20th January 1919
Aftermath of War
Harry S. Truman, currently serving in France, writes that U.S. troops “don’t give a whoop (to put it mildly) whether Russia has a Red Government or no Government and if the King of the Lollipops wants to slaughter his subjects or his Prime Minister it’s all the same to us.”
French aviator Jules Védrine wins a 25,000-franc prize by successfully landing his aircraft on top of a department store in Paris.
