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Entire Nation Mourns Death
Of Franklin I). Roosevelt;
Vast Tasks Face Truman
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Ninety-Second Year
Bastrop Advertiser, Bastrop, Texas, Thursday, April 19, I4)-*
FRANKLIN I)FLANO HOOSFVI I T
JAM ARY 30, 1182—AJ'RII. 12. 1945.
AS THE s'uns of America's fi^htinj forces sounded ever closer
the doom of Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan, Franklin
Delano Roosevelt died m Warm Springs, Georgia, where he had
been resting for 10 days.
Death r< ^ulted from a cerebral hemorrhage at 4:35 p. m. on
April 12 Mi Roosevelt was 63. He had been President for 12
years, one month and nine days The White was announced
as the site i f the funeral, with interment at the family estate at
Hyde Park, N. Y.
Less than f ur 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 vie? ry ovc r the Axis. Yet history seemed destined to enshrine
him as one of the immortal American Presidents. And every citi-
zen who mourned the untimely passing of the Comrrander-in-
Chief felt tlint he was a ersu.iHv of the war just as eve r> CM.,
Marine and Sailor who h id fallen in battle.
Never before had an American
President died in wartime Abra-
ham Lincoln fell under Assassin
B oth* bullet ju t five days aft r
the surrender of General Lee'-? army
at App- mattox in 1865 Wood row
Wil -on livi d to see victor> over
Germany in World War I. but he
fought a losing battle for the
League of Nations and died early
in 1M21. a de'vatel letei r Many
historian's believe I. r< dti's great-
ness mufht have been dimmed in
the conflict* over reconstruction
that followed the War Between the
Statea. just as Wilson's prestige
was lost in the conflict over the
league that followed World War I
Thus Franklin R >osevelt. dying at
the height of his career just as vic-
tory wast 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 suet essor. Harry S Truman.
For on the shoulders of this slight,
gray, Wi-year old Missourian had
been laid n responsibility such as
r o American President had ever
x rne
What the consequences of the
President's death would he t«
the United States and the
world, time alone would tell.
Rut as Atnerirans recovered
from their first shnek 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 he estab-
lished.
And so, regardless of party or of
>nst political differences, the peo-
ple have rallied behind Mr Truman.
The new President faces the im-
mediate task of directing Americ an
participation in the United Nations'
lueprints for a permanent world
trganization. He likewise faces the
responsibility of establishing work-
ug relations with other members
the Big Three, so that the per-
lonal cooperation which existed he-
iween Franklin D Roosevelt, Josef
?talin and Winston Churchill in
eading the Allies toward victoiy
PRKCEDENTS OUT:
Throughout his farcer as Pn .!
lent Franklin i). Roosevelt wi i
mown as the "precedent l>r *:>'<<•: "
rhat title was lirst conferred in I !2
when he flew out to Chi if > ' m
Klheiv. N V , to addrc t'i< I ino-
:rat < >:i\ itiiv-. that had nomi-
inted I n. It contliiued after his
,• Mr n ! •• —-..1# - \.
nethods of transacting laifliness
lilt it reached a clin.ax in his <!«'
•ision to seek a third t. rm in 1!)40
• nd a four th lei in in l!) I I
IIARiiY S. TRUMAN
33rd I'RI'SII)KNT Ol U. S.
may be maintained in helping win
the peace Ho 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 un many occasions
thai 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 th*
war Is cited as an example of
this. And his conduct of the
Vice Presidency has shown that
he can work successfully with
pjlitlcal leaders of both partita
In getting needed measurM
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 1.
When World War I broke out,
Truman became captain of Bat
tery I) in the field artillery of
the 35th Division and saw ac-
tion at St. Mihiel and in the
Mcuse Argonne offensive.
Back ill Independence, Trumnn
and a war buddv opened a haber-
dashery business. He married his
boyhood sweetheart. Bos:: Wallace,
and they have one daughter, Mary
Marga ret
Truman later turned to politics
for n career, which started with his
election as County Judge of Jack-
son county, M i In l!'2tl he become
the prt ading judge of Jackson
county, with II e endorsement of
Torn Pendergart, political boss of
Kan < City h itudlid law at
night anil 1 up< i \ i ed the construe
tion ol a gn at highway '-ystem.
President's Life
W as C.hfMielerized
B y \ i norm is let ion
Unlike the "log-cabin" presidents,
Franklin Delano Roosevelt was not
burn 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-
veits 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, where1
he prepared for Harvard university.
After completing the liberal arts
course he entered Columbia U. law
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 povrrful Tammany organi-
zation in the statehnu.se. lie was
re-elected in 1*112. by which
time he had become a leader of
the anti-Tammany faction.
