Washington, Aug. 28.—Continuing
conferences with republican cam-
paign managers in the east, Herbert
Hoover today was assembling infor-
mation upon which to base a decision
as to the extent he will participate
personally in the presidential fight
there.

William H. Hill, chairman of the
New York state Hoover committee,
had an engagement with the repub-
lican standard bearer to supplement
the advices given him yesterday by
Charles D. Hilles, national commit-
teeman for New York,, and Daniel
E. Pomeroy, vice-chairman of the
New Jersey committee.

Reports received by Hoover since
his return from the west indicate
that thie eastern’ situation is one re-
quiring attention and his advisers
are urging him to go into New York,
Massachusetts and New Jersey for
at least one speech for each state
and more if time can be found for
them.

After he has canvassed the east-
ern situation, he will be in a posi-
tion to fairly well map out his cam-
paign up to election time. It is cer-
tain that he will take advantage of
his swing back to his home in Callt-
fornia to vote for making a series of
addresses: Whether he will take
the northern route home, through
Wisconsin, Minnesota, Montana, and
Oregon, or the southern route re-
mains to be determined.

Before that time he very probably
will go into the middle west, speak-
ing at Chicago and some cther cities,
and also into the border states, but
these addresses are likely to follow
those in the east. Some of his ad-
visers think he should speak in
New York and nearby states not
later than early October.

Should Hoover decide to make a
Labor day address next Monday, it
will be in Washington, with a radio
hookup, it was stated today at his
cffice. However, the candidate thinks
the time is too short for the pre-
paration of an address.
 
|. derdey, ‘City, . March |, 6.
Climbing . through. cold Dlue skies
more than five and. one-half amiles
over Jersey and . Manhattan. today,
Miss Ruth Nichols, Rye,. N. Y., filer,
who holds‘ coast-to-coast speed
‘marks, set an unofficial altitude
record ‘for women. 4

The . altimeter. on her speedy,
Lockheed-Vega ‘monoplane showed
nearly 30,054 feet. The sealed
barograph placed in the plane. by
the National Aeronautic Associa-
tion, was shipped to Washington
for examination, If it shows 28,074
feet or more, Miss Nichols will be
awarded the record now held ‘by
Elinor Smith, young Long Island
flier, :

. Up. 90 Minutes.

Miss Nichols was informed she
must.: beat. Miss ‘Smith's mark of
'27,418 feet by'more than 600 feet
‘to gain the record. ‘

«She took off from Jersey City
airport at 12:33: p. -m. and was
raloft 90 minutes. There was a 80-
mile wind blowing when she circled
the dity, swung over Manhattan
rand started thelong climb. .
- “Byerything went fine,” she sald,
“the engine ‘worked perfectly. |
did not suffer any discomfort.”

She wore a flying suit lined with.
reindeer skin and the cockpit of
her plane was heated from the
‘motor exhaust. She used oxygen
apparatus and: ‘had: no difficulty In
breathing. The temperature at the
top of her climb was estimated at
50 degrees. below zero by Clarence
Chamberlain, who coached Miss
Nichols. .

The. plane’ ‘was equipped with a
650 horsepower, “‘super-charged nine-
cylinder air-cooled motor. It is the
same ship in which she set east-
to-west and west-to-east trans-
eontinental records.
 