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ROOSEVELT'S BODY ON WAY TO CAPITAL ★ ★*★***★★★★★*★★★★★★★★★★★ ★★★★ AIDES HELP TRUMAN TAKE OVER CONTROL Death Came To President He Passed Suddenly At Warm Springs On Short Rest Period Wai m Springs. lia.. .April 1.">. — (Λ1 ') I 'rankliii I U'lantι Koiiscvί*1 t s ltiiijî and ci>l*>rful i public cai'trr is at an end. Λ tragic though painlrss drath haltul ii abruptly vester- ! da.\' as tin.· nation's -">1 t I'nsi ili'iit si 1'iiiinjrly was about t" si*i· ; tin· l'ruition ι>I" his plans for b r i η ν i 11 lasting peace to a war ridden world, lie was last January .'!0. I >eath c. m il· mi·. \ρι·ι'1ι il I y at I j ν in . KWl .. in .ι .· ί 11 j · I y lui η ι - : ιι-il bifli'·'· m ι·Ι li:s l'un· ^Mountain mi tau»'. Tin.· eausu: "massive cerebral hcim •rrliaye." Mr. Ko tsr Vf It camp lieri· .March '!() fur un·· «il his |>frindir visits l« seek rest and t> li.isk in the sim. Ile had planned tu j stay ,ιMother week, then return to Washington, spend a il.ij and start out again for a cross-coun tr.v trip to s.iii ■ i.oicisea ii open the world sf( iirit> conference April 25. All tlu.s now :s up tu his siicers s>>:·, Harry S. Truman ul Mi: suui'i, with the aid ul a sympalhetie (.'un- I lire. s. 'I he I're.-iileiil > I·.>.ly, prepared dining the i.nhi. wa. tu lu· taken hack tu Washing!· >:i l y special train «••ι the Southern Kailruad, lea\inu ι lu re .·' ! I a ··.< . KWÏ. The train ' will leach tin- natiunal eapilal at HI ' a in.. I'.W I . Sat ;u day. ■Mi's. li(MPS('\ Oil ill I l\ I II l.l~l niuht Iriiin Washington. Slip 11· \v in an arni\ piano In l ort I * < · ι .· ι : i n u at nearliy Colim'tiTTs, with Stephen I. làirly. White Utilise secretary, and Vice-Ad miral IIoss T. \lcliit\rc. White llou>e physician and navy sur geon general. ! he I Utieia i M."'\ ices a ■ 111 lit' held at 4 |>. m . KWT, Saturday in 11· 11 i s t ■ ι ; ie I·!. . 1 I!--iuu w! the White I l· •use. Ί"ίκ· ίNitiy λ ill η Ί iic in state. I'urial will be at tile family home I l.vd, Park. N. Y S unlay. Presidential Secretary William D. I P.assett said the fanera] services ν ι· M iie «if the - · <' itim t -:m plieitv" the Pri -i.lent decreed for his mother, who di d ill 1941. 1'urial will be at 1 il a. m.. · the ; family warden between the rambling ! .stone and - tut· ο house and the ! I ; ι ii · -.lit library at Hyde Park. Me'iibcr.· of Hie cabinet and Su Iit ι-η ι C in t. lie ids of Federal agen cies, a representative group of sena tors and representatives·, members ι f the family and friends will accom pany the funeral party. The East Room services will be conducted by Pishon Λ îvis Oiinti, [ o! the Washington Episcopal Cathe dral; Rev. Howard S. Wilkinson, of St. Thomas Episcopal church, and lies. John G. Magee, of St. John's : K]ii ci>pal church. · ι Conducting tlie burial at th< pravosidc in Hyde Park will be Rev. ι Dr. George W. Anthony, new rector of St.. James Episcopal church, t where the President was senior ι deacon. Mrs. Roosevelt and Mr. Mclntyre were dr.ven immediately to the President's c ittage after they arrived by car from Fort Penning shortly after midnight. Mrs. Roosevelt was described by officials as "bearing up very nobly, heroically." New Chief Takes Kerns » ■ «1 Army, Navy Leaders Join StelW.iius in White House Parley Wash iiurl ; m. April 1 ■">. — ( A L') i lu· t-iιiι·!ni' -l.it · and military affair- a.