Word: swinomish
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...Truman formally accepted the honorary middle name of Swinomish, a moniker awarded him by the chief of Washington State's Swinomish Indians. himself as "electrician." Assistant Secretary of the Navy (1913-20) Franklin D. Roosevelt crossed out his "Episcopalian" church affiliation, did not restore it until the 1924-25 edition. Just before 1940's Republican Convention, Democrat Wendell Willkie prophetically retrieved his form, altered his political affiliation to "Republican...
TIME, May 28, says "Harry S. (for Swinomish) Truman." Is that a bit of humor lost on me? My biographical material says that "S" alone is used because the Truman family was unable to agree upon whether it really stood for Shippe or Solomon...
...Truman middle initial originally stood for nothing. Recently an honorary one was provided by Washington State's Swinomish Indian tribe and formally accepted by the former President (TIME...
After outdistancing his entourages in a fortnight's dashing about Italy, tireless Tourist Harry S. (for Swinomish) Truman raced on to Austria, where he was soon ensconced in the third row of a Salzburg concert hall. As Music Lover Truman watched approvingly, Conductor Bernhard Paumgartner struck up the band, then quickly stopped the music while guards kicked out a movie cameraman who had ignored a signal to go away from Truman territory. At a dinner that followed, the former President, never averse to giving hell even to the press when it nettles him, outspokenly applauded the maestro...
Landing in France, Tourist Harry S. (for Swinomish) Truman, on his first trip to Europe since 1945 and Potsdam, was soon strolling the streets of Gay Paree, swinging his cane in best boulevardier style, his jauntiness cramped only by a sprained ankle. Before leaving Independence, explained Truman, "I was getting some bags down the stairs and stumbled. But it was 7 o'clock in the morning, so nobody can accuse me of anything." He sipped coffee at the Café de la Paix, a favorite hangout for Artillery Captain Truman during leaves in World War I. After his short...