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...Friday evening with a new ladies' endurance record of 35 hr. 46 min. 55 sec. sustained flight, surpassing by nearly ten hours the previous record (26 hr. 21 min. 32 sec. by Elinor Smith), falling 2 hr. 14 min. short of the men's record (last October; Vern Speich at Long Beach, Calif...
Solo Endurance. Vern Speich, Santa Ana, Calif., automobile salesman, kept his plane up 38 hrs., 48 sec. at Long Beach, Calif., last week, thus breaking the non-refueling solo endurance record (36 hrs., 56 min., 36 sec.) of Lieut. Herbert J. Fahy...
...Delhi (Delaware County), N. Y., one Vern Whitaker, pitcher of the Delhi Academy baseball team, annoyed because a wobbling fielder let in a run in the first inning, struck out 23 men in succession...