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tennesbean -mi THE TENNESSEANi VJLLE mm associated veee HOME DEUYERED In fh toner Cifadel of Nafion Wide World SUBSCRIPTIONS THIRTY-TWO PAGES 30c A WEEK NASHVILLE, TENN, FRIDAY MORNING. APRIL IS, 1945 VOL.SS-No.337 OS) fil IL i) Cvl Cvl 1 HV DHATTlfli fnl fnl Iq1 11 T0 (ft fc1 fnl fo) fl A Is IL LI uvJ 1 TO la UM: Truman Sworn In Pledged Policies I MW I II I I Mil III I 1 1 I Believed Last Picture of President As Truman Takes Oath Former Judge Wife With Body On Sad Return 1 Takes Oath As 32nd President 4 Mistourian Requests Cabinet To Stay, Will Press Victory Efforts WASHINGTON. April 12 (AP) Harry S. Truman, who ll years agro was i Missouri county judge, be came the' 32nd President of i the United States at 7:09 d. m.

(E. W. tonight and solemnly pledged himself to the policies of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Tha office of vice eresldent will remain vacant until tha IMS nreeidential election and subse To Capita I Today Funeral on Saturday in Washington; Dies From a Cerebral Hemorrhage; Vacation Ends in Sudden Tragedy By D. HAROLD OLIVER WARM SPRINGS. April 13 (Friday) (AP) Plans were completed early today for a simple' funeral for Franklin Delano Roosevelt as Mrs.

Roosevelt arrived to join her beloved dead and begin the journey back to Washington. The President's wife was flown from Washington in an army plane and was taken immediately to the Warm Springs Foundation where Mr. Roosevelt died of cerebral hemorrhage at 4:35 p. m. (E.W.T.).

Only Highest Officials To Attend It was made known that the funeral train would start for Washington during the day, arriving Saturday for the funeral at 4 p. in the east room of the White House The room seats only 200 and only highest States and foreign officials will attend. His strength sapped by leadership in America's great-est war, Mr. Roosevelt's unejteected death today stunned the 'World. His duties fell on Vice President Harry S.

who, sworn in as the 32nd president in a White House ceremony at Washington, issued this statement: "The world may be sure that we will prosecute this war on both fronts, east and west, with all the vigor we 1 possess, to a successful conclusion." quent Inaugural of the winners In that campaign. Quick Announcements SVom In two hours and 34 min utes after Mr. Roosevelt's death la Warm Springs, as a shocked i' capital aought to weigh the Import of the audden change, Truman an nounced In quick succession: 1. He will trv to carry on as he believes President Roosevelt would have done. -J 3.

The Ban Francisco United Na i Hill I w-WiAl tions conference will go on scheduled ADril 25. He has asked th RmimwU cabinet to stay on With 4. The war will he pressed to a VTASmrnjlun, April i npriia, njrry Truman takes the Presidential oath af office today In the Whita Mouse to succeed Franklin D. Reeaavalt aa wartlma ehlf executive at Mr. Truman (cantar) and their daughter, Mjry Margaret (right) look an.

successful conclusion." Issuss Ststement The new chief executive Issued 1 I this statement: "The world may ho aura that we will prosecute the war on both fronts, eaat and weat, with all tha vigor we possess, to a successful 4 'On To Berlin' Order Is Awaited By Yanks conclusion." A short time earlier Truman had Takes Up Honor of the President It was at 4 :35 p. Eastern war time, that Mr. Roosevelt died of a cerebral hemorrhage. It was at 7:09 announced that the United Nations conference would open as acheduled on April 39 to draft a plan tor world organization. mat a solemn-faced Truman took up the burden and the honor of President.

Mr. Roosevelt's last words were: "I have a terrific headache." He spoke them to Comdr. Harold Bruenn. naval Dhv- Thus Truman acted Immediately to carry out the twin objectives of 57 Miles of Capital winning the war ana seemng a lasting peace. sician.

Will Carry On" White House Secretary Stephen lk atliaT'M- 1ft TiaT 1 Bv AUSTIN BEALMEAR Early told reporters that the new PARIS, Friday, April 13 (AP) United States Ninth Burial will be at the Roosevelt ancestral home at Hyde Park, N. Sunday, the exact time not being set The body will not lie in state. Army tanks smashed across the Elbe Kiver on a six-mile President "wants to say tost will be his effort to carry on as he front Just 57 miles from Berlin yesterday and United UlCUINr.TnM A.nl 19 UP) Tki. of Priil.l Fn.lrlm believes the President would have done, and to that end he has asked 22-Hour Run to Washington Spates First and Third armies in sweeps of nearly 50 miles thundered at the gates of the great eity of araW tllli Va era fsa aa em aaaew wa wenswua a aw vwe7 elt, made at the White Houm on March 29, 1945, is believed to have been his last picture. the cabinet to stay on with mnr Crowds stood silently outside the White House.

Flaga on embassies and other public buildings dipped 75 miles southwest ox the caDital. A field disnatch said only orders from IX. Gen. Wil Presidential Secretary William D. Hassett said Mr.

