion lend lease.
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Washington
Russia
Congress
Truman
Potsdam
Churchill
Stalin
United States
Bretton Woods
Claude mother hosts medal ceremony for fallen sailor
The Claude mother chose the courthouse lawn for the presentation of the medal to her son Joe Roan, a Navy petty officer aboard the destroyer Hazelwood. Roan survived a direct hit by a Japanese suicide plane off Okinawa as the ship supported strikes in South China Sea and Tokyo area. He returned on 36 day leave after his brother’s death and was to be joined briefly by other family members at the Claude ceremony despite last minute scheduling issues.
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Claude
Charles
Roan
Washington
Truman
Joe Bacon Roan
Hazelwood
Okinawa
Joe Rogen
California
Claude Red Cross
Red Cross
W. L. Nelson
Washington, D. C
Naval Base Headquarters
Joe Roan
Henry C. Roan
South Pacific
Peleliu
Joe
Seventh Marines
War Department
San Francisco
Wake
Tarawa
Gilberts
Marshalls
Philippines
Navy
Pacific
Mare Island
Cal
Medal Presented At Amarillo Field Ceremony
A formal ceremony at Amarillo Field featured Captain Longstaff and Lt. Col. H. E. Hart with Capt. E. H. Judd as delegates. The event honored safety pledge and homeland defense amid a hunting-decorated platform while Judge Charles W. Stewart officiated and Rev. J. F. Michael delivered the invocation.
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Longstaff
H. E. Hart
E. H. Judd
Amarillo Field
Charles W. Stewart
Armstrong County
J. F. Michael
Claude Methodist Church
Charles Roan
Fatal stabbing at baseball game near Tri-State Ball Park
Moses Warne, identified as Black, died from a sharp object wound at a baseball game near the Tri-State Ball Park on Friday night. Joseph Jiles, also Black, is charged with a serious case and is being held without bail in the county jail.
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Moses Warne
Tri-State
Joseph Jiles
Medal of Honor Origins and Dress Preferences Highlighted
The article discusses the Medal of Honor origin and notes a preference for wearing trousers over dress. It explains the Medal of Honor was created as an on field award and reflects historic views on military attire.
Revolutionary Discovery for Constipation Relief
If you suffer from constipation we offer a free booklet explaining a new discovery that claims to relieve constipation without drugs or laxatives. Record shows many benefited. a postal card brings the booklet to you free from Universal Health Institute Bennington Texas Dept 60.
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Pou
Universal Health Institute
Bennington
Texas
Medal of Honor awards and peculiarities in history
The passage outlines how the Medal of Honor has been awarded in unusual ways, noting Lindbergh’s reserve colonelcy and Medal of Honor, Greely’s 1935 Arctic expedition award, Cohan for Over There, and on the battlefield presentation to Commando Kelly. It discusses presidential presentation norms and Congress’s potential action.
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Charles A. Lindbergh
Atlantic
Army Air Forces
Congress
A. W. Greely
George M. Cohan
Germany
Poland
Commando Kelly
Hero’s Medal of Honor Presented on Panhandle Square
A Medal of Honor ceremony unfolds on a Panhandle town square where a serviceman who saved four buddies by shielding a grenade dies heroically. The scene unfolds with local admiration and a sense that the event stands out more than any White House presentation.
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Panhandle
White House
Claude and Charley Share Simple Town Ceremony
In a typical American town Claude and Charley marked a simple ceremony with friends and neighbors present. Afterward they all went to Corner Drug for a soda pop.
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Claude
Charley
Claude Marine Receives Medal of Honor Triumph
Mrs. Roan learns her son Charles is among a rare group of Texans awarded the Medal of Honor. Captain Longstaff notes the award's long-standing rarity since its creation. The town only recently realized the national attention this would bring as Mrs. Roan declined the invitation.
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Longstaff
Fighter Pilots and Navy Report on War Developments
The Navy Department announces additional submarine losses and a fleet expansion including four small combat ships two transports and cargo vessels. Domei claims Japan developed a new secret weapon unlike anything in Europe amid ongoing battles.
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Navy Department
Domei
Europe
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