So I've done some poking around and found a few nice things. To start with, here is the notice of the Chofetz Chaim's funeral (11/19/33):

Nothing more than a blurb, but the following day they ran a tribute headed The Jewish Gandhi (!), which is quite an interesting read:



(click image to enlarge and read - be advised that it's two images.)
Finally, here's an interesting image from the funeral itself - note from the newspaper! (click to enlarge for detail).
Note the seforim in his casket. Also, my eyes must be deceiving me, but it seems that there is a women in the crowd. How could that be?).

(Also, see this old English Hebraica post: link.)
Update: better photo from here:

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