Miami Daily News-Record (Newspaper) - April 13, 1945, Miami, Oklahoma i st Rites for FDR Will Be of Utmost IL C Mil JR Hit FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT By HAROLD OLIVER April De latio long and colorful public career is at an A painless death halted it abruptly yes as the nations 31st president seemingly was about to see the fruition of his plans for bringing lasting peace to a He was 63 Tast Death came unexpectedly at cwt in a aim ply furnished bedroom of his Pine mountain cause cerebral came here March 30 for one of his pe visits to and to bask in the He had planned to stay another then return to Washing spend a and start out again for a crosscountry trip to San Francisco to open the world security confer ence April All this now is up to his Harry Truman of with the aid of a sympathetic Presidents prepared during the was to be taken back to Washington by special train on the Southern railroad leaving here at 10 The train will reach the national capital at 9 cwt Roosevelt arrived last night from She flew in an Army plane to Fort Benning at nearby Columbus with Stephen White House and Vice Admiral Ross White House physi cian and Navy surgeon Funeral services are to be held at 3 cwt Sat HARRY TRUMAN in the historic East room of the body Will not lie in Burial Will be at the family home at Hyde Presidential Secretary William Hassett said the neral services would be of the same utmost simplicity the President decreed for his who died in gave out details for the He said that six hours after the services in the East room the body will be entrained for Hyde to rive at the family estate on the east bank of the Hudson at 9 Burial will be at 10 in the family garden between the rambling stone and stucco house and the Roosevelt Members of the cabinet and supreme heads of federal a representative group of Senators and members of the family and friends will accompany the funeral party from The East room services will be conducted by Bishop Angus Dun of the Washington Episcopal Cathedral Howard of Thomas Episcopal and John of Johns Episcopal church across La Fayette park from the White The President prayed each March 4 at Johns until the inaugural date was changed to In the last two he attended inaugural church serv ices in the White Conducting the burial service at the graveside in Hyde Park will be George new rector of James Episcopal church where the President was senior Early and Mclntire were driven imme to the Presidents cottage after they arrived by car from Fort Benning shortly before Continued on Page Pour The of Dependability MIAMI DAILY Population j 245 Every Evening Except t by Miami APRIL 1945 Office of Publication A Street nnd First Avenue PRICE FIVE CENTS NINTH ARMY WITHIN 45 MILES OF BERLIN Take 77 Lives Over State Hard Hit OKLAHOMA April AP counted its at 7 and the homeless in hun today after twisters bounced crazily over the state to spread a dozen cities and rural communi storms swept on into killing and two reported missing in a storm at Morris Oklahoma by after noons Antlers with 11 Hulbert and Oklahoma had one as did Red Greenwood Junction and In two were killed at Dora and one near Fay There nere no accurate esti mates of injuries and damage in the typical Oklahoma storms but hundreds of persons were hos and whole sections cities were swept away by the Drive To Be Under Way at 9 Tomorrow W The United National Clothing collection for needy and destitute people in will get underlay at 9 when trucks manned by Boy and of pa organizations will pick all bundles donated by local citi Householders were urged by drive officials today to clothing contributions on front porches before 9 oclock tomorrow morning within easy sight of the pickup Four trucks supervised by representing the Veterans Foreign Wars George Amer ican Legion Walter and Frank Hansford ofthe local Dads chapter will canvass the Bryce by Tony drive to the announced that clothing collected Saturday will be central ied in the of the Chris and Latter Day Saints churches for porting and packing to FOUR PERSONS KILLED 57 April persons were killed and 88 bouses were destroyed And telephone communications in rural areas disrupted as electrical and tornadoes which swept t through Ozarks last The feather Partly cloudy night except showers in extreme cooler in south lowest temperatures are near 40 in middle 60sin p a t u r 4 8 y increasing cloudiness with win likely in somewhat n storms cloudy and extreme cental fast to in dowdy snd tew treme to 40 to fiQ in winds Red Cross Chairman Paul born at struggling to bring order into rescue said onethird pf the city of was demolished when wind caught up 500 or 600 Army posts and Red Cross chapters were send ing all available personnel into the and Will Rogers Army air field at Oklahoma City sent a bad ly needed portable electric power At Muskogee a twister whirled through the eastern seriously damaging every build ing of the Oklahoma School for the many of whose in mates A large the city was without electric power for several hours when lines from a plant on the Continued on Page Six NO CAN BE NAMED Senator McKellar of Tennes see WHr Serve as Head Of Senate April Harry Truman ascended to the presidency by a direct of the constitution and Congress has provided a line of succession to the office seven places the nation will be without a until the next presidential term begins Jn section 1 of the not only