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Today's Casualty Lists
j ' (National.)
; £Army killed __. 713
Army wounded ..2,110
Army prisoners . 809
' Navy killed _ 15
Navy wounded ___. 286
Navy missing .. 32
This far in this war 1,395
men from the District area
l have been reported killed.
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killed
Pvt. Harry A. Smithson, 26, whose
wife, Mrs. Dorothy M. Smithson
lives at 730 Third street N.W., died
In Prance on March 18 of wounds
received the day before. He was
buried in Alsace, his wife said.
He was born in Brentwood, Md.,
and graduated from Eastern High
School here. Before entering the
infantry he was employed by the
Washington Terminal Co. He spent
18 months in Panama before going
overseas in February.
Survivors include a daughter,
Diane, 11 months old, and a brother,
Clyde, 22, who has just been honor
ably discharged from the Army.
Mrs. Smithson is a clerk in a Sen
ator’s office.
Pfc. James D. Guill, 25, son of
Mrs. Lizzie Guill, 106 Hume avenue.
Alexandria, w-as killed in Germany
March 19 while fighting with the
infantry. Mrs. Guill said he was
buried in France.
A native of Halifax, Va., Pvt. Guill
attended George Washington High
School in Alexandria, and before
entering the service on April 29,
1943, worked in an automotive ma
chine shop in Alexandria. He went
overseas last February.
Survivors include a brother, Corpl.
Howard H. Guill, 20, with the Army
in California, and two sisters, Mrs.
Louise Perry, Franconia, Va., and
Mrs. Frances Napier, Alexandria.
Pfc. John W. Trotter, 20, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Howard E. Trotter,
Waldorf, Md., was killed March 16
in France. He was employed by
his father at the Indianhead
Garage before enlisting in the Army
in January, 1943, on his 18th birth
day.
He was first with an antiaircraft
organization in Texas and at Camp
Davis. N. C., and transferred to the
infantry last December, six weeks
before going overseas. He also has a
brother, Corpl. Howard E. Trotter,
jr„ who has been overseas 14 months
with the Army.
Pfc. James W. Woodward, 29. of
16 T Ridge road, Greenbelt, Md.. was
killed in action March 19 in Ger
many.’ His wife is Mrs. Margaret
Arnold Woodward.
An infantryman, Pfc. Woodward
w-as born aj Manhattan, Mont., and
had been nere many years as an
employe of the Veterans’ Adminis-;
tration. He was inducted into the'
Army in July and went overseas in
January.
Besides his widow, three children.
David, Jimmie and Judy, and his:
father, who lives in Shelbyville,;
Tenn.. survive him.
Maj. William F. Tompkins, jr„
1413 Thirtieth street N.W., was listed
by the War Department today as
having been killed in Europe. A
story about him appeared in The
Star on March 29.
Wounded
S Sergt. Walter H. McKinney,
,1r„ 21, whose father has just com
pleted a tour of duty as American
consul general in Barcelona, Spain,
was seriously w'ounded in both legs
and in the hand by a land mine in
Italy on March 19. His parents live
at 11 Riggs road N.E.
He has lost a foot and a finger and
his other leg was broken, his father
said, but in a recent letter to his
parents Sergt. McKinney wrote that
he was very cheerful.
A native of Sault Ste. Marie,
Mich., he was educated in Spain.
France and in America. He entered
the Army as an infantryman in
July, 1943. He went overseas last
October.
A brother, John F. McKinney, 19.
has just completed infantry train
ing at Camp Blanding, Fla. Mr.
McKinney said he shortly expected
to go to Winnipeg, Canada, as an
American consul general there.
Marine Pvt. Raymond T. Edwards,
31, tost his right eye from a Jap
hand grenade wound on Iwo Jima.
and has returned to the United
States, he has wTitten his wife, Mrs.
Helen Edwards, 3609 Tenth street
N.W. His mother, Mrs. Laura B.
Cooper, lives at 315 Avenue D, Dis
trict Heights, Md.
