Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 28 Feb 1935, p. 20

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£11 tW 1uorsen 8and KU. were in chars .d by six by the I ajor ge of ar- [ax Woidenberc of Ls 18 chairman of the bas a standing of of a total, of thirty1 state of Illinois. ous, one-eyed flyer, Wiley P"ost, to set a new, trans-contineuf ai speed record by flying in the substratospheré at an altitude of seven or eightmiles. Post, who, made hie :headquarteri at Curtissaiafport and kie4pt- his plane, the Winnie ;Mae, there before ieavang eto--ný-his-- stiatosphere, 'flight- in Oklahoma Laut- fait, has many friends on the north'shore. the fiure.of Post's first attempt ,iast Friday to break, the cross-country speed record did not discourage the piot whobas.tws*ceflown around the worid,. setting new records both times. Post 'said he pianned' to try' again soon, the tinte of the flight, of course, being dépendent on weather and other considerations. B igI FOFyumii 51 feet, Il inches.. Faymouvile, rep- resenting- New Trier ini the ffl r meet, broke his own1 field bouse r*c- ord of SD feet, 5 iuches by a foot and a, haîf.- The new record set by Faymon- ville is remarkabie. according to po, tms tweeai parish holêse ié asrsices of th, the charch. 'M tinte trns-Atl Ange les. He was forced down by an a handicap in throwing the shot. oit liue Ieak at Muroc Dr~y Lake, an >'aymonvifle is ranked by far the beat extinct sait lk in the central prini this event of any prep school ath- of the Mojave desert. lete in the Chicago area. The.stat'e Post, dressed. in his rubiber pressure outdoor record ini the shot put.is Oniy suit with an oxygen helmet over his slightly above 52 feet. headandfac, mde he orcd lnd- Bill White rau the mile in 4 min- headandfac, mde he orcd lnd-utes, 53 seconds, winning the event ing without benefit of landing gear, for New Trier and nearly setting a whk hehaddrppe upn tlcng. new field house mark. Boilenseft ,ff at TLos Aneles. With his mtntr _-.4.-.-- Z Itis-a days of exposure and hsrnger in thse -~'~~ indle' jenkn n k cr als aol- bîtt<e. Arctic c dhe 'wrescued aDemonstraition TrÎP'ingthe team.og p- Chcgo i' Eskimos. Richard Beeler, Beechcraft distrib-* In the junior meet Bill Murray of e, High-utor for the Chicago area, left bis New Trier set an excellent mark in ~, igh .headquarters at Curtiss airport last the 660-yard run. His time was 1 Forest, Leoves for China After Thursday noon on a demonstration minute, 36 seconds. Lowell Snorf Waue-Passing Pilot's Test trip. Hie planned to makce stops at was an outstanding perfornier for ýd Zio. avi ng passed the te t. for uu.s Milwaukee, Madison, Rockford and New Trier in the junior section. He s n huid rvteplt ie s tCrisar Cedar Rapids before returning, Beeler won both the 50-yard dash and the t hul r 'vapote ots lWedneat CFertiair- has been doing considerable flying re- broad jump. rtie. ji las Naval bdiby

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