^si moled at tin White House today to help President iiarr.\ s. 1 ruman as siiino wartime l· ;ldcr.-liip of the iîovermm m. Secretary ni' State 'Stettinius, v. hose knowledge of tin.· inter- ! national situation was second j only to that ot tin· late Prési dent Roosevelt, arrived to .join •Mr. Truman at 10:10 a. rn., LU I . 11.ρ mint ci.mm.Hitl ers were due mm.ites later. Stcllinius immediately was ush eied nli' the ova. room, where Preside t Ti iimall v> ·'riling. « in military c'iieitaiii-, sum moned were I loot Admiral Wil liam 1). I.'ativ. the lato Presi dent's military a.lviser; Fleet \dmira: l-.ino-t .1. Kim;, clUel of the navy: General (ieorgr ( .Marshal. hi my . Ι.ι·ι ni s la I i ; Secretary ut War Slimson, and Secretary oi tli«■ Nau Forrestal. ΊΊιΐ' :■ : ave ci nfereii " dealt witli a lies t nui niai'U. raised inroaghout the ν. ι U'Iit us tl le lUatti ut K. an., lin 1). Roosevelt—intimate o£ Allied war leaders and tue lut; leacii·., ol In tel national vuUitines. What ot '.tie row ciiiel of state, Harry Truman'.' Ί he now l'rrsiil'.'nl announced at the cutset that In- would try In carry on the Itoosovi It poli cies. Mo asked the oahinot to stay on, ga\c assui moo that the I nitorl Nations iiinlort'iici· will open in San I rain isco April 15 on sell* dulo. The,·!· we'e reports at the White t Ion.- e, not ye: oi1 niai, that M:. Tra mai) may aildn a .1 mit m ; ai .·ι t ■ ■ ares : next ·.. k, p .·· ibly l ui - da.v. Mr. Truman's first conferences I·· his statemei-' . :· r takaig lia· « ata I ι si night ti ' e nt his pi ime tasks would he pro.-i'.-ate the war vijjoi · iusly on ,,.j : runts. The Wtii'e II e iid no , caller tiad : ee· ahedukd o:i:ei..!ly yet, and t ' a pt ien .. as ! ι.<t t lia new ehiel w ■ ι devote ;he ma.ioi portion ο hi : y to laaiilia; i/.ing ! himself w in n.u.iary caiditions ail over lite world. As one ο ; t : : ι ι·.·Ί "i lien i acts, Pn sidelit True a ι v. as pultaiu the I finishing :·· :·· a p·, elamatio : calling lor nati nal day o: mourn ing tomorrow in tribute to the meiii . : v ol ln> pre.à · >.< . Franklin 1 ). 1Î .osevelt, wli 1 died at Warm Spring.-, fia.. > a may. Truman Will Be Own Boss, He Declares Washington, April it,· — ( ΛΡ) — Pre ident 1 .. .. who say- he "won't le , ii .i. r is expected to turn t.- aii'i ..-t - of his ow:i .nner circle in Γο: .! ,ting new White House policy. Mou like ι : : er War Λ1 ·'· ! /··.· James V i'.yrnes, Democratic Na tional C " m a i ι Robert E. Han negan and a newcomer to polities, Hugh Fulton. .'!?-year-old lawyer, are high on .. ' st ol friends Who:ni'vi " · ccks, th·· new I'1· - .«ident is expc.