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WINS FLEET RING TITLE
Denotes stops Breakton in Heavy
Battle-Tunney Referees.

MONTAUK, N. Y, August IS tH1.--
8asve Denotes OF Toledo, Ohio. Won
the heavyweight championship Of the
Scouting Fleet of the United States
Navy by stopping Paul Breakton OF
Bangor, Me, IN the third round.
Referee Gene TIilney stopped the
bout after BAeakton had been fioored
for o count OF nine and was in no
condition to defend himself
Denotes, scaling 1877 pounds, repre-
sented the cruiser Vestal. Breakton
from the cruiser Chester, weighed lit
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The Toughest Spot
w whatever happens later IN q
M legal way, Senior Campolo
v v of South America Is in one
of the toughest spots the
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Jimmy Johnston has him matched
with Ernie Schaaf late in August aud
Madison Square Garden has him
matched with Charlie Retzlaff early in
September. So here it happens that the
Andean peak from the far south, after
spending a year with almost no action,
suddenly finds himself all snarled up
with two of the best young heavy
weights the game has known in years.
And neither is on the gentle side.
One of the two contests will be Wiped
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The Right Ban.

The Right BAH. Il
TOLFERS may still be in a battle
" over the old and new ball, but they
seem to have worked out an ideal
solution in the big leagues, as far aS
base ball is concerned. ~
This new pellet seems to suit both
the pitchers and the long-distance hit-s
tiers. On Sunday, for one days exams
pie, Coffman OF the Browns and Bush
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Easndan drew with world Champion
Alekhtne IN so moves, and won from
Fiohr IN 70 mnves Dake played against
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The Cardinal Test.

THE flight of migration Of the Mis-
i souri, Redwings through the East
will tell the final story Of the Ma
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THE LISTENING POST
BY WALTER TRUMBULL-

splendidly. The teams plan an adapta-
ton of lacrosse known as the Australian
box game. The play is all inside six
Foaf Fn,na which
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THE SPORTLICHT'
BY CRANTLAND RICE

to-hand battle with the Cubs for sees
ond place, and the Dodgers have the
same scrap with the Braves in regard
to standing room in the first divisions
And there isn't anything lopsided about
either fight.
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YOT in many years has brown
NJ patch been so bad on the
putting green's of the local
golf courses. In both the
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BANKING SITUATION
IN MIDWEST SOUND
Deposits Fairly Comparable to
Those of Same Period Of
Last Year.
speclal pispatch 70 The star.

Special Dispatch 70 Inc star.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, January s.
Starting on the new year, the interior
Is worrying less about its troubles and
searching out its blessings, with a view
to meeting the events of the next few
months. The roundup of the holiday
trade shows a normal activity in units
but a less dollar value, partly due, OF
course, to the lower price level Of COM
modities
Statements of State banks in Kansas
this week showed a maintenance OF
deposits fairly comparable with a year
ago, though well below the normal peak.
However, demands for loans of high
quality are moderate and collections less
delayed than in early Autumn.
Primarily the task of the. present Is
readjustment of the business interests
to the reduced income of the farm
country. This is already under way and
banks are helping by pairing down ex-
pansive undertakings to reasonable
limits.
While there is no disposition to stag
nate, the interior is trying to base its
activities on sound finance rather than
on visions of easy credit.
Thus far the Southwest has had
most favorable Winter, with mild days
and consequent assistance to producers
and an encouragement as to the wheat
crop, which is coming along generally
in good condition. Considerably less
confidence in higher wheat prices is
expressed by the growers. and it is likely
that the grain in storage viii be grad
ually marketed, the producers taking
their losses and starting anew. This
will release considerable credit now tied
up in granaries and elevators and re-
lieve the strain on local banks.
(Copyright, 1912
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.UPTURN IN STOCK
MARKET RESUMED
Rail Shares Prominent in
.AdvanCe-Short Covering
Believed Extensive.
BY CLAUDE A. JAEGER,
Associated Press Financial Editor.

