New Britain herald., 1929-08-26
UNkNOWNS PLACED
 IN HALL 0F FAME
Many Of Those Honored Have
 Only Local Significance

Olly Local SlenllCanCe
 Washington, Aug. 26-Our nation al hall of fame, officially known ;;s Statuary Hall, is getting overcroNd- ed and something will have to te done about it.
 This condition is not traceabls to any apparent over production of great men, most of the gents who have had their memories enshrincd in marble or bronze and unloaded in Statuary Hall with reverent cere- monies are men who doubtless still enjoy posthumous celebrity in tl.ir own home towns but whose names mean little or nothing to the rest of this forgetful country.
 The trouble is that each state is authorized to contribute two statues of distinguished sons and that makes an expected total of 9S, whereas there is comfortable room for no more than 60 pedestals. Already there are 57 statues standing in the hall, which is just south of the cap! tol's rotunda.
 The hall was originally the House of Representatives but it was ont grown. In 1884, Congress authortz- cd the president to invite eacn state to contribute marble or bronze 1Ig- gures of two of her most notable sons, of military, civic or historical fame. In the few years previously the old hall had become an eyA- sore and was filled with apple staljs and hucksters. The floors were covered often with rotten apple cores and tobacco juice.
 Population Increasing
 The place was redecorated and the first statue that of General Nathaniel Greene presented by Rhode Island, was accepted in 1874. In recent years the statues have been coming in more rapidly and while it will be many years before every state fills it's quota they are already beginning to look rathcr thick in their restricted quarters
 Congressman George Holden TinR- ham of Massachusetts has introuut- ed bill authorizing all concernef- the capitol architect, the pubic buildings and parks director ard various congressional committee chalrmen-to confer with architects, engineers and builders and plan for erection of a new and separate "Hpll of Fame" Tinkham thinks it would be good idea to give each state separate room.
 F. Wellington Ruckstall the sculptor, has made a preliminary sketch of his ideas. which have found some favor. These call for a building $40 feet long and $40 feet wide with a dome 24O feet in diameter. Charles F. Fairman, ait curator of the capitol endorses the Ruckstull plan with all it's elaborate trim mings.
 It may be interesting to see lust what the government has on hand in the way of heroes and statesmen to put in this new hall of fame, if U is built. First off, it might be mon- toned that the present collection includes 56 men and one woman, the female statue being that Of Frances F. Willard the refornler presented proudly by Illinois.
 Many Warriors in Hall
 There's a good crop of generals and early Indian fighters. The genl- erals include three Presidents, Washington, Jackson and Garfield turned in by Virginia Tennessee and Ohio. Others, of Revolutionary or Civil War vintage, are Stark, Kirby Smith, Lew Wallace, Kearny, Shields Wheeler. Lee and Greene One also observes Sam Houston Carroll of Maryland, and Ethan Allen.
 Quite a few ex-senators are pres ent as often as not standing as if to crate on behalf of a railroad grab, with hands on their chests. At least two physicians-Dr. Craw- ford Long of Georgia, discoverer or ether as an anaesthetic and Eph- ram McDowell of Kentucky, sur geon. Florida. producer of fruits and vegetables, submitted statue of John Gorrie, inventor of the ice machine and mechanical refrigers- ton.
 If there's new hall of fame various states might use the added space to present brief biographies cf their heroes. Tourists from other states, tiptoeing about in StatuGry Hall and gazing reverently at these majestic figures, have little or no idea who's represented by statues bearing such names as Kirk wood, Austin Champion, Shoup, Vance. Stark, Pierpont, King, Co., lamer. Kenna, Rose, Allen (not Ethan). Clarke Hanson, Rice, Cur ry and Stockton. Generally these statues are inscribed only with the mans bare last name and the pre- senting state. At least a score of them might well wear large pla- cards demanding: "Who am F"
 WELLESLEY GIRL ATTACKED
 Boston. Aug. 26 (UP)-After she had been attacked and robbed, Mss Marjorie Howell, 24, of Wellesley,