AMERICAN ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 23 October 1928, Page 5

AMERICAN ITEMS.

NAVY DAY. (United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright). WASH IN TON, Oct. 20. Air Wilbur in a statement inviting widespread observance of Navy Day on iith. October says: “This country stands for the limitation of naval armaments complete in all types of ships with the total quotas small enough to ensure moderate expenditure all on the basis of America having a parity with any other country in order that she may he able to protect the greatest seaborne commerce ip the world and ensure a livelihood of the most populous of modern nations.”

A UNIQUE CEREMONY. WASHINGTON, Oct. 20

News from West Orange, New Jersey states: In a unique ceremony in which the nation participated by means of radio and in which Air Coolidgo shared in the form of a broadcast speech of. praise, Edison to-night received the Congressional Aledal of Honour presented by Air Mellon, in the I.ih.bOratory where the inventor perfected the greater number of his devices. The British Charge d’ Affaires, Ronald Campbell, returned to. Edison the first- gramophone he had made, which he had lent Kensington Alusen/m in 1888.

A personal message from Air Coolidge read : ‘ ‘Noble, kindly servant of the United States and benefactor of mankind : Alay you long be spared to continue your work and inspire those who will carry forward your torch.” Edison thanked. Campbell and added : “Aly original electrical lamp is still in the museum at South Kensington, but that will remain there as it was a present from me.

HICKMAN’S BRAIN

SAN FRANCISCO, October 20

The University of California medical experts performed a .careful post mortem examination of Hickman and found him normal physically. There was no organic evidence of insanity. The brain was unusually large.

AUTO RACE! FATALITY. NEW YORK, Oct. 23

At Cincinatti, Earl Calvin, of Indianopolis, one of twenty-two entrants in. the auto racing contest crashed through a fence and was, killed. Boh Carey, of Dayton, Ohio, won, covering one hundred miles in fifty-one minutes.*.

U.S. PRESIDENCY.

AIR HOOVER’S SPEECH

(Received this day at 11.25. a.m.) NEW YORK, October 22.

Delivering his first, and probably his last important speech in the East in the heart of the strongest Smith territory New York city, Air Hoover declared the Democrats had received a series of proposals which, if adopted, would be a long step towards the abandonment of our American system and "the surrender to destructive co-opera-tion of Governmental conduct of commercial business.” Air Hoover thereafter branded as “ State Socialism,” the prohibition, farm relief and water power proposals advocated by the Democratic candidate. A|r Hoover summarised as follows: “It is proposed wei should change from prohibition to State purchase and sale of liquor-; also if their agricultural relief programme means anything it means that the Government shall directly or indirectly buy and sell agricultural products and we are to go into the hydro-electrical power business.”