ENDURANCE IN WATER.
AMERICAN SAILOR'S FEAT.
LOS ANGELES. Oct. 17
By remaining in an out-door pool in Los Angeles for 65h. 2m., James Cherry, a former navv swimmer, set a now world endurance record. Emerging unassisted, he afterwards performed tricks for the talking movies. The previous record was 61h. 50m., held by Martha Hilda, in Texas. That record was set a few days after Mrs. Huddleston Aad established an earlier mark in New York.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 20084, 23 October 1928, Page 9
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74ENDURANCE IN WATER. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 20084, 23 October 1928, Page 9
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