-V.I to tile the I': matum he announced to this repor ter just a to. l.ivs before Pre . dent Roosevelt's death sent him into the White 11 . "There's no use In any one trv in;; to |,r«·; sure I· I U.c." i.c .-lirl in the η'ι \ icw. "I'm goinu to do : * ν du1\ 1 see l it. and let my couse ence til·. Byrne-. and Fulton arc among hi- c! ι est friends. Trail.m always insi-ted he sa '' 1rs I'll': -iip;·'"! to Byrnes for the nemoc:a'ic , cc-nre-i 'entia 1 r.oa - j nat on last - · r nier until the I· I was t μ ι " Ί iliiwrt by labor and the party leader- hip. Truman engineered Hannegan's ! nomination as commissioner of :;i | ternal revenue last year and later ' helped him up into the party's ι chairman-hip Ft. Benning Troops Form Honor Guard As i rain Pulls Oui Λίκ ; ι π i Κ osi \ fit Funeral Train. April Kl.- (Al') — The body h!' ]'γι -;d< ut Franklin 1). Ιίι-ικίΛ cit was i n routi <>11 a |li-i-hour run to Washington to day for 1'unc-ral services in Washington and lut rial Sundav at Hyde Park. Χ. V. Tin· ten-car special train, full of frii ι d- and associates, who hurried here when news of his death spread, j11 it under way at l(i:15 a. m.. central war time. • dy v. as taken to tin; train :n i.rse through a lane . : I i ι ·: - :. ιΐη I·'1 >rt Iîennifisi. ( in. ί Τ v.-1, tli -ad soldiers 1Ί .in the Fiirt I'.ennmg infantry scho Ί and i |j,.i . .·,· . c.'.' i l, under tile general : : o; "via.iι r General Fred L. \V an :·. et( in the cai ly m irning Iuji - ;·> provide an guard. .... :· 11.111 ' I . : tlii.· it was the !)ϋ:;i ; iv fil' 'Mi i lot re- iia. il 1 r" ■:η ]·' :·: I nniuii, led ο y Chief Warrant. Ol tiet r iv >y Ebei.- 'le. Palleeaiers wire picked from the , 11 ■ : >·. navy and Marines. !·'. ft y pa Kc(i Λ1. 1 ! π un Κ· ut Γ>ι : 11, ng provided lane at | lu· littCe ... t.it :"ϋ. ·'· ; · i nil which the ; ,iai.il cortege parsed. The procès >.i it aisii passed the Warn. Springs ί» Foundation administration building, .· ··!·!·,. pi : ·. patients sat and stood to watch their benefactor pass for the 1 last time. Jap Suicide Fliers Sink U. S. Warship (■ Λ, . I 1 ΛΙΊ- - \ .irons; J. ■■·. ! let·:. including .suicide · ι. -t-i! -ilcsl. . let1 ill in ■·. ; cil CO targets. sunk and dam aged several other ships oil Okinawa firm» engagement i I'll e'loaiy aircraft were » \* c. · ri. All evidence suggested that most ' ' . · ■ u :in co \\ as wiped ,· u· ■ r. --hes if not by Λ .· ι11 iiKcrct pt.'i's and anti-air 1 it Tin· a" . ■ , «vus directed at sh ips ii· : m ps ai the tenth - ht : estai si Fia. • Hagnshi on t! ■ stroyed in the morning, and ill in Τ :> ·· ■>:. ; lici. '..tal'v with ,ι .t . ·■. .la i.uiese tion. and left five other large vvur •.ltd :iiy t,v ι Japan ;. >ialΐ'·> : ii >·ι ;bod and ■ i Κ ·,»·!!4 . id Yo'-.tan airfields ■ lc \ in< ι· ar ery shelled ··:.· landing strip. Λ ·· .·. > · · > : re: t ft attacked ι-!.·.! .· ι η.ght. .· lightly damaging à destroyer escort after ·· had sh.it d"\vn two. I·' 1 :, ' 11 j. ··. < >i. in ι am il: i not rc \ ■ nli η -i'.y and n . changes i:i the southern sector were reported f ■ tin second s icce.