Sox Can Wait Until Kid Gets Back; Until Then, Buy War Bonds! 

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Volume CLXX January 21, 1945 Worcester, Massachusetts 3 cents

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ROOSEVELT SWORN IN FOR HIS   FOURTH TERM; DUE TO WAR,
    CEREMONY IS QUICK, QUIET
  Eschews Inaugural Pomp as Not Fitting While
       "Americans Face Death in Combat Every Day"

With American casualties continuing to flow from the war fronts, President Franklin Roosevelt has declared that this is no time for Inaugural celebrations.

Washington Takes
A Wartime Inaugural
Mainly in its Stride

By Cissy Paterson
Society Editor

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Wash- ingtonians, cheated out of their traditional quadrennial indulgence in Inaugural merry-making, nonetheless accepted Roosevelt's verdict that idle pleasures were inappropriate as American forces continued to fight and die in World War II.

"I agree with President Roosevelt's conclusion that partying during wartime is out of the question," commented handsome war hero Lt. John F. Kennedy, accompanied by his faithful amanuensis, Brigitte.

Another war hero from a distinguished family, Lt. George Herbert Walker Bush of Connecticut, echoed Lt. Kennedy's conclusion. "Inaugural balls during wartime wouldn't be prudent. Instead, America should read my lips and buy more bonds."

Lt. Bush promised: "When this war is over, I will instill in my children the same selflessness, sense of propriety and devotion to duty that President Franklin D. Roosevelt has exemplified in his decision to cancel all Inaugural frivolity."

By David Brinkley
Junior Washington Correspondent

WASHINGTON, D.C. Jan. 20, Against a backdrop of world war, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt was inaugurated for a fourth term today in Washington.

As befitting a wartime inaugural, Roosevelt cancelled the planned parades and balls. "I don't see how anyone could want to waste money on pointless celebrations while American boys are fighting and dying overseas, from the Philippines to the Ardennes," Roosevelt explained.

Roosevelt disdained even a trip down Pennsylvania Avenue to the Capitol, preferring to be sworn in on the South Portico of the White House in  a brief ceremony. Only a few invited guests heard his brief remarks.

After his terse address, the guests were treated, if that is the right word, to a simple cold lunch of chicken salad, rolls and coffee.

Disappointed Washingtonians bemoaned the lack of Inaugural pomp and circumstance. Inaugurations are traditionally marked by lavish balls, parades and dinners financed by lobbyists and other influence peddlers. But Roosevelt would have none of it.

Sources close to the President said that he was appalled at the prospect of gala balls during wartime. "If rich industrialists want to spend some of their excess profits, they can buy more War Bonds," suggested White House Press Secretary Steve Early.

The cancellation of inaugural festivities caught some in the Capital flat-footed. Lobbyists for defense contractors had already reserved the capital's ultramodern Statler Hotel for a $100-a-ticket "Salute to the Fighting Men." The new Vice President, Harry S Truman, who saw combat in the last war, commented acidly: "The troops are all fighting. There's no one around to go to a ball."

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