sEW YORK, January 3-The stock
market finished the week still under
the influence " New Year cheer today
Share prices we're helped by the
prompt submission of the four-party
Eastern railway consolidation plan to
the Interstate Commerce Commission
by the improved tone in commodities
and by the pickup in activity reported
at automobile and steel plants.
Pivotal shares gained only moderately,
few gains exceeding q point or two, but
some of the volatile issues rushed up
sharply, and trading was fairly active,
the turnover for the short session ag-
gregating $500, 900. shares Last-min-
ute selling such as frequently appears
at the end of the week was lacking
and final prices were around the days
best.
Gains in Rail Group.
In the rails, Erie gained more than
B, and Baltimore & Ohio 2. Both will
be aided materially by unification of
their systems, as proposed. Pittsburgh
and West Virginia, which is to be
controlled by the four systems jointly,
shot up Is points.
The market in that issue, however,
IS thin. Lackawanna, which is al
located to the New York Central, gained
2 points. Several Western and South
ern rails were also strong. st. Louis
Southwestern shot up nearly points,
and Illinois Central, Great Northern
and Atlantic Coast Line gained 2 or
more.
Such issues as United States Steel,
Republic Steel common, Union Car
bide, Texas Corporation, Standards of
New York g. New Jersey, International
Telephone, National Biscuit, Montgom-
cry Ward, Paramount and Warner
Bros. gained point or more. Issues
UP 2 and 3 included Sears Roebuck
American Telephone, Republic Steel
preferred, Johns Manville, and Stone &
Webster. Western Union gained S.
The vigor Of the advance is ascribed
IN part to its technical nature. There
has probably been some long stand
ing short positions in which profit
taking was deferred until the turn of
the year, for tax reasons.
The week end trade and business
reviews were generally of a cheerful
tenor, of a character to help stocks.
With freight car loadingS, building con-
tracts, electric power production, steel
production and bank clearings showing
somewhat less than the expected sea-
sonal slump, resistance to depression
seemed to be developing, although the
fact that the year end was approached
HUH al dDIlOfLldlly low lSF6l may nave
been g. factor N limiting the usual
decline.
Steel Mill Operations.
Expectations that the turn of the
year would bring improvement in steel
mill operations seem to be bearing
fruit After reaching its lowest levels
during the Christmas week, ingot pro-
diction in the youngstown area are
expected to increase next week for
the second successive week. Schedules
indicate aggregate production in that
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area viii move up from 81 70 SO per
cent Of capacity.
The better tone In the commodity
markets was also encouraging. The
cotton market, in particular, maintained
the firmer tone recently apparent, in
the dry goods markets, 1t is reported
that fairly satisfactory holiday sales
have resulted in bringing orders for
replenishment and that in distributing
channels low inventories and restricted
production are imparting a firm under
tone to fabric prices.
Motor Industry.
The motor industry is stepping up
operations next week, with resumption
Of activity at the Ford plants, and the
recalling of more workers by some of
the General Motors divisions. A survey
of the labor situation by Standard Sta
tiStics says the bottom of the decline
Is currently being reached, and that
both seasonal and cyclical trends will
make themselves felt shortly, restoring
q more nearly normal condition by the
end Of the first half Of the new year.
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WEEKLY SUMMARY OF THE
WEEK ENDING JANUARY J, 1881.


Averageprice OF SO 1913 1880 24966 14275
Same period . ago............... 209.sS 20295
Il
Total sales. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 11731,215 3575950
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CONTINUED on Fourth Pase.l
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EXTRA DIVIDEND DECLARED

NEW YORK, January 3 GR.-Di-
rectors Of the Hershey Chocolate Co.
have declared an extra dividend of 81
on the convertible preferred stock, in
addition to the regular quarterly pay
ments of $l25 on the common and the
same on the convertible preferred.
Gobeborg, Sweden, is to have o new
81 DOC, 900 city theater.
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CAN YOU FILL THE BILL?

