AIRMAN’S FUNERAL
EIELSON'S OBSEQUIES. d [United Press Association. Eleeti • Telegraph.—Copyright. J NEAV YORK, March 27. A message . from Hatton, North Dakota., states that Eielson, Hie Arctic aviator, was buried beside his mother in the local cemetery in the presence of hundreds of the' townsfolk and numerous dignitaries. Seven thousand persons witnessed the funeral, when a. half holiday was declared, -alid shops and offices and the schools;"were- closed. A squadron of National Guard aeroplanes droned overhead as the funeral cortege moved to the cemetery.
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Hokitika Guardian, 28 March 1930, Page 3
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83AIRMAN’S FUNERAL Hokitika Guardian, 28 March 1930, Page 3
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