Thursday, November 10, 1932 Heavy rain all night long. Nearly flood conditions in some places. Our back garden was flooded up to the terrace. Cleared this afternoon. Our whole store forces worked all day and all evening on our inventory. We must finish it up as fast as possible. Franklin Clark went to the Springfield store to take charge of inventory there. President Hoover now at his home in Palo Alto, California. Announced that he would hurry back to Washington to be at his desk to arrange for the December session of Congress.