Salt Lake Telegram | 1934-05-10 | Page 3 | U. S. Aims Blow at Bootlegging |

Type	issue
Date	1934-05-10
Paper	Salt Lake Telegram
Language	eng
City	Salt Lake City
County	Salt Lake
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Article Title	U. S. Aims Blow at Bootlegging
Type	article
Date	1934-05-10
Paper	Salt Lake Telegram
Language	eng
City	Salt Lake City
County	Salt Lake
Page	3
OCR Text	Show uI U. S SA AIMS BLOW AT BOOTLEGGING 1400 Federal Agents Start Drive Against Illegal Liquor WASHINGTON May 10 A Un j cle dc Sam let fly iy a new blow at bootleggers boot boot- le gers toda today Under an executive order by President dent Roosevelt c effective today the treasury's new alcohol tax unit went into action under Arthur J J. J Mellott year old Ka Kansas as City attorney Fourteen hundred men were delegated delegated dele dele- gated as a front line battalion against bootleggers and other liquor tax evaders Jn in charge of Captain William WilHam WilliamR R R. Sayles U U. S S. S N retired The new treasury unit expects to grow ultimately to men allowing allow allow- ing 1850 agents for illicit lIquor trading and the rest for collecting collecting col- col legal taxes
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