1. Height: feet 2 inches. The
selected characters may be shade
over or under this, but must have
the appearance of noble height and
must have an erect carriage.
2. Personal appearance: Broad
shoulders, firm chin, large nose,
strong mouth, blue eyes (prefer-
ably and broad forehead. The
most important factor in their
physical resemblance, aside from
general build, will be the likeness
of their three-quarterS or direct
profile taken from the right side.
Features do not have to conform
to the features of Washington, but
must be adaptable to makeup.
3. Character: Must possess some
measure OF the mental and moral
characteristics of Washington Must
be a man who can express his emo
tons through action rather than
words, possessing both dignity and
self -control-more important than
physical characteristics.
4. Race: Characters e. e C e d
: should be Of native stock, prefer
ably Anglo-Saxon.
There we have the yardStick by
which the applicants will be meas
ured!
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7avo Men Wanted to Play the Character Of
':Father of Orr Country" in Next Years
Celebration of 7guo-Hundredh Birthday
AnniOersary o First american Presi-
dent-One the Youthful Soldier, the Other
the Mature Statesman.

Thomas Jefferson, Lafayette and o host of
other notables whose lives are O part of this
drama, reveals the Importance that they attach
TO the proper selections.
First Of all, each local commission or COM
mittee in the country has been asked to keep
its eyes open for good prospects and to CO.
operate by offering any suggestions it might
see At: more important, each local group has
been requested to investigate. as the search
progresses, any promising material in its local
learns of through its second medium-Nation-
wide publicity. In July stories were sent out
over the national wires telling OF the need for
characters, and as a result letters are flowing
in from all corners of the 4S States many Of
When such letters and photographs indicate
mission contacts the local committee In the
sonally to see If he will fill the part satisfac-
torily.
That Is the general plan. But the final Sc
and photograph senders alone The entire
choice will be made only after all fields and all
is to be conferred upon those who are chosen,
and 1t Is not to be conferred lightly.
careful study Is being made of those In
high official circles, particularly for the char
acter of Washington himself, for admittedly
it would add glamour to the role II the per-
sona1ity of the actor should be one widely
known and whose character and ability should
indicate that he Is Of "statesmanlike caliber."
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material to carry the leading role of the coming
open-air drama, which, he explained Is being
arranged entirely by the Capitals local commits
sion and not through his office, but in which.
Of course he has q keen interest.
Dignity and conservatism must be the key
note of the bearing of this character. No man
should be selected who would have theatrical
or spectacular reactions. for these things were
wholly foreign to the nature Of George Wash
ington," he continued, yet there should be
nothing of the pompous, Napoleonic dignity In
the men who undertake the role. Washington
was very human and always young in spirit;
formal when formality was required, but never
stifhy formal. That the men who could play
this part must be cultured and should be Of
the Anglo-Saxon type goes without saying.
$50 far as physical resemblance Is concerned
it is my opinion that the younger man selected
for the early scene should resemble as closely
as possible the Washington Of Charles Wilson
Peale's portraits while the older Washington
should resemble the Houdon bust at Mount
Vernon, which has been selected by a COM
mittee of experts as the outstanding likeness
Of the First President and the Official portrait
for the Bicentennial celebration. The more
familiar Stuart Licensees of Gen. Washington
are not SO good q pattern to follow as the two
I have named"
THE method being used by the District of
Columbia commission in getting line on
possible prospects" for the role. as well as for
the delineation of the characters of Martha.
Mary (Washington's mother), Nellie Gusts,
Alexander Hamilton. Benjamin Franklin,
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the Amedican people.
Although the commits
sion may occasionally
use the term men,"
I'm discussing the sub
ject, it is to be clearly
understood that the
two who will have the
honor and responsible
1ty of this role must,
above all else. be gen.