states that the take over in the event of resignation or disability of the chief but also empowers to de clare what other officers ol gov be in line for the presidency i in event Continued Four BULLETIN April shock aver the today fpr the TV STALIN REPORTS FALL OF VIENNA TO HIS FORCES Other Red Troops Roll Toward Vital City Of Bruenn April shal Stalin announced tonight the capture of Fall of the Austrian his toric gateway for invasions of Ba came eight days of bloody street fighting along the banks of the capital of the Haps burgs and second only to Berlin in the greater Reich that Adolf Hit ler put Vienna was the 18th European capital to fall to Allied With a population of it is the worlds 15th largest It was the largest city yet cap tured by the The last three days of the battle in Vienna had been clean ing out German on a nar row island between two branches of the Already Russian spearheads had pushed on up the and were reported fighting 45 miles west of the capital and less than 75 miles from the Bavarian Stalin described Vienna as a important center Continued on Page Four Memorial Service For FDR Is Held By Legislators OKLAHOMA April two the Okla homa legislature held a service today for President When informed the chief executives mem bers of the House stood to be led by prayer by the Wil before adjourn ing for the Before learning gf the Presi dents death the House passed and sent to the governor an auto license tax revision expected to raise annually in new The license tax in crease would not apply to auto mobiles 11 years old or older and the average increase in fees for the remaining cars would Continued on Pago Four Film Stands Beside Miss Berry LOS April Charlie Chaplin stood beside Joan his former film and her 18monthsold daughter Carol Ann to permit a superior jury to compare features The proximity Judge Clarence was requested by Miss at torney in support pf her suit to have the veteran declared the father of he AS in the lirt trial of the the jury Chaplin over the heads of the jurors as they scrutinized his lice and that of the Previous ly hi had stared at the baby fpr w shg squirmed m Britain Pays Her Respects To President By ALEX SINGLETON April solemnly hushed House of Com mons adjourned five minutes after it had convened today in respect to the memory of President Roose His shoulders bowed and face pale Prime Minister Churchill in formed the House of the death of this great departed man and war a dear and cherished Minis ter and Commoner mourned that the their friend in the days of darkest had been denied almost on the eve of victory the triumph of his war The swelling chorus of tributes to the man who helped turn the tide of war by bracing Britain when she stood alone and under Continued on Page Four TRUMAN GREETS SENATE FRIENDS Chief Executive Soys Whole Weight of Stars Fell on Him April Tears glistening his Presi dent Truman told a group of news paper friends today that last night whole weight of the moon and stars fell on me and added If you fellows please pray for I mean Truman was standing out side the capitol office of the sec of the Senate where he lunched with congressional lead He had been greeting Sen ate friends and shaking hands with Senate including page Noting without a group of news who have covered his career as a Senator and the new chief executive came holding both hands out stretched to two reporters stand ing When one addressed him as tears form ed in Trumans eyes and he said I wish have to call me others pressed forth to grasp his handu and wish him luuk the President had a greeting for when handshaking was Truman turned to the Continued on Page Four MOURNING FOR FDR TO OCCUR ON SATURDAY Truman Issues Saying Day Be Observed Widely April President Harry Truman pro claimed today that tomorrow should be a day of mourning for United His issued at the formally an the late Presidents But though his voice is si the new chief executive his courage is not his faith is not courage of great men outlives them to become the courage of their people and tne Continued on Page Four Truman Will To Services for FDR on Sabbath April President Truman will attend buri al services for President Roosevelt at Hyde Park the White House announced Jonathan a presidential told a news conference that security rules on the travels of the President will have to be cast aside for this While lacking full details of plans for the White House fu neral rites Daniels said that they would be simple and He added that no photographers would be permit ted in the East room for the ceremony and there will be no ra dio broadcast of the actual serv Most of President family will gather here for the fu probably including Continued on Page Four Courthouse To Close In Respect to FDR Although the courthouse will close Saturday in respect to Presi dent both the postoffice and Miami stores will remain Following a meeting of county a resolution approved by county commissioners called for the closing of courthouse offices all day Other Officials Confer With New Chief B JACK BELL April Chiefs of state and military affairs assembled at the White House today to help President Harry Truman assume wartime leader ship of the Secretary of State whose knowledge of the international situation was second only to that of the late President arrived to join Truman at commanders were due minutes Stettinius ushered into the oval room where President