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flag draped casket bearing the President's body is placed aboard a caisson in Union station to begin its solemn procession to the White House.
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Brig. Gen, Elliott Roosevelt, his wile (the former Faye Emerson) ‘and Mrs. Anna Boettiger (daughter of the president), arrive at the J station in BYWashingion to meet Abe it ; gil
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May Seek Early Meeting of | | ‘Big Three.’ | WASHINGTON, April 14 (U.P).| —Anthon%: Eden, British foreign arrived here today by | plane to attend the funeral of President Rooseveit. Mr. Eden represented Prime Min- | ister Winston Churchill at the services this afternoon. He was flown from London in a. four- -motored R.| A. F. plane, The Earl of Athlone, governor general of Canada, arrived by air| shortly before Mr. Eden, Eden may take ‘an early opportunity to sound out President Truman on the idea 6f an early meeting of the new “Big Three.” The question of a new Polish government and the rapid approach of victory in Europe are creating! new problems to be met by the allied heads of state.
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The caisson bearing the body of President Roosevelt approaches the Capitol on- its solemn journey to the White House fc for funeral services.
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By MERRIMAN SMITH
United Press Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON, April 14.—A nation at war today paid tribute to President Roosevelt with a military cortege which bore his casket through capital streets lined with
Silent troops and solemn people.
A mile-long procession, led by honor womiigents of the fighting forces, escorted the cortege on its last journey to the White House for services at 3 p. m. taday (Indianapolis time). It was a hot and sultry day—much the kind as that exactly 80 years ago today when the country lost another war time leader, Abraham Lincoln, shot by John Willkes Booth in Ford's theater on the evening of April 14, 1965. Drawn by Seven Horses The mood of the crowds which watched the cortege pass was solemn, as was that of the new President, Harry S. Truman : ; Truman rode: %n the third limousine behind the black military caisson upon which Mr. Roosevelt's flag-draped casket rested. The caisson was drawn by six gray horses with a seventh lead horse. Mr. Truman, riding with Secretary of Commerce Henry A. Wallace and former War Mobilizer James F, Byrnes, spoke hardly a word during the ceremony.
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sorrow behind a grim composure.
Many in Crowd Weep Many in the crowd of thousands which packed the cortege route from Union station, down tree-lined Constitution ave. and up 15th st. to Pennsylvania ave. and the White House, wept as the casket passed at a slow funeral pace. In the crowd were thousands of Negroes. T hey made little effort to conceal their sorrow at the death of the man who had done so much to better their lives. At the gates of the White House as the cortege passed in one Negro woman half-knelt and bowed. “Oh, Lord,” she cried, “forever . .. and forever...” Another nearby threw herself to the pavement, cry“He's gone. He's gone.” Carried by Honor Guard The President's casket ‘was lifted from the caisson by the honor guard and carried quietly into the W hite" House as the marine band played “Lead, Kindly Light.” Walking with her son, Brig. Gen Elliott Roosevelt,
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Mrs. Roosevelt followed the casket into the White House, a firm, tall figure in widow's black and a heavily dotted,
black veil. Behind her, were her daughter, Anna, and Col. John Boettiger, Anna’s husband. And behind them walked the four Roosevelt daughters-in:law, four abredXt, trim and straight in their mourning black. Elliott flew here from England. He was the only one of the four sons whe was able. to return from his war duty. in time. Family ‘Left Alone
Mr. Truman quietly slipped away to allow the Roosevelt family to' enter alone with the President's casket. He walked, hat ifi hard; into the executive offices and met with his first caller of the day, Shipbuilder Andrew Js Higgins of New Orleans, Wallace, the man who might have stood in Mr. Tru
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sprinted across the W hite House lawn and stood alone under a tree. There he watched as the casket was carried in. the anthem ceased, ‘Wallace dropped his hat from breast and slowly walked alone across the White House grounds.
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Officials W aiting 5 "The special train drew. into W as shington’s Union station just before § a. m. (Indianapolis time) and came to a slow halt where President Truman and the leaders of the government who had worked with® Mr. Roosevelt in peace and war were waiting. In the plaza outside and along the broad, troop-lined avenues leading to the White House, silent crowds stood in the April sunshine. It was a war-time ceremony in keeping with an America whose were fighting toward in Europe and in the Pacific. Battalions of soldiersy sailors-and slowly ahead the shrouded Roosevelt's body.
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marine of caisson that Fixed Bayonets . G. I. troops in olive drab with fixed bavonets and their dusty working leggings and G. I. shoes stood every three paces along the cortege route. At the train enlisted soldiers and sailors gently lifted the flag-draped casket from the train and passed it to the body-bearers—non-commissioned men of the four service arms. The sturdy obvious grief. As the casket was placed on the black-draped military the U. S..marine band played “The StarSpangied Banner,” followed by “The Old Rugged Cross” and “Rock of Ages.” Crowds Fill Streets A battalion of the armed services led the procession through the crowd-packed streets with the marine band leading and marching at funeral pace. The crowds were so quiet that the clumping tread of the marching men down Constitution ave. like distant surf. As the cortege made its slow progress through the streets squadrons of giant Flying Fortresses and Liberator bombers—symbols of American - aerial overhead. The crowds which stood five deep along Constitution ave. where the procession passed down the broad avenue of Government buildings—most of them erected in the
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Business Suspended ; State In. Deep Mourning for FDR
Indiana ,was in today for President Roosevelt. Hoosiers awoke, on
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deep mourning | state sponsored the closing of stores | the
Sea in Tribute. By UNITED PRESS and metropolis . alike to pay tribtue tq ‘Franklin "Delano Roosevelt.” | Governors and mayors from the | Atlantic to Hawai ordered periods fof mourning ‘and the lowering. df flags to Mmlf-mast ony all governe ment buildings, Special memorial. services were plahned in thousands of churches, and movie houses and other places of entertainment joined in whole« sale shutdowns out of respect to Mr. Roosévelt's funeral service img Washington at 4 p m | War plants throughout the nae ition, urged by the war production board to continue operation as their tribute, "planned periods of silence of three to five minutes at the start of the ‘Washington service. "In Chicago, New "York and Hollys wood all transportation facilities. {will pause for one minute at 3 p.m. {Indianapolis time) The Amerie jcan Telephone & Telegraph Co. «will observe a 30-second pause in (all communications at that time | All leased wires of United | Press will stand idle one mine ute at 3 p. m. (Indianapolis time), Financial houses in the major {cities declared a full holiday. Come {mercial and business houses in {New York and large cities down for the day. Movie
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J, S. SERVICEMEN 70 OFFER PRAYER
Pause for 5 Minutes at Time of Services.
WASHINGTON, April 14 (U. P). —Wherever war conditions permit, American armed forces throughout the world will mark the hour of funeral ‘services for ° President Roosevelt today with a five-minute period of silent prayer. Secretary of War Henry L. Stim son and Secretary of the Navy James V. Forrestal announced that the prayer period would take place at 3 p. m. (Indianapolis Time), the exact moment that services for Mr, | Roosevelt begin in the White House. On Sunday special memorial services for the deceased commander jn chief will be held at all army posts, camps and stations-and aboard ship and at all yards and stations as long as they do not interfere with the prosecution of the war. Flags over all army and navy ine stallations and vessels were flying at half mast today in accordance with
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