In a telephone call from San
Francisco, Pvt. Edwards said that
except for loss of his eye, caused by
a hand grenade fragment w'hich
struck him just above the eye, he is
feeling all right. He said he hoped
“to be home soon,” to see his family,
including 6-year-old twins, Billy and
Bobby.
Born nere, ne was graouaieu i
St. Aloysius School and from Gon
zaga High School. He had been
president of the Wheeler Club at
Holy Comforter Church. He worked
as a motorman and bus driver lor
the Capital Transit Co. before be
coming an agent of the Metropolitan
Life Insurance Co. He volunteered
for the Marines in March, 1944, and
went overseas last November.
Pvt. Everett P. Payne, 28, of Falls
Church, Va„ was wounded in Ger
many March 18 while fighting with
the 1st Army, his wife has been in
formed.
Mrs. Payne, who lives at 136 South
Washington street, Falls Church,
said the Army notification was the
first word she had had of her hus
band since January. He was wounded
in his right thigh and foot.
In a letter written several weeks
after he was wounded and just re
ceived. Mrs. Payne said, her Husband
didn't mention that he had been in
jured although the letter was sent
from a hospital in England.
Before entering the Army in April,
1944, Pvt. Payne w'as employed at
the Falls Church Garage. He went
overseas lpst October. The Paynes
have two children.
Pvt. Louis Eugene Gilliam, 18, son
of Mrs. J. K. Gilliam, Lorton, Va.,
was wounded in the chest on March
23 in Germany and is now in a hos
pital in England. He was in the
infantry.
Pvt. Gilliam entered the Army last
October. He had been employed at
the Fort Belvoir (Va.) Post Ex
change warehouse. He went over
seas about March 1. He was edu
cated at Lorton Elementary School
and at Mount Vernon High School
A brother, Pfc. Joseph K. Gilliam,
is stationed in Italy with the Army,
•nd an uncle, Lt. Allen H. Gilliam,
is stationed at a naval hospital in
California.
Ffc. Richard J. Latona, 30, a
former District policeman attached
to the tenth precinct, was wounded
March 19 in Germany. His wife,
Mrs. Dorothy R. Latona, and their
daughter Linda, 9 months old, live
1 1740 E street N.E.
" Pvt. Latona was born here and
graduated from Eastern High
School and Columbus University. He
had been with the tenth precinct
about one year when he entered the
infantry in August, 1943. He went
overseas last January.
Pvt. Edward F. Snow, jr„ 19, whose
parents live at 1619 Potomac ave
nue S.E., was wounded in Germany
March 16. His mother, who is em
ployed in the United Nations Serv
ice Center, said he was wounded
in the nose by a shell fragment.
He was born here and left Eastern
High School a few months before
graduation to enter the Merchant
i Marine. After he had been in the
Merchant Marine about five months,
he was inducted into the Army last
July as an infantryman. He went
overseas in February. A brother,
John F. Snow, 23, is in the Army
in Italy. Mr. Snow is a taxicab
driver.
Pfc. David G. Green, jr.( 20, whose
father lives in Manassas, Va., was
wounded at Palawan on March 12
and is now convalescing in a hos
pital in the South Pacific. A native
of Manassas, he entered the Army
while in his third year in high
school there.
Sergt. Sheldon Magazine, 20, son
of Mr. and Mrs. William Magazine, I
1333 Fort Stevens drive N.W., was
wounded slightly in the hands and
legs while fighting on Pelelieu in
September, but remained on duty. A
veteran Marine who has also been
on duty on Cape Gloucester and
Guadalcanal, Sergt. Magazine was
j born in Baltimore and was in his
final year at. Roosevelt High School
here when he entered the Marines
in October, 1942. He went overseas)
in February, 1943. His father is in!
) the general contracting business
here.
Pfc. Robert G. Dale, 24, whose
wile, Mrs. Ruth S. Dale, lives at
1505 Rhode Island avenue N.W.,
was wounded in Germany March 12,
and is now in a hospital in England.
Mrs. Dale has been advised that
a shell burst near him and he was
hit in the leg by a fragment. He
was an infantryman.