-sivi· day. Dies At Warm Springs Retreat 7 ΤΙΤΓ—-—^·————— I ·|^— — 111——H —I^MI ■« l'KESIDENT FRANKLIN DELANO KOOSKYI 1 1. U. S. Ninth Army Pushes On Closer Upon Berlin Now Only 93 Mil es From Junction With Russians From L ist ',ιπ.-. Α ι ' !( ΛI ' ) Τ ι· Am .in niir.ι ... i.,\ ,·.·· -o I within li! ■y of I i< · ..y .11 (}()—111 i I υ nored Γ ingermi ondo. iiiKi 1 la 111 bll r.', a : ill l ilt- ι : ' . ι ■ :: :·: ο el tin.· fifth ν I du ι · >» '■· Tani{>Tnuie»de, vhere : : ι c Nazis announced tiny had ■ ; ' placed tin : . :i:: .. λ ..t Ru. ,.ιΐι ].lit·■ il··: An 1'i'um the Τ i : ι · y in the center boat 1 li λ il t :. ' ■ h:-; κ; :π les t'i the great -iaxo'iy l 'y . Leipzig ill ;i drive ;ast t" Bisect, join the Russians and ι;, i" acce-. ■' 11 'it h t ■ > tin· na oiial : . ·! '■'·< 11.. .'a . aim Alps. 'ΓA· ■ Ge: ill..:: : .call tanks λιτό fighting in liai.-.a 15 miles from _cip/.:g. a Mia' ig t hi· nir iieval cathedral city oi Merseberg. Denmark, which German reports pictured as outflanked, i.s the only ·.» liti'.v c -iv ι ·.·: · .i :·.ν tile Xa/.: - wiiicii tin· All.ι· have ιι·Ί yet in vaded. 'l'he Aniiaa 'a ι .1 a.' y on the south west approaches stormed tu .vithitl lii nil; ·. i/.'ip/lg, foujiht iito the : a · ι · ; , 11 Jonna and came .ι with:» ;; 1 ai ii·.· of bisecting Gci nanv m a t.,ru.-t to the C'zecho dovâk l.o'-der. 1 J.s; .. a-a ι ■ - f; ".ii Cl encrai Oma'.' .îradley'.· 1:2th army χ roll ρ head juartvi s 11 a ■ · · . l.aii'd army front • ugge.-ti'd .ι !'e\ >lt was incipient in lie German .a:' t.irce. The ljiatisii continued the siege ot he.lien an . !" .gilt slowly ιιμ the «ist lilty aiile- toward Hamburg, Germany'- giia'ast part and sec ind largest c iy." The C'aiuid..·ι..' pressed into the Jutcli city ni Aiiihem, 89.000, where topse n! an earlier Allied victory .vi-r·' killed l a! fall with the defeat >! 'he 15i . 1 ish liist parachute d, ,'ision. IÎ ι · 111 : s w 11 · 1\ .ad Magdeburg, last urge e.ty ni fie ir'i'thern approaeh ■ la 1 ii·.·ii11, wei'·· besieged and top ilm'. Τη 11, > in the center ap . o.a·' ad li..' Thi··e in the south nigh! w 'ii l'~> ai de·, ο' Ray l'eu! a nid J!l of Nuernberg, key city in he Bavarian Alps. where liitlei iiopes to make 11 is last stand. WEATHER FOK XOItTH CAROLINA. I'artl.v <-loudν anil continued warm today, tonight and Sal urday. sea t lered thundershow ors in «est and central portions SitUirdaj. Senate GOP Pledges Aid To President WjMiinm »n. Aj . .. IT -(.\i ') Tîu· I ν · ; · ib!u:an SenVe confer; :i .v. 1 !'(· ; > 1 ( Ί Γ , : iL'. : ' «Γ! y «ι! :. ι· · ! ) .riy' ,1'i members, plo<tged iheir "faith and ; tr <t" .:\ I evident Tru.nan today. They gave their pjcdu'e .is .urief ' strick» :i c< >n.;re —..»nal leader·; ran- ; ceiled routine: bu>:ni · and mi't in- > stead hi arrant memorial service·. ! i.) the me.:ii>rv ο: President Roose velt. This is îite résolut; κι the Repub licans adopted at an e; ι irr^eii'-y meeting t illed . η Imii; :;>e:· re the ' Sena;· n.et : \· tr.i !t.:ne in tae Truman «. I :. .ni ' it: »n; hour, when you e called i«> the '' supreme reopen.