Roosevelt's body would leave here around 9 a. m. (E. W. tomorrow for the approximately 22-hour run to Washington.

Mr. Roosevelt, 63, was sitting in front of a fireplace in the Little White House here atoD Pine Mountain when to half starr. It waa Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt liam H. Simpson were needed to send the Second Armored Division dashing: on into Berlin, which could possbly be President's Death Stuns Capita Who summoned Mr.

Truman from hia capitol office to the White House and told mm ner nuioana reached today. Unconfirmed French reports aald Allied parachute troop bad baen dropped at barely 30 miles from Greater Ber waa dead. the attack struck him. While waiting she sent mesaagea From Diplomats to Cab Drivers to the four Roosevelt sons in tna armed forces Jamea. Elliott, Bruenn described it as a massive cerebral hemorrhage.

The President's Negro valet, Arthur Prettyman, and a Filipino messboy carried him to his bedroom. He was Frisco Peace Meet Still On i Franklin. Jr- and John telling them of their father's passing. crowd was assembling fast clvil- WASHINGTON, April 13 JP I the beastly changeable weather," but it aU obviously waa email talk. unconscious at the end.

It came without pain. if Tl IA. 1 a i a 'Slant Awav Thla Afternoen' lana and servicemen and women "He slept away thla afternoon," Soma had their hats off, others From diplomats to cab drivers, capitol reaidents took first news Finally the attache voiced the aha told them. "He did his job to stood holding the Iron grill fence, of the President's death today staring up at the porch, where the thoughta of the others: "i won der what It will mean to tha Nobody answered him. mr.

Kooseven, in me inira montn or nis lourtn term -as President, came here three weeks ago to rest. Mrs. Roosevelt planned to flv here this evening. She, left the White House at 7:15 after informin their four WASHINGTON, April 13 President Harry 8. Truman t- the end, as he would want to do.

Bless you all and all-our love." She signed it mother. doors stood open and newcomers, with a shocked unbelief wnJch left them literally atunned Into mo nouncad tonlrht that tha UnPfd riding up In various official cars Natlona Conference called for April When another reporter rushing downtown told a Negro cab-driver Funeral services will be held Saturdav afternoon In the East mentary speechlessness. walked sort-rootedly inside. There was little talking any 2 will go on aa acheduled. uniformed sons by wire of their father's death.

Removes One of 'Big Three' News of the Chief Executive's the aewa. ha refused to believe it at first Then he said slowly: Tm sorrv to hear that Man. but Tm Room or the White House, uunai will be in the family plot at Hyde passing came to, the British embassy by a phone call, as an As where, at first, and people on the street stared questioningly at each newcomer to the group, as though still expecting someone might deny lin. Tha electrifying croaaing- of the Kibe, last hig river barrier before tha devastated capital, came with such speed that auprema headquarters was unable to confirm it, a pokesman saying SHEAF waa completely -out of touch with Ninth Army apearheada. Tha United States First and Third Armies, after their long gain, were under a security blackout, but field report said It was possible that one of them would reach lalps1g by today.

They last were reported 33 to 34 miles from tha city with nothing ia front of them. From out of the blackout came tha nawa that the First Army's Third Armored Division had reeled ff gain on the Firat's north flank and had driven mora than two miles beyond 8anger-hausen, 84 miles southwest of Berlin. The advances of these two Park Sundav afternoon. The death removed from- world councils one -of the Big Three" Roosevelt. Stalin and Churchill who.

sorry to hear that!" He added, "I wonder what it will mean to us sociated Press reporter was stand White Houaa Secretary Jonathan Daniels said President Truman, whoVaa aworn In lata today had authorised Secretary of SUte Edward R. Stettlnlua, Jr, to make a atatamant that tha United Nations meeting; will be Mid aa planned. I Several delegations already hare The Jate preaiaenra oooy wui not lie in atate, and the funeral ing by. Tha entire office froce that It had really happened. Into various positions of lncredu- loua Immobility.

la expected to be as private aa poaaible. Mr. Roosevelt's death, was an Everywhere the acene waa much the same. Little groups gathered on street corners throughout the city proper to stand about aimless For a full 10 seconds not a soul spoke Then one attache simply arrived In thla country. President Roosevelt had planned to addreaa the meeting.

blurted, "My uod: ana tne tension If anything. I wonder. An Amerioan army major on a downtown corner shook his head unbelievingly and naked: "It's really truer Assured that It was, he said: "Wen. now he's next to Lincoln In more ways than one." He walked on down the street at ill looking dased. In front- of the White House the ly and a little dlsbetievingiy.

nounced to the press at 6:50 o'clock by Stephen Early, former presidential secretary. It waa Early who also gave out the stunning newa broke. It waa not known immediately Someone else said. "He hasn't Workers going home at the end of the day to their suburban homes were hailed by neighbors aa they looked at all well lately," and still of the Pearl Harbor attack. An emergency cabinet meeting worked together to win the war and laid joint plans for keeping the peace.

Truman likewise has stressed the' need for international cooperation. Dr. Bruenn said he saw the President this.mornlno; and he was in excellent spirits at 9:30 a. m. "At 1 o'clock," Bruenn added, "he was sitting In chair while sketches were being made of him by an architect.

