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DEATH CAUSED CONFUSION - People 194S. His death, IS years ago today, cause J
crowd the sidewalk as the black caisson International confusion. Even his political
bearing the casket of President Franklin enemies in this country felt lost without
D. Roosevelt pulls up before the White him. But the war surged on to Allied vic-
House in Washington, D.C., on April 12, tory. (UPI Telephoto From Files)
Roosevelt's Death in Georgia
15 Years Ago Rocked the World
Editor'i note: Fifteen Venn
luua.v rresinrm rranKiin u. KOO&e
vclt died. This dispatch on the an
niversary was written by Merrltnan
Smith, dean of White House corre
spondents, who was with the presl-
aenuai press - party at narm
Springs, Ga., the day FDR died.
By MERRIMAN SMITH
UPI White House Reporter
Washington - IUP1) -Few
deaths rocked the world like
the passing of President
Franklin D. Roosevelt 15
years ago today.
World War II was at a cru
cial stage with the final Al
lied crushing blows, includ
ing the atomic bomb, in vary
ing stages of preparation. The
United Nations was in its
early organizational phases
and negotiations were under
way with Russia over who
was to have what after the
fighting ended.
For months, diplomats here
had been cabling their gov
ernments secret gossip that
Roosevelt was not a well man.
Soviet Premier Josef V. Stalin
and British Prime Minister
Winston Churchill saw Roose
velt at Yalta in January, 1945,
and they saw a man begin
ning to slip away.
Seemed Thinner
At Yalta, Roosevelt seemed
thinner and shakier than ever
before. He tired easily. The
edge of his knife-sharp banter
across a conference table was
beginning to dull.
Yet, how does one, even a
Churchill or a Stalin, say with
any certainty, "This man is
dying"? Not even his doctors
could say that In fact, they
thought F.D.R. might rock
along indefinitely, taking
longer vacations and devoting
less time to purely adminis
trative details of the presi
dency. Some members of Roose
velt's staff, however, did not
share the more or less hope
ful prognosis of the doctors.
At least two high ranking
presidential secretaries, Jon
athan Daniels and William D.
Hassett, even before Yalta,
confided in each other the m
tual fear that their boss was
slipping physically and pro
nouncedly. Family Had Misgivings
Members of the Roosevelt
family had their misgivings,
too. Mrs. Roosevelt, their sons
and daughter all took turns
trying to ease the President's
burden, to make him get more
rest.
Although he was declining
in strength, and he must have
known it better than anyone
else, Roosevelt remained in
full control of his adminis
tration. His voice thundered in
world councils and political
enemies bent under the lash
of his ridicule.
Five days before his death,
he met with three press'asso-
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ciation reporters who travel
ed with him during most of
the war. The scene was his
living room, a woodsy sort of
room, in the little White
House at Warm Springs, Ga.
Seemed at Etas.
The early spring sun was
pouring through the windows
at the President's back and
he sat at a card table with
Manuel Quezon, then the pres
ident of the Philippines.
F.D.R. seemed quite at ease,
but tired. As part of the after
effects of polio, his hands al
ways had shaken a trifle, but
his quivering seemed more
prm.cunced than ever that day
as he had difficulty ligh'ing
his cigarettes. -
He was working then on a
speech to be delivered late in
April to the first session of
the U.N. Hewas looking for
ward to the train trip to San
Francisco for the meeting. He
loved riding trains. He was
the first President in office to
fly, but he traveled by air no
more than absolutely neces
sary because altitude bother
ed his sinuses.
He was in steady communi
cation with American envoys,
generals and admirals across
the world. All sinews of the
American war effort, all lines
of Allied communication end
ed in that little Georgia cot
tage. International Confusion
And suddenly, ' they all
snapped on April 12, 1945.
Sitting in the pleasant sun
light that filtered into the sit
ting room through the Geor
gia pines he loved so much,
Franklin D. RooseVelt clapped
his hand to his forehead, com
plained of a headache and
slumped over unconscious, the
victim of a massive cerebral
hemorrhage. He died later in
the afternoon, never regain
ing consciousness.
That day was a long time
ago by the calendar, but a
relatively short span in his
tory. His death caused interna
tional confusion. Even his
political enemies in this coun
try felt lost without him. For
a brief period, most Americans
forgot politics and mourned.
But the war surged on to Al
lied victory; the new Presi
dent, Harry S. Truman, took
over and began to assemble
his own administration, con
duct his own policies.
Roosevelt's death proved
what he, himself knew - that
America was strong and mov
ing onward; that no man,
leader or follower, is in truth,
indispensable. v .
Suspicious Persons
Should be Reported
Medford Chief of Police
Charles P. Champlln today ad
vised Medford residents to re
port to police "at once," any
suspicious persons seen loiter
ing around their or their
neighbors' homes.
Champlln gave the advice
in connection with a number
of recent house burglaries re
ported In the northeast section
of the city.
One day recently police re
ceived reports of three house
burglaries and two attempted
burglaries.
One of these occurred at
921 Reddy St., where only
chewing gum was taken; an
other at 836 Taylor st., where
a purse was opened and about
$9 in cash taken; and a third
at 987 Niantic st., where noth;
ing was reported taken.
George Cleo Brees, 342
Mary st., told police he saw
two persons tampering with
the rear door of his residence
late Friday night, but they
ran away before he could
catch them. He described one
of them as being between 18
and 19 years of age.
Another attempted house
burglary was reported to po
lice by Lillian Alta Exline,
812 Taylor St., who told po
lice a screen door at the rear
of her residence was tampered
with while she was at work.
In all cases the burglars
gained or attempted to gain
entry by forcing open rear
doors of the homes, Champlin
said.
