POPULAR PRESIDENT
MR ROOSEVELT'S BIRTHDAY GREETINGS FROM KING GEORGE Press Association —By Telegraph—Copyright. WASHINGTON, January 31. The nation honoured President Roosevelt’s birthday to-night in an amazing manifestation of popularity knowing no political bounds. The President, in a nation-wide radio hookup, personally expressed thanks for tho tributes, especially for the 6,000 dinners and- balls arranged throughout the country as benefits for the Warm Springs Foundation. Gifts, birthday cakes, letters, and ’telegrams poured in an unceasing stream to White House. One message, copied on a single roll of paper 1,280fb long, contained 138,000 words. King George sent greetings. President Roosevelt’s eighty-year-old mother was also feted in New York. It is expected that Warm Springs will receive 2,000,000 dollars from the proceeds of the balls.
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Evening Star, Issue 21634, 1 February 1934, Page 9
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