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Taft Will Seek Change
In Bill Despite, Peril
To Oleo Tax Repeal
By Chalmers M. Roberts
Senator Taft, Republican, of
Ohio will press for amendment
of the House-approved Rivers
bill to repeal oleomargarine
taxes, regardless of what effect
any amendments may have on
the bill’s chances of final con
gressional approval.
He made that clear late yesterday
when informed that House backers
of the repeal measure, which he says
he favors, pointed out the compli
cated parliamentary situation which
will arise if the bill is amended and
goes back to the House.
Senator Taft commented with a
tart, “that's perfect silly,” when told
that Representative Rivers, the
South Carolina Democrat who spon
sored the repeal bill, had cautioned
against amendments. Mr. Rivers
wrote the Senate Finance Commit
tee, now considering the House bill,
about the situation. Senator Taft
was not present at yesterday's com
mittee meeting.
"They can’t tell us what to do,”
the Ohio Senator said. “The fate
of the bill, if it goes back to the
House, is their affair,” he added.
House supporters also pointed out
esterday that a single objection on
he House floor could block a move
o have the House agree to Senate
mendments. The bill then would
lave to be given a right-of-way by
he Rules Committee or be forced
once again out of the House Agri
culture Committee, probably by
another petition signed by 218 mem
jers.
Chairman Allen of the rules group
said yesterday “we wouldn't do that”
—sit on the bill or let it go back to
Agriculture. He said it "wouldn’t
be fair to sidetrack it” after the
overwhelming House approval. House
supporters, however, point to the
fact that of the 12 committee mem
bers, six voted against the repeal
measure, four in favor of it, with
two not voting.
Ball Game
(Continued From First Page.)
within their own ranks for good
measure. This was later squejched.
Dignity, at the start of the game
at least, has been assured by the
presence of Chief Justice Fred Vin
son, who will throw out the first
ball. Himself a former athlete and
graduate of the House, the Chief
Justice will ascend the pitcher's
mound and hurl the spheroid plate
ward. Thereafter it will be every
man for himself.
Bill Werber, Joe Judge and Sam
Rice, all former major league stars,
will umpire the bases, and President
Will Harridge of the American
League is sending a man to call balls
and strikes. This means the rules
will be strictly enforced, with politi
cal horse-trading banned for the
evening.
Both Teams on Edge.
Both teams wrere reported on edge,
after weeks of intensive practice.
Manager Runt Bishop put the Re
publicans through a final batting
drill at Eastern High School Sta
dium, but Manager Dick Richards
gave his Democrats the day off.
Because of the current gambling
investigation in Washington, it was
impossible to obtain a line on pre
game odds. As one veteran but
temporarily retired bookie succinctly
put it:
“There ain’t none.”
Manager Richards, the target of
yesterday’s Democratic rebellion,
said it was caused by advance pub
licity on the lineups.
‘Tve got a lot of prima donnas
on the squad, and u’hen they didn’t
see their name in the paper they
got mad.” he said. “But everything
is all right now and will be in good
form for the game.”
Asked how he had become man
ager of the team, Richards said
he had been given the office “by
acclamation.”
“Besides, no one else would take
it.” he added. "There are so many
headaches connected with it, I:
think I’ll step down after we give1
the Republicans this beating.”
Historians Check Records.
Historians checking the records
came up .with unofficial informa
tion that the Democrats had a
slight lead in the series, 17 victories
to 3.
Richards said the Democratic
starting lineup, with one possible
exception, would be the same as
announced yesterday, with Battles
at third base, Rivers, center field;
Jones, second base; Smathers, left
field: Fogarty, shortstop; Pickett,
first base: Worley or Gathings, right
field; Harris, catcher, and Wheeler,
pitcher.
The manager said all his players
had signed a pledge to observe strict
training rules last night and today
and that he had asked all to re
frain from making speeches today
to keep them off their feet and
have them in the proverbial pink
for the fray.
