Former Catholic schools get new secular life Aug 19, 2008
The former St. Adalbert's school on Lansing Street, now called Franklin D. Roosevelt Elementary, is also being leased and has a capacity of up to 110 Pre-K through sixth-grade students. The district also is leasing the former St. Luke's school on Albany Street, which will open this school year as William C. Keane Elementary School. (Albany Times Union)
A story of war and remembrance Aug 19, 2008
Tens of thousands of Japanese immigrants and their U.S.-born children are classified as "enemy aliens." In 1942, on the order of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, they are forced into prison camps. Harry's parents and siblings are sent to Minidoka, in Idaho. (International Herald Tribune -- Ed/Op)
CCC workers celebrate contributions 75 years later Aug 18, 2008
This year marks the 75th anniversary of Franklin D. Roosevelt signing the Emergency Conservation Act, which created the CCC and changed the lives of up to 4 million young men while reinvigorating a struggling nation. Events are being held across the country to pay tribute to the CCC's work from 1933 to 1942. (AL.com)
Politics: Experience no sure sign of success as president Aug 18, 2008
He recalled Oliver Wendell Holmes' description of Franklin D. Roosevelt as a second-rate intellect with a first-rate temperament. That ability to know what is important, who to pick, who to listen to, what you put first in your priorities. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Supes override citizens' will Aug 16, 2008
John McCain's characterization of the "mandatory collective action" that funds Social Security as "an absolute disgrace," and evoked the words of President Franklin D. Roosevelt in defense of the original act, they lost an ideal opportunity to disabuse McCain and his ilk of the mistaken notion that Social Security was ever intended to be a personal investment program. It is not, and should not be represented as such. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Opinion)
The Teheran, Yalta and Potsdam Conf... Aug 15, 2008
While British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt had been supplying the Soviet Union with material aid, the Soviet soldiers were alone in fighting Germany. A previous agreement had been made by Roosevelt and Churchill to launch a second attack in 1942, but this never came about. (Suite101.com)
US opening its books on WWII spies Aug 14, 2008
They served in an international spy ring managed by the Office of Strategic Services, an early version of the CIA created in World War II by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Details of their service come out today with the release of all the names and previously classified files identifying nearly 24,000 spies who formed the first centralized intelligence effort by the United States. (Boston Globe)
Friends,colleagues effusive in praise for Gholson Aug 14, 2008
Following college, Gholson joined the Navy as an officer and served as a legal officer and a deck officer aboard the USS Franklin D. Roosevelt, an aircraft carrier in the Mediterranean Sixth Fleet. His military career also included service as a legal officer for the Pacific Missile Range in California. (Columbus Commercial Dispatch, MS)
Sing along with the Seegers Aug 14, 2008
But two months ago, Seeger seemed delighted after he performed for children at the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum in Hyde, N.Y.. "He was bouncing off the walls after that," Rodriguez-Seeger said. (Carroll County Times)
Why can't presidential candidates be celebrities? Aug 14, 2008
This is terribly short-sighted; hero-to-the-everyman Franklin D. Roosevelt probably wore fancier shoes than McCain, and it's a safe bet that he was an even worse bowler than Obama. But punishing candidates for wealth or elitism is still less crazy than punishing candidates for talent. (Yahoo News)
Mercy flight for cancer patient ends in flames on Easton plaza Aug 13, 2008
"Kirschner said that he did not know much about Robert's illness, but that Donna always seemed to be by his side, as a caretaker."It seemed like they were very close," he said.FAA officials said Baker had a perfect flying record. His commercial pilot license was last updated in October 2007, when he passed a medical exam but was required to fly with glasses, according to the FAA.Angel Flight requires pilots to be certified by the FAA, to carry liability insurance, and have clean flying... (Boston Globe)
The Fives: Hillary's switcharoo, and Ronald Reagan, too! Aug 13, 2008
He served as president of the Screen Actors Guild and was a longtime admirer of President Franklin D. Roosevelt and the New Deal. However, the presidential candidacies of Dwight D. Eisenhower, a relative centrist, and the Eisenhower's vice president, Richard Nixon, moved Reagan closer to the Republican party. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