Bom in West Virginia, he at
' tended school there and in Roa-)
noke, Va., and entered the Army)
in Julv, 1940. He served three years I
in the Canal Zone before going to|
Europe in February. j
Tfc. George L. Bartlett, 29, son of
Mrs. Abbie A Bartlett, Lovettsville.;
Va., was slightly wounded March 22
in Germany and is now in a hos
pital in France.
He was bom in Lovettsville and
entered the armored infantry short
ly after joining the Army in Decem
ber. 1942. He went overseas last
October.
1st Lt. Clifford A. E. Johnson,
29. whose wTife, Mrs. Margaret C
Johnson, lives at 5615 Eighth street
Blood Donor Center
To Continue Services j
As Usual Today
The District Blood Donor
Center, 51 Louisiana avenue
N.W., will be open as usual to
day. Mrs. Loretta J. Bickford,
director of the Center, said, "as
X feel sure President Roosevelt |
would have wanted us to go on
collecting blood for the fighting
fronts.” j
The usual continuous musical |
program will be discontinued
for the day, Mrs. Bickford said.
She announced that 475 ap
pointments already were sched
uled for today. Yesterday, 578
persons had made appointments
and only 42 of these were
broken. Appointments may be
made by calling District 3300
between 9 a.m. and 5:30 p.m.
weekdays and 9 a.m. to noon
Saturdays.
N.W., was wounded in Germany!
March 21. He received leg wounds
from shell fragments and is now in
a hospital in England, Mrs. Johnson
said. 1
A native Washingtonian. Lt. John
son was graduated from McKinley j
High School and from the University
of Maryland in 1939. where he
[studied business administration. He
i entered the Army in March, 1941
and went to Alaska with an antiair
craft unit. He went to Europe with
| the infantry last November. He j
| also had been wounded slightly in j
j January. Lt. and Mrs. Johnson have
one child, Nancy Clare, 3 years old.'
Pvt. Oliver KODeri namsey, sun
of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas M. Ramsey,
3836 Ninth street. South Arlington,
was wounded in the Pacific and has
returned to this country after 30
months overseas. He is now at
Parris Island, S. C„ his mother said.
Born in Olongapo, Zubic Bay,
Philippine Islands. Pfc. Ramsey was
graduated from Washington and
Lee High School in Arlington in
1940 and was an employe of the
British Purchasing Commission be
fore enlisting in the Marines in De
cember, 1941. He went overseas in
June. 1942, and has seen service on
Guadalcanal, Bougainville. Cape
Gloucester, New Britain. He holds
the presidential citation.
He was married recently. His
father is a senior engineer and naval
architect in the Navy Department
Bureau of Ships.
Pfc. Richard J. Garvey, 32, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Garvey,
1003 King street road, Alexandria,
was slightly wounded in Germany
March 15 and is now' in a hospital in
Belgium. His wife, Mrs. Helen
Garvey, lives in the 100 block of
South Patrick street in Alexandria.
Pvt. Garvey was educated in Alex
; andria schools and entered the Army
! in October, 1943. He went overseas
last June and fought in the battle
of St. Lo. He and his wife have
two children, Sandra, 4, and Billy,
2.
Pfc. Willie Burns, 27, whose wife,
Mrs. Carrie N. Burns, lives, at 144
L street S.E., was wounded in ac
tion in Italy March 19.
He was born in Elm City, N. C.,
was educated here and worked at
Bolling Field before entering the
Army in December, 1942, as an in
fantryman. He went overseas In
March, 1944.
Pfc. Christopher Edward Sorrell.
29. whose wife, Mrs. Annie E. Sor
rell, lives at 1923 Summit place N.E.,
was wounded in Germany March 19.
Mrs. Sorrell said he was hit between
the eyes by a fragment from a mor
tar shell and is now in a hospital
in France.
Born here, he attended Gordon
Junior High School, McKinley High
School and Abbot Vocational School
and worked for the Bureau of In
ternal Revenue before entering the
Army last August. He went over
seas with the infantry in January.
