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7 August 1938 
Philadelphia : 
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Eighteen day old Franklin D. 'Roosevelt , 3rd, and his 
mother, the former Ethel DuPont, wild, leave Philadelphia 
lying-in hospital today » Mrs, Roosevelt ana her son will 
go to the DuPont home near Wilmington. Doctors said that the 
young e s t member of the Roosevelt family has progressed "remar- 
kablv well" during the past week. 
Tours Franklin Delano’s eighteenth day of life was marked by 
his formal introduction into politics. FIS the 3rd was voted 
into the Eighth Ward Democratic Club and given a life member 
shin card signed by the Assistant U.S. Attorney and the City 
Democratic Leader, Kelly, The baby’s father, however, said 
that the political membership should in no way influence the 
boy’s political future . Said Franklin, Jr. "Let the young 
fellow’ decide his own politics when the time comes for such 
things" . 
F rankfort, Ky 
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Three convicts apparently thought that officials of the 
LaGrange Prison Farm were so busy with the iventucky Primary 
that it would be a good time to break for liberty, but the 
trio did not escape. One of the men was shot and killed and 
the second wounded. The ■third man was recaptured. 
Sevirville , Tenn. : 
A sudden mountain flood left eight deaths in its wake today , 
along with thousands of dollars damage to property and crops. 
A torrential rain pelted the Smoky Mountain region Friday. 
Mountain creeks swelled cut of their ’banks. The home of Alfred 
Ball was engulfed by a wall of water , killing four adults and 
four children. Several bridges were washed out. 
High Point, N. C. : 
The 50,000 residents of High Point turned on their water 
taps today with normal results. 7/a ter service was restored to 
the city when two emergency water mains were opened up as a 
substitute for the regular mains which had collapsed . The 
regular mains gave way under the weight of hundreds of tons 
of 'dirt which was being piled by steam shovels making way for 
a new rail' oad system. 
Ososso, Michigan: 
Residents of Owosso and the nearby countryside boiled their 
water today, hoping to prevent the spread of the nysterious 
disease which has snatched the lives of six children in the 
community. State health officials are still unable > to identify 
the mysterious ailment which appeared in the community late last 
week . 
