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Show BODY OF UTAHN pOURNEYSIOME Homeward bound Thursday on the same boat he would have taken Xi had he lived, was the body of WU- lard Telle Cannon, 0, Utah busi-j busi-j ness leader. ' Members of his family here and company, of which he was vice 'l president and general manager, re- ported Mr. Cannon's body, accom-panied accom-panied by his widow and son. Uer-h Uer-h aid Q. Cannon, was placed aboard the S. S. California of the Panama-9 Panama-9 Pacific Steamship line Thursday at ' Balboa. Canal Zone. The ship is -i due to dork at Los Angeles Janu-y Janu-y ary 7. No funeral arrangements X hsve yet been made. J Company officials and members . of th family here. B. R. Smoot of J Pasadena. Cal.. former general superintendent su-perintendent of the company, and a son. Roger W. Cannon of Los Angeles, will meet the boat when It docks. The funeral cortege is expected to arrive here January 8. Attack Fatal Mr. Cannon, Industrialist, engineer engi-neer and churchman, died Wednesday Wednes-day In a Balboa hospital. He suc--t umbra to a heart aHaak which a week ago caused him to be removed from a ship on which he and Mrs. Cannon were making a vacation cruise to Cuba. Ironically, it was revealed her Thursday that the couple had intended in-tended to sail for home today on th California, the same boat which la bearing Mr. Cannon's body. Meanwhile, messages of tribute and condolence continued to pour In to the family home in Salt Lake City and offices of the sugar company. com-pany. They came from persons In ail walka of life and leading business busi-ness men of the nation. Sympathy Extended H. E. Scheuermann, vice president presi-dent of the Chase National bank f New Tork City, telegraphed: "We ar deeply shocked to learn af the death of Mr. Willard T. Cannon. Can-non. In his passing we hav suffered suf-fered the loss of a good friend whom w highly respected. Under all kinds of conditions ws found him patient, resourceful and thoroughly reliable. "Your company and community bar loat a man of high character and exceptional ability. In behalf ef family and associates, permit us to extend our heartfelt sympathy" Frank A. Kemp, Denver. Colo., president of the Great Western Sugar company, and R. A. Aishton ef th Continental-Illinois National Bank and Trust company at Chicago, Chi-cago, war others to express sorrow and esteem. . |