Pvt. Sorrell and his wife have
three children, Chrsitopher, Jr., 7;
Betty, 5, and Linda, 5 months old.
Pvt. Sorrell’s brother, Nelson, 27, is
also in the infantry.
Pvt. John G. Armstrong, 24,
whose wife, Mrs. Helen E. Arm*
Pvt. Smithson
(Killed)
Pfc. Woodward
(Killed)
Pfc. Trotter
(Killed)
Pfc. Guill
(Killed)
Pvt. Armstrong
(Wounded)
LI. Johnson
(Wounded)
Herat. Maiaxlne
(Wounded)
Ml .■•Mft.- v.VMtrMttMi*.-.
Pfc. Ramsay
(Wounded)
..:-r
Pvt. Payne
(Wounded)
Tvt. Edwards
(Wounded)
Pfc. Latona
(Wounded)
Pvt. Snow
(Wounded)
S Serrt. McKinney
(Wounded)
Pfc. Dale
(Wounded)
Pfc. Bartlett
(Wounded)
«
Pfc. Burns 1
(Wounded)
strong, lives on Scaggsville road,
Laurel, Md., was wounded March
23 in Germany.
He was inducted in September
and was sent overseas in February
as an infantryman. He and his
wife have one child, Joanne, 3.
Three brothers are in the Army,
Pfc. Melvin C. Armstrong, in Ger
many: Pvt. Charles E. Armstrong,
in the Pacific, and Pvt. Vernon
Armstrong, in this country.
Pvt. Drexell B. Culp, ward of Mrs
Esabelle Chase, whose address was
given as 716 S street N.W., was
wounded in action in Europe, the
War Department announced.
Sergt. Joseph F. Collins, whose
father's address was given as 1151
North Capitol street, was listed by
the Navy Department as wounded.
Corpl. Collins Poole, brother of
Mrs. Mabel P. Sears, whose address
was given as Route 1, Alexandria,
Va., was wounded in action in
Europe, the War Department an
nounced.
Pfc. Charles W. Keller, whose wife,
Mrs. Dorothy M. Keller, was listed as
living at 2034 Tenth road. South
Arlington, has been wounded in
Europe.
Stories on the following men listed
as wounded have appeared in The
Star on the dates mentioned below,
and after next of kin were notified:
Pvt. Ralph L. Gingell, 1860 Ingle
side terrace N.W., April 6.
T 5 James R. Heldreth. jr., 603
North Carolina avenue S.E., April 5.
Pfc. Julian M. Williams, 402 New
Jersey avenue S.E. August 10.
Sergt. John R. Campbell. 1007 Fif
teenth street S.E., January 7.
Corpl. Walter H. Kriner, 496’ 2 E
street S.W., December 28.
1st Sergt. Archie M. Yale. 4120
Edmunds street N.W., December 31.
Missing
Lt. (j. g.) Walter Lee Hanson, 22,
U. S. N. R., has been missing in
action in the Pacific since his pa
trol bomber crashed in the Pacific
March 22, his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Hanson, 217 Thirty
fourth street N.W.. have been noti
fied. Lt. Hanson had been back in
the Pacific only about two weeks
after previously serving there on
patrol duty from December, 1943,
until September, 1944.
Lt. Hanson was bom in Buffalo,
N. Y.. and attended schools there.
He also attended the University of
South Carolina and was employed
in Washington by the Office of
Production Management when he
enlisted in July, 1942. The Hanson
family moved to Washington about
five years ago. Lt. Hanson's broth
er, Ensign Donald J. Hanson, a
fighter pilot, is awaiting overseas
assignment.
Aviation Radioman 2'c Edward G.
Curtin, 21, is missing in action in
the Pacific, the Navy Department
has notified his mother, Mrs. Mary
Catherine Curtin, 223 Bryant street
N.E. Radioman Curtin has been
serving in the Pacific about four
months but the Navy did not dis
close the date he was reported miss
ing.
Radioman Curtin was horn here
and was graduated from St. Paul’s
Academy here before entering the
service more than two years ago. A
brother, Pfc. Walter F. Curtin, is
stationed on Guam with tli2 Marine
Corps.