Clinton Rallies Planned for Convention Aug 13, 2008
One print ad showed a picture of Franklin D. Roosevelt and asked, Would Howard Dean and Nancy Pelosi have kept his name off the ballot. . (Newsmax)
A closer look at the John Edwards/Rielle Hunter webisodes Aug 12, 2008
Wouldn't matter if Abraham Lincoln or Franklin D. Roosevelt himself ran against him, Barack will be our next President. There's no touching Barack yo, he's the one. (Los Angeles Times)
The voucher delusion Aug 12, 2008
Franklin D. Roosevelt. The buck stops here. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
• Indiana cafe has no taste for liberals or coffeehouse layabouts Aug 11, 2008
She also liked the decor, which in addition to Beckham's conservative flag-waving includes a poster of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, a flag honoring Teddy Roosevelt's Bull Moose Party and Life magazine's famous photo of the V-J Day kiss in Times Square. "It caused me a little bit of a problem, but people should get over it," she said. (Q13.com, WA)
Veep choice not just politics Aug 11, 2008
That changed in 1940 when Franklin D. Roosevelt informed Democratic Party leaders that he would not accept the presidential nomination unless they gave him his choice Henry Wallace as running mate. Roosevelt's action was the turning point, Goldstein said. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Credit crunch: Who to blame? Aug 9, 2008
Page last updated at 23:07 GMT, Monday, 4 August 2008 00:07 UK. Credit crunch: The blame game. (BBC News -- UK)
More of this story Aug 8, 2008
Originally carved out of the depths of the Great Depression, President Franklin D. Roosevelt drew the blueprint for Social Security. Congress and the American people agreed overwhelmingly with the idea that all Americans deserve to have a safety net in their lives to support them in old age or in case of disability. (Burley South Idaho Press, ID)
Exercise democracy - let the conventions decide on VPs Aug 6, 2008
In 1944, Democratic Party elders practically forced Franklin D. Roosevelt to dump the sitting vice president, Henry Wallace, in favor of Harry Truman. Good thing they did. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Opinion)
The wall at Rhea Stadium Aug 5, 2008
The WPA was created by President Franklin D. Roosevelt following the Depression as an effort to provide jobs for people. The historic wall is unique because it is a WPA project and not many schools still use such historic stadiums. (Russellville News Democrat Leader, KY)
EDUARDO CONTRERAS / Union-Tribune Conserving a tradition of service Aug 3, 2008
In a quasi-military setting, the young men fought fires, built trails, cut down trees and helped construct the buildings at Cuyamaca State Park and other areas of the county under a work relief program created by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Several 1930s CCC Boys were honored in National City yesterday by members of today's version of the conservation corps, which is celebrating the 75th anniversary of its founding. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
War? Well, I declare ... Aug 2, 2008
In a speech most remembered for a single phrase a date that will live in infamy Franklin D. Roosevelt told those gathered in Washington and millions huddled near radios across the land: I ask that Congress declare that since that unprovoked and dastardly attack by Japan on Sunday, Dec. 7, 1941, a state of war has existed between the United States and the Japanese Empire. The famous line notwithstanding, perhaps the most noteworthy thing about FDR's 67-year-ago war declaration address is that it... (Greenville Delta Democrat Times, MS)
Harvard hosts annual senior picnic Aug 1, 2008
The senior citizens picnicked this past Wednesday on the paths that John F. Kennedy and Franklin D. Roosevelt once strode and danced on the steps of Memorial Church. Loading commenting interface. (Cambridge Chronicle, MA)
Read My Lips Jul 31, 2008
Franklin D. Roosevelt, campaigning in the Depression year 1932, criticized the incumbent, Herbert Hoover, for spending too much and promised to balance the federal budget. Once elected, FDR vastly increased the size of the government. (SmartMoney)
36 comments Jul 31, 2008
The Democrat Party was the party of the Father of Communism in America, and good buddy of "Uncle Joe" Stalin, Franklin D. Roosevelt, who surrounded himself with COMMUNISTS, as proven by the 1995 release of the Venona Papers. The Democrat Party was the origin and home of cross- burning segregationalist church-burning hangmen through the first half of the last century, and of Amnesty promoting slavers, and Welfare "plantation owners" right up to the present. (Human Events Online)
