Middle East Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 20, 1945, Cairo, Egypt                                Impressive Middle East services Honor memory of president Roosevelt United nations in the Middle Bast joined America sunday in tribute to president with observances highlighted by a memorial service in Ewart Hall of the american University in behind a Flower banked altar were assembled religious leaders of Many faiths and army chaplain in Olive american doctors of divinity in purple hooded academic British Archdeacon in a and Black Robed priests of the coptic armenian they walked slowly to appointed places while a Arm v band played our help in Ages in the crowded auditorium were official representatives of govern ments of the the egyptian delegation included personal representatives of King Faruk and prime minister Mahmoud Al no Krashi members of parliament and religious service opened with by the army read from the scriptures and the elder of the american University followed with a his death a Challenge Charles president of the delivered the reiterating the Challenge which this occasion brings to us to dedicate ourselves to the com Cletion of the task to which our president gave his express ing the sorrow and sense of loss which All nations wat son said our reaction should also be an attitude of grateful thanks Giviner to god for having prepared this Man for his task and having Given him to our and Gene Abdel Latif Talaat grand and Ferik Omar Fathi chief represented King Faruk at the ser other distinguished representatives of the British govern ment were lord Kil the Bri Tish ambassador sir Edward British minister resident and lady grip sir Kinahan and lady sir Walter lord sir William sir Bernard Middle Ami other High Manv members of the Keryn Tian and of the diplomatic corps of the Allied nations were and also senior officials of embassies and and loaders of Cairns foreign comm representatives Inelus Pink Ivy i and members of his William Deputy and senior officers of service at All saints Cathedral another Cairo memorial service was Beld at the Church of eng lands All saints Cathedral tues Day platoons of ame rican enlisted was and officers shared Row upon Row of with delegations of Allied military to ranking officers of All air forces and naval units in Cairo were re the British diplomatic delectation was beaded by the am lord american University wat son read the lesson and Archdeacon Johnson of the Cathedral staff spoke simply arid feelingly of the late presidents link with both the British Empire and the Middle recalling the Days of the Cairo conference and the presi dents visit Here a few months Archdeacon Johnson despaired of finding the words to Honor this great in Alexandria a memorial service was held at Marks attended by consular representatives and religious the governor of Hassouna and other distinguished repro King Faruk invited to the following message was is sued from the Palace by Hus Sein Bey private Secretary to Kin Faruk the King has been deeply grief majesty regards it not Only As a great personal loss of a veiny Good Friend but As a very severe loss to humanity at the King held the late president in the highest esteem and followed with the closest attention and sincerest admiration All his inspiring declarations and untiring activities in the Pursuit of tie Noble Aims he set for his country and the peace and Freedom Loving the recent meeting that had taken place Between them had Only accentuated the Kings admiration for Roosevelt great personality and further strengthened the Bond of Friendship Between the King had been looking for Ward with the greatest of pleasure to meeting him again in the United states in answer to the invitation extended to his majesty by the late Prince Mohamed of president Roosevelt visit to Cairo also a Friend of former Theodore also statement of sympathy saying history will never Heaters closed sunday both the egyptian Senate and chamber of deputies paid tribute monday night by observing a two minute the prime minister and Hussein Heikal president of the made speeches praising the character and work of the late american president and calling his death a loss to All flags of All Allied nations flew at half Mast in Heaters in Cairo cancelled their afternoon performances sunday in deference to presidents april 1945 stars and Middle East leaders in memorial services a Friend since his and president issued a and App re world and forget de to receive the very tragic a Trident Roosevelt news i text of Roosevelt will is disclosed Nav York president Roose velt left the bulk of his estate in a Trust specifying that Eleanor Roosevelt should receive All the income during her it was disclosed when the will was filed for there was no estimate As to the value of the bequests made in addition to those for the family included a gift to the government of such personal property As is left after his wife and five children choose articles they he also left specific bequests to the James Hyde to the Georgia warm Springs his real estate in Meriwether and to servants and White House personnel at the time of his 8100 the will provided that the late presidents five children would be paid half of the principal of the Trust fund in equal shares on the death of their Mother and that the remaining half be divided in equal trusts for mothers estate was executed on shortly after the death of Roose belts Mother who left him the bulk of her the will named As executors James the late presidents eld est son Basil his former Law partner and Henry an attorney of the president asked that his family leave the greater part of personal property at the main House in Hyde Park for the Federal government after official occupancy has been made so that the character of the House not be Al the will adder that this should not be construed a a restriction on the right of their children or the executors to select personal property for the this was the scene As military and civilian officials from Many United gathered in Ewart hah at Hwa Merican University in Cair ofor a memorial service to the late president Franklin Delano Charles Walton to shown addressing the signal corps photo from owl the procession Kaves Cairns All saints Cathedral following tuesday afternoons service to Minory of pret Mutt timed to coincide with the similar service being held in London Pauls Chi Torrau fcb a Morlai was attended by official and enlisted Mon and women of the Allied armies in the Modle a diplomatic test Osahon headed by British ambassador lord Kitte ant and the american minister and Pinckney tuck and civilian leaders of cosmopolitan signal corps photo by it was end of the world for the presidents Valet Happy Little world in which chief Petty officer Arthur Prettyman lived in quiet dignity during the last six years he served As Roosevelt Valet has few men were As close to the president or As devoted As was this negro Navy it was Prettyman who carried the prostrate form of his chief from the room in which he fainted to a bed in the Little White House at warm Springs and White House attendants who know pretty Man Sav the presidents death was tantamount to the end of the world for his Happy association with the president began some years ago while he was serving aboard the Cruiser Tuscaloosa during one of the presidents Many trips out of the Roosevelt took a fancy to Prettyman and when his old Valet retired he called in pret Tyman to serve Prettyman retired from the Navy and went to the White for the last six years he had helped the president took care of his dog Fala and went with him on every Roosevelt would Trust none but Prettyman to Bathe Prettyman carried himself with quiet in conversation he referred to Roosevelt As chief but in addressing Roosevelt he Al ways said he bad very Little Contact with members of the White House staff and As one negro messenger we  never get a word out of him about the after the outbreak of the Prettyman was placed on Active duty As a chief Steward in the Navy but he remained to the the Only difference was that Prettyman wore a Grey Navy when the president was in Prettyman usually went Home nights to his family at near the i but if the president needed Bun in i the evening at any time be was i always on Eisenhower was at front Paris news of president Roosevelt death was flashed to Eisenhower Ashk was at the front conferring1 with his heirs for personal use in their own the main House at Hyde Park and its adjacent ground were conveyed to the government last subject to certain rights of Roosevelt and their peace meet stamp honors Roosevelt Washington in Honor of the late the new postage stamp to be issued in Observance of the san Francisco conference will Bear the name of postmaster general Frank who announced the change in the original disclosed this week that president Roosevelt had suggested the and design of the Walker also said that president who was the worlds most famous approved a proposal that be buy the first stamp at san it was the last official directive1 which the president the new stamp goes on in san Francisco april Only Days after the