Aeronautics: Enduring Women

Down out of a squally sky one morning last week coasted an oil-streaked airplane to land on Miami’s Municipal Airport. Out jumped two grinning occupants, Mrs. Frances Harrell Marsalis and Helen Richey. For ten days—while an Armenian archbishop was being murdered, a train collision was killing 200 persons in France, a blizzard was sweeping the East, George Dunlap was winning his eighth midwinter golf tournament, a Rumanian premier was being assassinated, the Metropolitan Opera was opening, Jockey Jack Westrope was riding his 300th winner—they had been flying around in circles to set a new women’s endurance record of 237 hr. 42 min., 41 hr. better than the old mark, and to advertise Outdoor Girl cosmetics.