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FRIDAY, APRIL 20TH, 1945 Entire Nation Mourns Death Of Franklin D.. Roosevelt; Vast Tasks Face Truman FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT JANUARY 30, 1882—APRIL 12, 1945. A S THE guns of America’s fighting forces sounded ever closer . the doom of Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan, Franklin Delano Roosevelt died in Warm Springs, Georgia, where he had been resting for 10 days. Death resulted from a cerebral hemorrhage at 4:35 p. m. on April 12. Mr. Roosevelt was 63. He had been President for 12 years, one month and nine days. The White House was announced as the site of the funeral, with interment at the family estate at Hyde Park, N. Y. Less than four months had elapsed since he had taken his his toric oath of office for a fourth term. Only a few weeks before he had returned from the Yalta conference where in company with Marshal Stalin of Russia and Prime Minister Churchill of Great Britain he had labored to built an enduring peace. Fate denied Franklin Roosevelt the chance to enjoy the fruits of victory over the Axis. Yet history seemed destined to enshrine 1 him as one of the immortal American Presidents. And every citi zen who mourned the untimely passing of the Commander-in- Chief felt that he was a casualty of the war just as every G.I., Marine and Sailor who had fallen in battle. Never before had an American I President died in wartime. Abra ham Lincoln fell under Assassin i Booth’s bullet just five days after j the surrender of General Lee’s army ! at Appomattox in 1865. Woodrow Wilson lived to see victory over Germany in World War I, but he fought a losing battle for the League of Nations and died early in 1924, a defeated leader. Many i historians believe Lincoln’s great-1 ness might have been dimmed in the conflicts over reconstruction that followed the War Between the States, just as Wilson's prestige was lost in the conflict over the league that followed World War I. Thus Franklin Roosevelt, dying at the height of his career just as vic tory was to be achieved over Ger many, seemed likely to live in his tory as a great man. As the American people from Main Street to Riverside Drive mourned the death of Franklin Roosevelt, their prayers went up for his successor, Harry S. Truman. For on the shoulders of this slight, gray, 60-year-old Missourian had been laid a responsibility such as no American President had ever borne. What the consequences of the President’s death would be to the United States and the world, time alone would tell. But as Americans recovered from their first shock at the news, they quickly determined two things. The war must be prosecuted to as speedy and victorious a finish as possible. Lasting peace must be estab lished. . , And so, regardless of party or of past political differences, the peo ple have rallied behind Mr. Truman. The new President faces the im mediate task of directing American participation in the United Nations’ blueprints for a permanent world organization. He likewise faces the responsibility of establishing work ing relations with other members of the Big Three, so that the per sonal cooperation which existed be tween Franklin D. Roosevelt, Josef Stalin and Winston Churchill in leading the Allies toward victory PRECEDENTS OUT: * Throughout his career as Presi-! dent, Franklin - D. Roosevelt was known as the “precedent breaker.” j That title was first conferred in 1932 when he flew out to Chicago from Albany, N. Y., to address the Demo cratic convention that had. nomi-' nated him. It continued after his election as a result of his informal methods of transacting business. But it reached a climax in his de cision to seek a third term in 1940 and a fourth term in 1944. HARRY S. TRUMAN may be maintained in helping win the peace. He faces the long-range job of guiding the nation to postwar economic prosperity once Nazi Ger many and Japan are finally defeated. Known as a plain, modest man who has not dramatized himself personally, President Truman nevertheless has dem onstrated on many occasions that he can be a leader of force and determination. His work as chairman of the Truman com mittee in the U. S. senate in vestigating the conduct of the war is cited as an example of this. And his conduct of the Vice Presidency has shown that he can work successfully with political leaders of both parties in getting needed measures passed and in reconciling op posing points of view. The 33rd President was born in Lamar, Mo., May 8, 1884, although the home of the family for four generations had been on a farm near Independence, Mo. Served in World War I. When World War I broke out, Truman became captain of Bat tery D in the field artillery of the 35th Division and saw ac tion at St. Mihiel and in the Meuse-Argonne offensive. Back in Independence, Truman and a war buddy opened a haber dashery business. He married his boyhood sweetheart, Bess Wallace, and they have one daughter, Mary Margaret. Truman later turned to politics for a career, which started with his election as County Judge of Jack- son county. Mo. In 1926 he became the presiding judge of Jackson county, with the endorsement of Tom Pendergast, political boss of Kansas City. He studied law at night and supervised the construc tion of a great highway system. THE NEWBKKKT sun President’s Life Was Characterized By Vigorous Action Unlike the “log-cabin” presidents, Franklin Delano Roosevelt was not born into poverty. When Franklin arrived at Hyde Park, N. Y., on January 30, 1882, he came into a family that had possessed wealth for many generations. The Roose velts had been thrifty