Word: collector
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...John B. Dunlap has been criticized for not housecleaning his bureau briskly enough. On the other hand, Tennessee's ancient (82) Senator Kenneth McKellar thinks that in at least one case, Dunlap moved too fast. The case is that of Lipe Henslee, suspended from his job as Tennessee collector of internal revenue after the Federal Bureau of Narcotics officially reported that he is a dope addict. Henslee is an important wheel in McKellar's organization and since McKellar is up for reelection next year, the Senator was grieved over Henslee's suspension. Dunlap went to McKellar...
...summer day. But in 21 years of making children's records, he has amassed a Bingle-sized following among the hobbyhorse set, which also means Bingle-sized record sales. Some of his 950 Decca records, such as the original, out-of-print Babar* series (1936), have even become collector's items...
...Tool Collector...
Another confidential source provided Williams with photostats of secret Treasury reports on corruption in the St. Louis office of Collector Jim Finnegan. After being cleared by a grand jury, Finnegan resigned, and Treasury Secretary Snyder assured Williams that nothing was wrong in St. Louis. William disagreed. A week after the second grand jury investigation began, he flatly charged the Treasury Department with withholding secret reports. The reports were produced, and Finnegan was indicted on two counts of bribetaking and three of misconduct (TIME, Oct. 22). In a speech the following month, Williams announced to the Senate, with mild relish, that...
...Collector Denis Delaney of Boston was fired three weeks later, then indicted on six counts of taking bribes in return for tax favors...