The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-04-14
ROOSEVELT TRAIN
LEAVES FOR D. c.
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:, ~ 4 pm, in the EASY hoolll
helo q White House tomorrow.
=" y. II, IN p.nn., the final trip to his ii
At ~ home at Hyde Park, N
,. DoyD viii begin. Burial will be in
~ T. t,mjly garden at 10 am, Sun
M ;,,s Roosevelt was described
" Secretary Stephen 7. Early as
e ,. T up wonderfully. She walk
0e'.n1 the train ahead of the cas-.
"a ~ and on the arm of Early and
, nes Admiral Ross T. Mclntire,
N WV surgeon general and White
House physician,
- ~ have never met a Drawer
Jaw ,.o ! have never seer q wom-
N" 'nder similar circumstances SO
a a.. so calm, SO courageous. y
h' v;ll,sers crowded tn e little
uarm Springs depot to witness
w.. Vs. sorrowful departure. Other
". nds watched the train go slow
T., INV Nv depots en- route. There was
~ h hand. waving this time, only
,.nt and motionless groups, Ne
sroe. and whites.
H Two thousand troops from the
vort Benning Ga, infantry and
nsrachute schools were rushed to
warm Springs after midnight to
w final honors in the state Mr..
W uoosevelt called his second home.
Tive Two battalions stood at atten-
linn on the highway leading from
H.. s warm Spring 1nfantile Paraly-
u. .s Foundation to the village sta
finn Fifty picket military police
l.nt the crowds orderly at the
s.no+ The others made up a
c1nse.rsnked file that headed the
c,rt.ae down the winding dirt road
ron the Roosevelt cottage, past
.cores Of crippled children, and
nm 10 the train.
# was sweltering day and
ore airborne trooper dropped IN
bis tracks as the lone press car
nased his station on the highway.
Preceded by the goth Army
Ground Forces band from Ben
nina, the procession got under
vay from the Little White
House" at 1925 M, E.W.T. The
cssket was placed in a motor
bearse. Eight NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
soldiers, and two each from the
Navy and Marines - carried the
casket from the bungalow through
portico framed with climbing
red roses.
Mrs. Roosevelt rode with Miss
Grace Tully. confidential secre-
tarv to her late husband; and two
Of his cousins from Hyde Park,
Miss Laura Delano and Miss Mar
garet Suckley.
Just behind the hearse were the
body.bearers on foot. followed by
h Oh ranking officers of the three
armed services also marching.
At the Foundation administra-
ton building where the late Presi-
dent always had stopped on his
visits to and from his cottage, the
cortege stopped momentarily be-
fore The crippled children and
foundation workers as if in a final
gesture to the folks he loved and
helped to walk again.
Many of the wheel-chair pa
tients and foundat;o On attaches
we're in tears. The flag on the lit
tie dirt plaza pole in front of the
rerve center Of the foundation
stood at half-mast. Graham Jack
son, Atlanta Negro musician who
had entertained Mr.. Roosevelt on
many occasions. stood with the
polo victims and played the soft
strains Of Going Home" on an
accordion.
The military was represented
by Major General Fred L. Walk
er, commandant OF the Fort Ben
ming Infantry School and former
commanding general of the 36th
Division in Italy; Rear Admiral
Jules James. OF the Sixth Naval
District at Charleston, S. c.; Brig.
General William Walker, COM
handing general, Infantry School.
Bennlng; Brig. Gen. Sidney EIick-
son, chief OF staff, Fourth Serv-
Ice Command, Atlanta, and Erig.
Gen, Joseph Bailey. deputy chief
Oh staff for Service Commands.
army Service Forces, Wash ng-
ion.
whereas only three newsmen-
representatives. of the Associated
pfess, United Press and Interna-
uollal News Service-accompanied
w. ui' roosevelt on his last trip to
n warm Springs, several photogra-
p a and radio men were allow
~ w 10 make the return journey to
mere was no more off the rec
I.a lourneying for the man who
shOs' all the rules in the book in
SSi; ,;. American politica! ira
n ant and flying across the At
fl. tnree tines in war to plot
f sie end Of the second world con-
torio and the beginning of an his
peaee era aimed at perpetual
his At tert, for few trips during
fall ,1urth term campaign last
~ ' IN. Mr. Roosevelt travelled secre-.
rs, slee the start of the war for
'0ls OF Personal security.
n -V-
Nations y Security Marts