Newspapers

A section of the Kansas City Star's press room in Kansas City, Missouri.

The Kansas City Star building at the northeast corner of Eleventh Street and Grand Avenue in Kansas City, Missouri. All people are unidentified. From: George Fuller Green, Native Sons of Kansas City.

Former President Harry S. Truman reads the paper and eats breakfast at the Fontenelle Hotel in Omaha, Nebraska, where he received an award from Beth Israel Synagogue.

An unidentified woman reads a newspaper with the partially obscured headlines, "Liberation of Jews" and "Nazi defeat by November Predicted." On the table are other newspapers. One headline reads, "Nazis breaking near Cherbourg." On the back of the photo someone has written in black ink, "opposite political views-".

At St. Louis Union Station, postmaster Bernard Dickmann (left) stands next to newly elected President Harry S. Truman as Mr. Truman holds up the famous Chicago Tribune newspaper headline "Dewey Defeats Truman." Man in background is unidentified. From: Campaign Scrapbook of Harry S. Truman.

Secretary of the Army Frank Pace (right) reads a copy of the "Stars and Stripes" newspaper during a visit to an unknown military base. The other military officers present are unidentified.

Secretary of the Army Frank Pace (right) reads a copy of the "Stars and Stripes" newspaper during a visit to an unknown military base. The other military officers present are unidentified.

Colonel Westray Battle Boyce reads a copy of the camp newspaper the "Bealiner" while relaxing in the Women's Army Corps dayroom during her visit to Camp Beale, California.

A photo of the Harry S. Truman Home in Independence, Missouri. Apparently the Truman's haven't been home in a while, the newspapers are piling up. From: Ethel H. Bennett.

Secretary of the Army Frank Pace reads the comics section of a newspaper at the home of Bob Hasting in Lake Arrowhead, California.