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JERSEY CITY, N. ds Mar. 6

Climbing through cold blue skies

more than five and Saeed, miles over
Pai “td day, Mise

Ruth Nichols, of hen N. Y¥., aviatrix,
who holds coast-to-coast speed marks
Bet an unofficial altitude record fol
women,
~The altimeter.on her speedy Lock-
head-Vega monoplane showed: nearly
80,054 feet. The fleld barograph was
shipped to Washington for exam{na-
tlon. If it shows 28,074 feet or more,
/Miss Nichols will be awarded the rec-
ord now held by Eleanor Smith, young
Long Island filer.
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JERSEY CITY, N. J., March 6—
Gi-—Climbing through cold blue
skies more than five and one-half
miles over Jersey and Manhattan
today, Miss Ruth Nichols, Rye, N. ¥.,
flyer, who holds coast-to-coast
speed marks, set an unofficial alti-
tude record for women.

The altinieter on her speedy
Lockheed-Vega monoplane showed
early 30,050 feet. The sealed
barograph placed in the plane by
the National Aeronautic association

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