Franklin D. Roosevelt dies at 63 during fourth term as President of the United States
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(Originally published by the Daily News on April 13, 1945. This story was written by Merriman Smith.)
WARM SPRINGS, GA., April 12 — President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, thirty-first man to serve as President of the United States and the nation’s only four-time Chief Executive, died suddenly here at 4:35 P.M. (New York time) today.
Relaxed and in fine spirits, he had sat in front of the fireplace in his cottage at 2 P.M., posing for a portrait artist.
Suddenly he said, “I have a terrific headache.”
Those were his last words. He lapsed into unconsciousness at 2:15 and two hours and 20 minutes later died of a massive cerebral hemorrhage.
He was 63, and died as armies he helped to muster drove momentarily closer to final victory over Nazi Germany. He died on the eve of what he had hoped would be the inauguration of an era of peace in a world free from want and fear.
Only three persons were with the President when he died in his quarters at the Warm Spring Foundation for infantile paralysis victims. They were Comdr. Howard G. Bruenn, on the staff of Vice Admiral Ross T. McIntire, Navy Surgeon General, who was Roosevelt’s personal physician; Lieut. Cmdr. George Fox, a White House medical aid, and Dr. James Paullin, Atlanta physician, who had been summoned when the President was stricken.
2 Cousins in His Cottage
Mrs. Roosevelt and his only daughter, Mrs. Anna Boettiger, were in Washington. His four sons are on duty with the armed forces.
In the cottage, called the Little White House, but not his room, were his cousins, Margaret Suckley and Laura Delano. With them was his private secretary, Grace Tulley, and White House Secretary William Hassett.
Death came to him on a pleasant Spring day. The scene was a little room overlooking a green and lovely Georgia valley.
So far from death were the President’s thoughts when he began his last day that he had planned an unusually busy afternoon and evening, even to attending a minstrel show at night.
The President had been in Warm Springs — which he called his second home — since March 30. Most of the preceding week he had spent at his home in Hyde Park.
The news of Roosevelt’s death came from the secretary, Hassett. He called in three press association reporters who had accompanied the President here and said:
“It is my sad duty to inform you that the President died of a cerebral hemorrhage.”
The news was phoned simultaneously to Washington.
After Roosevelt had complained of headache, he put his hand suddenly to the back of his head. A few minutes later he slumped/slʌmpt/ in his chair.
Arthur Prettyman, Roosevelt’s [African-American] valet/'væle/, picked the President up bodily and carried him to the small bedroom just to the left of the entrance to the Little White House.
Before receiving the portrait artist, the President worked on official papers. He seemed to be in good health. His face, though seamed/simd/, had been tanned/tænd/ by the Georgia sun.
His last official act was to sign legislation /ˌlɛdʒɪs'leʃən/ extending the life of the Commodity /kə'mɑdəti/ Credit Corp.
As he signed the bill, he remarked to Hassett, “Here’s where I make a law.”
A moment before, he signed several State Department appointments, citations/saɪ'teʃən/ for the Legion of Merit/'mɛrɪt/ for U.S. war heroes, and a long list of postmaster nominations/ˌnɑmɪ'neʃən/ for small towns — such as Panaca, Nev.
Hassett left the Little White House a few minutes before the President felt the head pains which foretold /fɔrˈtold/ his death.
Roosevelt would have tackled /ˈtækəl/ his paper work much earlier in the day had not the plane bringing his official pouch /paʊtʃ/ from Washington been grounded by weather. Usually, while in Warm Springs, the President went to work much earlier in the day, but today it was noon before he got started.
Hassett had asked the President whether, in view of the nearness of the lunch hour, he would like to delay going over his paper work until afternoon.
The President shook his head and told Hassett they could get to work right then.
Doctors Called In.
“We worked for about 20 minutes on an unusually heavy budget of paper work,” Hasset said, “and then left him some material to read stacked up in front of him.”
After the President fainted/feintid/ and Prettyman carried him to the bedroom, Miss Delano summoned Dr. Bruenn. He and Comdr. Fox, an assistant to McIntyre, took off Roosevelt’s dark blue suit and pulled on his pajamas.
Bruenn saw the President about 9:30 this morning and found him in “excellent spirits.” He did not see Roosevelt again until summoned in the emergency.
The artist who was sketching the President was N. Robbins of 520 W. 139th St., New York. He left the Little White House soon after the President fainted and departed from Warm Springs in his auto before reporters could talk to him.