The Republican starting lineup
will not be announced until just be
fore game time, but Bishop will
pick nine men from the following:
First base—Jackson, Devitt and
Judge Howell. Second base—Ho
ran, Landis and Bishop. Short
stop—Davis and O’Konski. Third
base—Tollef son. Outfielders—Crow,
Fletcher. Case, Hager and Stratton
of Illinois.
The program will begin prompt
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ly at 8 p.m., when the Army Band
and ceremonial unit from Port
Myer marches on the field. They
will be followed by the Navy School
of Music Band and two platoons
of bluejackets. After them will
come the Marine Band and two pla
toons of Leathernecks. The Air
Force Band and two platoons of
AF men will be next on the field.
The Elks Boys’ Band will usher in
the American Legion guard of honor,
35 stands of American Legion post
colors. Next in line will be 48
WACS, WAVES and Woman Ma
rines, carrying State flags. Next in
line will be the national guard of
honor of the Veterans of Foreign
Wars. When all the units, which
will march on the field one at a
time, have assembled before the
grandstand, the massed bands will
play “The Star-Spangled Banner.”
A1 Schacht, clown prince of the
diamond and a former major league
star in his own right, will be on
hand to help entertain the crowd
before the game. There also will be
an exhibition of model planes, in
cluding a baby jet.
Turtle
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.showed a slightly knicked shinbone
*to back up his story.
“What did I do? Well, what would
you do? I kicked him and then I
got to wondering how it ever got
here in the first place and whether
it might not be a menace to life and
limb. So I called you cops. Then
I came back here and kept my eye
on this beast and he kept his eye
on me.”
Cautions Approach l)sed.
The five policemen eyed Mr. Don
ovan, then they eyed Clem.
“Honestly,” Mr. Donovan said
later, “I don’t care for puns, espe
cially early in the morning, but I
swear those cops were afraid tc
pick him up.’”
Pvts. William T. Taff and Frank
A. DiBitetto of the No. 13 precinct,
admitted after they finally locked
up Clem that they had been a bit
wary.
"He snapped at us,” they said,
and for once they felt that the arm
of the law was not long enough.
"We went over to a nearby grocery
store and got a bushel basket. Then
we prodded the turtle until it struck
its tail out, and we picked him up
by it.”
Turtle's Fate Uncertain.
Clem, a perfect fit for the bottom
of the basket, glowered at visitors
while they puzzled over his fate.
Mr. Donovan said he was ready
to forget the whole incident, but
was going to see a doctor about his
leg. He regarded Clem as a social
problem, and if not a juvenile de
linquent. as least sadly delinquent.
But he would press no charges, he
said.
Until they could round up turtle
experts, the police were not willing
to risk their amateur standing by
speculating on Clem's lineage. They
weren't sure whether he was a sea
turtle or a terrapin, but were im
pressed by the size of his claws.
Some thought he might have
Daniel J. Donovan displays
bandaged leg, result of an
early morning meeting with a
turtle. —Star Staff Photo.
hitch-hiked from Rock Creek Park
to Twenty-third and California.
Others opined he was a refugee from
the Zoo. In any case, Clem was
paying for his misdeeds by a strict
hunger diet.
Dr. William M. Mann, Zoo direc
tor, said it was not uncommon for
snapping turtles to wander from one
stream to another.
It might be. he suggested, that
Clem was on the prowl for a mate,
south, to be expected this time of
year.
It seemed to be a tossup whether
Clem was headed for the zoo or an
oversized soup pot.
Gambling
(Continued From First Page.)
ing netted only $450 last year. He
debts had run to about $3,000, she
added.
Mr. Raynor said his income was
only $400 monthly before he went
out of business, that he was paying
the Government $150 a month
against an old tax liability of $4,500,
and had other debts of about $1,200.
He is represented by Joseph Sit
nick, attorney. Mrs. Raynor is rep
resented by Attorneys Charles E.
Ford and Clifford Allder.
Meanwhile, United States Attor
ney George Moris Fay and his chief
assistants, John W. Fihelly and
Charles B. Murray, were presumed
ready to continue assisting the
special grand jury in its investiga
tion of the gambling industry here,
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The prosecutors spent most of
yesterday studying gambling data
and examining the transcript of
the grand jury's early sessions.