Loup provides power that leads to progress Jul 28, 2008
Norris probably would be scorned as a liberal in todays political climate, and his support of Franklin D. Roosevelt and departure from the Republican Party lead to his defeat as an independent in 1942 after 40 years in the U.S. Senate. (A historical footnote is that Edgar Howard, owner, editor and publisher of The Telegram beginning in the early 1900s, was a congressional contemporary of Norris. (Columbus Telegram, NE)
American Idle Jul 28, 2008
" THE GROCERY- STORE CLERK ASKED THE WOMAN IN front of me. "Busy, busy, busy," she answered wearily. "Me too," said the clerk, and everyone around nodded sympathetically. * Of course they were busy. They were baby boomers, as I am, and you can conjugate the boomers like this: I am busy; you are busy; he, she, and it are busy. We are so busy that we must hire strangers to organize our closets and our children's birthday parties. We are too busy to cook, to write letters, to read books; too busy... (Boston Globe)
Unity from division Jul 27, 2008
President Franklin D. Roosevelt began the desegregation process in 1941 when he signed the Fair Employment Act, which banned discrimination within the national defense industry but not the armed forces. The act managed to avert a planned protest march on Washington. (The Augusta Chronicle)
Travel briefs Jul 27, 2008
More than 85 million vehicles are estimated to have passed over the bridge system since President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Canadian Prime Minister Mackenzie King cut the ribbon on Aug. 18, 1938, before a crowd of 25,000 people. The bridge was built in 16 months and cost $3 million. (Orangeburg Times and Democrat, SC)
Wehrbein to retire from Plattsmouth chamber Jul 26, 2008
"It includes re-enactors portraying Will Rogers, Franklin D. Roosevelt and Huey Long. I went to Hastings to watch it.". There is already a group formed to bring the chautauqua to Plattsmouth. (Columbus Telegram, NE)
Choosing a Vice President Jul 26, 2008
A major surprise was when President Franklin D. Roosevelt agreed to put Sen ... Nobody had more vice presidents than Franklin D. Roosevelt, but then again no one was elected four times as president. (Missourian Publishing, MO)
Statehouse Roundup -- Legislators pick up the pace Jul 25, 2008
The Taunton Democrat had requested a delay while he spoke at the first biennial Franklin D. Roosevelt Transatlantic Forum, which is hosted by the Azores Regional Government and the Luso-American Development Foundation. The redrafted bill, which Pacheco opposed, passed 23-13. (Scituate Mariner, MA)
Could be worse: Man finds reminder of pricey, rationed gas of the '40s in dumpster Jul 24, 2008
President Franklin D. Roosevelt died; and a princess at the time, Queen Elizabeth II married Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. It was a time when Americans lived by the motto, "use it up, wear it out, make it do or do without.". (KHOU.com, TX)
Co-Founder Of Jenny Craig Company Dies Jul 23, 2008
E-Mail News Alerts Get breaking news and daily headlines. POSTED: 4:29 pm PDT July 22, 2008UPDATED: 5:54 pm PDT July 22, 2008. (TheSanDiegoChannel.com, CA)
America is in trouble -- Jul 21, 2008
John F. Ken nedy was one of those, as was Franklin D. Roosevelt. And for this generation, Sen. (NJ.com -- Times)
Coppell teachers and students visit D.C. and New York City Jul 19, 2008
Three days were spent in Washington D.C., and they visited the Washington Monument, Franklin D. Roosevelt Memorial, Jefferson Memorial, Lincoln Memorial, World War II Memorial, Vietnam Memorial, Korean Memorial, National Archives, Arlington Cemetery, Air Museum, Natural History Museum, White House, U.S. Capital, and Mt. Vernon. After a bus trip through Pennsylvania and a visit to the Amish Country, they spent three days in New York City. (McKinney Courier-Gazette, TX)
Call for calm on nurse staffing debate is met by increased fervor Jul 19, 2008
Pacheco is in Portugal to speak at the first biannual Franklin D. Roosevelt Transatlantic Forum, which is hosted by the Azores Regional Government and the Luso-American Development Foundation. His aides say he was one of a select handful of Americans chosen to speak at the conference. (Belmont Citizen Herald, MA)
Anhinga birds make way to metro Atlanta Jul 19, 2008
President Franklin D. Roosevelt came here to relax on its banks and fish with a fishing pole. Our final destination was Sprewell Bluff State Park, with its breathtaking gorge. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Home & Garden)
Steffa Oliver Jul 18, 2008
