Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1934-03-22


former mayor of New
York.
Mr.. Cummings announced that the
Department or Justice had conducted
a secret investigation OF the tax af-
fairs of these four men and had
turned the information gathered over
to United States attorneys In New
York, Cleveland and Pittsburgh Grand
jury action In each of those cities was
expected to result Cases against more
than a score of other men were being
prepared by the departments tax divi-
sion.
Mr.. Mellon was quick to place his
case before the people In a long
statement he denied eve having failed
10 pay his proper income taxes and said
that In the last twenty years he had
paid more than 10000, 900 LIN this form
of rates. He characterized the attor-
ney generals action Ms politics OF the
crudest sort" He continued.
u feel very strongly that before the
attorney general OF the United States
b1QuiQ U6llk a NGMAk0 III AGl4 hfttu
against me l. like amy other citizen.
should be given proper notice In the
manner provided by law OF the gov
ernment's intention to $ addition
al taxes and should have been afford
ed an opportunity to meet such
charges In the customary way.
In all nv years of experience In
the administration OF the tax laws 1
have never known of a single instance
In which such unfair and arbitrary
action has been taken"
Over In London, where Jimmy Walk
err Is %sojourning, the former playboy
mayor said he was not surprised. that
the authorities were only doing their
duty and that he even welcomed Ii An
an opportunity to yindicnte his charac-
ter.
By order OF the President u new In
com tax procedure gas put In force.
designed to break up s0-called meg
ligent" evasion OF taxea- All tax re-
turns which the government suspects
OF embodying willfnl evasion viii be-
referred to grand juries for investiga-
tion of possible fraud.
r A LIBERTAD. most important sea-
- port of the republic OF Salvador,
was almost destroyed by an explosion
of dynamite on the docks and the re-
sulting confla grafton 1t was believed
at least $50 persons were killed.
nNE of Japan's new torpedo boatA.
- the Tomozuru. Of SGT tons. was
wrecked mysteriously on the Sasebo
naval base and 1t was believed most OF
her crew Of 113 men were lost. The
vessel was completed only February
&c last and vas a new type, carrying
the heaviest armament ever given 4
ship of Its size. Ii was considered a
triumph of Japanese naval architec~
lure. Several Others OF the same type
are under construction
HARRY PIERPOST. one oil John
Il Dillinger's gang. was convicted ait
Lima, Ohio, of the murder Of Sheriff
Jess Sarber In a jail raid In which Dill
llnger was set free BY his comrades.
and was sentenced to death i'm the
electric chair. The commander OF the
Ohio National Guard took every pre-
caution to prevent the rescue OF Pier
pont by his resourceful chief, for DfI-
linger was still at large. presumably
In or hear Chicago.
at Crown Point. Ind, a special
grand jury began investigating the
easy escape OF Dillinger. a special
prosecutor having been named to con-
duct the inquiry. At present only two
men. Deputy Sheriff Ernest Bunk ard
Turnkey Sam Cnhoon. have been nc
cused of aiding Dillinger In his jail
break.
QY A vote of Is TO 8 a District OF
- Columbia grand jury refused to re-
turn indictments In Its Investigation
of an alleged conspiracy to defrnud
the government on War department
contracts Secretary Dern was highly
pleased with what he called a yfndi-
cation OF the department
. By Western kswnpAp~ Uaisa-