New Britain Herald Newspaper, October 7, 1930, Page 1

News of the World By Associated Press NEW BRITAIN HERALD Average Daily Circulation For' Week Endmg Oct. 4th 15,270 ESTABLISHED 1870 70,000 OF LEGION WEMBERS PARADE THROUGH BOSTON Huge Line Covers Five Mile Route, Past Pershing and National Commander 400 BANDS TAKE PART TN FORMATION OF GROUPS ;’ewn.ns Pass Historic Scenes in Boston, Pass “Cradle of Iiberty,” Ted by McNutt and Maj. Gen. Ed- wards=—Huge Throngs on Streets See Spectacle—Hours Taken for ' 1 ' Boston, Oct. 7 (A—Seventy thou- $and marching men, who trod the muddy roads of war a dozen years Men to Pas Given Point in City. NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1930. —TWENTY-TWO PAGES (\\\'3 L $100,000 Hawley Memorial Library for Children to Be Erected Here pgo, marched in gay parade today through streets where once the can- non of another war roared. Perhaps to the ‘‘boys” of the American Legion, as they swung along today, their heads high, their faces gleaming with the memories of '18, there was little thought for the boys of '76. But, about them as ihey stepped briskly through the streets of historic old Boston, there was much to remind them of the men who fired the first shots for the Jiberty for which they fought nearly B century and a half later. Pass Historic Scenes Past old Boston common, which echoed to the impassioned crles of revolutionary orators, over Beacon Hill and down the hill beside the weather stained walls of Kings chapel, where the soldiers of Great Britain worshipped; they marched today, surrounded by the ghosts of the past. They swung beneath a victory aech that turned their faces toward Faneuil Hall, “Cradle of Liberty;” and trod the spot where British rifles cracked in the “Boston massacre.” The rampant unicorns of the old state house from whose balcony the declaration of independence was read to the populace, gazed down upon them as they passed, as they have gazed upon the marching of pvery war in the country’s history. In unbroken array, eight abreast, the men of the Legion marched in what their officers said was the greatest parade of World war vet- srans—a greater array than gather- ed in one marching unit even during war-time days. From 10 o'clock, when the first units got under way, there was no letup through the day nnd darkness was expected to fall as the last rank reached the end. Parade Ends Before Start “They were there from Alaska to Panama, from Maine to the Philip- vines, a scattering few from those distant points, a regiment or more from nearby states. At 9 o’clock this 1norning they began to form and the first to start had reached the end of the five-mile route before many of the delegations had gathered at their starting points. At their head, as grand marshal, was Paul V. McNutt of Indiana, ypast national commander; Major General Clarence R. Edwards of Massachusetts, war-time commander of the 26th “Yankee” division from New England, honorary grand mar- shal, and William H. Griffin of Mass- rchusetts, past department com- (Continued on Page Two) NEW BRITAIN LEGION MEN ENJOY BOSTON| Drum Corps Stages Parade —Many Impromptu Reunions Held (8pecial to the Herald) Boston, Oct. 7.—Eddy-Glover post | ‘ Drum & Bugle corps made its first | appearance on parade in Boston yes- terday at the national convention of the American Legion. The New Brit- nin organization, in line with the wusual custom, followed by all other | drum corps and bands, started from | (e Dover street railroad yards where it has its quarters in special Pullman #lceping cars, and marched through the principal streets of the Hub while the thousands of Boston citi- yens and visitors viewed it and gen- erously applauded. Wild scenes were presented on all kides in this staid, old Massachusetts vapital city as it turned over its great facilities and its heart to the ors from every section of the rountry. Bombs were bursting all about on the streets during the norning, afternoon and night while mpromptu parades sprung up on al- most_every street corner. Buddies who had not seen each other since ihe stirring days of 1918, greeted rach other with an exuberance that explained better than words the Ktrong bond of friendship sealed by ervice during the World War. Connecticut ~ department head- nuarters in the Statler hotel was one | of the busiest sub-convention head- | quarters in Boston all yesterday. Be- | kides the 2,000 who had come bcrc to { attend the four days of the conven- | tion, all day long parties from the railroad stations and other groups who arrived by automobile, kept ar- riving and signing up on the swelling lists of Connecticut Legionnaires Yicre for the festivities. More than 2,000 had registered up to last night and it became apparent that the first estimates of 3,000 Con- (Continued on Page Two) Contracts will be signed and the work started on the $100,000 Haw- ley Memorial Children’s Library on High street by January 1, it is ex- pected, according to the terms of the will of the late B. A. Hawley, who left this sum for the erection and furnishing of the new institu- tion. Plans for the building have been drawn by Architect William F.