Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 210, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 September 1918 — NORMAN ROSS, WORLD’S CHAMPION MIDDLE DISTANCE SWIMMER, IN AVIATION CORPS [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

NORMAN ROSS, WORLD’S CHAMPION MIDDLE DISTANCE SWIMMER, IN AVIATION CORPS

Norman Ross, world’s champion middle-distance swimmer, is shown here In a remarkable swan dive at Neptune beach, Alameda. The thousands of spectators gasped in amazement as Ross’ birdlike form rose into the air and descended gracefully into the water in one of the greatest dives ever witnessed in a championship event. Ross is in the last stages of solo flying in the American aviation corps. It was an impulse received from seeing t]|is picture of himself in the air that prompted him to join the aviation corps. His perfect poise and equilibrium makes him a valuable air bird to the American army. It is evident from this picture that Ross has chosen a branch of the service which he is Well fitted for.