There had been one portent/'pɔrtɛnt/, had anyone been able to interpret it, that not everything was well with the President. He had not once gone swimming in his warm water pool, as had been his custom in all previous visits and where in 1924 he began his long battle to overcome the withering /'wɪðərɪŋ/ effects of infantile/'ɪnfəntaɪl/ paralysis /pə'ræləsɪs/.
withering /'wɪðərɪŋ/
* adj. 使干枯的；使畏缩的；极有毁灭性的；极有讽刺性的
* n. 枯萎；凋谢
* v. 使凋谢；干枯；减弱；摧毁（wither的现在分词）
* infantile/'ɪnfəntaɪl/ paralysis /pə’ræləsɪs/.
* [医] 小儿麻痹症；[内科] 脊髓灰质炎
Dr. Bruenn gave this explanation of the disinclination /ˌdɪs,ɪnklɪ'neʃən/ to swim:
“He just did not want to — he did not feel like it.”
disinclination /ˌdɪs,ɪnklɪ'neʃən/
* n. 不感兴趣；厌恶；不起劲
On April 5, the President conferred /kən'fɝ/ for a day with President Sergio Osmena of the Philippine/'filipi:n/ Commonwealth. He told Osmena that he hoped Philippine independence would be restored far in advance of the Congressional /kən'ɡrɛʃənl/ statutory /'stætɔri/ date of July 4, 1946.
conferred /kən'fɝ/
* vt. 授予；给予
* vi. 协商
* n. (Confer)人名；(英)康弗
* Congressional /kən'ɡrɛʃənl/
* adj. 国会的；会议的；议会的
* far in advance of
* statutory /'stætɔri/
* adj. 法定的；法令的；可依法惩处的
Then He Was Bubbling.
The occasion/ə’keʒn/ of his meeting with Osmena on April 5 was the last time the three wire service reporters accompanying the President saw him to talk to for any length of time. He was in gay/ɡe/ spirits then and chatted lightly as he sat behind a paper-laden card table, waving his long cigarette holder jauntily/'dʒɔ:ntili/ and wisecracking/'waɪzkræk/ with the reporters.
jauntily/'dʒɔ:ntili/
* adv. 洋洋得意地；活泼地；快活地
* wisecracking/'waɪzkræk/
* n. 俏皮话
* vi. 说俏皮话
* vt. 俏皮地说
At the time the President had a good suntan/'sʌntæn/, but his face was usually drawn and there was evidence of a slight cough.
But he did not look or act like a man who was going to die in a week.
After today’s attack Bruenn quickly called Admiral /'ædmərəl/ McIntire in Washington and McIntire in turn called Dr. James P. Paulin of Atlanta, an internal medical specialist and honorary /'ɑnərɛri/ consultant to the surgeon /'sɝdʒən/ general.
honorary /'ɑnərɛri/
* adj. 荣誉的；名誉的；道义上的
* n. 名誉学位；获名誉学位者；名誉团体
* surgeon /'sɝdʒən/
* n. 外科医生
* n. (Surgeon)人名；(法)叙尔容
The tiny community that makes up Warm Springs was plunged into gloom /ɡlum/ by the death of its patron /'petrən/ saint /sent/.
plunged /plʌndʒ/
gloom /ɡlum/
* n. 昏暗；阴暗
patron /'petrən/
* n. 赞助人；保护人；主顾
* saint /sent/
* n. 圣人；圣徒；道德崇高的人
* adj. 神圣的
* vt. 成为圣徒
* patron saint
* n. 守护神；保护圣徒
The President had planned at 4:30 o’clock to go to the mountainside cottage of Frank Allcorn, the Major of Warm Springs, for an old fashioned late afternoon barbecue/'bɑrbɪkju/.
barbecue/'bɑrbɪkju/
* n. 烤肉；吃烤肉的野宴
* vt. 烧烤；烤肉
As the President died, country fiddlers/'fɪdlɚ/ were on the mountainside by Allcorn’s cottage testing out their violins/'vaɪə'lɪn/ and planning what they were going to play for him.
fiddlers/'fɪdlɚ/
* n. 拉提琴的人；小提琴手；骗子；游荡者
At dusk /dʌsk/ the President was to have gone to the small playhouse on the small playhouse on the Warm Springs Foundation for a minstrel /'mɪnstrəl/ show put on by the patients who live in wheel chairs and braces — just as the President had since he suffered an infantile paralysis attack in 1920.
minstrel /'mɪnstrəl/ show
* n. 歌手，艺人；吟游诗人
Since last Spring it had been increasingly evident/'ɛvɪdənt/ that the President had lost a great deal of his old-time vitality /vaɪ’tæləti/ and ability to recover from minor ailments/'eilmənt/. He spent a month last Spring fighting a secluded battle with bronchitis /brɑŋ'kaɪtɪs/ at the South Carolina coastal/'kostl/ estate /ɪ'stet/ of Bernard M. Baruch. And in the months leading to his precedent /'prɛsɪdənt/ — breaking fourth term campaign the Chief Executive/ɪɡ'zɛkjətɪv/ spent as much time as possible at his home in Hyde Park.
evident/‘ɛvɪdənt/
* adj. 明显的；明白的
* old-time
* adj. 从前的；旧式的；资深的
* vitality /vaɪ’tæləti/ 活力
* ailments/'eilmənt/.
