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for failure to pay the annual s25 oc-
cupational Federal tax.
officials said only one major failure
marred the Nationwide drive. The
Coast Guard reported it had reason
to believe smugglerS landed $4,000
gallons of Belgian alcohol in the vi
cinity of New Orleans.
The Secret Service said a counter
felt ring which had passed thousands
of dollars of bogus bills was smashed
by arrests at San Francisco and San
Jose, Calf.
Taxes TO Be Probed.
One of the outstanding fields Of
fresh endeavor opened up in the six
agency drive was said today to be
for the agents of the intelligence unit.
Internal Revenue Bureau, to launch
inquiries into the income taxes of
many caught in the dragnet.
Secretary Of the Treasury Morgen-
thau expressed himself as gratified
with results. saying they were "ex-
tremely pleasing"
The campaign was planned several
months ago when Secretary Morgan
thau appointed Harold N Graves, his
special assistant, to be chairman of
co-ordinating committee of the six
enforcement agencies.
11,517 Stage Raids
The Treasury threw into its crime
I
the Coast Guard, 1,700 from the
Alcohol Tax Unit. 800 from the Mar
cotics Bureau, 240 from the Secret
Service, l52 from the Intelligence Unit
of the Internal Revenue Bureau and
125 from the Customs Bureau.
Lottery tickets were found in many
places over the country. including
Baltimore and Norfolk At Baltimore
these tickets amounted to S913,528
and in Norfolk s1.5l0.
Customs officers at Baltimore, for
the week, reported that seizures, for
feitures navigation fines and under
valuation of merchandise showed
totals of 1,478 different seizures, rep
resenting Sl,035.5 $40 in money.
All the narcotic prisoners arrested
here pleaded not guilty when ar
raigned. Three waived preliminary
hearing. Benjamin Henry Woolf. 43,
and his wife. Lucille Woolf, 80, of the
1700 block of Seventeenth street. and
Carl Bello 80, of the 1900 block of
Rhode Island avenue Both Woolf
and Bello. who are charged by the
Government with being important
narcotic dealers. were held in $4,000
bond, but Mrs woolf's bond was fixed
the lowest of the group at 5000.
Others Held.
Others held in bond for preliminary
hearing March % were as follows:
Dorothy Tanner, "a, of 900 block of
Hamilton street, whose bond was fixed
at S2,500; Russell Vaughan Clay
bourn. also of 900 block of Hamilton
street. bond at $4,000; Charles Nader.
so. of 800 block of Ninth street north
east. IS 1000 bond; Julian Sanders, rs,
of 500 block of L street. $4,000 bond;
Mosbey Williams 40, $4,000 bond. and
May Lee. 46, $500 bond, both of the
900 block of New York avenue; Clay
Nichols, 80. of the 2100 block OF P
street. $4,000 bond. and Bessie Snow,
so, of 400 block of K street, $500 bond.
Alfredo Nichols, who had been held
for investigation, and who had col
lapsed at police headquarters yeSter-
day morning, was brought before the
commissioner and, on recommends
ton of Government agents, was re-
leased.
An odd case of alleged check raising
came to light from the Secret Service,
which arrested Allison Stockstill, a
patient at Walter Reed Hospital on
charges Of making a Government
check for $22. appear to be payable
for $4,000; at Tampa, Fla.