Woodr< w 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' W' rth of contracts
for ships and supplies He served in
this post throughout the war.
Ran for Vice President.
In 1929 the Democratic national
convention chose him ns 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 practicc.
The following \car 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 regainc:! the use of
his muscles. It was during his
convalescence at Warm Springs.
(>a., 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 of
1924 and l!'28, he aligned himself
with the group supporting Alfred
F. Smith, New York's governor.
When Smith was nominated in 1928,
Roosevelt ran for governor of his
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 of
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 grave
times.
Swept in as Presldeat.
When the national convention
met in Chicago in 1932 Roosevelt
was quickly chosen. He was swept
into office by a plurality of seven
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 "hank mora-
torlum" order, one of Roose-
velt's first official acts, closed
all banks until they could be re-
organised on a sounder basis,
thus preventing disastrous runs.
In the spring of 1932 came the
repeal of the 18tb, 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.
islntive acts ot this first term were
approved 111 general as necessary
in the face of widespread suffer-
ing A phra e from one of the
{'i evident s mvi 1)^, "a new- deal,"
BASTROP SCHOOL W INS CONFERENCE
MEET HELD IN GIDDINGS LAST FRIDAY
Ba trop lligft School scored a
clean sweep in the spefch contests
at the Conference A Meet held in
Giddfrigs last Friday, winning fir-t
plaee in every speech contest of the
meet and piling up the largest num-
ber of points in the tract meet.
The Bastrop winners in the liter-
ary events were Senior Boys Dec-
lamation, J. G. Lew-is; Senior Girls
Declamation, Lena Ruth Webb; Ju-
nior Boys Declamation, Carl Bennett
Spooner; Junior Girls Declamation,
Jane Allen; Girls Extemporaneous
Speech, Henrietta Alexander; Boys
Extemporaneous Speech, Neil Gur-
witz; Debate, Bill Cole and Rascom
Hodges; Spelling, LaY rne McDon-
ald and Evelyn Hoffman; Essay
Writing. Mildred Smith.
Thi- Class A Conference is com-
posed of ten high schools which are
Bastrop. Brenham, Bellville. Elgin,
Giddings. LaGrange, Caldwell, Som-
ervilk-, Smithville and Navasota.
NUMBER L
PICKED UP AT
RANDOM
If Gabriel had suddenly appear
ed to announce the end of the world
we could scarcely have felt mor
Bastrop, (51 1-2; Brenham, 2'.' 1-2; helpless or more suddenly alone thai
Elgin, 2.*; I uG range 15; Giddings, i we felt when we heard the words
1-2; Smithville. 7 1-2; and Somer- "Roosevelt is dead."
ville, 2. ! . . . ,
A complete summary of the re-. And a.- the hours passed, and th,
-ults are given below: nightmare of our loss became a real
120 H H. Prokop (B) Titsworth ity, our hearts felt despair for thi
(Bl Goerner (Bi, IK" future of our country—even for th,
100 yard, Good.' (Bi Lewis (El) future of the world.
Schulz (I*aG) Gaskamp (Br), 10.3" j u. v„. ... . , . .
4.1 vnni Hash Krimi-ton ( F1 1 Gas-1 "e ha<1 Comt to deP«"t 0,1 h'm fo:
tamp" (Br) L„nir,n (El, Male, (Sm, "'that'.""'',™
though he must have made mistakes
900 Vflrd low Prokon (Hi L<wH nuuK" llc mnuv miManes
•140 relay, Elgin and Brenham. 1st ' ^ Jn h n i. i
tie. Smithville. Bastrop. 48.9" , w Sce to all the w^ - * "
880 relay, Goerner (B) Callahan J " , u.
(LI) Kruse (BrI Free (BrI. 2' 22.9"| C™UL™
220 yard dash, Lewi* (El) Schulz1 °uiId 'place
Goode and Prokop S<-ore in Track
The Bastrop Bear led by Rob
Goode and Merle Arnold Prokop
scored an impres.-ivc victory in the
Conferance A Track and Field Meet
held in Gillintrs last Friday. Goode
wa- hinh point man of the meet, win-
ning frst place in the 100 yard dash,
shot put, discus throw, and pole-
vault and fecond in the broad jump
for a total of 2'> points. Prokop
won he 'hinh jump. 120 yard hurh hur-
dles. and 200 low hurdles and ran
as anchor man on he 4th place 140
yard relay team fur a total of 1"> 1-2
points to be second high individual.