Sea Scouts Leave Tonight
To Aid Stranded Yacht
Eight Washington area Sea Scouts
and their skippers leave here tonight
aboard two patrol craft in an at
temDt to pull a grounded 75-foot
yacht off the Maryland Point shoals,
40 miles down the Potomac.
Ural Fisher, 3612 Austin street
S.E., skipper of ship No. 81, said the
yacht, an ex-Coast Guard cutter,
owned by an Army officer at Fort
Belvoir, grounded in a high wind
last Sunday.
Three men aboard were rescued
by a motor launch operated by the
keeper of the Maryland Point Light
house. but efforts to pull the yacht
free failed.
The two Sea Scout boats have
timed their arrival at the scene for
high tide early tomorrow.
The Scouts have been operating
a Potomac River patrol since the
first of the year as a civic service
for yachtsmen.
Skipper of ship No. 75 is Paul
Powell, Bradbury Heights, Md.
Glr 17, Is Seized by Police
After $102 Theft at Market,
Two policemen, answering a call
that a man was breaking into the
Calvert Market, 1862 Columbia road
N.W., early today captured a young
soldier who, they said, was escap
ing from the store.
Pvts. Louis A. Lozupone and Ber
nard C. Coates, cruising in their
scout car, received a call that a
man had been seen breaking into
the market through a transom.
On their arrival they said the sol
dier, who is only 17 years old,
crashed through the glass door with
a meat cleaver in his hand and
ran down Columbia road. He ran
almost into the arms of Pvt. Joseph
Stanczak, the patrolman on the
beat. The soldier reversed his
course and ran back toward the
scout car where he was arrested.
The three policemen reported that
they searched their captive, an
Army private stationed at Fort Les
lie J. McNair, and found $102 in
bills and change. Theodore Sha
piro, manager of the store, subse
quently told police that this amount
was missing from two cash reg
isters. The prisoner was turned
over to the Military Police to be:
held for action by the Juvenile
Court. . |
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Newark Police Captain
Slain at Headquarters;
Woman Friend Held
By th« Associated Press
NEWARK, N. J., May 21.—Po
lice Capt. Thomas J. Rowe was
shot and t killed today in his
office at first precinct headquar
ters, and Chief John Haller said
a tall, red-headed woman ident
ified as Mrs. Ann Powers was
being held for questioning.
Chief Haller said Capt. Rowe and
the woman walked into first precinct
headquarters shortly after 4 a.m.
and went to the captain’s office.
Teh minutes later Lt. William
Villie, on duty at the information
desk, heard a single shot and saw
the woman running from the office,
Chief Haller said.
Detective Ray Poquette rushed
into the office as Lt. Villie grabbed
the woman, the police chief said.
Captain Collapse* on Floor.
“Get me to a doctor,” Capt. Rowe
asked the detective, and then col
lapsed on the floor. He died at 5:32
am.
The police said the woman refused
to say anything other than to admit
there had been “a shooting.”
He said she was 39 years old, mar
ried and described herself as a
friend of the police captain.
She refused to believe reports
later that Capt. Rowe had died,
Cnief Haller said, and asked to be
taken to the morgue to see the body.
"Prove it,” she was quoted as telling
police.
The police chief said she was
taken to see the body but showed no
emotion.
Pistol Found on Floor.
Capt. Rowe’s service pistol was
found on the floor near his desk.
Chief Haller said he had been shot
in the abdomen.
A marriage certificate found In
the woman’s possession showed she
had been married in 1930 to a Henry
Powers. She refused to say any
thing about the marriage, Chief
Haller said. I
Police said the woman was em
ployed as a waitress in a Newark
bar and apparently had joined Capt.
Rowe after finishing her work early
this morning.
The captain was 55 years old and
married. He joined the Newark
police force on August 11, 1915, and
was rated by city officials as one of
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The girl said she had been waiting
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her a ride. She said she brushed
against his automatic pistol which
went off as she slid into the seat.
She was wounded in the thigh,
police said.
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