Berlin, Aug. 2 swimmer, Ruth Litzig, aged 19, who The tragic dear of the young gist
Set out to establish world record of 0 100 hours' swim, has developed {nto a grave public scandal uth' Litsig already held the cent fora nonstop swim. of. 15 fours which" took place some. time in the Rhine-Herne Canal. The Ril herself wanted to raise her own b Fecord to 100 hours and on Sunday started in Lake Balderney, near Essen, The latter attempt was made not for sport's sake but just for the sake of gaining money.
'After the first twenty hours the weather turned bitterly cold, 0 that the girl wanted to give' up. When, after the 79th hour, she in' wanted to leave the water, only her manager but, also her awn mother, both financial ested in het success, woul allow her to give up. To prevent her from losing consciousness, pis: tols wore fired from the shore, hand grenades exploded, musical instru. ents were blown violently and Arums beaten.
When all this failed to revive the girl, drugs were given her. Finally she lost consciousness and had to be taken from the water in a state layer of fat rubbed in to prevent complete collapse." The thick the swimmer from catching cold hi hardened and had to broken away from the skin in small pieces, Ruth Litzig was kept alive for some time by giving heavy doses of camphor to Keep the heat
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