Team point scores were as follows;
ing peace to all the world. And t<
turn, and ii
our trust an<
(LaG) Kchanek (Sm) and Somers,our confidence'
(Br) tie, 24.0" I weekend wore on, and wt
1 mile run, Kurtz (l4 G) Willis listened to the many radio programs
Sm) Balke (Som) Brown (Br) u|j dedicated to the memory of thi
man for whom the peace-loving peo
pies of the entire world mourned, w<
began to remember that the worl
of a great artist reaches its high
est value after his death; that th(
(
5' 25.8
1 mile relay. Bastrop, La Grange,
Brenham, Smithville 4' 04.4"
Shot Put, Goode (B) Baasen (Gid)
Powell (B) Beyer (LaG) 41' 9"
Discus. Goode (B) Powell (B) Ba- efforts of a great writer become
sen (Gid) Roger- (Br) 111*4 literature after his death; that th>
Pole Vault, Goode (B) V\ ehrmg, discoveries of a great scientis
(Br) Janda (LaG) Erhard (B) Sap-1 bring more to the world after he i;
pington (Gid) 10' ! dead. And so it is, perhans, tha
High Jump, Prokop (B) Hodges|jn order for Roosevelt's plans an,
(Gid) SomTs (Br) Muzny (B). 5' 11 i dreams to become reality, for peo
Broad Jump, Somers (Br) GoodeI ,je to accord them their true value
(B) Wehring (Br) Balke Com) i and accept them as a great work, ht
20' 5" i . . .
Henry Sebesta won the champion-
ship in Scinor Boys Tennis Singles,
and will play in San Antonio Thurs-
day for Regonal Championship.
STATE PARK POOL
TO OPEN APRIL 29
The Bastrop State Park Swim-
ming pool will open for the summer
season on Sunday. April 29% under
the management of A. H. Elliott.
Bascom Hodges will serve as life
nuard at the pool during the open
hours, and Mrs. Elliott will be in
charKt. of the bath house.
Mrs. Swan*on has the manage-
ment of the Refectory, which is open
for special parties, dancing and cold
drinks,
Calvary Episcopal
Church
Rev. L. Irving Insley
Third Sunday after Easter
Prayer for the Week: Almighty
God, who showest to them that are
in error the light of Thy truth, to
the intent that they may return in-
to the right way; grant unto all
those who are admitted into the fel-
lowship of Christ's Religion, that
hev may avoid all things contrary
Bastrop County
Free Planters Set
Out 100 Seedlings
must be destined not to see theii
fulfillment.
With that amazing ability of fore-
seeing approaching events. Roose-
velt must have known that l.a had not
much longer to work, and with nc
thought that his plans should not
materialize, he must have preparei
his friend and running mate, th«
Vice-president, to take up his work
where he would lay it down.
And there came to lis gradually
the realization t'nat could ne speak
Bastrop county forest tree planters ! again to his people, Roosevelt woulc
„e. oUl ,00 «l.inr, during «h. ,044-1 J'L't'pKd K
45 planting season just ended, ac- j that we help him in every small way
• r .• i i * ! that we can to shoulder the immense
cording to information released to-, burden thal hag bet(mie hjs and
day by the Texas Forest Service, A., \ve stand squarely behind him in
& M. College. J his efforts to carry on. If Roose-
Distribution of 1.944.099 tree seed- ye,t. trusted him and had confidencc
. ,c. , • 0<- 111 him, so can we have
lings to 451 plants in 86 counties We ^ourn for our fnen(1 and 0Uf
marked the widest scale reforesta- leader, but we know tha: God will
tion season in the history of the guide aright the step-* of our new
Texas Forest Service, Paul W. 1®a<1er- amL that steadfast faith in
o i i- , i ■ e • President Truman will dispell our
Schoen, forest management chief in j niisgivirips of the future p
charge of nursery stock distribution i "All we have
said. The trees were grown and itself!"
shipped from the state forest nur-
sery near Alto.
The largest number of planters was
in Anderson county where 58 persons
set out 258,470 seedlings in their ef-
forts to put land to work growing
future crops of wood. Most trees
went to Newton county where one
to fear is fear
SPIRITUAL CRUSADE
FOR AMERICA SAYS
to their profession and follow ' landowner planted 300,000 of the 301,-
EVANGELIST
such things as are agreeable to the, . . ,
sunn ; through our Lord Jesus Christ. 4,10 to^a' l!1 reforesting cutover long- Starting wi
Amen.
Sunday Services
s A. M.. Holy Communion
9:45 A. M., Church School
11.00 A. M., Morning Prayer and
Sermon
Four Sundays and then Holy Ghost
Sunday (Whitsunday) the birthday
of the Christian Church. May 20th,
when they were all filled with the
Holy Ghost and with power: to the
intent that He should guide them
into "all truth."