In 1944 while aboard the USS Baltimore in Juneau, Alaska, he was honored to be able to fish with President Franklin D. Roosevelt. After fishing the President gave his fishing pole to Mr. Steffa. (Pittsfield Pike Press, IL)
Newsweek: Bush right to attend Olympics Jul 18, 2008
Or as President Franklin D. Roosevelt famously said. Somoza may be a son of a ***, but he. (MSNBC -- Sports)
JOSEPH S. NYE JR.: Voters gauge candidates' emotional IQs Jul 18, 2008
Call: (800) 877-3400. Web Search powered by YAHOO. (Fresno Bee -- Opinion)
Town declared 'Preserve America' community Jul 18, 2008
Later in its history, Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr. owned the Mill House. There are also plans in Beekman to celebrate the quadricenntenial of Henry Hudson's voyage up the Hudson River. (MIllbrook Voice Ledger, NY)
1930s doll collection on display at Miller House Jul 18, 2008
The dolls were commissioned by the Works Progress Administration, created in 1935 by President Franklin D. Roosevelt to help American citizens who needed jobs and paychecks. Work projects were established to put the unemployed to work, such as road and building construction, conservation projects, dam and waterway building and more. (Keokuk Daily Gate City, IO)
COLUMN: Americans will wonder if they'll have to go to Belgium to get a 'Bud' Jul 16, 2008
Franklin D. Roosevelt promised to seek repeal of Prohibition when he ran for president. The country was in the Great Depression and the great majority of Americans were ready for a drink. (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
Welcome To The Frozen Economy Jul 16, 2008
As the economy ices over, the next President will confront a challenge that can be compared only to the one Franklin D. Roosevelt faced nearly 80 years ago. Discontinuous change will require a bold reexamination of our social contract and the rules of wealth creation in a global system. (KSBW 8, CA)
A Brief History of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Jul 15, 2008
During the Great Depression, as borrowers defaulted on mortgages en masse and banks found themselves strapped for cash, President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Congress created Fannie Mae in 1938 in order to buy mortgages from lenders, freeing up capital that could go to other borrowers. Although Fannie Mae began with just $1 billion in purchasing power, the agency helped usher in a new generation of American home ownership, paving the way for banks to loan money to low- and middle-income buyers who... (Time.com)
Stagflation sightings multiply Jul 13, 2008
Asia Times Online :: Asian news and current affairs. We have long warned that stagflation, or economic contraction accompanied by inflation, would become so evident that even the most optimistic observers could not deny its virulence. (Asia Times Online)
Newsweek: Obama's risky stadium strategy Jul 13, 2008
From the 1930s to the 1960s, hundreds of thousandsmaybe millionsof American homes contained two pictures: one of Jesus Christ, the other of Franklin D. Roosevelt. By the late 1960s, FDR's image was giving way to pictures of and, especially in African-American homes, of Martin Luther King Jr. Their images still often enjoy pride of place with Jesus. (MSNBC -- Politics)
Roosevelt trails project up and running Jul 13, 2008
The trail essentially connects Springwood, the former home of Franklin D. Roosevelt, to ValKill, the residence of Eleanor Roosevelt. The trail is historically significant because both Roosevelts and their families used the trail daily going back and forth from each other's houses. (Hyde Park Townsman, NY)
Essay: We should still like Ike Jul 8, 2008
Yet with the exception of Franklin D. Roosevelt, Eisenhower was the most successful president of the 20th century. He ended a no-win war with Korea with honor and dignity, resisted calls for preventive war with China and the Soviet Union, and weaned the Republican Party from its isolationist past. (International Herald Tribune)
Barack hearts America Jul 7, 2008
When Franklin D. Roosevelt visited, he caused quite a stir. Or was that hometown rockabilly legend Buddy Knox. (DeKalb Daily Chronicle, IL)
Americans mark Independence Day: 'Too much wrong' Jul 7, 2008
Franklin D. Roosevelt expressed this when he said in the depths of the Depression: "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself." Perspective also varies between the haves and have-nots. In California's Silicon Valley, one of the wealthiest places, the nation's housing crash can be seen as a healthy correction and a buying opportunity, and high gas prices are unpleasant, yes, but not unbearable. (The Trentonian, NJ)
Calbreath: Homeowners suffer while mortgage bill sits Jul 7, 2008