-· oil:!y o! the re- ( pub)if. Wf send y : this expression j of our faith and trust in you and the assurano· ·! ■■ : .-ustaniiim j)..ι ers. "\\\· .-.Kill π m ι ■ ,■ γ wi;h y '.ι ί·>;■ tin· winning ni ! he λ . r ,u I .. -,ir fessf; I pea ee a! him.·.· and abroad. We have directed a committee to fall upon ymi a: y.uir c myonione·.· tu advise w.th \ "U." Their cxpru .-i· m of un'i.v w :■·· telegraphed to the ne ψ President at the White House. The message j wa> signed by Senator Yandenter.:, ι of Michigan, conli·ivnce chairman. 1 and Senator Iiarl :i of Ohio, sccre- ! tary. U. S. Units Are On Every Major Philippine island Manila, April 13.—(AP)—Ameri can I : ■ 111 J- wore on every one ul the lii;ij·>ι' Philippine i-lands today. Kle nients of the veteran American divi sion invaded IJohol Wednesday and ((iiiekly dispersed a small enemy gar rison near the main town. Cïceral Douglas MacArtluir's commiinkuie today said Major Crén elai Arnold's American doughboys "rapidly drove inland in an endeavor to secure control of the entire island before the surprised enemy could rally his strength." Bohol guerrillas alrsriay were in contrt 1 of much of the island, be tween Cebu and Levte, in the cen I γ; 11 Philippine . and j U.-.1 north of! 1V1 i ι ici< > ii:t< κ The i 11 \. i.- · >n was covered liy i: ·. 111 — ! fire from light naval craft and aerial) bombing by the thirteenth air force | pilots. It was v irtually unopp sod. ι Elsewhere, ground troops contin-I lied their swilt mep-nps. except in, rorthern I. /.on, where fighting \ν;ι slow and bitter around Leyte's north shore. In southern Luzon, fourteenth corps troops, which have broken the back of Japanese defenses the past week, shot forth thirty miles from Antinnan en the east coast uf Hipul peninsula. 1 New President Of I nited St.stes * 1 —·-■ ·»♦— ». Ju.-ïâi,.·ν^ν'■*·&*'Φ · -.«. . *a--..4J HARRY S. IIU MAN World Pauses in Tribute To America's President Flags Half-Masted In Most Countries All Over The Earth ( l> tin- Ass κ i ilcd I'rrss.) A: nui .(ι : :■( v.·· Id tliu humble and 111- ,;rc. ι : ... i. I : 11 u 1 tribute t · ti.iν !.. I- : ni.I:n I.'e.a no Iti- >se\ ell it: wordy , ,.ϋ'Ι . ι: row. 'l'Ile ι ι ■ - . . ! .ally ..11 nati>>n> flow at li.ti: ,. Many govern I'.ep.'.-; do :,ed .. : ·■ : i· c 1 ol mourning. Ι·.'·, ι ; ji.i; h y st rea , ι · :, :e \V I ' i.-.e I run \\ · >rlii ea] jι * . ι.". Prime Minister Churchill, Premier S;..li:i a :. ■ 1 I i. ι .e: al -ssimo C'h:..ng Kai-shek addressed messages of eon™ d :->!C-e to M: Roosevelt. Churchill ιίι : ·. I he personally ι■ ; it·! -lied friendship." I le ..ill · ;·· i . eiit's death \\a the ··. tin· I: nation and o: : ■ : 111 in every land." Stalin said the Russians "highly ■. . ι .I 11 1 ' II·".se\ elt a> a • ίο struggles ol lret ι.