* n. 疾病，小病（ailment复数形式）
* bronchitis /brɑŋ'kaɪtɪs/
* n. [内科] 支气管炎
* coastal/'kostl/
* adj. 沿海的；海岸的
* estate /ɪ'stet/
* n. 房地产；财产；身份
Visit in South a Secret.
Because of wartime security silence on his movements the public had little knowledge of just how much time the President was spending outside of Washington. As a matter of fact, his presence /'prɛzns/ in Warm Springs had not been disclosed.
The President went through a fourth term campaign that was tough for a man of his condition and age. Although early this year he made the grueling /ˈɡruəlɪŋ/ trip to Yalta /ˈjɔltə/, he showed signs of increasing weariness/'wɪrɪnɪs/. His voice at press conferences/'kɑnfərəns/ was weak, and loose/lus/ folds of skin under his chin/tʃɪn/ were a sign of the weight he had lost.
grueling /ˈɡruəlɪŋ/ trip
* n. 惩罚；劳累
* adj. 累垮人的；折磨人的
* v. 使极度疲劳；累垮（gruel的ing形式）
*
gruel [ɡruəl]
英汉翻译
* vt. 使极度疲劳；累垮
* n. 稀粥
* n. (Gruel)人名；(德)格吕尔；(法)格吕埃尔
* Yalta /ˈjɔltə/
* n. 雅尔塔（前苏联港市）
* weariness/‘wɪrɪnɪs/
* n. 疲倦，疲劳；厌倦
* press conference
* 记者招待会，新闻发布会
* loose/lus/
* adj. 宽松的；散漫的；不牢固的；不精确的
* vt. 释放；开船；放枪
* vi. 变松；开火
* adv. 松散地
* n. 放纵；放任；发射
* n. (Loose)人名；(捷、瑞典)洛塞；(英)卢斯；(德)洛泽
chin/tʃɪn/
* n. 下巴；聊天；引体向上动作
* vt. 用下巴夹住；与…聊天；在单杠上作引体向上动作
* vi. 闲谈；作引体向上动作
* n. (Chin)人名；(泰)真；(柬)金；(越)九；(西)钦
During the last election campaign some of the President’s critics, including some within his own his party, said he would not live out his fourth term. His death today bore/bɔr/ them out.
bore/bɔr/
* vi. 钻孔
* vt. 钻孔；使烦扰
* n. 孔；令人讨厌的人
* n. (Bore)人名；(法)博尔；(塞、马里)博雷
Unpredictable/ˌʌnprɪ'dɪktəbl/ Seizure/'siʒɚ/.
Unpredictable/ˌʌnprɪ'dɪktəbl/
* adj. 不可预知的；不定的；出乎意料的
* n. 不可预言的事
* Seizure/'siʒɚ/.
* n. 没收；夺取；捕获
Doctors say that a cerebral hemorrhage is not something that can be foretold /fɔrˈtold/. And the President’s death took his entire staff, people who lived with him 24 hours a day, by complete surprise.
The President had planned to make a brief radio address tomorrow night to Jefferson'dʒefəsn/ Day dinners of the Democratic/'dɛmə'krætɪk/ Party over the nation. He had planned to leave Warm Springs on April 18, arriving back in Washington on April 19 and staying there one day before leaving for the United Nations conference in San Francisco.
Jefferson /'dʒefəsn/ Day
Democratic/'dɛmə'krætɪk/
* adj. 民主的；民主政治的；大众的
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So far from death were the President’s thoughts when he began his last day
which he called his second home
Roosevelt would have tackled /ˈtækəl/ his paper work much earlier in the day had not the plane bringing his official pouch /paʊtʃ/ from Washington been grounded by weather.
But he did not look or act like a man who was going to die in a week.
Doctors say that a cerebral hemorrhage is not something that can be foretold /fɔrˈtold/. And the President’s death took his entire staff, people who lived with him 24 hours a day, by complete surprise.