Snyder Praises Revenue Agents in Tax Fraud Drive
Secretary of the Treasury praised internal revenue sleuths for uncovering up to a quarter billion dollars in tax fraud in the last fiscal year. Dunlap organized a 200-agent drive into underworld finances to gather evidence for collection and prosecution, with racketeers and related illegal earnings targeted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Snyder
Washington
P—Secretary of the Treasury
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Internal Revenue
John E. Dunlap
Underworld Finance
Dunlap
Uncle Sam
Dunilap
Clegal
Bureau
Justice Department
Savfer
Bureau Sians
Underworld
Escaped Granite Reformatory Band Members From Ada
Seven inmates from the Granite reformatory escaped from guards in Ada city hall basement on a Saturday. Two were recaptured soon after. others fled in the darkness, with reports naming John Ker, Earl Ball, and several others among the escapees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada
Granite Reformatory Band
Ada City Hall
Lewis Kroth
Avhion
Four Area Domestic Corporations Okayed
Austin August 18 Special Four new domestic corporations in the Lubbock area were approved this week by Secretary of State Jack Ross. Entities include First Christian Church of Sundown and M&L Corporation of Texas with 60 000 capital stock. Other filings name South Plains Optometric Society and Starkey Construction Company with capital stock 10 000. Amendments extend Hub Realty and Construction Company and rename Panhandle Machine Company to Famen Corporation. A dissolution is announced for Consumers Fuel Association of Spur. Tandy Leather Company granted 10 year foreign permit with offices in Lubbock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Ludbock
Texas
Jack Ross
First
Christian Church of
B. R. Putman
Glenn Burk
Carl L. Dean
South Plains Optometric Society
Starkey Construction Company
C. M. Starkey
A. E. Adams
Ellis B. Armstrong
Hub Realty and Construction Company
Lubbock
Famen Corporation
Panhandle Machine Company, Inc
Consumers Fuel Association of
Spur
Tandy Leather Company
New Mexico
A. R. Young
Albuquerque
N.M
Speeding Boat Fined On Lake Sunapee Outer Harbor
Albert C. Kluge of Pompton Falls New Jersey was fined 100 for driving 30 miles an hour in the Lake Sunapee outer harbor where the limit is six miles per hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sunapee
N. H
Albert C. Kluge
Pompton Falls
N. J
Lake Sunapee
Kluge
Geese Mistaken for Flying Saucers Over Lubbock Yard
Mr and Mrs H G Kilgore of Canton Avenue believe a sighting Friday night was a flock of geese rather than flying saucers. The Kilgores and their three children watched two geese passes at about 9 30 p m and 10 30 p m from their backyard with the second sighting clearly visible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. G. Kilgore
Canton Ave
Kilgore
Milk price hike eyed for Fort Worth Dallas area
Fort Worth distributors propose a two cent rise in a quart of milk next week as they seek 72 cents more per 100 pounds for Class 1 milk from producers. OPS approval may be needed for higher retail prices though many have already discussed the change with OPS officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Worth
Fort Worth-Dallas
J. O. Woodman
North Texas Producers Assn
Dallas
Woodman
Arlington
Office of Price Stabilization
OPS
Miss Truman Laughs Off Rumor Of White House Wedding
Margaret Truman dismissed reports she might marry Adlai Stevenson at a news conference in Copenhagen. She laughed at the rumor and said she has no plans to wed, noting there will be no White House wedding while her father remains president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Truman
Wad Adal Stevenson
Copenhagen
Denmark
Gov. Stevenson
Margaret Truman
United States
Adlai Stevenson
Mr. Stevenson
White House
Sweden
Gas Industry Sets Record Spending on New Facilities
The American Gas Association reports that in 1951 the natural gas sector spent a record 1.4616 billion dollars on new facilities, exceeding 1950 by 22 percent. It projects about 35.7 billion dollars in construction and expansion over the next 42 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
American Gas Association
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Reformatory
Kidwan
Tulsa
John Ker
Earl Ball
Meal
Epjou Dairy Queen
19Th & M
10Th and College
Broadway
SMART
Mouton Lamba
Plains
Citizens National
Premier Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Chicago
Walter Baron
Animal Welfare League
Allan Glisch
Ncise
Wayne T
A & Nes
Lusbeck Agency
Wayne T. Barnes
American Reserve Insurance
Rsa
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