He suddenly complained of a very severe occipital headache (back of the head). "Within avery few minutes he lost consciousness. 7 He was seen by me at 1:30 p. 15 minutes after the episode had started. Never Regained Consciousness another Englishman added, "It's whether Preeident Truman will travel to San Franclaco to apeak.

Tha immediate Indlcatlona were, however, that If tha conference waa called Immediately and ar (Continued en Page Column 3) rangements made to elevate Mr. (Continued en Page Column (Continued on Page 2. Column 7) (Contlnuad on Papa 2. Column t) Four Roosevelt Sons Get Death Cancels Jefferson Day Fhtes in State Disbelief, Shock, Solemnity Mark Reaction Word in Battle Zones "He did not regain consciousness and he died at Of Hoshvillians to Death of President WASHINOTON. April 13 INS manding officers in cases where lt would be possible for them to re Because of the President's death.

President Roosevelt's three navy turn home. officer sons wsre in the racirio to the annual Jefferson Day dinners in Tennessee acheduled for tonight 3:35 p.m." Jv Only others present in the cottage were Comdr. George Fox, White House pharmacist and long, an at tendant on the President Hassett, Miss Grace-Tully, confidential secretary, and two cousins. Miss Laura rkiuf shack and then so I em n- day and his fourth son, Brig. uen.

Elliott Roosevelt was with the were called off last night by Frank end he did not fall them. During the awful days of tha depression his efforts were directed towards not only the care of those who could not helo themselves, but Franklin, Gets News After Big Jap Attack armv air forces in the European Hobbs, state chairman. I That's the way NashvUle met the vaatardiv afternoon that theater, when they received word Gov. Jim Nance McCord had been of their fathers aeatn. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt was dead.

GUAM. Friday. April 13 UP alao to tha development of the Delano and Miss Margaret Suckley. Bruenn said he called Vice Admiral Ross T. Mclntyre, Marina Corps Co I.

James Roose treat natural resources such as Ik whan tha first "flash' came yea- slated to speak at the Democratic rally here; Sen. K. D. McKellar In Knoxvilla and Sen. A.

Tom Stewart In Jackson, Word of Presldsnt Roosevelt's death reached his son. Lt Comdr. the Tennessee VaUey Authority navy surgeon general and White House physician in velt la a member of the stair of sn amphibious group of the Pa- rjT terday afternoon, virtually every i.u.kMia in tha eltv was busv aa "At first there was a noisy busx In the lobby, and than when the news was confirmed, a hash --fell over the place like a wave and you could aee heada bow," commented an assistant manager at one of the largest downtown hotels. By nightfall the ewe bad spread throughout the city aa the people burled their faces behind newspapers. And a strange silence seemed to grip Church Street.

The death of tha President waa the entire conversation, and a Tennee-sean symposium among tha men on the street found the populace aflll Franklin Roosevelt Jr, off Oki here In the South. clflo fleet "In 1941 when we were murder two questions raced along the lines: Is It truaT" and "Have you beard LL Cm dr. Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr, la ia command of a destroyer ously attacked by aa enemy, the people again looked to him and be nawa this morning after a suicidal Japanese air attack on American Invasion forces. Young Roosevelt commands a destroyer escort on a screening as Today's Tennessean Washington, and that Mclntyre In turn called Dr.

James E. Paullin of Atlanta, an internal medicine practitioner, and honorary consultant to the navy surgeon general. Paullin was present when Bruenn gave the statement of the cause of death to reporters of the three national news services. did not rail them. Now aa we see victory, not only signment with the Okinawa Force Page 30 Page 23 Page 33 Cloudy irvMHit Crossword Puxsie ead inrrrrXT! 9jmm the people of this country but also the liberty loving peoples of the world were looking to him In peace.

His place at the peace con Death Notices. stunned. Mayor Thomas I Cummin Editorials escort Lt Joha Roosevelt la supply officer of aa aircraft carrier. Whether or not the Roosevelt sons wUl be able to attend their father's funeral could not be learned tonight It was pointed out that naval officers are permitted to ask for emergency leave ia the event of death In their families. This is Page 30 Page 14 Page 2 Hassett gave newsmen the first announcement In response to a question.

Dr. Bruenn said the Presi Market Newa who said city offices would ference will be hard to UL" and was on the bridge directing nis ship's antiaircraft fire In a hot battle In which 118 Japanese planes were destroyed. Another Roosevelt son, Lt John Roosevelt, Is supply officer on sn aircraft carrier with the Pacific Fleet Hia exact whereabouts was Page 20 dent' died without pain. sjeaeiam aa auie hwwii OrXXT TfkVtBATCmSI tl I PA Jt- XSTVUSJ: tana When the hews of death had been absorbed those who had "lost the bast friend we ever had" Included Radio Raymond Johnson Sports Tom Little Cartooa Page 27 Pages 37, 28 News of the President death spread quickly and closed Saturday, made hla statement: "Our President Is dead. 'Ia fbe dark daya of 1933 the people of Amarioa put their tract la tun page 141 not knows here.

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