The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-04-13
Cerebral Henorrhaee
Was Cause OF Death
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Dental secretary; and two cousins,
Miss Laura Delano and Miss Mar
garet Suckley.
Bruenn said he called Vice Ad-
miral Ross T. Mcintyre Navy sur
geon general and White House
physician in Washington and that
Mcintyre in turn called DR.. James
E. Paullin, of Atlanta, an internal
medicine practicioner and honor
ary consultant to the Navy Surgeon
General.
Paullin was present when Bruenn
gave the statement OF the cause of
death to reporters of the three ma
tional news services.
In response to question, DR..
Bruenn said the President died
without pain.
News of the Presidents death
spread quickly and caused many
tear among the 125 infantiie para
lysis patients at the foundation
here.
Mayor Frank w. Allcorr of
Warm Springs was giving a bar
becue at his mountain cabin this
afternoon for the President and
about so other guests. Allcorn was
awaiting the Presidents arrival
when reporters got word through
the Army Signal Corps radio tele-
phone and summer White House
telephone communication to rush
to the foundation.
Miss Louise Hackmeister, vet
eran White House chief telephone
operator, could hardly talk in her
excitement to round up those who
had to be informed.
|. Tears and quivering voices ac-
companied the announcement OF
the Presidents death by Hassett.
Miss Tully, Mrs. Alice Wineger,
Hassett's secretary, and Mrs.
Dorothy Brady, Presidential steno-
grapher, sat tense on a sofa as
Hassett gave the news.
Mr.. Roosevelt arrived at Warm
Springs March 30. He had been
underweight and his doctors want
ed him to take it easy to see il
he could not regain the poundage
at which he felt comfortable.
Rumors had been heard the last
few days that the President was
not picking up as much as his doc
tors would have liked.
He received reporters last Thurs
day and, in the presence of Sea-
gio Osmena, president Of the
Philippine Commonwealth, told OF
his desire to grant full indepen-
dence to the islands by autumn.
Mr.. Roosevelt also outlined am
bilious postwar plans for American
participation in the Western Paci-
fic to prevent further Japanese
aggression.
He said the United States and
the other United Nations must &C.
cept trusteeships over Japanese
inundated islands, build new naval
and air bases and help the Philip
pines rebuild economically after
the Commonwealth becomes SELL
governing nation.
Reports of this news conference
were to have been withheld for
security reasons until the President
returned to Washington.
Funeral arrangements were not
decided at the time Secretary Has
sett and Commander Bruenn made
their statements.
Gin Washington it was said the
funeral will be held in the White
House Saturday. Burial will be at
Hyde Park, N. "
The death announcement was
made in the center OF the 1000
acre Warm Springs foundation for
polio treatment which the Presi-
dent helped found more than 20
years ago. That was before he
began serving his first term as
Governor of New York.
The announcement was dictated
to reporters in a white cottage
across a red clay road from the
administration building of the foun-
dation where Hassett and four 9TH
err White House attaches were max
ing their home here.
This was Mr.. Roosevelt's Sec
ond stay here in four months. The
President spent 10 days here only
last Observation-Disclosures.
Reporters who attended his news
conference a week ago today noted
his gray pallor. This had been
noticeable however for many
months and had caused consider
able comment among White House
correspondents.
Mr.. Roosevelt's voice also had
become weak. in recent months,
and he frequently asked reporters
to repeat their questions.
This was attributable, according
to those close to him, to a sinus
leakage into the throat which caus-
ed slight constructions.
with foresight. however," Piercey
added, land I think that he made