| Brodks and it is hoped to be able to | ask for bids on the job soon. | The main building will consist of one story and basement. On the main floor will be a large children’s room, measuring 40 by 80 feet in di- mension, which will be the main reading room. This will be lined with book cases and will he furnish- ed with tables and chairs for the use of the young patrons. This room will have a ceiling 25 feet high with windows in proportion, to permit a maximum of fresh air and sunshine. The ceiling will be of the beam |type and a cozy fire place will pro- | vide both comfort and beauty in the north end of the reading room. Two windows on the front will be bay windows, and one on the south will be of the same type. All three will be equipped with window seats where the young folks can sit and read in pleasure and comfort, The rear of the structure will be L shaped and will he constructed in two stories, corresponding to the ! ceiling height of the main portion of the building. The main floor in this section will be the work space where offices of the librarian and other necessary departments will be placed. A stairway in the rear to the upper floor where a club room will be provided, furnishing adequate space for social and edu- (Continued on Page Two) will lead RESERVES CALLED IN BRAZIL REVOLT Food Requisitioned, Desperate| Attempt to Halt War REBELS T0 MARCH T0 CITIES Revolutionary Groups Hope to Get‘ Into Decisive Battles Soon—Many Bridges Blown Up to Hinder Gov- ernment. Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, Oct. 7 (®| The government, faced with a growing revolutionary movement in both the south and the north, an- nounced today it would call out to- day the first and second classes of army reserves. All foodstuffs have been requi- sitioned by the federal government | in the capital city. Authorities al-| leged that retail merchants were charging excessive prices for their wares owing to communications with the state of Minas Geraes be- ing interrupted. Officials Seek Control Although official news wes scant it was known today that the gov- ment is working feverishly to ob- tain the upper hand in the situation. | Federal forces are marching slow- ly toward Minas Geraes, but their progress is delayed because of the many bridges and track which has been destroyed along the Central Railway. The war ministry announced (hatl General Lavane Wanderley, com-| mander, of the Seventh Military Re-| gion, died of wounds received while fighting the revolutionists in the state of Pernambuco. Troops on Move Montevideo, Uruguay, Oct. 7 (P— Revolutionary armies moved today toward the two largest cities of Bra- | zil, gathering force as they traveled for what their leaders believed were impending decisive battles. It is the plan of the rebel leaders to divide the armies of the state of Rio Grande Do Sul, which is com- mitted heart and soul to the revo- lution, and move one section against Sao Paulo, the coffee exporting cen- ter, and the other against Rio De Janeiro, capital of the republic. ‘While one force attacks Sao Paulo if an attack is necessary for capitu- lation of that port, the other section will move toward Rio De Janeiro, awaiting forces from the states of | Minas Geraes, Ceara, Pernambuco, Piahuy and Rio Grande Do Norte | (Continued on Page Two) Female Cow Puncher “Right Mad” “HUSBAND' SOUGHT When Fire Again Menaces Ranch East Lyme, Oct. T (UP) — Tillie Baldwin, cowpuncher, broncho-bust- er and two-gun woman from west, sat on the porch of Stone’s star ranch here today and considered one of the most hectic periods of her colorful career. For a week Tillie has been har- | assed by recurrent forest fires and | hers has been the task of rounding up the stage star’s herd of spirited horses with her “flivver,” to prevent the | Fred | | | | | i | them from becoming panic-stricken | and plunging into the flames. In private life Tillie is Mrs, Wil- liam C. Slade and she is foreman | of Stone's ranch. A buxom, mannish | woman, she was a noted rodeo star | and achieved fame for her riding, | | shooting and “bulldogging” feats. The climax of the week's series of | wood fires almost finished Tillie (Continued on Page Two) JURY DECIDES FATE OF NEELY IN TRIAL Acquits Man Who Killed Victim in 1883—Self Defense Claimed Guntersville, Ala., Oct. 7—A Mar-- shall county jury today returned a verdict of not guilty in the case of James F. Neely, 70, charged with the murder of Hiram Cooley, 47 years ago. Gunthersville, Ala., Oct. 