The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-08-17

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with fair flying conditions, he
could reach Fairbanks by s a.
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time).
Thursday Crosson warned Mr..
Post, two-tine globe girdler, of the
danger of flying into the Arctic.
but the one-eyed ace only laughed.
Early that night Mr.. Posts new red
and silver monoplane crashed on
river bank, Is miles from Point
Barrow He and Mr.. Rogers were
killed instantly.
Throughout the world saddened
minds turned to this remote out
post, 200 miles inside the Arctic
Circle, where Mr.. Post and Mr..
Rogers died in the wreckage Of
Mr.. Posts new airplane. World
famous, Filler Post for his spec
tacular aerial exploits, Actor
Rogers for his ready, home-spun
wit, their untimely deaths brought
an acute sense of loss to thou
sands.
The funeral plane will be met in
Seattle by Mr.. Posts widow, who,
but for last-minute change of
plans, might have been in her
husbands plane when it nose dived
into soggy tundra.
CrOsSon Braves Fog
Mr.. Rogers widow and his beau
tiful daughter, Mary, %, also were
expected to meet the plane.
Mrs. Rogers and Miss Rogers
we're en- route West from Lakewood,
Me, by train and Mrs. Post leaves
Oklahoma by plane today for Seat
tie. Will Rogers Jr., 81, was en-
route East from Los Angeles by
plane, planning to meet his mother
in Chicago or New York.
Acting on wirelessed instructions
from j. T. Trippe, president of Pan
American Always. and Col. Charles
A. Lindbergh, vice president, Mr..
Crosson flew here yesterday for the
bodies. Pacific ALASKA is a Pan
American subsidiary.
Only few days ago, Mr.. Cros-
son, considered the most expert Of
Arctic f1iers, babe Mr. Post and Mr..
Rogers good-by in Fairbanks, where
they took off on the fight that
ended with their deaths. Mr. Clos
son advised them against the fight,
because of bad weather. He braved
fog to fly here for their bodies.
Mr.. Posts body will be taken to
the farm home of his parents near
Maysville, Okla, where it will be
buried beneath the trees" in a
nearby country cemetery. His fu-
neral, with boyhood friends and the
neighbors who knew him before he
sky -rocketed to fame in attendance.
will be extremely simple.
Motor Missed Fire
Mr. Rogers body will be taken to
his home in Beverly Hills. Cal.
where his intimate friends of the
motion picture world were in the
deepest mourning. Arrangements
for his funeral are pending.
The immediate cause of the acci-
dent that took two lives OF in
estimable value was Mr.. Posts utter
confidence in his new plane and
his skill as a pilot. He took off
from an Arctic river Is miles south
of Point Barrow in a heavy fog
with faulty motor.
1t was q foolhardy gesture such
as only supremely expert pilot or
the most inexperienced amateur
would undertake. The brand new
Lockheed low-Wing monoplane.
which had replaced Posts celebrated
plane, the Winnie Mae, rose so feet
before the motor missed fire. 1t
then plunged head-on into two feet
of water, killing its occupants in
stantly.
Mr.. Rogers confidence in Mr..
Posts flying skill was of the un-
questioning kind. He had Travelled
thousands upon thousands Of miles
as an air passenger, having a pas
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