US President Franklin D. Roosevelt, creator of "The New Deal" and subject of an assassination attempt in 1933.
This week in old newspapers: February 16 to 22.
A round-up of news and other items plucked from the Trove website. Click the red headings to visit the stories on Trove. *************************************************************************************************************** February 16, 1933: The Newcastle Sun A would-be assassin fired five shots at US President-elect Franklin D. Roosevelt in Miami, Florida. Guiseppe Zangara The bullets missed the President-elect but wounded one of his bodyguards and also the Mayor of Chicago, Anton Cermak. Roosevelt was the architect of the "New Deal" which aimed to tackle the Great Depression in a variety of ways, including restoring power to trade unions, putting spending power back in…