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When chubby Nell van Vliet, 22, a baker's daughter, arrived from Holland two months ago, she waved her hand at the questions, ticked off U.S. women swimmers: "Free style? Yes, Ann Curtis, the best in the world. Your backstroke swimmers? Two or three good ones. But breast-strokers?" Nell wrinkled her nose significantly. She knew that she was far & away the best woman breaststroke swimmer going...
...Providence won the 220-yard breast stroke in 3:10.5 (more than 19 seconds behind Nell's practice-swim time). Who had questioned Nell's eligibility, and on what exact grounds? Officials were clam-mouthed on that. But one A.A.U. man conceded: "Obviously because Miss Van Vliet was a sure winner...
...A.A.U. swimming championships were held, blond Joe Verdeur of La Salle College became a hero for the second week running. He came butterflying and frog-kicking down the final lap of the 220-yard breaststroke race to win. His time of 2:30.5 (compared to Miss Van Vliet's 2:51 at Daytona Beach) was a new U.S. and world 200-meter record...
...This time the emphasis for Canada will be on airmen, not infantry and artillery. Last week the first squadron of the new Canadian Air Force to see action was selected. Nucleus: the City of Toronto Squadron, supplemented by pilots from east and west Canada. Commander: Squadron Leader Wilbur Van Vliet, 35, of Winnipeg, famed footballer...
Died. Virginia Van Vliet Insull, sister-in-law of onetime Chicago Utilitarian Samuel Insull; after long illness; in Orillia, Ont. Her husband, Martin John Insull was implicated with his brother Samuel in the collapse of the Insull utility empire...