The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-03-25
North Dakota MOurns
LAS Eielson Returns
Home to Sleep Forever
(Continued from page one)

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us large for q small town and will seat
eco persons, it will not accommodate
the throng Of 10000 for which the
community Is preparing.
Amplifiers will carry the church
Services to those standing outside.
IOthers will be placed at the grave so
NIL may hear.
| Following the religious services at
the cemetery the American Legion
post will consign the body to the
grave with military formalities.
When the body arrives here tonight
st. will be taken to a mortuary where
Legion members will stand guard I'M
til the funeral rites.
Active pallbearers also will be
chosen from Eielson's personal friends
with whom he went to school and
who were like him veterans Of the
World a
Honor Guard Chosen
Member of the Legion honor guard
will be Commander H. G.. Wambheim,
Past Commanders j. A. Teie, v. F.
Champeaux and Albert Gilbertson
and Comrades M. Olson, o. Norgaard,
o.. Brudevig, A. Olson, A. Korsmo. J.
Burrock, G. Gunderson, G. Gulson, A.
Cavelle, O. Bye, William Korsmo and
Mrs. Mary L. Anderson.
The active pallbearerS will be HI.
NJ. Nash, and w. r. Foss, past COM
manders of the local post; D. l..
Wambheim. A. E. Foss, M. T. LANCE
INC, and NJ. S. Haakenson.
In addition to Legion members and
active pallbearers, honorary pail
bearers, honorary ~pallbearers and
dignitaries OF the state and district
will be in line as will four National
Guard companies.
Fraser Commands Guards
The latter will be under command
OF Adjutant G.. A. Fraser, chairman
OF the state honor guard appointed
by the governor to escort the body
from Seattle to Hatton. The COM
panies to be in line are Of Grand
Forks, Fargo. Hillsboro and Bismarck.
Three special trains will arrive here
tomorrow from Fargo and Grand
Forks and one from the Portland
branch line Of the Great Northern
railway roads throughout this area
are generally in good condition and
thousands are expected by automo-
bileS.
Scores had arrived today and hotel
facilities were inadequate to care for
them. Townsfolk were listing with
local authorities the number Of per-
sons they can care for and many will
be assigned to private homes. Others
will be cared for in the Legion hall,
equipped as a temporary barracks.
Devils Lake Mourns
Devils Lake and its adjacent terri
tory paid homage to the dead flyer as
the funeral train stopped there for a
half hour. Members of the funeral
party were guests of the American
Legion and the city commission at a
luncheon.
Wreaths were placed about the
casket by the American Legion, Le-
gion Auxiliary. Daughters of the
American Revolution and the Elks
lodge.
AS the train slowly left the station,
a colonel's salute was fired by the
Howitzer company of the 164th In
tantry and taps was sounded by the
company trumpeter.
Planes Greet Train
Both at Williston and Minot, the
first two North Dakota towns in
which the funeral train stopped, air
planes zoomed in circles over the car
bearing the body of the dead airmau.
At W1lliston. the tribute from the
air came from Ed Garfield Of that
city and Cecil Shupe OF Minot. who
piloted the same ship which Eielson
flew when he was in Minot two years
ago.
Eielson's body rests in a battleship
gray casket, the best that could be
provided in all Alaska. It occupies q
portion Of the same railroad car
which ROAD Amundson and his party
used on their journey across the Unit
ed States after flying over the top of
the world in the Norge.
World Remembers Him
Floral contributions from Russia,
Alaska, Canada and scores of cities
IN n United States, sweeten the at
mosphere Of the funeral coach, their
fragrance blending in seeming silent
affection for the dead man who lies
sleeping within the closed covers of
the casket.
Draped v the coffin are two
American flags, one the crudely fash
Toned colors prepared by the rough
hands Of the men aboard the fur
trading ship, the Nanuk, to which
Eielson was flying with provisions
when he met his death. The other
stars and stripes came from the
American Legion post OF Seattle.
The stars Of the flag prepared at
the Nanuk are fading. They were
roughly painted on to the blue back
ground. but it is a mernento dearly
treasured by the dead airman's faith
er, who expects it will likely be pre-
sented to the University of North Da-
kota, Ben's Alma Mater.
Soviet Flag Also
Gently swinging above the casket
also are the flags Of Canada and the
Soviet Republic, the latter placed
there at the request of the large RUS
sian delegation which played a lead
ing part in wrestling the bodies Of
Eielson and Borland from the Arctic's
grip.
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out OF paper flowers, are suspended
in the funeral car. They came a.
tributes from Alaskan communities,
tiny hamlets which came to know
Eielson as . flyer Of arctic mails.
A large wreath contributed by the
citizens Of Fairbanks, Alaska. where
Eieleon long made his home, bears
the wording. Ben Eileson, au revoir.
yrlere Is = soft spot In our golden
heart for YOU"
13oneers Represented
Another wreath comes from the
Pioneers Of Alaska. that exclusive or
ganiSatiou Of which the late Pred
dent Harding was . member, and to
whieh Carl Hen Nelson belonged and
Ml1teh quickly tack the famous flyers
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