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Dates: during 1940-1949
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* Administering the oath, Chief Justice Stone called the President: Harry Shippe Truman. Replying, Truman answered: "I, Harry S. Truman. . . ." Although his middle name has for years been printed as "Shippe," his middle initial "S" actually stands for nothing. Explanation: his grandfathers were named Anderson Shippe Truman and Solomon Young; to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: U.S. At War: The Thirty-Second | 4/23/1945 | See Source »

On stage, a rake-voiced orator tripped through his garden of adjectives. The man he was describing sat amidst the delegates below, hunched forward in his chair, sneaking bites from a hot dog and sips from a paper cup of soda pop, paying no more attention to the routine speech...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: U.S. At War: The Missouri Compromise | 7/31/1944 | See Source »

Making of a Senator. Neat, grey Harry Shippe Truman was sworn in as Senator from Missouri in 1934. The only men seen to smile during the ceremony were two husky lieutenants of Boss Tom Pendergast's notorious Kansas City Democratic machine, who sat beaming in the gallery.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Billion-Dollar Watchdog | 3/8/1943 | See Source »

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