The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-08-20

(Continued from Page 1.) confined to the movie studios where Rogers was shining fig- ure, but filtered down to the man in the street who loved him well. Hollywood residents predicted his funeral would be the greatest manifestation of public grief over the passing of a motion picture character since the death of Ru- dolph Valentino.
 Rogers Services Thursday
 Services for Rogers will be held in the Wee Kirk O the Heather at Glendale Thursday at ? P. M.. but these will be attended by mem bers of his family and his more intimate friends. The chap el seats but 125. The Hollywood Bowl services, with the major per- sonalities of Hollywood taking a leading part. will be held at the same time. A third service will be held in the Community Presby- terian church at Beverly Hills, Rogsrs' home town, which the dead actor and humorist helped build.
 Rogers' widow and their three children will arrive Wednesday at 3 p. m. by train. They were joln- ed by Oklahoma relatives at Kan sas City last night.
 Post will continue his last aerial journey today in the same plane that brought him and Rogers here from Seattle. and will arrive in Oklahoma City either late today or tomorrow, Services will be held In the capital and at the First Baptist church there. Arrange. ments were being made to accom- modate thousands, including the states leading aviators. business figures, and political leaders.
 Hundreds Greeted Bodies
 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 taxied into Q hangar without stopping.
 Arrival of the funeral plane marked completion of the round trip of the vacation flight of the flyer and the humorist. They took off from Burbank two weeks ago and two days ago in Posts new plane, a Lockheed orphan" so called because 1t had one type of wings and another type of fuse- lage, assembled with a new motor. The plane crashed from 50 feet at Point Barrow, within the Arctic Circle killing both instantly.
 Memorial to Rogers
 Hollywood, Aug. 20-(UP) A committee headed by Mary Pick ford today planned a movement to erect permanent memorial to VIII Rogers.
 While the proposal is still in nebulous form, it has been sug- gested that 1t might be hospital or community theater.
 The committee met in the home of Oscar Lawler to consider which would be the more fitting institu- tion to bear the humorist's name. and members said that further meetings would be called.
 Committeeman included Miss iShtOiNb OtduiCy AhoCtbODy hIS. Osar Lawler, Mayor Edward S:- of Beverly Hills, Police Chief Charles c. Blair. Norman Pabst. Woodwork Clum and Municipal Judge Arthur Erb.
 Posts Body On Way
 Union Air Terminal. Burbank. Cal, Aug. 20-(UP)-Bearin the body of Wiley Post in it's darken- ed cabin. a Pan American Airways funeral plane" took off for Okla homa City today at 10 a. m. EDIT.
 The same crew which brought Gie bodies of Post and Will Rog- CTS here from Seattle manned the flying hearse.
 Joe Crosson, Alaskan mercy fiy- CT who flew the bodies from Point Barrow to Seattle, went with them.
 It was expected the flight east ward would take seven and one- half fours with refueiing stops at Albuquerque and Amarillo.