7 (P — Twelve Marshall county citizens con- sidering a killing which occurred be- fore most of them were born, today deliberated upon the fate of James F. Neely, the fatal beating in 1883 of Hiram Cooley in a fist fight. Testimony and arguments in the trial were completed in half a day, with the jury taking the case early last night and retiring before starting i deliberations. Two of the state’s witnesses, one a brother of Hiram Cooley, were present at the fight in 1883. Neely was the only witness. Speaking in a voice that was so low the jury had to bend forward to heary Neely, told a simple and dra- matic story of his fight with Cooley, pleading that he fought only in self defense after Cooley himself had made the rendezvous to “settle trouble between them.” Neely said the fight started when Cooley attempted to hit him with a hoe handle and that they fought with hands and fists for several minutes before Cooley attacked him | with a knife, stabbing him in the right hand and right hip. “Cooley fell,” Neely explained, ‘and when T left the scene I did not know he was hurt.” The aged man exhibited scars (Continued on Page Two) Warwick, R. L, Police Hold Three Men for Theft of Silver Cargo| | Danielson, Oct. 7 (A—Three men, | gagged and bound to his truck b,v; arrested in Warwick, R. I, early to- day as suspects in the theft of $7,- 000 worth of refined silver from a truck at South Killingly, Conn., yes- | {erday, were brought to the sm((‘] police barracks here this morning. The men, Mario Ferraiolo, 25, An- | thony L. Peters, 28, and Joseph Cardoza, 28, all of Providence, waiv- ed extradition and were to be ar- | raigned in court here later today on | charges of robbery with violence. State police said about $4,000 of the | $7.000 loot had been recovered. | Three or four more men are be- | ing sought for complicity in the at-| tack on Cornelius A. Wines of Wa- terbury, the truck driver, who was the robbers, state police said. They declined, however, to say where the | search was being pressed. The silver recovered in a small | cottage at Shawomet Beach at War- | wick today consisted of 17 bars and two boxes, or a little more than half | of the total loot. It was being shipped by Handy & Harmon Co., Bridgeport refiners, to Rhode Island and Massachusetts sil- | versmiths and Wines told police he was certain flve men were in the holdup party which leaped upon hi truck as he was proceeding slowly up a hill, and thought there may (Continued on Page Two) 70, accused of murder for | the | LIGHTS BETRAY MEN INHIT AND RUN CASE Gessert and Campbell Fi- nally Admit Striking Woman Waterbury, Oct. 7 (®—Because the lighting system at a Waterbury medicine show failed for 15 minutes Saturday night, Bert H. Gessert, 20, today was being held under $10,000 bonds as the hit-run driver who fa- tally injured Miss Anna Kenny, 60, and sped away. Kenneth Campbell, 18, Gessert's companion, was arrest- ed as a material witness, but was I released without bond . The youths, questioned Sunday and Monday in connection with the |accident, had given what seemed to |be complete accounts of their ac-| | tivities Saturday night .Gessert had reported his automobile, identified by witnesses as the one which struck the elderly woman, was stolen while he and his companion | attended the medicine show. The car later was found abandoned in | Milldale. The men reported they had parked the machine shortly before | 6 p. m. Saturday and had Spent the (Continued on Page Two) CITY GARAGE HEATER - TOCOSTENYS, 600, Mayor Quigley Approves | . Expense Suggested by Commission Head Dissatisfied with the heating sys- tem at the municipal garage on Commercial street, the garage com- mission voted last night to request the common council to grant per- nission for the erection of a brick | | building near the garage and the | installation in it of an oil burner, the estimated cost of the work to be not more than $1,600. Since its erection, the garage building has been heated by a boiler | in the central fire station and be- tween 40 and 50 tops of coal have | been used annually,’the pipes run- ning under ground. The system | has proved unsatisfactory, it being impossible to get wp steam in the morning on account of the length of the pipe line and also because the line is laid at only a short depth under the surface of the ground, a cording to the garage commissioners. | Chairman M. H. Horwitz of the | commission conferred with Mayor | | Quigley today and the latter approv- | ed the recommendation. Council | members with whom the chairman | (Continued on Page Two) | 5 { | morial INSTRANGE DEATH {Woman Mests Mate Through Ad, Then Disappears 13300 DOWRY ALSO GONE Mr+. Hackett Raises Money to Finance California Trip—Perry Later Appears at Real Wife's Home With Feminine Outfit. Oct. T (P)—Mrs. Cora who met a