Truman asks Congress for 1.975 billion Lend Lease aid
President Truman urged Congress on Monday to authorize a new Lend Lease appropriation of 1.975 billion dollars to help end the war with Japan swiftly. The request would combine with 2.4 billion dollars in unobligated balances to total 4.375 billion for the program. Two blasts wrecked the US military government police HQ in Bremen, Germany, killing at least 15 Americans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Truman
Congress
Japan
Cisive
Bremen
Germany
Southeast Missouri rally to feature Senator Briggs
In Bloomfield district wide Democratic rally set for the night of June 1 with U Senator Frank P. Briggs of Macon as principal speaker. Briggs, a newspaper publisher, became senator when Truman became vice president in 1944 and this will be his first Stoddard county visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bloomfield
Frank P. Briggs
Macon
Briggs
Harry Truman
Stoddard County
Dinner at East Prairie for Soldier Pvt Jack McMahan
Mr and Mrs S D Thomasson hosted a dinner Sunday at East Prairie in honor of Pvt Jack McMahan home on furlough from the Army Air Corps in Florida. Attending were his mother Mrs Pearl McMahan and siblings, Mrs Jack McMahan and children Judy Jack and Phyllis Jean, Mrs Kate Simpkins and Mr Mrs Earl Simpkins and children of Charleston, and Mr and Mrs E H Simpkins Mattie John and Roy Simpkins, plus Mr and Mrs Ed Thrasher of Sikeston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S D Thomasson
East Prairie
Pvt
Jack McMahan
Army Air Corps
Flord
Pvt McMahan
Pearl McMahan
Judy
Jack
Phyllis Jean
Kate Simpkins
Earl Simpkins
Charleston
E H
Also Mentioned on This Page
Houce
Pert
Florentine
Southeast Missouri News
Advance
Pfe
Gerald M. Bess
Beauford Bess
Pfe Bess
Neely B .Busby
Oak Grove
Russell Carr
Lexe Rigsby
Granite City
Til
Paul
Earl Busby
Blanche Bowden
Poplar Bluff
Kennett
United States Army Engineers
St Francis
Waprpappelle
Malden
Henry Everett Peavy
China
India
Ozste Bug Cushion Company
the Lair Company
Hart
Hart’s
Harts Bread
Hart’s Bakery
Sikeston, Mo., and
Blytheville, Ark
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!