Prisoners
Pvt. Woodrow W. Alford. 31, son
of Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Alford, Belts
ville, Md., is a prisoner of war in
Germany. He is now in a camp
there, the family has been notified.
He had been ’•eported missing De
cember 21.
Born in California, Pvt. Alford
attended school in Hyattsville. He
worked as a driver for an express
company before entering service as
a field artilleryman in March, 3943,
and arrived overseas last November.
A brother, Seaman 3/c Ralph Mar
tin Alford, is in the Navy.
S/Sergt. Joseph A. Estanich,
28, whose wife, Mrs. Julia Ann
Estanich, lives at 1737 Lanier place
N.W., is a prisoner of war in Ger
many. He was captured December
20 in Luxembourg, his wife was
advised.
A native of Masontown, Pa., he
went to school there and entered
the Army as an infantryman in May
1941. He went overseas last July.
Mrs. Estanich works in the Navy
Department.
Sign Worries Gl's Wife
FORT SILL, Okla. (/P>.—A sol
dier's wife entered service club No.
6 looking for her husband.
“There must be some mistake.”
she told Hostess Ramona Carl.
“I’m sure my husband told me to
meet him here, but the sign outside
reads ‘Enlisted Men’s Service Club’
—and he was drafted.”
Pvt. Gilliam
(Wounded)
Radioman Curtin
(Missing)
S./Serct. Estanich
(Prisoner)
Pvt. Alford
(Prisoner)
Truman Faces Task to Keep
Roosevelt-Welded Party Intact
By GOULD LINCOLN.
The Democratic party has a new
head—President Harry S. Truman.
Whether he will be able to keep to
gether the various groups, liberal
and conservative, welded by Presi
dent Roosevelt, remains to be seen.1
It may be an impossible job lor any
Democrat.
The new President, however, be
gins his party leadership, as well
as his tenure of the presidency, i
with the good wishes of Democrats
generally. What he does from now
on will determine the measure of
his leadership and show the meas
ure of his ability to keep the party
from disintegrating.
President Truman has announced
he will continue Mr. Roosevelt's
policies. Presumably this means do
mestic, as well as foreign. He has
announced, too, that he will retain
Mr. Roosevelt's cabinet.
Gave Strength to Groups.
Because of his great following
throughout the country, particularly;
in these war years, Mr. Roose
velt was able to deal effectively
with all the groups which have con
stituted the Democratic party in re
cent years. He gave to each of themj
as long as they acted together, more
strength than they gave to him.j
As reluctant as they were to sup
port some of the New Deal policies,!
conservative Democrats, neverthe
less, in the great majority lined up
for Mr. Roosevelt when election day
rolled around.
It remains now to be seen wheth
er Mr. Truman will listen to
Sidney Hillman, head of the PAC,
or to Robert E. Hannegan, chairman i
of the Democratic National Com-!
mitte. It may be he will listen to
both. It also remains to be seen
whether Mr. Truman will lis
ten to the more conservative Demo-!
crats in Congress, many of them:
are his close friends.
The Democratic party in Congress
in recent months has been falling
j apart. The conservatives more and
■ more have left the reservation. This
was demonstrated in the senatorial
i fights which stripped Secretary of
J Commerce Wallace of the great
lending agencies of the Government,
which defeated Aubrey Williams for
the office of administrator of the
Rural Electrification Administration,
and which virtually put the man
power bill, supported by Mr. Roose
velt, on ice. In the fight over the
manpow’er bill, however, it w-as the
conservatives who stuck by Mr.
Roosevelt and the radicals who left
him.
iruman ana isew ueai.
Mr. Truman, while Senator from
Missouri, was regarded as a sup
porter of the New Deal administra
tion. He was not regarded, however,
as a 100 per cent New Dealer.
Democratic leaders at the Capitol
today expressed the opinion that
Mr. Truman's ascendency to the
presidency and party leadership may
well have the effect of solidifying
party ranks in both the «enate and
House. He has made no enemies
and he is personally popular with
the legislators.
