Air Disaster Tells of Barrow Rescue by Army Operator
Sergeant Stanley R. Morgan of Point Barrow's Signal Corps describes arriving at the Wey Post Rogers crash, finding Rogers' body, and aiding in recovering the wreckage and bodies. He recounts crossing tundra to Walakpi, aiding Eskimos, and sending word that shocked the world.
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Congress Acts On Purchase Of Wiley Post Plane Winnie Mae
Congress voted to buy Wiley Post's world girdling plane the Winnie Mae for up to 25000 dollars and place it in the Smithsonian Institute. The decision followed news of the pilot's death and requires Senate approval before final action. The plane is currently housed in a hangar in Los Angeles.
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Major Tragedy Says Dimond of Barrow in Rogers Post Flight
Washington reports Alaska reaction to the deaths of Will Rogers and Wiley Post. Dimond says the Alaska Territory is a safe area for pontoon planes despite the crash. He commends Post as a hero for his world tours and noted the difficult forced landing at Flat.
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Rogers Rise From Rodeo To Fame In Early Hollywood
Will Rogers began as a wild west rider and roper in South America and became a star on stage and screen. He wed Betty Blake in 1908 at Rogers Arkansas, with a romance noted as cloudless. His estate ranged from two and a half to six million, with a million in insurance and annual income around 300 thousand from pictures, plus radio and writing income reaching about 600 thousand. Mrs. H W Terhune arrived on the steamer Northwestern.
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Sad Smile At Sayings Of Dead Humorist
Washington mourns the passing of Will Rogers as legislators and citizens recall the famed humorist. Expressions of bereavement echo in Congress and across the capital, noting Rogers as the world’s greatest wit and two gallant gentlemen who have gone.
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Wiley Post Funeral Planned At Home In Maysville
Wiley Post's parents in Maysville Oklahoma plan a private funeral at the family farm yard with a grove gathering for the tribute. The widow of the aviator arrived to confirm their wishes and burial is set for Oklahoma City.
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Rogers Leaves Valued Estate Inheritance News
Hollywood August 17 Will Rogers estate is estimated at 2 and a fraction million dollars. He carried a million dollar life insurance. Miss Ida Hendrickson of St Ann's Hospital left for Vancouver BC aboard Princess Loulaé for a six week vacation.
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Alaska stunned by Barrow tragedy and post flight questions
Alaska reels after Barrow catastrophe as Rex Beach quotes sorrowful locals. The report notes Will Rogers and Wiley Post faced mystery over flight plans and possible Soviet route speculation. Weather blamed by old timers. Alaska mourns two famed visitors and debates the front page tale.
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Newspapers Gave Rogers His Material
Hollywood August 17 Will Rogers, famed philosopher and actor, drew much of his opinion from the daily press. He quipped about reading papers for knowledge and stated he would try writing a daily column despite doubt. He rose to become one of the world’s two highest paid syndicate writers.
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World flight plan reveals Rogers funded Post trip
Harry Frederickson, a close Fiend of Post, says Rogers arranged to pay all flight expenses and could stop wherever he pleased. The disclosure came in a letter from Mrs. Post to her parents in San Angelo Texas noting plans to join Alaska leg but Rogers objected.
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Mearns Father Heads to Seattle for Husband’s Body Return
A father from Mearns prepares to fly to Seattle on a Phillips Petroleum plane to receive the body of her husband, killed in a plane crash near Point Barrow, Alaska, on Thursday.
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Widow Is Prostrated After Wiley Post Death
In Ponca City Oklahoma Mrs Wiley Bost prostrated by her husband Wiley Post death she said I wish to God I had been with him and went to bed then flew to Oklahoma City en route to Maysville the Post family home later the same day Mrs Wiley Post arrived here to Seattle
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Mrs Rogers Going Home From Skowhegan to California
Mrs Will Rogers to travel with her daughter Mary and Dorothy Stone to California to meet her husband and father. Mrs Rogers and Mary left Stamford by auto for New York as a funeral train proceeds west.
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Will Rogers and party reach New York hotel seclusion
Mrs. Rogers and party arrive in New York and enter seclusion at a hotel while awaiting Will Rogers Jr. Jimmy Rogers is also expected to arrive later in the day.
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Home Town Mourns Wiley Post’s Death
Grief sweeps Wiley Post’s home town as residents gather in small groups, mournful faces and hushed voices fill the night. Unconfirmed reports say the body may be brought home for burial.
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Arctic flight marks first leg of Rogers and Post tribute hop
A remarkable Arctic flight honors Will Rogers and Wiley Post. Joe Crosson plans a southbound leg from Fairbanks after transporting the bodies from Point Barrow. The journey, wrapped in snow white linen, follows an Air Route by Pan American officials noting Whitehorse and Seattle as planned stops en route to Los Angeles.
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Wiley Post Arrives. Joe Crosson Aids Search in Alaska
Joe Crosson, a Pacific Alaska Airways ace, welcomed Wiley Post back to Alaska last year and ferried the aviator’s friend Wil Rogers. Crosson piloted a PAA plane yesterday to Point Barrow to recover Rogers and Post’s bodies after their fatal air mishap during the round-the-world attempt aboard Winnie Mae.
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