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Anti-FDR preacher Gerald Smith dies GLENDALE, Calif. (UPD) The Rev. Gerald L. K. Smith major political figure of the 19305 whose fiery country pulpit oratory praised Huey Long and denounced Franklin Roosevelt died Thursday at age 78.

Smith was revered by his followers as a Christian patriot, a tireless fighter against atheism and communism, but was denounced by his enemies as a racist demagogue, espousing an American variety of fascism Descendant of four generations of -riding "hellfire and brimstone" country preachers, Smith was described by the celebrated writer H. L. Mencken in 1936 as the "gutsiest and goriest, the loudest and the lustiest, the deadliest and damnedest orator ever heard on this or any other earth. Smith, who had lived in the 1 Los Angeles area since World War IL. died at Glendale Community Hospital.

Associates in his Christian Nationalist Crusade said he died of complications from pneumonia Smith figured prominently -in Deal and President Franklin Roosevelt, whom he called "that cripple in the White House" and paw of the Jew Bankers." Smith's of One Million" gathered a personal following estimated at 3 million. His speeches sometimes set off fistfights between supporters and enemies. He railed against interracial and marriages backed as Sen. mo Theodore Bilbo of Mississippi, an ardent segregationist. His rise began as pastor of the King's Highway Christian Church in Shreveport, in 1929, when Long was a lawyer beginning his political career there.

He joined the American Silver Shirts, inspired by the Italian Black Shirts and Hitler's Brown Shirts, and campaigned against U.S. involvement in World War 11. When the United States joined the war however, he hailed it as a crusade against "the godless orientals of Japan by the Christian Low altitude blamed for crash WASHINGTON (UPD A National Park Service charter crashed on an Alaskan killing eight people on Scountain because its pilot lost control at an altitude too low for recovery, the National Transportation Safety Board reported today. The NTSB said it was unable to determine why the pilot lost control of the single-engine float plane, but the members con- TAKE A TAX BREAK JIM McCARLEY SUPERVISOR JUNE 8th Bebe MEN'S HAIRPIECES Large stock on hand. Come and try one on.

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