His every act from now on will be
watched to determine whether he
is moving to the right or to the left,
whether he is inclined to side with
the conservatives or with the radi
cals. There is a feeling among
members of the party that he will
not be as far “to the left of center"
as was the late President.
In some measure Mr. Truman is
indebted both to Chairman Hanne
gan and to Mr. Hillman for his
nomination in Chicago last sum
mer to be the Democratic candi
date for Vice President. Mr. Han
negan went to Chicago a strong
supporter of Mr. Truman for the
Vice Presidency. Mr. Hillman per
sonally told Mr. Truman, when the
latter went to him to learn whether
Mr. Hillman would agree to sup
port the nomination of former War
Mobilization Director Byrnes for
Vice President, that he. Hillman,
would not stand for Byrnes but
that he would support one other
man if he could not win the nomi
nation for Henry A. Wallace. When
Mr. Truman asked who that was,
Mr. Hillman replied succintly:
“You.” Hannegan, with the aid of
the party bosses, was able to ditch
Mr. Wallace. When that had been
accomplished, the nomination of Mr.
Truman was assured.
The new President undoubtedly
will do all in his power to keep the
divergent groups in the Democratic
party as strongly together as pos
sible. There is a congressional elec
tion next year, and much will de
pend oh the result. A Republican
victory’ in either house of Congress
W’ould be a terrific blow to his ad
ministration.
The radicals In the Democratic
party doubtless will rally back of
Secretary of Commerce Wallace.
Some of them have already declared
their purpose of supporting him for
the Democratic nomination for
President in 1943. Obviously, should
Mr. Wallace enter the lists for the
presidential nomination and Mr.
Truman be a candidate to succeed
himself in the White House, Mr.
Wallace will eventually have to
leave the cabinet.
But whether the conservative
Democrats will put Mr. Truman for
ward as their candidate against
Wallace in that event, remains to
be seen. Another candidate may
arise. The record that President
Truman makes will be a determin
ing factor.
Nazis Assail Roosevelt
As 'War Criminal,'
Japs Tell of 'Respect'
By the Associated Press.
The German DNB News Agency,
in a dispatch broadcast today, bit
terly characterized President Roose
velt as "nothing but a dictator,
world incendiary No. 1 and chief
war criminal,” while a Japanese
broadcast beamed to the United
States said the “Japanese had ample
respect for Roosevelt as a great
statesman,”
The Japanese Dome! News Agency
'said that “authoritative military
quarters” believe Mr. Roosevelt’s
death “will seriously affect the
enemy’s future conduct of the war.”
! DNB said Mr. Roosevelt's death
“may have far-reaching political
consequences,” both at home and
: abroad, but cautioned the German
! people against being deluded by po
! litical mirages or allowing them
selves to be “caught up in specula
1 tion of any kind.” Their fate, it said,
would be decided by “hard military
realities” on Germany’s battlefields.
, “We have known for a very long
time the part which Roosevelt
i played in preparing this war in in
tensifying it to an almost unimag
inable degree with the result that
now masses of material are em
ployed against humanity,” DNB said.
“The cold and incorruptible hand
of fate has checkmated one of the
principal figures of the great po
i litical events of our times, thus end
, ing a life which has brought untold
disaster to the world and through
whose destructive character his own
I country, misled rather than led by
j this ambitious statesman, was to no
lesser extent steered toward ca
tastrophe.”
4 Maryland Residents
Are Admitted to Bar
Pour nearby Maryland residents
are among the 23 candidates ad
; mitted yesterday to the practice of
law by the State Court of Appeals.
They are:
Mrs. Dorothy Nicholson Bates and
Paul J. La Crosse, Chevy Chase:
Marjorie D. Hansen, Silver Spring,
and Wilfred M. Dyer, Jr., Suitland.
Elliott Flying From London;
Other Roosevelt Sons in Pacific
By the Associated Press.
LONDON, April 13.—Brig. Gen.
