Middle East Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 20, 1945, Cairo, Egypt                                S i Hies to the to Loiis business and com at Complete prayed t to their de parted the three wire press four major radio net companies ceased u during that with s in silence by a nation prayed military held formal parades services were planned to with the Fune Jeven i communities serviced not Many persons attended Church Fqy Pray per wat some workers Mil who had Roosevelt poli and voted Ajja inst him tin Der our bipartisan system of Felt a deep and irrevocable sense of Viat a front Page Box Iii the Republic car Ped the following Story under the heading in the wrote a Republican i voted for in i campaigned ardently against and some of his policies i was violently opposed but now Hes theres one thought which keeps nagging at he want a great then Why did i feel like crying when i heard that Franklin Roosevelt was dead the nation was stunned the shocking news of the presi dents death swept the nation Al most As soon As the death occur stunned people on their Way Home from soldiers leaving for people eating in housewives listening to Ordinary radio As example of its the associated press was banging out a to a paragraph on the Senate food hearing Wien a followed by Flash president Roosevelt died suddenly this afternoon at sudent from warm Springs and was borne from Union station to the House for the funeral service president Truman had proclaimed saturday As a Day of mourn ing and prayer throughout the United and urged the peo ple to Bow Down in submission to the will of almighty god and to out of full their homage of love and reverence to the memory of the Streat and Good Man whose death they the presidents proclamation set aside the beginning on the Day of the funeral As the nations mourning As flags new at half Mast throughout the business establishments in thousands of communities were in vital War America expressed its Faith by staying on the Job in order to bring the War to a speedy As it knew the presi Dent would entertainments in War industries were cancelled and War workers held a Brief period of prayer at the hour of the not a wheel turned in new York not a wheel turned in times Square at 4 even below the cites subways were throughout the millions stood in solemn thousands of them in heavy with Only the melancholy Wail of boat whistles in harbours and Rivers breaking the profound silence of the largest City in the Stock Exchange and most stores were closed for the As were Many thirty one municipal courts postponed All hearings until this nationwide newspapers eliminated advertising to carry full accounts of the colourful life of the Man who was Loyed so not Only by his but by the millions of school children in every held memorial exercises memory of the Only president had Ever school re were generally baseball games were Heaters throughout the Watry Complete can might be the same within an the Catholic Church at held a memorial one of the first in the but at the same on the East 770 soldiers leaving for overseas from port spontaneously requested a memo rial service before their they marched from their Barracks to the base Chapel behind dipped on the East newspapers had already put their last regular afternoon editions to bed but the 1 b f i i press wires set staffs papers in big Mcle Waif soon Oil the waited crowds along City streets huddled unquiet knots around waiting while newsboys unloaded extras from radio networks cancelled com Melf Cial programs to Clear the Way reports covering his for commentators and for prayers by leaders of All religious for 80 hours following the death not a single commercial plug was sent out Over the in an unprecedented display of respect to the late a programs during the inter vening time wer6 either devoted to news broadcasts or were memorial in subject on april the nations radio stations resumed their regular pro Grams and commercial broadcast in new Broadway crowds were moving about asking Flor More amusements and Heaters which had not begun evening performances closed their patrons in crowded restaurants stopped eating to listen to the new York times electrical1 a lighted news bulletin Board in times Square was not under Brownout but hushed crowds gathered to read Brief printed bulletins pasted up on boards overlooking the women were crying on the Dewey proclamation Albany in a formal Procla mation on president Roosevelt Dewey said he was one of the great presidents of the to Leader ship of the nation at a critical period in our economic he brought High courage and indomitable spirit to the task of meet ing the most difficult of National inspiring the people with fresh Confidence and establishing Basic Liberal grandson in Hospital Boet the blonde Roosevelt Daught was called to the White House to learn of her fathers death after spending the afternoon at Bethesda naval medical Center