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...more fantastic than the last: a grand piano from the R.A.F.; a doily from Mohandas Gandhi, made of yarn spun by the old saint himself; 1,500 cans of lard from the residents of Eritrea; jeweled anklets and a statue of Siva from the Dominion of India; an ivory casket from Pakistan; a traveling bag made of elephants' ears from the women of Kenya; a spirited yearling from the stables of the Aga Khan; a necklace of diamonds & rubies from King George & Queen Elizabeth and nine dazzling diamond heirlooms from the Queen Mother...
...center of the square was a flower-covered casket, in it the body of "John X," a G.I. fallen in defense of Belgium (he was not an unknown soldier; for this occasion one body was designated as John X). Joseph Cardinal van Roey, primate of Belgium, said a blessing for John X, then the bells of the ancient Notre Dame Cathedral tolled. Hundreds of Belgians fell in behind the procession as a caisson bore the casket to a pier on the Scheldt. There the casket of John X joined 5,599 others in the hold of the U.S. Army transport...
...Members of the National Funeral Directors Association met in Boston for their 66th annual convention. Some exhibits of new equipment for the trade: the "Jewel Box" ("a gem of a casket") with a semicircular peephole and well-padded velvet and satin interior; the "Blickens 4 in 1 Positioner," an elaborate arrangement of clamps and bars for forcing a rigid body into a suitable position of repose...
Promptly at 3, the casket was moved a few feet, the mourners were formed into double lines-and now 8,000 an hour filed...
...story about the Henry Ford funeral (TIME, April 21) was making the rounds. As the motormaker's body lay in state at Greenfield Village, single lines of mourners were passing the casket at the rate of 3,000 an hour. As the waiting crowd piled up, a Ford executive gave a low-voiced order. "At 3 o'clock," said he, "we'll put Plan B info operation...