Truman was The military chieftains sum moned were Fleet Admiral Wil liam the late Presi dents military adviser Fleet Admiral Ernest chief of the Navy General George Army chief of staff Secretary of War and Secretary of the Navy EDWARD STETTINIUS STALIN SHOCKED BY DEATH Marshal Leads Russian people In Expressing Grief at Americas Loss WAR AT A GLANCE BY THE ASSOCIATED CRESS The Western army massed for Berlin push Third drove for Leipzig and Seventh for British continued siege of advanced toward Hum burg Canadians entered the Russian invaded 33 miles from Bruenn Nazis compressed into small strip in tottering The Italian advanced through tough armor op position jn bridgehead area Americans pushed on La against dwindling The Pacific suicide crashed against tar gets sank damaged other ships enemy lost 118 aircraft headquarters reported intense fight ing continued on southern front Marines in north ad through resistance troops invaded By GILMORE April mier Marshal Stalin led the Rus sian people today in expressing deep personal grief at the death of Franklin D Roosevelt and in making plain that the Russian na tion desired continued Russian American collaboration along Iho lines laid down by the late Presi All Russia mourned at the loss of a man regarded here as having been the Soviet Unions greatest friend in The Soviet press printed two column photographs of bordered in on the front along with Premier Stalins condolences to and his personal note to President The Moscow radio broadcast an official Every Russian credited Roose velt with bringing about diplo matic relations with the Soviet and the speed with which he dispatched aid when Ger many attacked Russia while the United States not yet at with the Reich endeared him to the people of this coun continuation of the Presi dents policy toward Russia and in BULLETIN April Truman told sena tors today he will outline his for eign policies briefly at a joint session of Congress at 1 eastern war time He will speak to the nations armed forces by radio Tuesday V These grave conferences dealt a question mark raised throughout the world by the death of Franklin mate of Allied war the intricacies of international reI What of the new chief j of Harry Truman of Mis souri The new President announced at the outset that he would try to carry on the Roosevelt He asked the cabinet to stay assurance that the United Nations conference will open in San Fran cisco April 25 on There were reports at the Continued on UNITS ADVANCE 60 MILES FOE WRECKS SPANS Americans 90 Miles From Russian Is Captured By JAMES LONG April Ninth army closed within 45 miles of Ber lin today in a armored vanne which the crossed Elbe river on a wide Nearly 100 miles of the Elbe banks were patrolled by Ninth army troops They stood within 90 miles of Russian siege lines east of the ruined The nearest approach to the capital was in a bend of the river just south of Tanger where the harried Ger mans blew the Europes greatest in land port and 14th fell to the Ninth army in the shrinking any bypassed Ruhr The Third army captured reached the streets of Jena and were 18 miles from Leipzig and 34 from Between these charging forces of William Simp son and George First army tanks broke into a 35mile run across the golden meadows to within 17 miles of larg est city in Courtney Hodges shock troops reached the 2 miles west of a town already with Continued on Page Four GRAND LAKE UP ABOUT 5 FEET MAILS DELAYED Heavy rains totaling inches since Thursday evening sent Grand lake on a sudden climb and vir tually severed Miami from outside mail connections early proprietor of the Miami boat said the lake here had risen approximate ly four and a half feet during the night and morning hours o reach the level at noon At that time the lake was still rising about three inches an Miami postmen had an easy time today as early morning mail trains were unable to reach the city be cause of railroad washouts north of Baxter and south of A small batch of letters from points north made up the total mail import into Miami at Postal officials were un able to say just when the mail con would be Frisco building a world security trains were hours but buses are of highest concern here was evidenced by Stalins quick as surance to Truman of his desire Continued on Page Four are operating on According to hydraulic engineer at Continued on Page Four Body of Nations Great Leader on Why to Capitol ABOARD ROOSEVELT FU NERAL April The body of President Franklin who died at Warm suddenly yesterday was enroute on a 23 hour run to Washington today for funeral services in Washington and burial Sunday at The 10car special full of friends and who hur ried here when news of his death got under way at central war The body was taken to the train on a motor hearse through a lane of soldiers from Fort Two thousand soldiers from the Fort Benning infantry school and parachute school under the general command of Fred Walker arrived in the early morning hours to provide an honor Also on hand at the depot was the 99th Army ground forces band from Fort led by Chief Warrant Officer Loy Pallbearers were picked from the Navy and Two companies of Fort Benning troops lined both sides of the three quarter m il e highway stretched from the Warm Springs Foundation to the railroad sta The cortege passed the ad ministration building where polio sat and stood to watch their benefactor pass for the last