where her has been slightly the world shared their Griel Vav Frank Lirt Delano Roosevelt escorted by Fier Anna Roosevelt Boettiger and Elliott leave the grave of Hie president following the burial at Hyde Roosevelt carries the Flag under which the president was own enlisted men who assisted at rites for president identified Washington men from the armed forces were chosen As bearers and guards at the presi Dent Roosevelt obsequies on a basis of factors that included overseas military bearing and uniformity of these men acted As pallbearers army James Bentley Hurt Richard Navy chief fire control num Thomas Al Texas and chief gunners David marines Roy Culber and Robert air forces William Mckee artist describes presidents last moments the Russia born woman artist who was sketching Roosevelt when he was stricken fatally at warm painted for the nation a verbal picture of the late presidents last living at her Locust Home to which she returned by Auto Elizabeth Schouman dark haired portrait Painter told newsmen that Roose velt was seated in a room of the Little White House in the com Pany of his two miss Laura Delano and miss Margaret his William the president was busily sign ing described mme Schou there were papers stacked on card on the chairs As Well As on a Large at one time Hassett dont mind in just drying my at that the president burst into the Painter referred to the fact that papers were spread All around the room to allow the presidents signature to he never looked better continued Mino Shoumatoff l was getting set to Start painting when i noticed that the president had worn his red Harvard it was just he never looked letter than when he greeted me in a Grey suit with the Necktie blending perfectly with his Blue Navy there was some conversation the and tin Madame began dipping into the a the time was when it was getting near 1 the Butler came in and started to set the table for Hassett had taken All his papers the silent looked up from the wages Over which he had been working so and said to mme Schou weve got just about 15 More minutes to with that he went Back to work on the the grieved Painter became so in he slipped slightly out of pose As his head went Down a but for the next 15 minutes i didst ask him to look up he was extremely i  paint his face while he out of pose so i was doing this and particularly making notes of the color and Light on his i raised hand to Temple he raised his left hand to his left then to his fore and his hand went Back to the Arm of the then slowly he Lay Back reclined in the slipped slightly to the left with his head More to the the presi dents two cousins rushed to him just As uie Butler was coming into the one of the cousins called to ask the secret service Man to Call a doctor immediately 1 went out and told him to get a doctor instantly because the president was not feeling fifteen minutes later i returned to the room the doctor had arrived and someone had telephoned Shoumatoff retired to her cottage when one of the cousins came in and asked her to leave As they would need the the Painter then called Nicholas Rob a new York photographer who had accompanied her to warm and in an hour both were off the property not knowing How seriously ill the president worked tirelessly to end after driving a recalled the i went into a Tele phone Booth to Call the Little White House and learn of the presidents i dropped in a but before i could get the number the operator asked did Vou Roose velt is Shoumatoff decided to motor staight to her Locust Valley thinking Back on the Swift happenings of the past few remarkably Well the presi Dent looked before he he sat in a leather not a wheel the Back of the chair was High so that when his head fell Back in faint it rested the news of his death will Shock the i will work two More Days to Complete the unfinished Madame told and i Hope if will be Hung in Roosevelt Library in Hyde Park for Ameri cans to come and see his tireless expression As he worked until the coast guard Boatswain mate 1st class Arthur new these men stood on guard in the East room army Charles Howe John John t Charles and Reed marines George Tho Detroit Stephen be Minneapolis Winton Lay Henry North and Ellsworth Jamestown Navy Francis North me signalman 3rd class David Washington seamen 1st class Jack Conrad John new Paul Pevo new Walter and John Penn air forces David por Michael new and Walton these army men were members of the Caisson detail John read ing at Ley Gate Paul arid Carl Karl was the National colors bearer and Charles a Wil bearer of the presidential Truman asks another Star for Wash tin Ryan has nominated George third army command and Courtney first army to be full generals in the he also sent to Senate nominations of nine major generals for their third they were Joseph Oscar w gris Lucius Geoffrey Edmund Wai ton Levin Wade Haislip and Eugene Rev Cornell historian Dies Carl professor of history at