Salt Lake Telegram | 1934-07-04 | Page 2 | Repeal Fails to End Bootlegging in Utah

REPEAL FAILS TO END BOOTLEGGING IN UTAH federal Agents J Find Illicit Liquor Traffic Still Thriving in Mountain States Repeal of the national prohibition act has not put a Io stop to the activities activities ac- ac of tho the and others engaged d in the Illicit traffic of liquor records records' in the thc Utah district office of the alcohol tax unit of the United States s bureau of or internal revenue reveal Between December 5 1933 when the he national prohibition law was wa repealed repealed re re- pealed and June Jun 30 1934 government government govern govern- ment nent agents working in Utah Cobado Colorado Colorado Colo Cob rado ado Wyoming and Nevada arrested persons and seized 55 stills jI j Ephraim White acting investigator in I charge harge of the alcohol tax unit unil for 1 Utah and Wyoming reports The federal federal fed fed- eral rat agents also confiscated 2622 gal gal- Ions Lons of ot non tax paid liquor and seized 20 10 automobiles which were used in inI I I tr transporting illicit liquor Mr White said Until May Ma 10 10 1934 the agents worked in the alcoholic e beverage unit bureau of ot investigation U. U S. S department of oC justice On that dale date j this thio unit was with merged the bureau of ot industrial alcohol of the bureau of internal revenue U. U U.S. S. S treasury department de department and is isnow now now known as the alcohol tax unit unitA A new district was created on May 10 and includes C Colorado lorado Utah Wyo WyomIng Wyoming Wyoming ming New Mexico and arid Arizona with German E. E Ellsworth of Denver in charge S