| Show Worlds World's Biggest Boy Scout Is Dead Dea Salt Lake Lads Mourn Loss Ii oss f. f UI U. S. S Rejected Patriot W. W WEBSTER EBSTER RUSK heavyweight hero whose death of heart vy failure in Baltimore brings grief to many here who met mel him during a recent visit I 1 S I I I Failing to Gain Admission to Any Branch of S Federal Service ce Massive Youth Became a Boy Scout S I Or SCOUTS of Salt Lake lost a I BOY friend in the death at Baltimore this week of Webster Rusk the I i heavies Boy Scout in America Eight months ago after trying vainly to enter e every ery ry branch of military sev- sev vice in the United States and Canada and rejected d because of hi hl obesity Rusk Husk attired in his Boy Scout uniform visited Salt Lake Lale and met many Boy Eoy Scouts lIe He was a favorite with the scouts in all parts of th the country on account of his wonderful good humo Although deeply grieved because of his inability io fo aid his country during the war Rusk took tool his misfortune good lIe He spent five years In a military school at Culver Ind md and knowing a great deal about the theory of ot warfare it was a cau cause of sorrow to him because he could not enlist He tried the United States navy flavy and was waa told according to his story ston that he would have haw to be assigned to a submersible sub sub- submersible it if the government g ever built t one strong enough to hold him He also tried aviation but co could ld not pass the physical test Music and militarism are bre are my two hobbles said young oung Rusk on his visit here But as my size makes me a burden rather than an asset In military mili mill- tary activities I must confine myself to warbling Rusk who was the son of Mrs E. E II IL Rusk tusk 2607 East Roy street Seattle Wash was 23 years ears old weighed pounds was five feet teet seven inches talland tall talland talland I and measured inch inches s around the waist Several policemen were re required re- re q llred to move the body to the morgue after he dropped dead in lit a museum where he was on exhibition and three marble marble- slabs were required to hold his body |