man Chicago, Belle Hackett, through & want ad and borrowed $500 to marry him last June 16, has vanished. In the Lac Du Flambeau region of Wisconsin where she went on her honeymoon, a woman's body has been found. It is yet unidentified; but it may be that of Mrs. Hackett, The man she married, George, W. E. Perry, is missing, too. But he made one appearance during the time he was presumed to be on his honeymoon. That appearance was in Cleveland, O., at the home of his first wife—his only legal wife, au- thorities say. He was driving a tan colored sedan; and he was alone; and Mrs. Hackett owned a tan col- ored scdan. Ready to Settle Down The want ad that Mrs. Hackett, 42 years old, answered was for a woman companion on a trip to Cali- fornia. She went (Continued on Pagr Two) HARDING MEMORIAL DEDIGATION DROPPED “Grudging” Honor Worse Than None, Daugherty Tells Group Marion, 0., Oct. T (UP)—Efforts to arrange a dedication program for the $800,000 memorial erected two years ago in commemoration of former President and Mrs. Warren | G. Harding, have been suspended. Two reasons for the Harding Me- association’s latest action were given. The first was that the Irepublican state central committee, in recently naming a committee to | participaté in the dedication, brought the memorial within the polities. The second was advanced in a mo- tion made by Harry M. Daugherty, former attorney general in President Harding’s cabinet, who is a member of the association. “A belated dedication,” he said, “is not necessarily a reflection upon the dead but a dedication grudgingly extended is a compliment neither to scope of {the dead nor those who participate | in the ceremonies. “But the monument stands there and will stand there these many (Continued on Page Two) THE WEATHER New Britain and vicinity: Partly cloudy tonight; not quite so cool; Wednesday in- creasing cloudiness. to the address | FRENCH PAY HONOR T0R-101 VIGTIMS; DEAD SENT HOME 30,000 Watch Caissons'Bear Bodies to Railroad Station— Warships Carry Corpses PLANES HOVER OVERHEAD AS FUNERAL TRIP BEGINS | Caskets Covered With British and French Colors—High Officials Present at Exercises—Govern- ment Sets Death Toll at 46, Be- | lieving Count at First Wrong— Stowaway Story Erroneous. Boulogne-Sur-Mur, France, Oct 7 (P—France gave back to England last evening the victims of the dis- aster which on Sunday overtook the British airship R-101. infantry bands playing Mozart's march for the dead and nearly 100,- 000 persons standing with bared the destroyers Tempest and Tribune and embarked for home. Beauvai France, Oct (P— Thirty thousand persons, from Beau- vais and the nearby lined the streets of this little city today as a procession of caissons bearing the 46 bodies of victims of | the R-101 disaster were taken from Beauvais city hall to the railroad station. The bodies were placed on a spe- cial train bound for Boulogne-Sur= mer where they will be put on board the destroyers Tempest and Tribune for the trip across the channel to England where they will find an eternal resting place in a single grave. Planes Hover Overhead Thirty French airplanes and a squadron of British planes jiovered low over the procession as it wend- ed {ts way to the railway station. sometimes swooping so low as to scatter the frightened crowds. Troops lined both sides of the streets through which the cortege passed. Each casket was covered with a British and French flag and bou- quets of flowers, most of them wild flowers picked by the peasants of the Beauvais area. After consultation with the Brit- ish government it was decided to abandon the plan of a memorial {service in the Thi.toric Cathedral Saint Pierre, since it was not known to what denomination the victims belonged. As the coffins were taken from the city hall and placed on the cals- {sons, Premier Tardieu of France and Wedgewood Benn, secretary of state for India in the British cabi- net, stood with uncovered heads. Storm Hits City Earlier in the morning a storm as severe as must have been that in which the R-101 met its end Sun- day morning broke over the town, hail stones as large as eggs beat at the mourning-bedecked city, and forced thousands who had gathered to participate in the memorial cere- mony to seek shelter indoors. The artillery caissons, which rum- bled along to the strains of “God Save the King,” ranged from those of the famous French “seventy-fives” to the big siege guns seen during the reign of King Louis XIV. By the time the cortege reached the rail- way station, where there was an im- (Continued on Page Two) |WHITMAN CASE ACTION PROMISED BY ED BY DEHOCRATS | | South Manchester Couple, All(‘g(’d to be Aliens, Allowed to Vote Yesterday Over Protest. South Manchester, Oct. 7 (#— With a democratic victory in Bolton for the first time in years, action was promised in