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Show Mrs. Thaden Sets New Women's Air Speed Record &! S ST"! x S 'iV&VWXviiir--? ' ' ;::x.5--i.. t ' .' .tK ..y. ...... : fi::::-?::::;.;,,,:-----":-- : ' ' ; i "JS-J'--' f rvi' 1 V . V " : ' i , ssvo--V- - - - - - ;SS;T:.:;;'5 ' I'v ..:v,ii:- '' ... . :: " " .. '-i y. '. " -" I -- - - ' ', ' W" ' ' & i '''" -S J ' '.,. ' .. -aKiS-'--- ; Mrs. Louise Thaden, winner of the Bendix and Harmon trophies last year, beside the plane in which she set a new speed record for women at the air show held at the Lambert-St. Louis airport here May 29, when she flew a 100-kilometer (62.5-mile) course at a speed of 197.9 miles an hour. The former record was 175 miles an hour, held by Amelia Earhart |