Show an old U S custom 7 fir n pa 1 J 4 jw 10 t 1 t owe 11 1 1 fa 4 11 A 44 1 these men are members ol of uncle sams pickpocket squad pictured on their patrol boat as they speed down the bay at new york to pick up an incoming ship from europe eurove the enforcement division of the united states customs saves uncle sam a huge sum annually in revenues he would not receive if the N lynx eyed guardians of his front door were not on the m job A great percentage of the human race is born bom with larceny in its soul and it is with this percentage that the wor work k of the enforcement division is is mostly concerned varied and ingenious are the schemes devised 1 for beating uncle sam out of his just dues on dutiable goods worthy of a better cause are the dodges employed for or smuggling contraband such as narcotics sweepstake tickets and even human beings who do not come by the q legal quota but never was a scheme devised 14 that fooled the eagle 1 eyed men of the customs for long they know people they jr know all the tricks and they possess an uncanny faculty for looking in the right place for what they seek k for example the smuggling vest for opium demonstrated at left seldom gets by ivy ell V A AN w W i C fure parade div above is a close up of the ingenious hollow rubber heel once in great grea t favor with smugglers of narcotics and jewelry M i RE if f aa 71 A smugglers are just as alert lor for new methods of beating them as are the customs men tor for uncovering those methods above is a squad man in the chain locker of an incoming ship V I 1 X pt K r f j 1 it I 1 P I 1 4 4 14 I 1 1 1 wac illi e ka 1 III 41 J somehow uncannily they sense contraband on an incoming ship |