Show As Soldier Told of Arctic Tragedy gre i 1 rw- rw V ri L 4 c X TEl rt if 1 J 7 j. j w r rf fo r t t J f jf H. H t. t 0 19 I i 1 tl i T f t r J L t J Nt I r 4 c X 3 t 4 i tEt i W. W E E. E president of the Salt Lake chamber of commerce left who presided presided presided pre pre- sided Sergeant Master-Sergeant Stanley R. R Morgan l center guest of honor and Mrs l Morgan lorgan snapped at the chamber of commerce membership luncheon honoring Sergeant Morgan Mor Mor- gan jall Wednesday noon Hero of Rogers-Post Rogers Crash Hits Motor MotOl Theory S. S L. L Business Men H Hear ear Radio Man IVIan Tell of His Dash to S Scene cene of Wreck Graphic description of the recovery of the bodies of Will Rogers Americas America's No 1 humorist and Wiley Post famed aviator following their fatal crash in Alaska was given to Salt Lake City business men of the chamber of commerce e Wednesday noon by Master Sergeant Stanley R. R 1 Morgan organ U. U S 5 Signal corps It was to Sergeant Morgan radio operator at Point Barrow Alaska that hat a frightened Eskimo brought first word of the accident and the sergeant supervised removal of the bodies Assails Theory Exact cause of the crash will not note bo be e known pending release of the th findings of of th the d department of air commerce commerce SergeantS Sergeant Morgan said but I do know that the popular belief belief be- be lief that a col cola motor may have been the cause is not true Post and Rogers ha had halted three or four minutes and the motor motor had had had lad no chance to cool before they took ook off for lor Point Barrow Credits Eskimos Sergeant Morgan said too much credit cannot be given the Eskimos who vho assisted in recovering the bodes bodies bod bed ies es particularly t to the Eskimo who ran an twelve miles across rough coun coun- try in two hours and forty minutes to bring word of the mishap who has been Sergeant Morgan I Ion on duty at Point Barrow for six years ears descried described ed the customs and habits of the natives in that area Mrs Morgan Speaks We w. wear furs winter and summer summer sum sum- mer mer because e the tho warmest it sum sum-I ever gets there is 48 degrees above zero and most of the time it is so cold that if we wore our heavy woolens which do not conduct moisture away from the body frost would form on our skin and humans would freeze he said Mrs Morgan also spoke briefly at the luncheon S Sergeant Morgan who is in Utah visiting with his parents Mr and Mrs Joseph R R. Morgan of Payson was introduced by his uncle Thomas G. G Gill of Salt Lake City I |