In the death of Charles Griffith Ross, 65, Harry Truman lost not only an able press secretary but one of his closest friends. They grew up together in Independence, Mo., ...

From the middle of the speaker's dais, Harry Truman looked out happily over the main ballroom of Washington's Mayflower Hotel, bright with autumn flowers and massed flags. The cream of ...

Harry Truman did what not even Franklin Roosevelt had had the temerity to do. He ordered Douglas MacArthur to shut up. ... White House Aide Charles Ross tried to explain.

A Times man, spotting Charley Ross, the President's press secretary, asked Ross for his estimate. "Oh, I'd say about 15,000," the former St. Louis newspaperman said. He looked over to Lt. Jess ...