Will Rogers: ambassador of good will, prince of wit and wisdom (1935)

Record Details:

Title:
Will Rogers: ambassador of good will, prince of wit and wisdom
Date:
1935
Publisher:
Chicago : The John C. Winston Company
Volume:
Will Rogers: ambassador of good will, prince of wit and wisdom
Leaf #:
000258
Language:
English
Subjects:
Motion Pictures, Motion pictures--Biography
Collection:
Books
Format:
Books
Contributor:
Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum
Sponsor:
Media History Digital Library
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Date Added:
March 28, 2024
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236 WILL ROGERS worked and where just a few brief days ago he waved a cheery good-by as he started northward to join Wiley Post, more than 3,000 studio workers and executives gathered to pay him honor. On a huge sound stage the Rev. Josiah Hopkins, pastor of the Country Church of Hollywood, conducted a prayer for the departed actor, Colonel Jayson Joy, studio executive, voiced the sentiments of Rogers's fellow workers in a brief eulogy. TRIBUTE PAID TO WILEY POST At Oklahoma City, flowers dropped from the sky as the State paid tribute to Wiley Post. v A throng of 15,000 persons almost got out of control at the Capitol Building where the bronze casket lay in state for more than two hours as the bier was removed to the church for the final obsequies. Airplanes trailing crape streamers circled lazily, high above the building during the morning as the unnumbered multitude walked in rapid file past the bier. Probably never before had there been a greater swarm of humanity here than that which jammed the corridors and entrances and extended many blocks beyond the building. A dozen women fainted and two nurses were assigned to care for them. National Guardsmen managed the throng with difficulty. At noon, while thousands still awaited an opportunity for a last look at the flier's face, the State's official observance began. Governor Marland, accompanied by Brig. Gen. H. W, Butner of Fort Sill,