A similar program created by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in the 1930s turned a profit for taxpayers. It is not designed to help speculators or scam artists. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Presidential election in 2000 paved the way for electronic voting Jul 6, 2008
As a result of the new law, Luzerne County had to get rid of the lever-and-curtain voting machines that had been used in every election since Franklin D. Roosevelt s first term in 1932. The lever machines recorded their last election in 2005, and in this year s presidential race, people will cast their votes on electronic touchscreen machines. (The Citizen's Voice, PA)
Communities in Atlanta stir questions Jul 6, 2008
Now only sparse elements of it remain -- two senior housing high-rises, some 60-year-old oak trees and a single brick building, preserved for antiquity, with the cupola where President Franklin D. Roosevelt dedicated Techwood in 1935. In place of it are rows of custom-brick buildings with apartments and two- and three-story townhouses, with two swimming pools and landscaped greenery. (The Augusta Chronicle)
Weighing the Polls Jul 6, 2008
As matters eventuated, the election produced a massive landslide for Franklin D. Roosevelt. What the Literary Digest pollsters neglected to consider was:1. (Townhall.com)
Americans' unhappy birthday: 'Too much wrong' Jul 6, 2008
" she exclaimed, even though it was just a prediction. Such anxieties have concrete implications - affecting how we spend, how we vote and whether we are willing to take risks. These collective "bad moods" matter because they help steer the country's direction just as the country's direction shapes our mood. Franklin D. Roosevelt expressed this when he said in the depths of the Depression: "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself. " Perspective also varies between the haves and have-nots.... (New York Post)
Protestors Interrupt President At Monticello Jul 6, 2008
The others were Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman and Gerald R. Ford. The 1,000 tickets distributed earlier this week were snapped up in only 30 minutes. (WTVR.com, VA)
Nation: Unhappy birthday for some: 'Too much wrong' Jul 6, 2008
Franklin D. Roosevelt expressed this when he said in the depths of the Depression: The only thing we have to fear is fear itself. Perspective also varies between the haves and have-nots. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Commentary: How dare they rip the Fourth Amendment? Jul 4, 2008
"That's it. That's the Fourth Amendment. That is what these folks in Washington, D.C., have violated continuously and in secret for seven long years.Somewhere across an ocean and a desert, hiding in his cave, a man of hate named Osama bin Laden is laughing up the sleeve of his dirty robe at the thought that he and a small handful of fellow fanatics could tie a great nation in knots knots of fear stoked by our own leaders.We have done incalculably more and greater damage to ourselves since... (Anchorage Daily News)
A move to the right, or status quo? Jul 4, 2008
But there were two flies in the ointment: Democrat Robert H. Jackson, appointed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, who was prepared to write a tepid concurring opinion intended to undermine the majority opinion when he suffered a heart attack. The second was Stanley Reed, a Democrat also appointed by Roosevelt, who was a segregationist. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Opinion)
FDR class of 2008 graduates Jul 3, 2008
Thursday 03 July, 2008. Despite the warm weather and humidity, most spectators stayed through the entire ceremony that featured a number of brief but moving speeches from students and faculty alike. (Hyde Park Townsman, NY)
Hotel Alex Johnson officially sold (2519) Jul 3, 2008
- Other notable Alex Johnson guests: Mount Rushmore sculptor Gutzon Borglum; Presidents Calvin Coolidge, Dwight Eisenhower, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Gerald Ford, Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan; actors Henry, Jane and Peter Fonda, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Elizabeth Shue, Jerry Seinfeld, Kevin Costner and Tom Sizemore. Share This Story. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
There Should Be No Fairness-Doctrine Secret Agenda Jul 1, 2008
Begun in 1934 during the administration of President Franklin D. Roosevelt when AM radio was king, the Fairness Doctrine sought to ensure that radio listeners would get both sides of a political story by requiring that stations give equal air time to different opinions. In 1987, after nearly 40 years of enforcement, the FCC voted to halt the doctrine s implementation when it had become obvious that the government s monitoring of the media led to censorship. (Orangeburg Times and Democrat, SC)