Retarded Children
Is Meeting Topic
Karl Hayes showed slides
and spoke on the work being
done at the pilot school for
retarded children at a recent
meeting of the Southern Ore
gon Association of Osteo
pathic Physicians and Sur
geons and the auxiliary.
The meeting was held at the
home of Dr. and Mrs. Milton
Snow, 1208 Leiand ave. Fol
lowing the meeting dessert
and coffee were served.
The next meeting will be a
barbecue Tuesday, May 10, at
the home of Dr. and Mrs.
Max Flowers Jr., 1055 East
Pine st., Central Point.
COLLECTIVIZE FARMS
Berlin - (UPD - The East Ger
man news service reported
Monday that all farms in 12
ox kast Germany s 14 admin
istrative districts now are col-
lectivised.
Grants Pass Men
Plan New Industry
In Medford Area
Tentative plans have been
revealed for the establishment
of a $150,000 fishing reel in
dustry in Medford.
Bert H. Parks and John J.
Shaw, both of Grants Pass,
told the Medford Chamber of
Commerce roundtable lun
cheon Monday that negotia
tions are presently under way
with a local firm to start pro
duction of the fishing reels.
The company will do business
as the Savage Rapids Manu
facturing Company, Inc., and
hopes to start production with
in three or four months.
Parks told the luncheon
group the reel will be entirely
different from anything now
on the market and will appeal
to a quality, not a low-price
market.
The reel, Parks said, is a
complete departure from the
old "star drag" reel. It fea
tures a floating disc that is
pressured from both sides for
drag and brake, with either
thumb or fingertip control.
Chrome-Plated
Construction will be almost
entirely of cast aluminum and
will be chrome-plated by a
new process. They will all be
ball-bearing mounted and
would, with a few exceptions,
use Oregon - manufactured
parts.
Parks said he invented the
reel 13 years ago in Buffalo,
N.Y., for his own use. At
the advice of a friend, he said,
he had the reel patented a
short time later.
With the encouragement of
Shaw, whom he met when
he moved to Grants Pass, he
has since obtained additional
patents both in the U. S. and
Canada and is also applying
for patents in Japan, Aus
tralia, New Zealand and other
fishing countries. These pat
ents are in both Parks and
Shaw's names, it was pointed
out.
Medford was selected as a
site for the new company
Parks said, because it offers
the necessary facilities for the
product. He had praise of the
Medford Chamber of Com
merce and especially Man
ager Don McNeil, whom, he
said, were most cooperative
and helpful when thev were
investigating the possibilities
here.
Negotiating with Firm '.
Shaw and Parks are pres-
ford firm to manufacture the
product for them and said if
the price quoted them is fav
orable, then they will proceed
with their plans.
They would eventually man
ufacture seven different mod
els of reels, which are: a small
trout reel, a fly-casting steel
head reel, a king salmon and
sturgeon reel, a sail fish and
blue tarpon reel, a large custom-made
reel for the black
marlin waters, a large spin
ning reel for surf-casting and
a smaller spinning reel for
stream fishing.
Parks said several model
reels were used by two guides
on the Rogue river this last
season and both they and
their parties of fsherman
were impressed with the per
formance of the reels.
The company was recently
Incorporated in Salem for
$150,000, Shaw said, and
there will be a stock sale.
Trade name of the reels will
be "Rogue Reel" which has al
ready been registered, he said.
Telephone Company
Honors Two Women
Lois Kezer and Ila Stilwell
were presented service em
blems in recognition of a total
of 25 years service to Pacific
Telephone-Northwest, accord
ing to Manager J. H. Creager.
Lois Kezer, operator, re
ceived a 10-year pin. The em
blem was presented by her
supervisor, Mrs. Valerie Per
due, chief operator. She also
received a corsage.
Ila Stilwell, service ob
server for the traffic depart
ment here, was awarded a 15-
year emblem. M. A. Ivey, traf
fic results supervisor from
Portland, made the presenta
tion. Mrs. Garnet Ring, chief
service observer from Port
land, pinned on Miss Stil
well's corsage.
Miss Stilwell was also
awarded a sterling silver
charm for four years of per
fect attendance. She will wear
the award on a silver bracelet
which she has won for perfect
attendance on previous years
Cake and c o f fe e were
served In the . operator's
Limousine Service
Has New Vehicle
The Medford Airport Lim
ousine Service put a second
station wagon into service this
morning, company officials re
ported. Formerly one station
wagon had served airport
customers.
The service, which started
in February, recently receiv-1
ed permission from the city !
to pick up passengers at the i
airport and take them to resi- j
dential areas in Medford. For !
outgoing travelers the service i
is available only from tourist i
accommodations in the area j
to the airport. i
Both vehicles will be alike
with one equipped with mo
bile telephone, it was report
ed. New driver for the serv-!
ice is Burt Cooper. The other !
driver is Clarence Jones. i
BED FOR DE GAULLE
San Francisco-lUPIi-Carpen-ters
at the Mark Hopkins hotel
have completed an eight-foot-long
bed for French President
Charles de Gaulle. The 6-foot,
4-ineh French chief of stale
will visit San Francisco April
27.
MAIL TRIBUNE, MJforo, CV.
Tuesday, April 12, 1960
Warsaw - (UPD - A man iden
tified as Zygmunt Zzamborski
was sentenced by an army
court to ten years in prison
Monday on charges he sup
plied defense information to
agents of the United States.
FIRE ROUTS GUESTS
New York - IUPD - Hundreds
of guests left their rooms at
the midtown Park Sheraton
hotel Monday night when a
fire broke out near a ball
room on the 26th floor. Traf
fic was detoured around the
hotel until an hour after the
blaze was brought under con
trol. One fireman and a switch
board operator were treated
for smoke poisoning.
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