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Show jAUTO ; AUTO WRECK CLAIMS LIVES OF TWO , . I LaDue 'LaDue ' Williams and andC andC andC.W.Rogers andCW.Rogers andCWRogers C . W . Rogers Are AreFatally AreFatally AreFatally Fatally Hurt Hurti I IBoth I i Both Men tHen Die Several Hours HoursMter HoursAfter HoursAfter Mter After Accident on Highway HighwayNear HighwayNear HighwayNear Near Grand Junction . La Due WUUams Williams , 30 , , of Moab Moaband Moaband Moaband and Clarence W Rogers , 37 , of ofThompsons ofThompson ofThompsons Thompsons Thompson , , . icceived leCel\ed leCel ed received \ . injuries l11Jurles in an anautomobUe anautomobile anautomobile automobUe automobile accident on highway 50 50near 50near 50near near Whltev white Whitewater water . ater , , Colo , Monday Mondayevening Mondayevening Mondayevening I l MondayI Mondayl theydied evening as a result of which they theyI I died at St Mary's Marys ' ' hospltal1n hospital in Grand GrandJunction GrandJunction GrandJunction Junction several hours later Theaccident The Theaccident I TheI Thelaccident laccident [ accident occurred at about 7:15 715 7:15Monday 7:15Monday 7:15Monday 715Monday : Monday evening evemng Mr Williams , who whonever whonever whonever never regained regamed consciousness after afterthe afterthe afterthe the crash , passed away at 1130 1130Tuesday 11 30 30Tuesday 30Tuesday Tuesday Rogershose night and Mr . Rogers Rogerswhose Rogerswhose \\hose hose whose \ back was broken , died at at12 112 12 20 WednesdayI WednesdayThe WednesdayThe Wednesday WednesdayThe I The body of Mr . Williams . will v.ill vill be bebrought bebrought bebrought brought to Moab Friday Fnday mommy mornmg- mornmg morning mornmgand - I | mornmgI morningLand Land and funeral sen services sertices Ices will be held at at2 2 pm p m , , " with "Ith Ith burial burJal at the Moabcemetery Moabcemetery Moab Moabcemetery I MoabI ( cemetery Mr Rogers \ will till ill be buned buried bunedat buriedat bunedat at Grand JunctIonI JunctIonThe JunctionThe Junction I [ The two men \ ' were ere en route to themountains themountain the , j thej mountains mountain near Ouray , Colo , , where whereI wherethey wherethey wherethey they planned a two t\\O t O \ \ weeks ' fishwg fishing fishwgvacation fishingvacation fishing'vacation fishingvacation ' vacation They had left Grand GrandJunctIon GrandJunction GrandJunction I JunctIon Monda Monday evening evemng plannmg planning planningto plannmgto I to stay at Ouray that nightV1u1e night Whiledescending \ While \V1u1e V1u1e Whilefrom V1u1edescendmg I V1u1eI I descendmg descending a hIll a short distance distancefrom distancefrom from Whitewater and about 10 10miles 10miles 10miles miles from Grand Junction , the ac- ac accident accident ac accident - I cident occurred Sheriff Shenff Charles CharlesLumley CharlesLumley CharlesLumley Lumley and Patrolman E A . A A.Beavers ABeavers . Beavers visited the scene soon after afterI afterthe afterthe afterthe the crash and reconstructed the accident ac- ac accident ac accident - I cident from marks left by the car car.Tracks carTracks . Tracks indicated a front tire tyre blow blow- blowlout blowout blowout - out sent the car hurtling out of ofcontrol ofcontrol ofcontrol lout control at apparently high speed speedI speedTire I TIre imprints lmprints showed shoed sho\\ sho \ ed for about 150 150feet 150feet 150feet feet on the shoulder of the road road roadthe , , the officers offic.ers . said , , and then the car carswung carswung carswung swung back onto the highway As It ItI Itswerved itswerved I swerved back to the pavement , , it itstarted : started lolling 10111ng and turned over su sic six.times sixtimes . . . times in 111 a distance of about 100 100I 100feet 100feet 100feet I feet Doors " were "ere ere stripped strijped ) from the thecar thecar thecar car and the body " was "as as practicallydemohshed practicallydemolished practically demolished demohshed . demolishedWilliams Williams and Rogers \ were ere both boththrown . thrown from the cai cat before it came cameto cameto 'to to ' came'to to a halt , and they " were "ere ere picked up upa upa a fe few " minutes minutec ; later by b bv passing passingmotonsts passingmotorists passingmotorists motonsts motorists motonstsi i motonstsOfficers motoristsOfficers Officers said they believed R.Qge RQge RogersContinued Rogers- Rogers RogersContinued . - < ( Continued on last 'Da Da ' page . e ) Car Wreck Takes TakesLives TakesLives I i iLives Lives of TwoContinued Two T-vvo T vvo Twowas - ' ( Ccntinued Continued from first page ) ' was 'Was driving drhJng driring tlie the car While heas he lie \as as was wasconscious ' wasconscious \ asconSCIOUS conSCIOUS until untu a short time tune before beforehe beforehe beforehe he died dlCd , , he talkedlth talked \ with \lth lth , much dif- dif difficulty difficulty dif difficulty - ficulty and his memory of the ac- ac accidcnt ac accident accldent - cident cidcnt cldent was hazy . . The fatally fatal1J . ' hurt men were rushedto rushed rushedto rushedto to tlic the Grand Junction hospital hospitalsoon hospitalsoon hospitalsoon soon after t the e accident MIV1l Mi . SViIliams \V1l- V1l SViI- SViI V1lIIams \ Wil Williams - liams IIams un underwentan underwent den , cnt cntan an immcdiate Immediate Immediateoperation immcdiateoperation immediateoperation operation on his left arm , , whichwas which whichwas whichwas was frightfully frfghtfuIIy crushed He also suf- suf suffered suf suffered . - fered chest injuries Jnjuries , , severe seere setcre se\ se \ ere shock shockand shockand shockand and brain concussion He never neer ne\ ne nes \ er re- re regamed regained re regained - gained gamed consciousness although althoughhopes althoughhopes althoughhopes hopes weie wele were held out for his lecove recovery le- le re- re lecovery - cove covery ' until a short time before the theend theend I ffid end Mr Rogers Rogel'S RogelS ' sustained a broken brokenneck brokenneck brokenneck neck and othci othel other spinal injuries So SoserIOUS Soserious Soserious serIOUS was his condition condlUon that doc- doc doctors doctors doc doctors - tors in m attendance at no time gaveany gave gaveany gaveany any hopes that he would recover . Immediately Immedmtely after the accident accidentrelatives accidentrelatives accidentrelatives relatives ' \ were ere notified , , and Mrs La LaDue LaDue LaDue Due Williams WIll1ams , Mitchell WIlliams Williamsand . and Mrs Rogers left for Grand GrandJunction GrandJunction JunctIon , , arriving arrivmg there about 10o'clock 10 10o'clock 10o'clock 10oclock o'clock oclock ' The next ne\t ne t ' \ day Dr . and Mrs MrsJ MrsJ MrsJ 10I I J . . W . . Williams and friends of the thet thetwo thetwo t\\ t t0 two \ 0 men went tent ' \ ent to their besidesThe besides besidesThe I I The body of Mr . Williams Wllhams willreach will willn I reach WIllIreach \n n \ / > T < Moab TIT ) > rt about r > T " > < - 10 ' 1A 0 oclock j . clock * * T \ T Fll- Fll Fit- Fit Fllday Fitday T WIllI ? S - I Iday | day morning , and will w1l1 lie in state stateat stateat I ' Iat at the home of his parents from 10a 10 10a 10a a m to 1 f p m ' Funeral T'uneral Tuneral serHces seruces serHceswill serviceswill seruceswill will be held from the L D S Schapel Schapel Schapel chapel , wiBT W1rr wit"t witt ! " the Rev , . William E EParks EParks EParks Parks officiating offlciatmg Burial , will ,111 111 till be in inthe inthe inthe the family plot at the Moab ceme ceme- cemetery ceme- ceme cemetery cemetery - tery The Krohn funeral home will willhave " willhave 111 111have have charge of the mtermentBoth intermentBoth interment mterment intermentBoth Both MrVIlhams Mr \ Williams \VIlhams VIlhams and Mr . Rogers Rogerswere Rogerswere Rogerswere were " well "ell ell tell hno\\ hno known hnon \ ' n business men of ofGrand ofGrand . Grand county The former fonner , with hisfather his hisfather , . father , was lotal local distributor distnbutor forthe for forthe , the Utah Oil 011 Refiining Refiimng Refining company companyHe companyHe : He was an active acthe acti've ' member of the thL ( Moab Moao LIons ijions UIUD Club Club MT Mr Mr Rogeis Rogels Rogers own own- owned owned owned - ed and operated , , at