tlemen. not merely in
appearance but also in
instincts and in train
ing.
mo enc less than
a gentleman in the
truest sense could play
the role, however great
an actor or however
close a counterpart of
the original a man
might be-" said Repre-
sentative Sol Bloom,
director of the Nation
al Bicentennial Com
mission, commenting
upon the proposed
search for the proper
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Already one gentleman has been singled out
from this quarter and is being considered Sc
riously as the actor for the later scenes OF the
Observation-Disclosures H. Payne, the Assistant
Secretary of War, q man Of splendid physique,
who stands feet In height, possesses a fine
character and Is said to bear an interesting re-
semblance to the countrys first hero and
statesman.
The ranks Of the country's social elite are
being combed, more particularly for the femi-
nine roles perhaps, but with an eye to possi-
bilities for any of the multitude Of characters
needed-about 200 in all. Local committees
are proving vastly helpful in this task, az well
as are the newspaper accounts which reap
rich harvest of suggestions following the pub
hcation of each story concerning the commits
sion's work.
in the selection OF characters from the
social ranks it may get some actor Of no mean
ability, for many wealthy members of promi-
nent social groups have been trained by the
best instructors obtainable and perform con-
tinually for charity
On the other hand. the advantages of hav-
ing professionally trained and experienced
performers in the cast are not moderated and
the professional theatrical ranks are being
studied closely for talent, with the cooperation
of the Actors Equity Association, and it Is ex-
acters will be selected from this source, for this
drama is to be finished product, not an anna
teur performance in any sense Of the word.
Already some of the countrys best talent has
volunteered its services. volunteered" is the
proper word TO use, for another interesting
feature of this pageant Is the fact that all who
engage in it will be doing purely from .
desire to serve and do honor to the memory OF
George Washington. No salaries are to be
paid the actors the auxiliary force. It has
been q source Of inspiration to the commission
to note the eagerness and promptness with
which experts have offered their services gratis.
not only as members of the cast, but also in
working out the details Of the drama. Re-
search workers have come forth with generous
offers of their time In the task OF authenticate
ing the details Of Suggesting, costuming and
SO forth. Set designers have volunteered, their
names representing the cream Of talent In this
profession. Theirs indeed win be q gigantic
labor of love and one which should be APP
preciated by the country.
The lighting plot will be done by the great
est experts in this line that the country can
boast-also volunteers
The most skiIlful makeup artists have
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Do not be surprised If you pick up your
newspaper almost any day and read that ad-
vertisement; for the District Of Columbia BIZ
centennial Commission. planning a gigantic
pageant Of George Washington's life for next
years celebration of Washington's 2O0th birth
day anniversary, is conducting o nationwide
search for two such gentlemen Yes, it will
take two to fill the bill. In fact. there are some
who hold the opinion that full justice cannot
be done the superman to be depicted with less
than four human beings to represent the sue
cessive periods Of his amazing life.
But the Bicentennial commissioners have de-
eided that two men, with the aid of the best
makeup experts the country affords, will suf-
fee One will depict the youthful Washington
and the soldier; the other will play the part OF
the statesman country gentleman and idol Of
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4AeS~@@~ ~R 49, SeAosS AA&oW W.
evinced their desire to
h clip. Representative
Bloom points out one
interesting little prob
lem which will face
these expertS-that Of
wigs. The wigs OF
most Of the male
characters. and many
of the ladies, viii pe
expected to look like
wigs, for that Is what
the originals were.
But George Washing
toms head covering
must look as much as
possible like his OWN
hair, for washington
never wore a wig. His
own hair may have
been pow d er e d al
times, and was worn
in the Gus t o m a rX
queue, but it was his
own.
The pageant-drama
Continued on
Fourth Page
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BY CORINNE REID FRAZIER.

