{"id":461,"date":"2019-01-04T17:26:45","date_gmt":"2019-01-04T17:26:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nyadfactcheck.com\/annex\/2019\/01\/04\/new-york-herald-tribune-archive-holds-nyad-related-gems\/"},"modified":"2023-10-03T22:21:37","modified_gmt":"2023-10-03T22:21:37","slug":"new-york-herald-tribune-archive-holds-nyad-related-gems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nyadfactcheck.com\/annex\/new-york-herald-tribune-archive-holds-nyad-related-gems\/","title":{"rendered":"New York Herald Tribune Archive Holds Nyad-related Gems"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cDiana Nyad\u2019s Unspeakable Lie, part 2\u201d<\/a> included a link to a 1942 Montreal Gazette<\/em> article, \u201cYoung Greek Flier Held in New York Jail.<\/a>\u201d That flier, Aristotle Nyad, was \u201ca handsome, aristocratic-looking young fellow\u201d who, according to the article,<\/p>\n

\u2026had with him a clipping from the New York Tribune giving\u00a0an interview as one of the many young Greeks who had stormed their consulate in New York when Greece was invaded, hoping they could get back so they could fight for their country.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Aris being Aris, I assumed he had somehow faked the clipping, not to mention that I couldn\u2019t figure out how to access the New York Tribune<\/em> archives. But when I bumped into the Gazette<\/em> piece again, I decided to give Aris the benefit of the doubt and try to find the item that the Gazette<\/em> referenced.<\/p>\n

A relative in New York helped me access the New York Public Library\u2019s research databases, which include the Tribune<\/em> archives<\/a>. Lo and behold, both the article and<\/em> the interview exist!<\/p>\n

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Click image for complete article. For complete page, see \u201cGreeks in City\u2026.\u201d<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The three final paragraphs are all Aris:<\/p>\n

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Nyad had apparently hit upon a lucrative ploy \u2014 \u201cCampaign for Relief and Defense Fund\u201d in the headline gives us a hint:\u00a0 Show up in a Greek military uniform, solicit funds for the defense of beloved Greece, then appropriate the proceeds for the use of Aristotle Nyad. \u201cThe Canadian people do not really appear to value freedom,\u201d Aris told the Winnipeg Free Press<\/em><\/a> in 1941. But Aris very much valued his, taking care to keep an ocean and a couple of seas between himself and his benighted homeland.<\/p>\n

Ida, Mille, Lottie, Lil, Anna, and Diane<\/h3>\n

The Aris article was not the only Nyad-related treasure buried in the Herald Tribune archives. Have I mentioned that six women swam around Manhattan Island between 1916 and 1959? The Herald Tribune and its forebears \u2014 the\u00a0New York Herald<\/em><\/a> and the New-York Tribune<\/a><\/em>\u00a0\u2014 covered all six swimmers in articles hitherto unknown to the Annex.<\/p>\n

I humbly submit the following for the perusal of reputable historians<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Ida Elionsky<\/h5>\n

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Mille Gade<\/h5>\n

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More Gade:
\nSwims from Albany to the Battery (9 Sep 1921<\/a>)
\nCompletes English Channel (29 Aug 1926<\/a>)
\nEderle race challenge\/ Manhattan swim fame (29 Aug 1926<\/a>)
\n\u201c$100,000 offer for Ederle-Gade Catalina Swim\u201d (31 Aug 1926<\/a>)
\nPosts $25,000 race entry fee (4 Sep 1926<\/a>)
\nWelcome home after EC (11 Sep 1926<\/a>)<\/span><\/p>\n

Lottie Schoemmell<\/h5>\n

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More Schoemmell:
\nTo attempt Albany-NY swim (8 Oct 1926<\/a>)<\/span><\/p>\n

Lillian Garrick<\/h5>\n

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More Garrick:
\nManhattan time lowered (28 July 1929<\/a>)<\/span><\/p>\n

Anne Priller-Benoit<\/h5>\n

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More Benoit:
\nPre-race health warning (26 July 1930<\/a>)
\nAnother pre-race health warning (27 July 1930<\/a>)<\/span><\/p>\n

Diane Struble<\/h5>\n

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More Struble:
\nProfile: \u201cDistance Lends Allure\u2026\u201d (6 Dec 1958<\/a>)
\n\u201c\u2026Police Called Out\u201d (8\u00a0 Aug 1959<\/a>)
\n\u201cTurn Champ\u2019s Swim to Dry Run\u201d (Daily News, 8 Aug 1959<\/a>)
\n\u201cLady\u2019s Not for Drowning\u201d (Daily News, 15 Aug 1959<\/a>)
\n\u201cMrs. Struble Begins\u2026\u201d (Troy Times Record, 15 Aug 1959<\/a>)
\n\u201cMother of 3 Swims\u2026\u201d (Democrat and Chronicle, 16 Aug 1959<\/a>)
\n\u201cShe Sure Gets Around\u201d (Daily News, 16 Aug 1959<\/a>)
\n\u201cDiane Swims Circle\u2026\u201d (Daily News, 16 Aug 1959<\/a>)
\nEditorial: \u201cAround Manhattan the Easy Way\u201d (17 Aug 1959<\/a>)<\/span><\/p>\n

A Tale of Two Firsts<\/h3>\n

By the time Diane Struble swam Manhattan, nineteen years had passed since the last woman, Anne Priller Benoit, had circled the island. Three items from other newspapers indicate that Struble didn\u2019t know of Benoit nor of any of the other women who had swum around Manhattan:<\/p>\n

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All three items appeared before\u00a0Struble\u2019s swim.<\/p>\n

To do right by his mom, Harold Schoemmell, Lottie Schoemmell\u2019s son, met Struble at the finish<\/a>,\u00a0showed her a clipping about his mother\u2019s swim, and let everyone know that his mother had been the third woman to complete the circumnavigation.<\/p>\n

After Harold Schoemmell\u2019s visit, Diane Struble never again claimed to be first.<\/p>\n

<\u00b0))\u0302)\u0316)><\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0><((\u0317(\u0302(\u00b0><\/p>\n

Sixteen years passed before the next woman circled Manhattan. The newcomer knew, despite\u00a0the interval, that she was not the first<\/a>. However, #7 began calling herself #1 by 1981<\/a>. And she never stopped \u2014 except for a few months, after CNN caught her in the lie<\/a> in 2011.<\/p>\n

Someone should send her some clippings, but it probably won\u2019t do any good.<\/p>\n