The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-04-13

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 MT. Roosevelt, the son of James and Sara Delano Roosevelt, was ir the national eye long before en- tering the White House. He had i baen g New York state senator i Assistant Secretary of the Navy ir World War I days; unsuccessful can didate fer Vice President when James M. Ccx was defeated for the Presidency, and governor of New York for two terms.
 It was during MT. Roosevelts first term as governor that the first of two attempts was made on his life. In April, 1929, bomb ad- dressed to him was found in the Albany postoffice. A porter acci- dentally kicked the package caus- ing it to set off a sputtering fuse. It was dropped in a pail of water and failed to go off.
 In February, 1883, MT. Roosevelt as President-elect, visited Miami, Fla. Giuseppe zangara fired five shots at him, but they killed Mayor Anton J. Cremak of Chicago in stead when bystander deflected the assassins aim. zangara was electrocuted for the Cremak staying. His excuse for the shooting was hate for all rulers.
 Stricken While Swimming
 Of distinguished Dutch ancestry, MT. Roosevelt was born to life of comfortable ease. Educated at Gro ton and Harvard he studied for the law and practiced his profession be- fore engaging upon a public career. In 1921 he was stricken with infan- tile paralysis while swimming at the family summer home at Campobello, \. B.
 On the day he was slriken he had plunged into the cold surf with his usual zest. A few hours later he had to be carried away on a stretch CT. For months his life hung in the balance.
 The story was told that as he lay grimly concentrating every force of will on the task of forcing reluctant nerve centers to respond, his ex- ertion plainly visible, he gasped 10 these about him;
 Helps Other Victims
 You folks don't know what fun 1t is just to move one little toe"
 Gamely, he fought the disease and after weary discouraging months of treatment, was able to walk with steel braces, crutclfes, and finally with the aid Of canes.
 When he became President, he appeared at public functions sup ported by a military aide or lean ing on the arm of a son. Ramps were used to assist him onto railroad trains and in parts of the executive mansion. He permitted his birth day to be used for celebrations through the country to raise funds for sufferers from the disease.
 Because he found the waters at Warm Springs, Go, helpful, MT. Roosevelt established the Warm Springs Foundation so that others suffering from the same affliction, but without money to go there, might enjoy the benefits.
 Mir. Roosevelts mother, Sara De- lano Roosevelt, gray-haired and aristocratic, was present at three Presidential inaugurations. She died on September ', 1941.
 His wife, Anna Eleanor Roosevelt, the faYorite niece of President Theodore Roosevelt, was distant cousin The republican President gave the bride away when the young couple were married March IT, 1905.
 Five children were born to the union, one daughter, Anna Eleanor, who became Mrs. Curtis Dall, and later Mrs. John Boettiger, and four sons, James, Elliott, Franklin, Jr., and John.
 All the boys are serving as off cerS in the armed forces during World War II, James in the Marines, Elliott in the Army, and Franklin and John in the Navy.
 
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