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-20
GUARDS CONTROL JOLIET PRISON
 AFTER RIOTS

Joliet, III, March 20--(UP)- Members of a special legislative committee admittedly were puzzled as they assembled to-day to inves- tigate convict riots which have claimed three lives and resulted in more than $500.e00 damage at Stateville and Joliet penitentiaries within week. As the legislators in- spected ruins preparatory to the hearing, 500 of TOO guards mobilized during Wednesdays mutiny and fires remained on duty.
 They were stationed inside and outside the model Stateville prison and at old Joliet. A total of ATOP convicts are in the two peniten- tiaries. Other guards were about the women's prison, where riot was threatened. All except 6S0 at old Joliet remained locked in their cells 24 hours a day. All prisoners at Stateville except a few trustees were kept in seclusion, subsisting on bread. water and coffee, all the food available since they themselves de- stroyed the Kitchens, mess hall and food Wednesday.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-20
NEW INTERNAL REVENUE AGENT
 IN WATERBURY
He Is H. A. MacNeil of New- ark-This Appointment Rounds Out Staff of Chief James McGrath

A new internal revenue agent has been assigned to the Waterbury branch--H. A. MacNeil. who takes the place of Frank Edwards. This makes the staff round out to form with Senior Zone Deputy James McGrath. Agents MacNeil and Har- old V. Brennan, and Deputies Lau- renee l.. Vibbert and Howard Wright. McMcNeil comes to Wa terbury from Newark, N. J.. although for some time past he has worked in Boston, Mass. Frank Edwards is now located in the central office in New Haven, having been trans ferred to that office after having been located in Waterbury for six years.
 The annual audit will take place in Hartford, each branch to send one man to represent the staff. Last year. at the audit, MT Wright was sent and was in Hartford for a ten week period The office has just recovered from the terrific rush which ended Monday during which 1930 income tax returns were filed by the hundreds.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-20

After questioning him they said he
 had made a complete confession. Kahlen was found dead in the bath room of his apartment on Amster- dam avenue. He had apparently been surprised while shaving. and stabbed to death. Moramarco's story. partly confirmed by news paper clippings, revealed that In 1929 Kahlen had sued his wife for separation. naming the caretaker, Mrs Kahlen asserted that although her husband was worth $1.00O.000. he went to Germany each year leav- ing her unprovided for.
 Moramarco, who contended that his interest in Mrs Kaflen was .'purely sympathetic.'' said he had worried over what might happen to her If the suit were settled against her. He decided the only way out was to Kill Kahlen, thus leaving Mrs Kahlen financially independent. Police said Kahien had made a for. tune as q paper stock Importer In Berlin before coming to the United States. He had dealt in real estate |here and become more prosperous.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-20
Secret Agents
 Trap Plotter
 In Akron Yards
Paul F. Kassay Was Skilled Man at His Work on Big gest Dirigible in World Admits He Is Conlmu- mist But Denies Being in. Austrian Navy
HE CONFESSED TO
 PLOT TO DESTROY

Akron, O., March 20.--(UP) Paul F. Kassay, skilled workman for the Goodyear Dirigible company. employed as rivet checker on the Akron, worlds largest dirigible now being constructed for the United States navy, admitted to-day, of- ficials said, that he had attempted destruction of the airship.
 Kassay also admitted that he was connected with the communist party, according to Assistant County Prose- cutor George Hargreaves. He was questioned by United States justice department agents, county officers and attaches of the district attor- ney's office regarding what several of the officials termed Ian amazing suggestion of peace-time espionage." ]"
 The workman was charged df- rectly "by word of mouth'' with having "urged criminal violence against the government.
 Kassay admitted. the prosecutor claimed, that he had left out rivets in important parts of the dirigible's
 (Continued on Page 8.)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-20
NINE KILLED IN PECULIAR CRASH
 OF PARIS TRAIN
Express Was Derailed and Then Cars Were Piled Up in Greatest Confusion

Paris. March 20.--(UP)-Thc Paris-Bordeaux express train was derailed at Estampes, 35 miles from Paris. last night in an accident which cost the lives of nine per-
 sons. one of whom died from heart trouble. and injury to 30 or 40 others. The accident was one of the most unusual on record. The restaurant car and baggage car side-swiped a local train. Then another car of the express was de- rallied 50 yards further along the track. while still another car was derailed and turned over 750 yards further along.
 The entire train was in confusion and many persons were suffering from minor injuries when the loco- motive was finally brought to Q halt. Some of the dead and injured could not be removed from the restaurant car--which was a mass of twisted wreckage-until the sides had been cut away,