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Show PRES. ROOSEVELT DIES THURSDAY President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 63. died at 4:35 p.m. Thursday, April 12, of cerebral hemorrhage at Warm Springs Georgia. News of his death was receiv-with receiv-with great sorrow by the people of his country and the world, who placed great confidence in him in his b'attle for human lib- ! erty. He was one of the handful of men on whom whole nations I of people were depending to per- i feet a world organization for free- i dom and peace. The death of the nation's commander-in-chief came at a time when it appeared that plans for , peace on which he had long been laboring might be needed sooner than had formerly been anticipated. anticipa-ted. Allied soldiers were reported within 20 miles of Berlin. Within the last week, news of the resignation resig-nation of the Japanese war cabi- ! net seemed an indication that Japan Ja-pan was viewing with concern American advances in the Paci-fic. Paci-fic. President Roosevelt was reared with advantages of education, wealth and social position. He Will be remembered as a president presi-dent who championed the weak 1 and underprivileged. He was assistant secretary of navy under President Woodrow Wilson in World War I. He served serv-ed two terms as governor of New York and upon his record in that position was elected president in 1932. He was inaugurated in a time ! of widespread unemployment and severe depression. National industrial recovery was undertaken underta-ken on a large scale. Business and 1 industrial codes were set up in an ! attempt to prevent unfair prac- ' tices and to increase employment ; Billions were appropriated for unemployment relief, public works, and the rehablitation of the mortgage-burdened farmer and home owner. Unemployment insurance and old-age pensions were instituted. Roosevelt was reelected in 1936 by a great popular plurality. During his second term the "New i Deal" program was slowed down by a bitter struggle with Congress over the proposal to reorganize the Supreme Court, by serious j strikes and labor troubles, and by growing concern with problems prob-lems of national defense. In 1940 Roosevelt was again reelected, the first president to receive a third term. Increasingly serious condition of world affairs I caused Americans to reject a change in leadership In Decern- j ber 1941, following the Japanese! attack on Pearl Harbor, the Uni-ted Uni-ted States declared war on Japan ana me axis powers, ine course chosen by the president was credited cre-dited with conversion of United States into an arsenal for the nations na-tions fighting for freedom. In 1944 Americans reelected Roosevelt for a fourth term. His popular percentage was a shade lower than 1940, but still a smashing sma-shing electoral victory. The people peo-ple did more than reject the tradition tra-dition against extra presidential terms. In this election the people spoke for international cooperation. coopera-tion. President Roosevelt is the first president to die in war time and he is considered a war casualty as certainly as any soldier fallen in battle. In war and in peace Roosevelt was a magnificent leader of great courage. A few hours after the president's presi-dent's death, at 7:08 p.m. in Washington, D. C, Supreme Court Justice Harlan F. Stone gave the oath of office to Harry S. Truman, who went into the office of vice president through the quirks of politics and is now facing the tremendous responsibility responsi-bility of carving out policies of Roosevelt. Many governmental leaders thronged into the cabinet room to watch the Missourian assume office. O |