Elliott Roosevelt set out for Wash
ington today by air and expected to
arrive in time for his father's funeral
tomorrow.
Commander of an 8th Air Force
photo reconnaissance wing, Gen.
Roosevelt was visiting friends in
London when he heard the news in
the midnight broadcast by BBC.
Another officer said he was stunned
and sat quietly for some time, then
repeated over and over: “It just
can't be true.”
Young Roosevelt returned to his
headquarters, called a meeting of
his staff at 3 am., and informed
them he was leaving at once for
Washington. He was able to make
connections on a special Army plane
leaving this morning.
Before leaving the base, he re
eeived a cablegram from his mother,
telling of the President’s death.
GUAM, April 13 WPV—'Word of
President Roosevelt’s death reached
his son, Lt. Comdr. Franklin Roose
velt, jr„ off Okinawa this morning
after a suicidal Japanese air attack
on American invasion forces.
Young Roosevelt commands a de
stroyer escort on a screening as
signment with the Okinawa force
and was on the bridge directing his
ships antiaircraft fire in a battle
in which 118 Japanese planes were
destroyed.
Another Roosevelt son, Lt. John
Roosevelt, is supply officer on an
aircraft carrier with the Pacific
Fleet. His exact whereabouts was
not known here.
James, the eldest, a colonel In the
Marine Corps, is on the staff of an
amphibious group commander in the
Pacific.
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Flags Around World
Are Lowered; Leaders
Express Sympathy
Bj the Associated Press.
Around the world, the humble and
the great paid mournful tribute
today to Franklin Delano Roosevelt
in words of praise and sorrow.
The flags of virtually all nations
flew at half staff. Many govern
ments decreed a period of mourning.
Expressions of sympathy streamed
into the White House from world
capitals.
The news that the President had
died was flashed quick'y to troops in
the field and sailors at sea, now
fighting toward a victorious end of
history’s greatest war. They, like the
people at home, were shocked and
unbelieving.
One soldier in Britain, en route
back to the Western Front after a
period in hospital, declared:
“We men up there really felt the
President was our commander. His
loss will be felt by all of us.”
Europe Informed.
The American Broadcasting Station
in Europe, informing the peoples of
Europe in a special broadcast, de-j
dared “the world has lost its greatest j
champion for peace.”
Gen. Charles de Gaulle, President
of the provisional government of
France, ordered all flags on official
buildings throughout the French
Empire placed at half staff immedi
ately. In a telegram to President
Truman he called Mr. Roosevelt “the
symbolic champion of the cause of
liberty. * * * France admired and
loved'him.”
Queen Wilhelmina and Crown
Princess Juliana of the Netherlands
sent messages of condolences to
Mrs. Roosevelt and the Queen
cabled President Truman that "my
people and I fully share” in the
loss.
“He gave his life for our common
cause," the Queen said, “and the
Netherlands will ever cherish his
name."
In Canada, where Mr. Roosevelt
often was referred to as "the best
President Canada ever had,” the
House of Commons at Ottawa stood
for a minute of silence last night1
and then adjourned until this aft
ernoon.
Prime Minister W. L. Mackenzie
King, in moving the adjournment,
said the President was “so close a
neighbor, so great and true a friend
of the Canadian people, that the
word when received was as if one
of our very own had passed away.
• * • The death of President Roose
velt is in truth a loss to the whole
of mankind.”
The Chinese government ordered
all flags a half-staff, as did Prime
Minister John Curtin in Australia.
Many nations of Latin America de
creed periods of mourning for the
man who inaugurated the “good
neighbor” policy.
Argentina Fays Tribute.
President Edelmiro Farrell of Ar
gentina, whose country declared war
on tke Axis nations only last week,
commented that “with the death of
Roosevelt, America loses one of the
most outstanding figures in its his
tory.” Argentine radio stations
canceled programs last night.
President Vargas of Brazil an
nounced that his nation would go
into mourning for three days. Simi
lar proclamations were issued in
Cuba, Guatemala and Costa Rica.
Flags were at half-staff in Mexico
City and public functions were can
celed.
