Funeral Services to Be Held Saturday
For Mrs. Franklin I). Roosevelt,
One of World’s Best Known Women
NEW YORK W — Mrs. Frank
lin D. Roosevelt, a First Lady
whose stature grew from the
White House to the world, died in
her Manhattan apartment Wednes
day night.
The 78-year-old widow of the
nation’s 32nd President and niece
of the 2fith President had suffered
from what the family described
as “a complicated type of anemia”
for two and a half years.
Her health failed rapidly during
the last six week, accelerated by
non-contagious tuberculosis which
was not proved until Oct. 25.
Her physicians, expecting heart
failure, were with her at the end,
along with three of her five living
children. Two sons were enroute bv
plane from distant points in the
nation. Nineteen grandchildren and
four great-grandchildren also sur
vive her.
“One of the great ladies in the
history of this country has passed
from the scene,” said President
Kennedy. “Her loss will be deeply
felt by all those who admired her
tireless idealism or benefited from
her good works and counsel.”
Leaders of the nation and the
world joined in expressing sorrow
and loss.
“I have lost an inspiration,” said
U.N. Ambassador Adlai Stevenson,
the only person outside of the fam
ily to visit Mrs. Roosevelt during
the final weeks of her illness. He
went by her invitation.
“She would rather light candles
than curse the darkness,” Steven
son said, “and her glow has warm
od the world.”
Private funeral services will be
held at St. James Episcopal Church
in Hyde Park, N.Y., north of New
York City on the Hudson River,
Saturday.
She will be buried in the rose
garden of the family estate at Hyde
Park, beside her husband, “in ac
cordance with the joint wishes,”
the family said. His simple grave
stone already bears her name and
the year of her birth, 1884.
“Those at the interment service,
in addition to family, will include
representatives from the U.S. gov
ernment, the United Nations, and
the State of New York, as well as
close friends of Mrs. Roosevelt.”
the announcement said. President
Kennedy will attend. So will for
mer President Harry Truman and
his wife.
Wills Eyes to Eye Bank
The family gave permission for
an autopsy, but its purpose was not
made clear. Eight years ago, Mrs.
Roosevelt willed her eyes to an
eye bank.
Mrs. Roosevelt fought her ill
ness with the same vigor with
which she had pursued a career
which took her to the far corners
of the world.
She was often on the go — shut
tling around the world on one er
rand or another, both public and
private. She lectured far and wide
and was known to the public in
many lands.
Her travels were often the sub
ject of good natured humor. They
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" First in Alaska ”
(Jov. Egan Heartened
IJy Overwhelming Support
VALDEZ '/Ft — Gov, Wm. Egan,
I who won re-election to another
four-year term as Alaska’s chief
I executive in Tuesday’s general
election, issued the following state
j ment Thursday:
“Re-election to the office you
have again conferred on me is an
overwhelming and deeply personal
experience.
“It followed a strenuous cam
paign during which I fought to
present the issues fairly, openly
and honestly.
“It followed an extremely stren
uous. and productive first four
I years of statehood during which
I those issues developed.
| “During those four years I have !
j sought to be governor of all of
| Alaska — of no one group o;
i interest, of no one cause except
that of the total public interest.
That policy will continue to ;
.guide me.
“I thank you from the hen1': for
your support, your confidence, j
your untiring effort in the eau-.
of good state government. I pledge
you my best.”
also brought barbed criticism from
many who disliked her or her hus
band — or both of them.
Mrs. Roosevelt died exactly 30
years after the first election of
her husband to the Presidency.
She campaigned with him
through four successful bids for the
Presidency and served as the po
litical eyes and ears for her physi
cally handicapped mate.
Although having expressed a
wish for “freedom from public no
tice” upon leaving the White
House, Mrs. Roosevelt moved on to
even wider fame.
Helped Organize U.N.
She helped organize the United
Nations and served President Tru
man, her husband’s successor, as
a United States representative to
the United Nations.
