Girl sets new world parachute record . Fraulein Lola Schroeter , the noted German parachute jumper , set a new world record when she jumped from an aeroplane travelling at a speed of 120 miles an hour from a height of more than 22000 feet . The previous record was under 20000 feet . It took Fraulein Schroeter more than half an hour to reach the earth again . 23 September 1932