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Show M' RS. W. E. COREY, for-merly for-merly Mabelle Gilman, the actress, whose gowns are seteed by customs officials. ' L 8 r ' ; I I v ' A? l A A vv MRS, W.E. COREY'S GDWNSRE SEIZED Customs Officials Claim Clothing Was Not Declared De-clared for Import Duty. NEW YORK, Dec. 30. Gowns rallied ral-lied at $5000, the property of Mrs. William Wil-liam Ellis Corey, wife of the president of the Midvale Steel company and former for-mer president of the United States Steel corporation, were formally seized by the customs authorities here today pending pend-ing a decision as to the federal action on the ground that the clothing was not declared for import duty upon, her arrival on Thursday from France. Mrs. Corey, formerly Mabelle Gilman, an actress, after a hearing today, explained ex-plained a mistake had been made. The gowns were found in the trunk of a traveling companion. Mrs. Corey said they were packed there by a main without with-out the owner's knowledge upon departing depart-ing from London for Paris, where Mrs. Corey visited her chateau. |