THE PRESIDENCY: The Roosevelt Week: Aug. 14, 1933

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¶ Sara Delano Roosevelt, owner of the estate which the President calls home, publicly corrected her son last week as to its proper name. For the past few years the President has referred to it as ''Krum Elbow." corruption of the Dutch name for a nearby bend in the Hudson River. Mrs. Roosevelt declared that her place was known as ':Hyde Park," like the adjoining village, that the name "Krum Elbow" belongs to the estate of Howland Spencer directly across the river. Long has Mr. Spencer been writing letters to newspapers in an unsuccessful attempt to get people to recognize that his "Krum Elbow" patent goes back to 1678.

*Last week, as a step toward gangster disarmament, Thompson Machine Co. agreed to sell its weapons to government agencies only.

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