Truman Atrocities and Pendergast Legacy Explored in Pacific Coast Issue
A December Pacific Coast Lumber Digest exposé accuses Harry S Truman of ties to the Pendergast gang and outlines alleged Kansas City election violence. The piece links 1934 polling raids, later U.S. Senate victory, and claims of criminal manipulation to justify anti Truman sentiment and wartime policy debates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trumannan
Pacific Coast Lumber ‘Digest
United States
Pendergast Group
Jackson County
Missouri
Oith
Pendergast
Kansas City
Truman
Senate
North Side
Justin D. Bowersock
Kansas City Star
H. J. Haskell
The
Star
Washington, D. C
Election Board
County Court House
Roger Slaughter
Slaughter
Turman
H i Pendergast
Korea
MacArthur
Manchuria
Eleanor Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Atiascthat Troan Acheson
Hls
Pendergast Crooks
War News and Local Support From Myrtle Point Herald
The Myrtle Point Herald urges local readers to support war reporting and letters from Coos county service members. It explains the limits of weekly newspapers without leased wire services and celebrates civic groups backing soldiers while inviting letters to help hometown readers connect with those serving abroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herald P
American Press Association
Myrtle Point
Coos County
Ore
Ftor Hall Bros
K, Hall
International
Chambers of Commerce
Whitch
America
Myrtle Poit Herald
Old-Time Watch and Hawaiian Card Rich Local Bits
Old timer watch once owned by a grandfather, silver case, keys for setting. A Honolulu card from the Clintons and Wilfred Laird, plus a Hawaiian plant leaf, and a description of the National Memorial Cemetery in Honolulu.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herold R Bargelt
ES Bargelt
Ervin Wilberger
Norman Dodge
Austin Dodge
Honolulu
Hawaii
Normin
Mrs Dodge
Theo Clintons
Wilfred Lairds
High Seas
Biddies and travelers noted in Myrtle Point column
A local column recalls a resting place for an American soldier and a distant funeral scene in Honolulu. The piece then shifts to community notes about pullet production, a March of Dimes fund anecdote, Dr. J R Bunch’s Mexico film night, Rotary awards, and a hometown boast from Myrtle Point about a Wisconsin newspaper feature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Markine
Honolulu
Fronclk
Carl
Australia
Austin Dodge
Myrtle Point
Wilfred Laird
Coquille
Clinton
J. R. Bunch
Mexico
Rotary
Rotarians
J R Bunch
Bunch
Rio Grande
Also Mentioned on This Page
Myrtle Point Herald
Ark
Cnicege
Betreit
Norman
Avie ‘Pont Rotary Club
John D Carl
Arage
Dutch Clinton
Natural Memorial Cemetery
George
John Heeren
Heeren & Linn Agency
Mystic “Pelat
Dr. de la Rhue
R. L. Sink
Church of the Breton
Arapitkea
Hampshire
Ir. Miller
Wayne
MAR OF Dimes
Harry
Wayne Simpson
Myrtle Hotel
Norwood
Naydene Browne
Coquille Hotel
Ten
Red Hornish
Coos Bay
Oregon
Merryy Green Fields
Wisconsin
Eos
Brodie Shingle Company
Nurs
Henry A. Schroeder & Sons
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