Eire’s Parliament adjourned to
day as a special mark of respect to
President Roosevelt.
Prime Minister Eamon DeValera
told the assembly:
“I regard his death as a loss to
the world for I believe his whole
career has shown that he could ulti-:
mately be depended upon to devote
his great energy to the establish-;
ment of a world organization which
f t
Colored Prisoners
At Mobile Kneel
In Prayer at News
By the Associated Press.
MOBILE, Ala., April 13.—Col
ored prisoners at the Mobile
City Jail knelt in prayer, then
lifted their voices in spirituals
last night when told of the
death of President Roosevelt.
Cried one:
"We lost a good man—the
only one who ever helped the
poor.”
Said another:
“He was the greatest Presi
dent since Lincoln.”
Similar messages of sympathy
came from the white prisoners.
"He treated the common man
like the higher-ups,” one man
observed.
would be just and hope to save hu
manity from recurring calamity like
the present war.”
Edward J. Flynn, former Demo
cratic National Committee chair
man who was in Europe on a per
sonal mission for the President, said
in London, “I am inexpressibly
shocked. I cannot attempt to de
scribe my emotions.”
Smuts Cites World’s Loss.
Field Marshal Jan Christiaan
Smuts, Prime Minister of South
Africa, said: “His passing leaves us
very poor indeed, and when I go to
America to the San Francisco Con
ference—which will be one of the
ciggest things of our age—I feel that
we shall suffer a tremendous loss in
not having President Roosevelt’s
>reat leadership.”
King Haakon of Norway, now in
exile in London, sent messages of
sympathy and grief to Mrs. Roose
velt and to the United States Am
bassador to Norway.
"The world mourns with you in
the death of America's great son,”
the King told Mrs. Roosevelt.
Jan Masaryk, Czechoslovak For
eign Minister, informed Secretary
Stettinius: "I am deeply grieved and
shocked at the great and irrepara
ble loss to all decent people on
earth.”
Per Albin Hansson, Premier of
Sweden, said President Roosevelt’s
death was "a terrible disaster for
humanity.” The foreign office's
Swedish flag flew at half staff. The
Swedish press paid tribute to Mr.
Roosevelt as "the President of
world peace.'* The Swedish state
radio altered its programs to devote
two special broadcasts to the Presi
dent's memory.
Generalissimo Francisco Franco
wTote United States Ambassador
Norman Armour in Madrid today
expressing personal sympathy on
the death of President Roosevelt
and cabled Spain's condolences to
the White House.
3 Daughters-in-Law
Of President Flying
To Funeral Services
Ey ihf Associated Pres*.
HOLLYWOOD. April 13.—
Three daughters-ln-law of
President Roosevelt were en
route to Washington today in
a chartered two-engined plane.
Mrs. Elliott Roosevelt (movie
actress Faye Emerson) left last
night with Mrs. James Roose
velt. At San Diego they were
Joined by Mrs. John Roosevelt.
Their only stop was to be at
Kansas City, Mo.
Miss Emerson stopped work
at a movie studio on hearing of
the President's death and went
to her home.
All three women's husbands
are overseas in the armed
forces.
OLD CLOTHES TO YOU!
NEW LIFE FOR THEM!
In war-ravaged Europe,. 125 million
people have suffered indescribable
horrors. Millions of them may die
unless we share our clothing with
them. These people are no beggars.
Many of them were as well—or better
off than you—before war wiped out
their world—their years of accumu
lated comfort or security—or the bare
necessities.
There are families today in liberated
countries where five or six people
actually share one garment. In your
clothes closet are clothes—old to you
—but which represent new life to
some unfortunate. Won’t you clean
out your clothes closet NOW and
share what you cannot wear?
Bundle up your used clothing and taka it to any Post
Office, Police Station, Fire Station or United War Relief
Station located in any Howard Cleaners store. Collection
depots are also located in many apartment baildings, many
churches, many filling stations and many government build
ings and agencies. AND DO IT TODAY—PLEASE.
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FACTORY SALESROOM
1315 G STREET N.W.