Eddie Schneider Wins Record. Roosevelt Field, New York; August 25, 1940 (Associated Press) Eddie Schneider, 18-year-old Jersey City boy, today was in possession of the two junior transcontinental records formerly held by the the late Frank Goldsborough. He landed here at 4:03 p.m., yesterday from Los Angeles, lowering by an hour and 36 minutes the record set by Goldsborough. His time was 27 hours and 19 minutes. Last week he lowered by four hours and 22 minutes the time for the westward crossing of the continent also made by Goldsborough. His flying time on that jaunt was 29 hours and 55 minutes. Schneider was greeted here by his father, Emil A. Schneider of Jersey City, and 2,500 visitors to the field.

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