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THE CHINA MAIL, JULY 13, 1988.
INCOME TAX EVASION
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Two famous American financiers, Mr. Pierre Du- Pont and Mr. John Raskob were yesterday ac- cused by the United States Board of Tax Ap- peals of evading Income Tax assessment amounting to over a million dollars in 1929 by
Mpaper transactions” in securities.
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Mr. Raskob, formerly a high executive in the Gen- eral Motors Company, took the post of the Na- tional Chairman to the Democratic Party in 1928, but split with President Roosevelt and became one of the founders of the Liberty League.
Mr. DuPont is Chairman of the the
exact amount of additional
famous munitions. firm of DuPont- taxes to be determined later.. "It is De Nemours, Company. --""
estimated that Mr. Raskob might
The Board of Tax Appeals left have owed about one million dol-
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The tlaim made on the behalf of the two financiers that the stock transactions between them were bona fide. was described by the Board as "entirely too remarkable for be- lief."-Reuter:
SNATCHING IN A PAWNSNOP
An Indian, Jaggan Singh, and Ho Sang, a shop foki, were commended by Mr. H. R. Butters at the Cen tral Magistracy for effecting the arrest of Lee Wing, who snatched $12 from a woman in a pawnshop in Johnston Road.
Defendant was sentenced to three, months' imprisonment,
Inspector Baker said complainant was in the pawnshop intending to redeem some articles. Defendant came from behind and snatched the
money.
BURGLARS JAILED
Chui Wan-po and Lam Kat Shing were this morning sentenced to six months' hard labour by Mr. H. R. Butters when they pleaded guilty to charges of burglary at No. 288, Queen's Road West, and 140, Con- naught Road West, between July and July 10
Charges against two others for receiving, and aiding and abetting, were withdrawn.
Sergeant McVey said defendants were believed to be responsible for several other burglaries in the dis- trict but the police were not able to verify that. Their method was enter, by the back door and to use the front door as the means of escape, if necessary.
QUEUES OF JEWS FOR PASSPORTS
Vienna, To-day.
The number of Jews applying for passports has grown so large that the police have been forced to Issue orders that queues are not to* be formed in front of the offices, be- fore seven o'clock in the morning.
An average of 700 passports are issued daily, all aplications being granted except in cases where taxes are not paid in full. The ma- jority of persons are bound for South America, Canada and Pales- Paris also attračts ca onalderable number