the case of Mr. and Mrs. John Whitman, who were allowed to | vote yesterday although this right was challenged by Justice of the Peace Lewis B. Eaton, democratic town chairman, on the ground that | neither was a citizen. Previously the republican board of selectmen had refused to act on the Whitman case. The new board has two democrats, of whom Judge Eaton is one, and one republican. Judge Faton sald today that steps would be taken to either compel the | Whitmans to qualify or remove their names from the voting lists. | ‘With ¥rench | heads, the bodies were taken aboard | countryside, | ria rl ‘w. o \\29 fl\,\v“ . atlD o Y N AND MAY GO S QUIGLEY AIDE {Will Yote for Bengtson for Re-. Election to Assembly AGAINST MAYOR'S COUSIN| | Residents of Suburb Said Police Commissioner Surprised to | Learn He Has Been Chosen as | Last Minute | Candidate for House. | Ward Worker for Police Commissioner Edward M. Pratt today expressed surprise and indignation at the announcement by William J. Quigley that he had been | appointed one of Quigley's campaign | | managers In the first ward at the {repuhlican primaries Thursday. | Quigley announced that about 40 | supporters in his fight for the repub- lican nomination as representative | met last night in the Leonard build- |ing on Main street and made plans | for the campaign against Represen- | tative Thure Bengtson. Headquar- ters will be established in each of the six wards and every effort will be put forth to get out the vote, he said. | Pratt Favors Bengtson | Commissioner Pratt, who is sup- porting Representative Bengtson and ‘ | Representative Lange in the contest, ‘ telephoned to Bengtson today and | assured him that he had not been asked to work for Quigley and did | rot intend to do so. Later in the day he fssued the following state- ment to the press: “I was surprised to read in this morning's Hartford Courant that I had been selected by William J. Quigley, who is a candidate for rep- resentative, as one of his campaign managers in the first ward on pri- mary day as I did not attend the meeting held in his interests last evening and have not heen asked to worle for him, “While I am not going to take an active part in the campaign, 1 sign- cd the petitions of Mr. Lange and Mr. Bengtson and shall vote for them as I feel that their record in the last legislature entitles them to reelection. “EDWARD M. PRAT’ Quigley Ward Workers Quigley'’s announcement of his plans included the selection of Thomas Fay and Commissioner Pratt to have charge of workers in the first ward; R. C. Rudolph and Alderman Walter R. Falk in the sec- ond ward; Arthur E. Berg and David Eliason in the third ward; Harry Searles, Selectman Harry A. Witkin and Secretary George Hamlin in the | fourth ward; P. W. Twardos and Fred Murphy in the fifth ward; Po- lice Commissioner L T. Hills and Attorn Gordon in the sixth ward. Bengtson's candidacy is being sup- ported in every ward in a manner which is satisfactory, the eandidate said today. He will have a fleet of automobiles and a corps of workers to bring out the vote and he antici- pates victory despite the fact that he had made no preparations for a contest until Quigley announced last Thursday night that he ‘would be in the running. Quigley has the back- | ing of his cousin, Mayor Quigley, | who is also supporting Representa- | tive Lange, the drive being to pre- \'ont the renomination of Bengtson. Stamford N egress Loses $2,000 in Slick Game | Stamford, Oct. 7 (P —Miss Nettie | Hart, Negro, of 9 Dryden street, Stamford, is out $2,000 today be- cause of her trust in two smooth working young men of her own race, | who made her the victim in the old | pocketbook game. She saw one pick up an apparently well filled pocket- | | hook and was joined by the second. | They demanded a share of the pocketbook and it was agreed to ! leave the wallet and its contents | with her, on the chance the owner | | might be discovered. To prove her | | reliability, she agreed to put some | of her own money in the wallet. She | drew $2,000 from a local bank and | gave it to one of the pair. She was | | | —President Hoover’'s special | given the apparently well filled wal- | let and took it home. Opening it sev- | {eral hours later, she found it filled | 1‘“-m| newspaper clippings. Bedford, England, Oct. 7 (A — With the caption, “indictment,” an editorial appearing in a local news- | paper, the Bedford Record, today as- serted that the disaster to the R-101, which cost the lives residents of {and ought not to have happened. The paper declared that she was sent on her long hazardous flight before having been properly tested, with one engine out of order, just after she had shown a tendency to dip at the nose and with weather | | “Our brave men were sacrificd to improvidence if not even to fmprov- isation,” concludes