When in the history of the world
did we ever need that guidance so
as we do now? Is it not worth pre-
paring to receive it?
Prayer for the year: Dear God,
give us the STRENGTH to hear with
serenity what cannot be changed.
Give us COURAGE to change what
can be changed and should be chang-
ed. And give us WISDOM to know
the one from the other.
OUR PRISONERS IN
GERMANY SPEAK!
On Friday. April 20. from 8:15
to 8:30 P. M.. EWT. via WOR and
Mutual (Network, YMCA War pri-
soners Aid will present actual voices
and musical numbers recorded in Of-
lag 64 by Henry Soderburg, neutral
Y secretary, during a visit to this
camp several months ago, according
to information received by E. L. Cor-
son, director of the Bastrop USO.
developed into a title for the whole
Roosevelt program.
In lfl.16 the convention in Phil-
adelphia nominated Roosevelt
by acclamation on the (first bal-
lot. lie carried 4K stale's In the
elections. This second term ma-
turity was so overwhelming that
many New Dealers began to
call it a "mandate from the
oeople." During this second
term a great number of mea-
sures were passed to increase
the economic security of the in-
llvldual. particularly the work-
rs, farmers and small hiisi-
tessmen.
ith unsual fervor and
leaf pine land. | interest the spiritual recovery cru-
The 10 counties receiving the \ sade at the First Baptist Church pro-
greatest number of trees and the mises to be a real revival ot religion
, . , , . , I necordmg to the pastor, Rev. John
number ot planters to which they j aH0I1
went are as follows: Newton 301,436 Over fifty people of one of the
to 4; Anderson 282.470 to 58; Smith i largest congregations ever to start
186,350 to 35; Nacogdoches 138,750 to I a midweek revival campaign res-
w u „ ii, «n, or u.. i. ,a, ponded the first night to do person-
16; Harrison lll.noO to 25 Husk 101,- „i i „ i
_ ' ' al work and make an effort to win
510 to 35; c herokee 83,62o to 13; j their neighbors and friends to Christ.
Wood 81,100 to 16; Jasper 56,500 to
6 and Upshur 52,000 to 13.
APRIL 25MARKS END
OF CLOTHING DRIVE
Next Wednesday afternoon, from
3 to 6 in the basement of the Meth-
odist Church will be the last time
that there will be someone on duty
to take contributions to the National
Drive, now under way to obtain any
articles of wearable clothing for
distribution in war-torn countries.
However. Mrs. E. F. Pearcy, local
chairman of the drive, also stated
that any one wishing to make a con-
tribution later than that date may
do so by calling her, and she will
make 'the necessary arrangements
for receiving it.
GARBAGE ROUTE
AND TIME OF PICK UP
IS SCHEDULED
Dr. Lemuel Hall, Chaplain for 30
months, now secretary of Missions
for this district, stated that the
death of the president, Krnie Pyle.
Dr. Scarbrough and Dr. Truett were
possible forerunners of a spiritual
awakening in America.
Sunday morning he plans a dem-
onstrated service called the "Bottle
Service." Moving pictures will be
taken of one service and over 1100
feet of film taken of his chaplain's
work will be shown during the meet-
ing.
Services are at 10 A. M. and 8
P. M. A goal of enrollment in Sun-
day School of 250 has been set.
Annual Meeting Of
American Red
Cross To Be May 1st
As prescribed by the by-laws, the
annual meeting of the Bastrop Coun-
ty Chapter, American Red Cross, will
be held the first Tuesday in May.
The meeting, which all members of
jthe American Red Cross in Bastrop
I County are urged to attend will be
jheld in the District Court Room,
I Bastrop, at 8:00 p. m. May 1st.
I At that time three members will
The follow in• is the route and, |H. elected to the Board of Directors
the times for pick-up schedued by (<( fi„ t(,rms ,xpirinff and, to acf
I the City of Bastrop; '
1 Monda> Kvt rything north of other business as may come
High Street. in ile of the rail road,
j Tue-da.vs: H'.i-iness part of town,
I Wednesilavs: Everything north
, and east of the rail road,
j Thursdays: Everything south of
J the rail road.
Fridays: Business section.
o
Water pitchers, «.\rup pitchers,
sugar bottl*. none over 25 cents.
GOODE and M \CK
before the meeting.
Baking Soda Does It
To remove brown stains from tea
cups, Westinghouse home economist.-
wipe with a little baking soda on a
damp cloth. Wash in -oapy water,
rinse and dry.
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