land-owners in the Hudson valley since the first of the family came over from Hol land. On his mother’s side also there was a substantial fortune. Among his ancestors were many men who had served the state in various capacities. Young Franklin attended the very fashionable Groton school, where he prepared for Harvard university. After completing the liberal arts course ho entered Columbia U- lavr school, from which he was gradu ated in 1907. Two years earlier, however, he married his distant cousin, Anna Eleanor Roosevelt. Eleanor was a niece of Theodore Roosevelt, at that time in the Whte House. After two years of legal prac tice, Franklin entered politics, running on the Democratic ticket for the New York state senate. He unexpectedly defeat ed a strong Republican candi date From the beginning of his career he identified himself with reform movements, opposing the poverful Tammany organi zation in the statehouse. He was re-elected in 1912, by which time he had become a leader of the anti-Tammany faction. Woodrow Wilson appointed Roose velt assistant secretary of the navy. When World War I broke out Roosevelt proved himself an effi cient administrator, handling bil- lions of dollars’ worth of contracts for ships and supplies. He served ia this post throughout the war. Ran for Vice President. In 1920 the Democratic national convention chose him as running mate for James Cox. While cam paigning for the vice presidency Roosevelt made many acquaint ances valuable in later political life. Cox being defeated, F.D.R returned to legal practice. The following year the great tragedy of his life struck him— infantile paralysis. The big, strong young man became a bedridden invalid. For months he lay without ambition, almost without hope. Slowly his pow erful will took command, how ever, and by persistence he partially regained the use of his muscles. It was during his convalescence at Warm Springs, Ga., that he determined to do what he could to eradicate the scourge that had almost ruined him. The “March of Dimes” campaign was the result. At the Democratic conventions at 1924 and 1928, he aligned nimseli with the group supporting Alfred E. Smith, New York’s governor, When Smith was nominated in 1928. Roosevelt ran for governor of hii state and was elected. At the end of his two-year term he was again elected, this time by the greatest majority ever given to a New York governor. As governor he continued the re form and improvement policies ol his predecessor Smith. His achieve ments attracted nationwide atten tion. As the depression that began late in 1929 deepened, his efforts to control the mounting business failures, unemployment and dis tress in his state revealed his abili ties as a vigorous leader in gravs times. When the national conventior met in Chicago in 1932 Roosevell was quickly chosen. He was swept into office by a plurality of sever million votes, carrying 42 states. Both houses went Democratic. Before he could take office a wave of bank failures threat ened the whole economic struc ture. The famous “bank mora torium” order, one of Roose velt’s first official acts, closed all banks until they could be re organized on a sounder basis, thus preventing disastrous runs. In the spring of 1932 came the repeal of the 18th, or prohibi tion amendment. Then came the National Industrial Recov ery Act, or “NRA,” under which extensive emergency pow ers were granted to the Presi dent. A series of public works were authorized to combat un employment, together with huge appropriations for direct relief. The numerous executive and leg islative acts of this first term were approved in general as necessary in the face of widespread suffer ing. A phrase from one of the President’s speeches, “a new deal," developed into a title for the whole Roosevelt program. In 1936 the convention in Phil adelphia nominated Roosevelt by acclamation on the first bal lot. He carried 46 states in the elections. This second term ma jority was so overwhelming that many New Dealers began to call it a “mandate from the people.” During this second term a great number of mea sures were passed to increase the economic security of the In dividual, particularly the work ers, farmers and small busi nessmen. THE CHARLESTON NAVY YARD PAYS HIGH WAGES Ships built by the Charleston Na vy Yard employees both landing craft and other types of vessels, are fighting in every sector of the war ring globe. ' Quoted from a United Press story, telling how a 15,000-yard-long beach-, head was set up on the west coast of Okinawa Island, is the following- “Minesweepers, commanded by young | and daring, naval officials, have played a stellar role in this invasion. •They swept more htan 2,500 square miles of water around Okinawa in the most extensive antimine opera tions of the Pacific war. “With the mines gone, American warships were- able to put within a few thousand yards of the beaches for close-up shelling. No transport ! or cargo ship hit a mine in the land ing operations’’ The success of our Okinawa land ings gives positive proof of the value of the work pressed to a finish by CNY just before Christmas. Tie pressing need for electricians, ma- | chinists sheetmetal workers, PV>e- I fitters, plumbers and helpers is crit- | Persons not presently employed in ! essential war work at their highest ■ skills are urgently requested to con- 1 tact the CNY civil- service recruit ing representative, Miss Hazel G. Crouch, at the United States Employ ment Service office, Caldwell St., CLARY-EPTING Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Clary, Sr., of Newberry, announce the engagement of their daughter, Helen Elizabeth, to