the article. “Who did it?” The Record, which is the mid- of so many | this region ,need not | conditions unfavorable to the flight. | |him in Boston, English Paper Blames Air Officers For Rushing R- 101 Flight to India weekly of the Bedfordshire Times, |says that first accounts of the dis- |aster “‘confirm in cruel fashion the | worst forbodings of many who watched with anxious interest the all |too rapid execution of her mltera- tions and all too casual preparations afterward for her flight. Let there | be no mistake about this. The one point which struck the casual and | ignorant observer when the R-101 | returned from her inadequate test was the dip at the nose.” The newspaper comments on the | airship’s behavior as she got away, her low flying and apparent sluggish- Iness. “Why did they let her go? | They knew she was dipping at the nose, and they knew as the man in the street did not, that that spelled | danger.” PRICE THREE CENTS MAPLE HILL NEXATION MOVE REVIVED T0 ASSEMBLY PRATT DENIES HE | Mayor Quigley Reveals Intent to Appoint Committee of Citizens to Study Absorbing Part of Newington Territory. to Be in Favor of New Britain Taking Over Part of Adjoining Town —City Called Congested by Chief Executive. Mayor Quigley announced today that he contemplates appointment of a citizens’ committee of bankers, manufacturers and other business and civic leaders to inquire into an- nexing the Maple Hill and Elm Hill districts of the town of Newington, to establish a Great New Britain, and in view of the sentiment which he has learned on the part of resi- dents of the two sections, he intends to have action taken towards carry- ing the project to a successful con- clusion. William Winters and Harry H. Howard were in conference with the mayor at different times yesterday and today both are heartily in favor of annexation. They said the senti- ment in Maple Hill and Elm Hill is favorable as a whole and the resi- dents would welcome a conference between their committee and one representing New Britain so that progress might be made in time to bring the project before the general assembly at the coming session through the charter revision com- mittee . Believes City is Congested Mayor Quigley considers New Brit- ain one of the most congested cities in Connecticut and feels that it would be of great advantage from the standpoint of future development to make available the Maple Hill and Elm Hill sections. 'Fhere are 8,810 acres within the boundaries of New Britain, of which approximately 1,- 000 acres are occupied for park pur- poses, 1,500 acres of streets, approxi- mately 500 acres of cemeteries, school grounds, playgrounds and the like, approximately 1,000 acres of rocky and swampy land which is un- fit to build upon, leaving about 4,000 acres for other occupancy. New Britain is built up close to its boundaries, the mayor pointed out, and it is reasonable to expect that there will be need for further de- velopment. In the entire town of Newington there are 8,794 acres, but only a percentage is included in the sections which he favors annexing. Residents of Maple Hill and Elm Hill have their interests in New Britain, the great majority of them being em- ployed here and to all intents and purposes they are New Britainites except that they make their homes beyond the city limits, the mayor said. Must Consider Financial Aspect To carry out the annexation plan, (Continued on Page Two) HOOVER GIVES TALK AT SCENE OF BATTLE Kings Mountain Throng Greets President at Celebration Kings Mountain, N. C., Oct. T (® train arrived here at 1 o'clock this after- noon, ending the longest part of the presidents trip to Kings Mountain battle ground in South Carolina, where his address this afternoon will climax the sesquicentennial cel- ebration of the Revolutionary War engagement. En Route to South Hoover Special Train En Route to King's Mountain, S. C., Oct. 7 (P— Happy over the reception accorded President Hoover was journeying southward today to d up his extensive speaking tour with a long contemplated address at the Sesquicentennial celebration of the Revolutionary war battle of bt | King's Mountain, There, in a natural amphitheater, the president and Mrs. Hoover were to join thousands of Carolinians late in the day in commemorating with pageantry and oratory the battle of October 7, 1780between the Ameri- can militia under Col. James Wil- liams and a force of British and Loyalists under Lieut. Col. Patrick Ferguson. The American victory on that occasion was regarded by many historians as the turning point of the war. As in Boston, where he made two speeches in four hours and Was swished about the city through cheering crowds in a fashion that recalled campaign days, another busy round of activity was arranged for the president’'s last day away (Continued on Page 19)