Athletic Fame
RECORD CHANNEL SWIM. ITALIAN NATIONAL HERO. Press Ausof-iation—Copyright. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Received 8.50 a.m.) Romo, August 21. Tiraboschi, the channel swimmer, who has become a national hero,, arrived from Milan at Signor Mussolini’s invitation. Athletes carried him through enormous crowd jh from the station to a. motor car, : iji which l hb drove to the Palazsochigi, jvhero Signor Mussolini questioned him for half an hour about the feat. Finally, he said that the Order of Chivalry had been conferred on him by the King.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIX, Issue 91, 22 August 1923, Page 3
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88Athletic Fame Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIX, Issue 91, 22 August 1923, Page 3
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