Word: gleitze
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Dates: during 1927-1927
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...after Dr. Logan landed Mrs. Ivy Gill, 24, staggered up Dover beach, gasping "I can't stand." She, also English, had conquered the channel in 15 hours, 9 minutes. A week previous (TIME, Oct. 17) Miss Mercedes Gleitz had churned across the channel after many an unsuccessful effort. Confessions were forthcoming; no questions were asked...
Miss Gertrude Ederle, who sent Charles A. Lindbergh a telegram of congratulations, was not reported to have congratulated Miss Gleitz, or Miss Gill, or Dr. Logan, (before or after confession...
...feet of Mercedes Gleitz touched chalk rocks on the South shore of England. Exclamatory, she thanked God she was conscious and then fell into stupor for two hours. Fifteen hours and 15 minutes earlier her feet had lost touch with French rocks at Cape Gris Nez. Succeeding on her eighth attempt, a typist, 26 of London, Miss Gleitz is the twelfth person and the third woman-to swim the English Channel. It has not been swum so late in the year by man or woman...