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2-1933 February 16 ASSASSIN FIRES INTO ROOSEVELT PARTY. ASSASINATION ATTEMPT B26:
$45.00

THE NEW YORK SUN

40 Pages

PAGE SIZE - 22.5\" X 16\"

FRONT COVER HEADLINES:

Roosevelt Tells his own Vivid StoryMayor resting ComfortablyTook Cermak to hospital
THE ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT

On February 15, 1933, just over twoweeks before Franklin D. Roosevelt was inaugurated as President of the United States, FDR arrived at the Bayfront Park in Miami, Florida around 9 p.m. to give a speech from the back seat of his light-blue Buick.

Around 9:35 p.m., FDR finished his speech and had begun talking to some supporters who had gathered around his car when when five shots rang out. Giuseppe \"Joe\" Zangara, an Italian immigrant and unemployed bricklayer, had emptied his .32 caliber pistol at FDR.

Shooting from about 25 feet away, Zangara was close enough kill FDR. However, since Zangara was only 5\'1\", he couldn\'t see FDR without climbing up on a wobbly chair in order to see over the crowd. Also, a woman named Lillian Cross, who stood near Zangara in the crowd, claimed to have hit Zangara\'s hand during the shooting.

Whether it was because of bad aim, the wobbly chair, or Mrs. Cross\'s intervention, all five bullets missed FDR.

The bullets, however, did hit bystanders. Four received minor injuries, while Chicago\'s Mayor Anton Cermak was mortally hit in the stomach.

FDR APPEARS BRAVE

During the whole ordeal, FDR appeared calm, brave, and decisive.

While FDR\'s driver wanted to immediately rush the president-elect to safety, FDR ordered the car to stop and pick up the wounded.

On their way to the hospital, FDR cradled Cermak\'s head on his shoulder, offering calming and comforting words, which doctors later reported kept Cermak from going into shock.

FDR spent several hours at the hospital, visiting each of the wounded. He came back the following day to check on the patients again.

At a time when the United States desperately needed a strong leader, the untested president-elect proved himself strong and reliable in the face of crisis. Newspapers reported on both FDR\'s actions and demeanor, putting faith in FDR before he even stepped into the presidential office.

WHY DID ZANGARA DO IT?

Joe Zangara was caught immediately and taken into custody. In an interview with officials after the shooting, Zangara stated that he wanted to kill FDR because he blamed FDR and all rich people and capitalists for his chronic stomach pain.

At first, a judge sentenced Zangara to 80 years in prison after Zangara pleaded guilty, saying, \"I kill capitalists because they kill me, stomach like drunk man. No point living. Give me electric chair.\"*

However,when Cermak died of his wounds on March 6, 1933 (19 days after the shooting and two days after FDR\'s inauguration), Zangara was charged with first-degree murder and sentenced to death.

On March 20, 1933, Zangara strode tothe electric chairunaided and then plunked himself down. His last words were \"Pusha da button!\"

* Joe Zangara as quoted in Florence King, \"A Date Which Should Live in Irony,\"The American SpectatorFebruary 1999: 71-72.

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HistoricalEvents February 1933

Events1 - 50of50

1st-Colonial government arrests Anton de Kom in Paramaribo Suriname
1st -Dutch bishops foroffermembership of non-catholic unions
1st -German Parliamentdisolves, Gen Ludendorf predicts catastrophe
2nd-2 days after becoming chancellor,Adolf Hitlerdissolves the Reichstag (Parliament)
2nd -Hermann Goeringbans Communist meetings/demonstrationsin Germany
2nd -Ucicky\'s\"Rotten Morning\" premieres in Berlin
3rd-1st interstate legislative conferencein US opens, Washington, D.C.
3rd -German MinisterHermann Goeringbans social-democratic newspaperVorwarts
3rd -Marinus van derLubbe departs to Berlin
4th--Feb 10] Crew of Dutch \"7Provinces\" mutiny after pay cuts
4th -German President VonHindenburg limits freedom of the press
5th-Marinus van der Lubbe passesDutch/German boundary
6th--90°F (-68°C), Oymyakon, USSR (Asianrecord)
6th -Highest recorded seawave (not tsunami), 34 m, in North Pacific hurricane by USS Ramapo
6th -Pres von Hindenburg& von Papen ends Prussian parliament
7th-Colonial troops in Suriname kill 2demonstrators
7th -Social-Dem meetingin Berlin \"As thousands cheer\" Marxism is dead
8th--23°F (-31°C), Seminole, Texas (staterecord)
8th -1st flight ofall-metal Boeing 247
9th--63°F (-53°C), Moran, Wyoming (staterecord)
10th--54°F (-48°C), Seneca, Oregon (staterecord)
10th -Delivery of 1stsinging telegram (Postal Telegram Co NYC)
10th -Dutch seaplanebombs Dutch ship
10th -Hitlerproclaims end of Marxism
10th -Mutiny on \"7Provinces\" ends (began Feb 4th), 23 killed
12th-German vice-chancellor von Papendemands Catholic aid for Nazis
15th-Karl Radek praises invincible force ofGerman communist party
15th -Pres-electFranklin Rooseveltsurvives assassination attempt
15th -Social-democraticnewspaper \"Vorwarts\" banned again in Berlin
16th-Catholic newspaper Germania warnsagainst nazis/communists
16th -England regains theAshes, thanks to \"bodyline\" tactics
17th-1st issue of \"Newsweek\"magazine published
17th -Marinus van derLubbe arrives in Glindow, at Potsdam
17th -US Senate acceptBlaine Act: ending prohibition
19th-Prussian minister Goering bans allCatholic newspapers
20th-Curom, Curacaose Broadcast Systemstarts: Princess Juliana\'s speech
20th -House of Repscompletes congressional action to repeal Prohibition
20th -Sidney Howard\'s\"Alien Corn\" premieres in NYC
24th-Final demonstration of Germancommunist party in Berlin
24th -League of Nationstells Japanese to pull out of Manchuria
25th-1st genuine US aircraft carrier named,USS Ranger
25th -Major NFL rulechanges (hash mark 10 yds in, posts on goal line)
25th -Thomas Yawkeypurchases Boston Red Sox
26th-Golden Gate Bridge ground-breakingceremony held at Crissy Field
26th -Marinus van derLubbe kept overnight in a police cell
27th-The Reichstag, German parliamentbuilding, destroyed by fire; it was set by the Nazis, who blamed it onCommunists
27th -Jean Genet\'s\"Intermezzo\" premieres in Paris
28th-1st female in US Cabinet: FrancesPerkins appointed Secretary of Labor
28th -German PresidentVon Hindenburg abolishes free expression of opinion
28th -Adolf Hitlerbans German Communist Party (KPD)