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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1933
Page
8
Crowd of 7,000 watches as Mrs. Helen Walls Moody tells umpire her legs gave out and cannot continue against Miss Helen Jacobs. Jacobs retains the title by default. Moody sips water, trophy shown nearby.
Francesco Agello, Italian airman, establishes a 423.522 mph world speed record for April, about 621 ft per second, vastly exceeding the muzzle velocity of a 38 revolver. Also notes a bottle house on Ellis street in Tonopah built with 10,000 beer bottles cemented in place, standing 20 years. Tomorrow a record shot.
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