BOMB IN ROOSEVELT'S MAIL.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume II, Issue 178, 23 February 1933, Page 5

BOMB IN ROOSEVELT'S MAIL.

Second Attempt on His Life BOX BURST OPEN IN POST OFFICE Washington, Feb. 21. The Washington Post in a copyrighted story says a second apparent attempt on the life of the Presidentelect, Mr. F. D. Roosevelt, was revealed on Tuesday night with ' the discovery of a boihb addressed to him affii’d the ih(/oming mail at 1 the city 1 bbstvbfficej It was discov- ■" ered 'by 'fclerks when it tumbled rorii’/'a’ riliiusadk and the box in ’’‘vvhibh is 1 Whs' 'eiOhtained burst open. ! ■; : . v.v!i*r( -in , ■.•■!];. i-> -fiii nj The bomb is said to ,havelbeeni>w.irr ! ed to explode when properly/ jarred or struck. The explosion might not have resulted fatally, but considerable harm would have been clone to ’ the person handling it. Tho work Is described as that of an amateur.