· ·...'ions against tin ,. !id as the leader in the ι- ι * ι . .. . ny the securit ν ol the v.! v. . Id." ·'· . ' e Pi esident's name \\ cul· I : ie ., ie. ·ϋ light to humanity for c. ηt ;r.i ' ν ίο," and deelat eii iii.i u as intensified by the gr. lit ii ο". i'd him. Ί"· ι ι · w - : '.he President had d:· d v. as ι i.ι · : ipaekly to tr · ·[>.· i the ijel.i, : id ,-.iil >rs at sea, now fight t · ι > ν eti rious end ol history's greatest war. They, like the ne ι :.. 111 e, were shocked and unbelie\ ing. The ,\· ο ernadcasting station in Europe, informing the peoples of Ii nope i". .i special broadcast, (Ιο ί hire· i '" . : i I lias Inst its gl'eat o: t '....··! i: : 1 peace." I '■ 11 h |5ι·: · I >ky· ι first re laye. i -i. · ' t "\\.- accounts I. their peoph . 'iien i ο r expressed bitter comme ι The (!» ι . ■ · asserted the Près lent lo ,·. η in hist >ry as the mail upon whose instigation l he ι ■:■· "I .· ,.ι turn. I in' » the si ο ι 'id . 'rt war." Τ 'k vi > sa id no .la n ane-" "bar! rs anv !■ nd hopes in; a > arirlcn .·'< op : : ι the f ight i: g ρ ·νο: of V-iorva." and then, in a propa l' .nda \e n. added: "We c nsid''r !!...·.·<··» elt verv forttina'e indeed t · have died before conditions became an!..' l'aide." ('..•nerd Charles TV Oa die. presi de!·' of the provisional government n| F i-ce. ordered all f'.ai-'s on offi n ii bnildings throughout the empire placed at half s'aff In a teles''am • ι Pro- dent Truman, he called , R ,lin ' svm1-. 'ie champion in: tiie cause of liberty." Vienna Taken, Stalin Savs l.nnd<m. \prii I— (ΛΡ — Marshal Stalin .· mummed to night til»' capturt of \ n'ima. liussian troop·» wcr.· moving to diï > on Γη<· ( >r * ^ 1 : ». ak t i 1 \ of Hrinm, <·Κ nii!< - îmrth of \ icnna. alter cuitii the la>i litclinr bc tuecn the tw ·» cities «π attacks that (loomed ι * ι * rcni.uiiiii!'. \a/i forces in the histeric Austrian ca pital. Moscow ! iu ,l(i M \ : u ■ ! ■ ι t The \ Vit nn.i ! 1 Wl) vvutl-l \ '\v ren \ I' ν ι1!. Russian ar The \... l.»ses in ι \ day. the I ν,ν,.,η·!, Moanw! I ι η le:m itM'i ι Truman Names Saturday To Be Day Or Mourning Washington. \nril l. —( AIM —President Marr> -s 'l'rumaii proilaimed toda.x lhat tomor row should be ■ da* of mourn ing for Franklin î>. Koosevelt throughout Hie I uitcd Stales. Hl· proc la l'a tin::. i-^ncil at the Stale Dcpaifment. lormall.x announced Mie late President's death. "But though his voiee is si lent." the new chief executive I said, "his courage is not spent, his faith is not extinguished." "The courage of great men J outlives them to become the ι ο 111 ; · : ■ < · ni (heir piop'e and lite peoples ol the world. It lives be yond Ihrni and upholds tlicir purposes and brings their hopes to " ISS." Mr. Truman reeommendrcl th.it the people of this country assemble tomorrow "in their resprelive places of divine wor ship. there to how dow n in sub mission to the will of Almighty God. and to pay out of full hearts their homage of love and rrvrrence to the memor> of the great and good man whose death the* mourn."
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