Evening star., 1937-12-20
BINGHAM FUNERAL
HELD IN KENTUCKY
Hundreds Pay Tribute to
Ambassador-State's
Flag at Half Mast.
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LOUISVILLE, KY, Dec. 20.-Final
honors were paid today to Robert
Worth Bingham by his State, Nation
and the British Empire, to which he
was accredited as Ambassador.
The body of the North Carolinian
who adopted Louisville as his home
40 years ago was brought back today
from Baltimore, where death claimed
him Saturday night. 1t was accom-
panied by representatives of President
Roosevelt, the State Department and
Great Britain.
A detachment of the 5th and 18th
United States Cavalry from Fort
Knox, under command of Col. Jack
F. Davis, escorted the funeral party
from the train to Calvary Episcopal
Church, where hundreds paid their
last respects prior to the funeral serv-
ices at noon and burial in Cavehill
Cemetery here. Gov. A. B. Chandler
ordered the flag over the State Capt.
tol flown at half mast.
Operations of Ambassador Bing-
hams newspapers, the Louisville
Courier-Journal and Times, were ad-
juSted to permit employees to meet
the train on its arrival or view the
body as it lay in state.
Lindsay Boards Train.
Aboard the special car with the
body, along with members of the
Ambassadors family who were with
him when he died at Baltimore Sat-
urday, were representatives of the
United States and Great Britain.
Sir Ronald Lindsay, British AM
bassador to the United States and
bearer to Mrs. Bingham of expressions
of coincidence from King George and
Queen Elizabeth, as well as British
government officials, boarded the
train at Washington.
Marvin Mcintyre, secretary to the
President, whom Mr.. Roosevelt desig-
mated as his personal representative,
after lauding the services of his "old
personal friend" was another listed
among attendants of the services.
The official presidential representa-
tive was George T. Summerlin, chief
of the Division of Protocol The State
Department designated Assistant Sec
retary Hugh R. Wilson to represent it..
Gov. Chandler arranged to convey
his personal message after their ar
rival to the family members, Mrs.
Hn
Ambassadors third wife; Byron Hill
lard, his step-son; Barry Bingham,
his son. Miss Henrietta Bingham, his
daughter, and Mrs. R. T. Grinnan, his
sister.
Honorary Pallbearers.
The Governor and Mayor Joseph D.
Scholtz of Louisville were listed among
the 81 honorary pallbearers along
with DR.. Hugh Young Of Baltimore,
a friend of long standing, who was
with the Ambassador wher he died
after being unconscious for three days.
DR.. Young said Ambassador Bing-
hams illness, discovered through an
exploratory operation last Tuesday,
was abdominal Fodgkins," an OBJ
scure malady manifested as an infec-
tious tumor.
Meanwhile, as tributes to the AM
bassador continued to come in from
over the United States and abroad,
attention was turned the choice of
a successor to the North Carolina ma
tive who taught school and became
Kentucky Circuit Court chancellor
before buying the newspaper here in
1918.
In Washington there were prospects
the expected nomination of Joseph
P. Kennedy, chairman of the Mari
time Commission, would meet with
ready approval by the Senate. Men,
bers of the Foreign Relations Com
mittee were quick to commend Mr..
Kennedy.