The Pittsburgh Press (July 26, 1944)
Truman exhausted, ordered to bed
Independence, Missouri (UP) –
Senator Harry S. Truman last night was ordered to bed by his physician, who said the Democratic vice-presidential nominee was suffering from exhaustion.
At his home here, Senator Truman himself answered a telephone call to report that he was not ill, but that three days of almost constant handshaking had left him so fatigued his doctor had ordered a rest.
He said:
I’m pretty tired, but perfectly well. Homecoming is fun but it’s mighty tiring, and when the doctor said go home and go to bed, I came like a good boy.