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November 28, 1932
Seward Daily Gateway
Seward, Seward County, Alaska
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President-elect Franklin D. Roosevelt's interests include renowned stamp collecting, books on world navies, riding, swimming, and past golf and poker, limited by busy years and polio but with occasional indulgences like corresponding with collectors and playing cards at Warm Springs.
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PRESIDENT-ELECT
HAS MANY INTERESTS
BUT FEW HOBBIES
ALBANY, N. Y., Nov. 27. - President-elect Franklin D. Roosevelt has many interests but few hobbies. He is a stamp collector of renown and his collection of books on the navies of the world is notable.
The last few years have been such busy ones that Mr. Roosevelt has not been able to devote much time to the stamps. Occasionally, however, he has an hour open when he goes over his stamp books.
The President-elect carries on a correspondence with stamp collectors he never has met. An Indianapolis youth has written to Mr. Roosevelt for several years. He first wrote him about a rare stamp in the Roosevelt collection.
When the Democratic standard-bearer visited Indianapolis, the young stamp collector managed to shake his hand.
Mr. Roosevelt rides and swims. Before he was stricken with infantile paralysis he was a golfer. Poker playing was one of the President-elect's diversions before the business of statecraft occupied his time. Occasionally on the yearly trips to Warm Springs, Ga., he would sit in with newspaper correspondents accompanying him.
A lasting tribute to his card playing ability is a row of straight flush hands on the wall of an exclusive club near Washington. There are seven of these hands and that is all that have been held in the club. Two of these are labeled "F. D. Roosevelt."
HAS MANY INTERESTS
BUT FEW HOBBIES
ALBANY, N. Y., Nov. 27. - President-elect Franklin D. Roosevelt has many interests but few hobbies. He is a stamp collector of renown and his collection of books on the navies of the world is notable.
The last few years have been such busy ones that Mr. Roosevelt has not been able to devote much time to the stamps. Occasionally, however, he has an hour open when he goes over his stamp books.
The President-elect carries on a correspondence with stamp collectors he never has met. An Indianapolis youth has written to Mr. Roosevelt for several years. He first wrote him about a rare stamp in the Roosevelt collection.
When the Democratic standard-bearer visited Indianapolis, the young stamp collector managed to shake his hand.
Mr. Roosevelt rides and swims. Before he was stricken with infantile paralysis he was a golfer. Poker playing was one of the President-elect's diversions before the business of statecraft occupied his time. Occasionally on the yearly trips to Warm Springs, Ga., he would sit in with newspaper correspondents accompanying him.
A lasting tribute to his card playing ability is a row of straight flush hands on the wall of an exclusive club near Washington. There are seven of these hands and that is all that have been held in the club. Two of these are labeled "F. D. Roosevelt."
What sub-type of article is it?
Biography
What themes does it cover?
Recovery
Triumph
What keywords are associated?
Stamp Collecting
Hobbies
Infantile Paralysis
Poker
Warm Springs
What entities or persons were involved?
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Where did it happen?
Albany, N. Y.
Story Details
Key Persons
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Location
Albany, N. Y.
Event Date
Nov. 27
Story Details
Franklin D. Roosevelt, despite busy years and infantile paralysis, maintains interests in stamp collecting with correspondence to collectors like an Indianapolis youth, collects books on navies, rides, swims, and occasionally plays poker, with two straight flushes memorialized in a club near Washington.