the time tune of hIS hISdeath hisdeath hisdeath death , the Desert Moon hotel , . cafe cafetourist , tourist cabins cabms and service station stationat stationat stationat II at Thompsons Two years ago he hebUllt hebuilt hebuilt bUllt built his hotel , which is one of the themost themost the-most the most most - modern m in eastern UtahLa Utah UtahLa UtahLa La Due Williams WIlllams " was "as as born at atMoab atMoab atMoab Moab July 15 1907 . Seveial Sevelal Several sears searsago yearsago ears earsago ago he married Miss ; Miss Alice Allce Alce Ward of ofGreenfield ofGreenfield ofGreenfleld Greenfield , , Mo They ha have ve no nochIldlen nochildren nochildien chIldlen children Mr Williams W1l11arns after at- at attendmg attending at attending - tending tendmg the Grand county count hIgh hIghschool highschool highschool school at Moab attended Wentv.orth Wentvorth Wentworth Wentv.orthMIlItary WentworthMilitary WentworthMilitary . MIlItary academy academ at Leington Ledngton LexingtonMo , " , , , Mo , . , Central colle college e of Fayette , , Mo Moand , , and the University Umverslty of Utah For Forthe Forthe Forthe the past several veais Yeats ealS he hid h1d had been beenassocIated beenassociated beenassociated assocIated assocIatedIth with \\Ith Ith tith ' \ his fathel father in the theoil theoil 011 oil business at MoabSurvhmg MoabSurviving Moab MoabSurviving Surviving Survhmg are MoabI his wife wile ; hlS his hisparents hlSparents hisparents I l -parents parents - . , Di and Mrs J W . WIl- WIl WIllIams Wilhams Wil Williams - liams hams and a brother , Mitchell MWilliams M MVJl11ams MWilliams \VJl11ams VJl11ams Williams \ , all of Moab Two sisters sistersMrs MI , I Mrs Rolf K Williams Wllliams and MissEddah Miss MissEddah MissEddah Eddah Williams , both of San SanFiancisco SanFiancisco I Flanc1sco Fiancisco , also survive sur\l\e sur l e surhe \ % \ , and are aree arepected areexpected areexpected e -pected pected expected > . - to arrive in Moab FrIday FrIdaymornmg Fridaymorning Fridaymorning FridaymorningClarence mornmg morning mornmgClarence morningClarence Clarence W Rogers was born bornFebruary bornFebruary bomFebruary February 1 I , , 1900 , at Hailey Halley , Idaho Idahoand , and grew to manhood at Bolse Boise . . He Hewas Hewas Hewas was married December 21 , 1919 , , at I Weiser . , Idaho , to : . Miss r.rtss rrtss Elisc Elise Blah Blat- Blat Blattner Blat.tner Blattner . - " . I tl1er tner They Thej have ha\c ha c hale \ been residents of ofI ofThompsons of ofThompson ofThompsons Thompsons Thompson for seven sc\en sc en sewn \ , seals eals eats He issurvised is issurvh issurvived I survh survised ed bv by his . wife v.Jfe vJfe and their fOUl tout fOUlchitdren toutchildren foulchi'dren foulchidren chitdren children ' Claience Clruence Clarence Jr , , 14 , , Da\n Da n Dawn Dawn,13 Dawn13 ' \ , , 11 13 , Robert 11 , and Lestci Lestcl Lester , , 9 Also Alsosun Alsosurtiiung Alsosurviving sun surtiiung 11 , 1l1g are his 1h five fire e sisters MrsN Mrs MrsN MrsN N N ' L Mathews Ma thews of Ketchum Ketchmu Ketchtun , Idaho IdahoMr'3 IdahoMr3 , Mrs Mr ' ) ' E R Worthington , , BOIse Boise-Idaho Boise Idaho , - Idaho . , Mrs John Kudia Kudla , , Mrs Lil- Lil Lillian Lillian Lll-lian Lll lian - | lian Hemy Henty and Mrs Jack Cmn'l- Cmn'l Cmnl Carna- Carna Cmn'lI Carnal Cmn'lhan Carnaban Carni-hau Carni hau ' - han ban , , all of Los AngelesThe Angeles AngelesThe I l The tiagedy tlagcdy tragedy came as a distIessing distressing distressingshock distIessingI distIessingshock distiessingshock shock to the many fuends friends of U1e the U1eh theto thetwo I h to 0 young J ; . oung men throughout thfoughout southeastern south- south southI southeasteIl1 south-eastern south eastern - easteIl1 eastern Utah , wheie whele where theytere they \ , were \tere tere wide- wide widely wide wide- widely - I , ly known The sincere smcere sympathy sympath snnpathy ) of ofthc ofthe ofthe thc the entire county goes out to the thebreq thebrear thebreived breq\ breq brear breqcd , \ cd ed widows "Idos "Ido\\ "Ido Ido w " idol \ ' s and other rclath relatk relatives es |