Lieutenant Sylvian W. Epting, Unit ed States Army. Lieutenant Epting is the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. George Epting of Newberry. The wedding will be in the near future. RECITAL AT ORGAN BY MISS BOWERS IS WELL RECEIVED Playing with technical brilliance and maturity, is Louise Bowers, presenting the first spring gradua tion recital of Randolph-Macon Woman’s College music department, gave an organ program in Smith Memorial Auditorium last evening which won demonstrative approval from the audience. The schedule throughout was dif ficult, with Bach numbers as its opening, other classics, several mod em composers’'works and finally, the Concerto Gregoriano by Yon, in whteh the pedal cadenza was executed with especially fine dex terity, climaxing an excellent per formance. , Miss Cary Lou Edgar of Charles ton, W. Va., soprano, whose voice showed to advantage in a demand ing list of songs, assisted Miss Bow ers, and Miss Alice Rayle of At lanta, supplied at the piano the or chestral parts in the Concerto Gre goriano, rounding out a well-bal anced evening. Miss Dorothy Sta ples supplied her usual capable ac companiment for the songs Miss Bowers has been serving as organist at Rivermont Presbyterian church for the last two sessions, and Miss Edgar’s contribution to the music of the college community also lend added interest to the concert.— 1 The News, Lynchburg, Va. Miss Bowers is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jackson Bowers, Jr. of this city, who accompanied by Mrs. H. W. Schumpert and S. C. Paysinger attended the recital at Randolph-Macon Woman’s College. Mr. Paysinger also visited his daughter, Marjory Paysinger, who is a freshman there. NEW DRIVER LICENSES GO ON SALE APRIL 16 / South Carolina driver licenses, good for four years, expire on June 30, 1945, and renewals will be ac cepted on April 16th and after, said J. S. Williamson, chief highway com missioner. Applications are being mailed 'throughout the stat^ to all automobile owners. Drivers who fail to renew the cur rent license before July 1st must be examined as new applicants. All renewals are paper licenses. Due to the war shortage of metals, metal tags are not available. “Plese do not request metal tags,” said the chief highway commissioner, ‘‘as they are unobtainable.” Two renewal application blanks are being mailed to each owner of a mo tor vehicle in South Carolina. If a driver does not own a vehicle and is not supplied an application form, it is his responsibility to obtain one from the motor vehicle division in Columbia or from the lofcal state highway patrol. The application form when com pleted, will become the actual driver license upon validation by the depart ment All applications must be typed or printed in ink in a legible and neat manner, If an error is made, the form should be destroyed and a new one submitted. The driver license number called foi j on the application form is the cur- j rent number, which will continue per- i manently. Prifce of the license is fifty cents. Remittances are requested to be by money order, cashier’s or certified I check No personal checks will be ac- cetped. Do not send cash, requests the department. Separate remittances with family or group renewals will speed up is suance. All renewals will be expedited if sent directly to the central office of the motor vehicle division of the state highway department, P. O. Drawer 1498, at Columbia. All state highway patrol offices will be open for renewals, as well as numerous itinerary points. at Chungking for the past six months conducting a school for Chinese interpreters serving with the United States Army. JAMES LEWIS COWARD PRICE TO GO WITH CHINESE DELEGATION Rev. Dr. Frank W. Price, Chinese- born Presbyterian missionary and son of Mr. and Mrs. P. Frank Price of Florence has been named by Gen eralissimo Chiang Kai-shek to ac company the Chinese delegates to the San Francisco United Nations conference April 25. Prite, on leave from the foreign missions committee of the Presby terian church has been stationed James Lewis Coward, 52, formerly of Newberry, passed away at Iris home in Union, Wednesday, April 4th, after two weeks illness. Sur viving are his wife, Mrs. Edna Bal- lentine Coward, and five sons,' SISgt. James Marvin Coward, Germany; Lewis Alvin Coward, Union; George Ernest Coward, missing in action in Germany since December 4, 1944; William Douglas Coward, Newberry, and Sgt. John W. Coward, in a hos pital in England. Also two sisters, Mrs. J. A. Norton and Mrs. E. G. Hill, both of Columbia; two brothers, George W. Coward, Rockingham, N. C. and John M. Coward of Columbia, and several grandchildren. He was buried with full Masonic honors. Interment was in Union Memorial Gardens at Union. TP JLhirty good years, Mother” That star represents twenty-five years of service, the bar an other five... altogether, thirty years that Jim has been working on the Southern Railway System. “Thirty good years,” Jim says. Because in the years since 1915 he has seen his Southland lay the foundations for a rich, full, abundant economy. He has seen' agriculture, industry, mining and commerce team up with his own Southern Railway System to get things done. And when war came, he was part of the Southern team that broke all records in moving men and materials swiftly and surely on their way to the fighting fronts. Jim’s proud of his thirty years. So are we. But Jim knows that even greater accomplishments are still to come. And we share his faith in a great future for the postwar South... for we know that the next thirty years wift be good years, too. President SOUTHERN RAILWAY SYSTEM