Wathington, Auge 28 (P}—Con-
dnuing conferences with Republi-
an campalin managers in the east,
Hetbert Hoover today was. as-
Sembling information upon which
ito base a decision as to the extent

he will participate personally In the

presidential fight there. ,

Reports received by Hoover since
(dis return from the west indicate
| that the eastern situation ts one. re
; quiring .attention and his advisers
Lote urging. him fo go into New

York, Massachusetts and New Jer-

sey.for at least one speech for each

state and more if time can be found
for them, ."

_After he has canvassed the enst-
em situation, he will be in's post
tion to fairly well map out his cam
paign up to election time, Ii js cer~

{tain that he will take advantage-of
his swing back to his home in Cali-
icrnia to vote fer making a serles
1OF addresses. Whether he will take
[the .northem route home, through
| Wisconsin, Minnesota, Montana, and
Oregon, or the southern route, re-
fmains to.be determined.

3 oo: May. Speak Monday.
| Should Hoover decide to make |
| Labor.day. address next Monday, it

wilt he in ‘Washington. with @ radio
hook-up, it was stated today at his
‘elfice, However, the candidate
‘thinks the. time is too short for the
preparation of an address.

‘Representatives of the Republican
‘Candidate still were seeking today to
secure a building in which to open

his personal headquarters. There
hes been some delay in obteining

the:honie of the late Representative

Frothingham, of Massachusetts, and
some-.other building neerby may
have to be leased.

  

  

New York, Aug. 27° {2}—. With
a btief, spéech of thanks to. the
people of New Jersey who hailed
him “uproartously during his four.
day visit there, Governor Smith has
fired the first shot-in Ins fight for.
the presidency since he was form-
ally proclaimed the Deniccratic
standard: bearer, i

‘While impromptu -and not on the.
isstes‘of the. day, thé. address was
delivered: amid atmosphere so un-

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BAALALUIE BERLE EER AAW ALE LATROBE O
JERSEY CITY, N. J., March 6

(Pj—Climbing through cold blue
skies more than five and one-
half miles over Jersey and Man-
hattan today, Miss Huth Nich-
ols, Rye, N. Y., flier, who holds
coast-to-coast speed marks, set
un unofficial altitude record for
women,

‘The altimeter on her speedy Lock-
heed-Veza monoplane showed near-
ly 30,054 feet. The sealed barograph
placed in the plane by the National
Acronautic Association, was imme-
diately shipped to Washington for
examination, If it shows 28,074 feet
or more, Miss Nichols will be award-
ed the record now held by Elinor
Smith, young Long Island filer.

Miss Nichols was informed that
to attain recognition as the record
holder, she must beat Miss Smith's
mark of 27,418 feet by more than
600 feet.

She took off frorn Jersey City air-
port at 12.33 p, m., and was uloft 90
minutes, . There-was.a 30 mile wind
blowing when she circled the city,
swung over Manhattan and started
the long climb.

“Everything went fine.” she sald,
“The engine worked perfectly. I
did not suffer any discomfort.”

She wore a flying suit lined witt
reindeer skin and the cockpit of her
plane was heated from the motor ex-
haust. She used oxygen apparatus
and had no difficulty In breathing
even in the thin, cold air at high at-
titudes, The temperature at the top
of her climb, was estimated at 50
degrees below zero by Clarence
Chamberlain, who coached Miss
Nichols for the attempt.

The plane was equipped with a
650-horsepower, super-charged nine-
eylinder air cooled motor, It is the
same ship in which she set cast-to-
west and west-to-cast transcontinen-
tal records,
 