Imperial Valley press., 1935-08-20
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tic Circle, where they crashed to
dheir deaths in Posts Orphan"
plane Thursday night.
The field was deserted when the
funeral plane took off. The crew
drove up and entered the hangar
silently. A few minutes later q
black funeral coach appeared and
passed through the hangar doors.
Within a few minutes the body
had been placed in the cabin, while
ships motors droned eerily against
the hangers walls as they warmed
up. Then the big doors were op-
ened. The funeral plane rolled out
on the field. maneuVered to the
end of the runway and sped into
the air in long climb. 1t headed
east.
Before the departure Crosson said
he would attend Posts funeral in
Oklahoma City, after which he will
return to Southern California to
visit his family in San Diego.
Winston Is Pilot
1t was expected that the flying
funeral cortege would reach Okla
home City about $3.50 p. m. (CST)
or in 712 hours elapsed time. The
itinerary called for refueling stop
in Albuquerque, N. M, and poSSi-
bly, another at Amarillo, Texas.
William Winston, veteran Pan
American -Airways pilot, was at the
controls, and Co-Pilot j. L. Flem-
ing was at his side. Other men,
bers of the crew were Tom Ward,
chief engineer of the company, and
T. w. Bowling, assistant superin-
tendent of communications, who
served as radio operator.
Clarence M Young, western di-
vision manager for the Airways, al
so was in the plane.
The home port of the funeral
plane is Brownsville, Texas. It is
one of the regular run ships of the
Brownsville Mexico City Panama
canal route.
Posts body will lie in state Thurs
day in the capitol at Oklahoma
City, where thousands of his ad-
mirers will pay their last respects to
the hero of two flights around the
world.
At approximately the same time
Rogers body will lie in state at
Forest Lawn cemetery, Glendale,
while more than 10000 persons
gather in Hollywood Bowl to join
in great public funeral service.
Flags throughout Southern Cali
fornia were at half staff and will
remain SO until after the funerals.
Hollywood was in the deepest
mourning, affected by death as it
hasn't been since the passing of
Marie DreSSler. Sorrow was not
confined to the movie studios where
Rogers was a shining figure, but
filtered down to the man in the
street who loved him we'll. Holly
wood residents predicted his funeral
would be the greatest manifesto
tion of public grief over the pass
ing of motion picture character
since the death OF Rudolph Valen-
tino. =.
Three Services Planned
Services for Rogers will be held
in the Wee Kirk O. the Heather at
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these will be attended only by mem
berS of his family and his more in
innate friends. The chapel seats
but 125. The Hollywood Bowl SER
vices, with the major personalities
of Hollywood taking a leading part,
will be held at the same time. A
third service will be held in the
Community Presbyterian church at
Beverly Hills, Rogers home town,
which the dead actor and humorist
helped build.
Rogers widow and their three
children will arrive at 3 D. m. We'd
nesday by train. They were Joined
by Oklahoma relatives at Kansas
City last night.
Several hundred persons were at
Burbank airport when the gray
funeral plane arrived last night.
Not sound came from them when
the plane landed and TAXED into a
hangar without stopping. TIL e
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