Evening star., 1935-08-19
BODIES OF ROGERS,
POST AT SEATTLE
Crosson Takes Into Hang
ar, Surrounded by Throng
of Police.
Ey The Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
SEATTLE. August l9.-The curtains
of its passenger cabin closely drawn,
Pilot Joe Crosscns plane bearing the
bodies Of Will Rogers and Wiley Post
south from their tragic air crash
deaths in Alaska arrived here at 9:l5
am. Pacific standard time) from
Vancouver, British Columbia.
The plane landed at Boeing Field,
the municipal airport. in the southern
part of the city. Without stopping
his motor Crosson TAXED the plane
into a United Air Lines hangar at
the side Of the field. The hangar
was completely surrounded by State
patrolmen. city police and Marine
Corps reServiStf.
A crowd of persons, some of whom
had remained at the airport all night,
was at the field.
NotabIeS Await Plane.
Within the hangar, Col. Clarence
Young. Pacific Coast manager Of Pam
American Always, and Anon Carter
of Fort Worth, Tex, personal repre-
sentative and close friend of the Rog-
ers family. were among the group
awaiting the planes arrival. Earlier,
three undertakers had arrived and
gone into the hangar.
A group of civic representatives,
among them w W. Conner, governor
for Washington State of the Ma
tional Aeronautics Association, and
Rudolph Block secretary for Mayor
Charles L. Smith were at the field
Mayor Smith was expected here about
noon, flying one of three planes back
from Kansas City for a flying friepd
Crossons 100-mile fight from VAN
couver was through the early morn
ing haze.
He left the Sea Island Municipal
Airport at Vancouver at 1922 am,
Pacific standard time. for Seattle, after
officials had placed a wreath on the
ship as Vancouver's tribute to the
dead men.
Pan-American Always officials in
dicated that the bodies may reach Los
Angeles tonight.
A big Douglas transport plane. with
crew of five men, was ordered out
by the company from Alameda. Calf,
at sos am. Pacific standard time.
1t was due in Seattle at HIS am,
Pacific standard time (2:15 pm. East
ern standard time). The ship, piloted
by William A. Winston, was TO con-
meet with that flown by Crosson.
Bodies to Be Separated.
After the transfer, Rogers body will
be taken to Los Angeles. where
funeral services will be held Thursday
in the wee Kirk O the Heather. But
no one would say where in Los
Angeles or vicinity the ship would
land.
Neither would plans for tranSporta-
ton of Posts body to Oklahoma City.
where the stocky Oklahoma flyer will
be buried, be disclosed. Efforts likely
will be made to avoid large towns and
well-known airportS, to prevent the
gathering Of throngs.
Crosson had little to say to inter-
viewers at Vancouver. He said only
that Northern Alaska was grief
stricken. and that he knew no more
about the cause of the crash than
had been told-this was that the
motor had misfred as the plane. TAX
ing off from small river, fell so
feet into the shallow water.
Flight Equals Transatlantic One.
Crosson's route lay over more than
1900 miles of rugged mountains and
mountainous plateau. Pilots here
said Crosson completed in 10 hours
the equivalent of transatlantic
flight from Newfoundland to Ireland,
Few of the trappers and prospectors
who saw the funeral plane racing
down over Alaska, the Yukon Ter
ritory and British Columbia knew
its sad errand. Residents at points
where landings might be made we're
on the lockout. but Crosson kept a
more westward course than had been
announced and made the fight from
Fairbanks to Vancouver virtually un-
reported except for several position
reports from his cwn radio operator
The airport at Vancouver was al
most deserted, its Sunday activity
over. when Crosson landed uneXpect-
edlv. AS soon as the hangar doors
had closed upon his plane, Crcsson
strobe into the administration build
ings with his two assistants. They
sat down quietly. refused to be drawn
into interviews. and CrosSon soon was
making lon2-distance telephone calls
to New York City and elsewhere, ap-
parentlv reporting his whereabouts to
Pan-American Arways officials and
receiving instructions.
INTENDED SEA FLIGHT.