Lester Pearson, the Canadian
statesman, then president of the
U.N. General Assembly, said in
Ottawa Wednesday night:
“She was one of the great wom
en of our time.”
Mrs. Roosevelt never learned the
results of the elections of Tuesday,
in which her son James returned
to Congress as a Democratic re
presentative from California. She
had helped to shape the Democratic
ticket in New' York.
For herself, she shunned political
office.
She wTas born Anna Eleanor
Roosevelt on Oct. 11, 1884, a mem
ber of the Oyster Bay, N.Y.,
branch of the Roos.evelt family and
niece of President Theodore Roose
velt.
The President came to New York
City in 1905 to give his niece in
marriage to her handsome fifth
cousin, Franklin. They had met
and courted during his student
days at Harvard.
Six children were born of the
marriage, but one, the first Frank
lin Jr., died in infancy.
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L\S. Minister Walks Out
Of Bulgarian Reception
SOFIA, Bulgaria s-h — U.S
Minister Eugenie Anderson walk
ed out of a Soviet reception Wed
nesday night after Bulgarian Pres
ident Dimiter Ganev accused the
United States of piratical action
against Cuba.
Ganev made the accusation in an
address during the Soviet Em
bassy's reception in honor of the
45th anniversary of the Bolshevik
Revolution. It was attended by
Sofia’s diplomatic corps and chief
delegates to the Bulgarian Com
munist Party Congress now being
held here.
Ganev spoke after Soviet Am
bassador Georgi Denisov address
ed the guests. Denisov made a
passing reference to American im
perialism.
Ganev said the United States had
violated all international laws in
trying "to put up the blockade
around small but heroic Cuba, in
beginning piratical action and in
openly preparing an armed attack
on revolutionary Cuba.
"I think we had better leave,”
said Mrs. Anderson to her Ameri
can interpreter. They started out.
Bulgarian government officials
rushed over in an attempt to
smooth things over, diplomatic in
formants said, but Mrs. Anderson
would have none of it.
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Look Out Rats, As Far
As Nome's Concerned.
It Is A Sinking Ship!
The Cii.v is about to star;
program of rat control, said Coun
cilman Bob Harwood today. The
bait cans arc now being prepared
and an announcement will be
made, probably next week, when
the cans are set out.
Harwood emphasized that the
city program should in no way
prevent any business or p< rson
from carrying out their own rat
control program. Harwood pointed
out that a building or premise in
fested with rats is the problem of
the owner of the building or pre
mise. However, the city stands
ready to aid in any way possible.
The city will use Warfarin Rat
Poison mixed with corn meal,
rolled oats, and corn oil or Karo
syrup.
Warfarin in rats inhibits the
blood clotting process. As rats cat
the poison bait, the cumulative < f
fect over a period of five days will
resuit in death, from internal
bleeding.
The effects on domestic ani
mals is the same as on rats, how
ever. it takes quite a dose to bo
the job.
If children or pets happen to gel
into the poison bait, do not be
overly concerned. Should the child
or pet show any signs of becom
ing sick, notify the doctor and tell
him about the consumption of the
Warfarin poinson bait.
Warfarin has been used almost
nation-wide for the past 12 years
with 95-100 percent efficiency. It
is considered to be the safest rat
poison now being used and will
not cause "bait shyness” like many
faster poisons. It has no taste and
no odor.
How to Set Bait Stations
1 Place a half pound of bait mix
in a pound can or container which
i has been nailed to a board—this
i to prevent rats from spilling the
I contents. Bait must bo placed in a
j protected place so that it will not
I be diluted by rain or snow. If it.
! must be placed in the open, cover
: the container with paper so that
the rats can get to it readily.
Check and refill the bait station
daily.
Warfarin Rat Poison is avail
able at cost from either the Alaska
Dept, of Health and Welfare, or
' from the city.
Further information about the
■ poison may be obtained from the
: Alaska Dept, of Health and Wel
I fare office in the Federal Building.
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