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...protection." In a nearby cottage a radio was spluttering instructions to liquor transports off shore. As the raiders seized the operator, a Federal radioman took the key, sent luring messages to the transports. Long had the raiding radioman practiced the syndicate's secret code. Months prior, mysterious aerial buzzes had been picked up by a Coast Guard cutter. The intricate code had been deciphered, its source determined by radio compass. Thus had Prohibition men located the syndicate headquarters. New Jersey's Prohibition-Administrator William J. Calhoun, superviser of the syndicate roundup, boasted that by eavesdropping on this telltale...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PROHIBITION: Biggest Raid | 10/28/1929 | See Source »

...later learned that the total of 200 rounds fired had made only a score of shrapnel tears in the red cloth finger. Previously they had seen two four-gun, multiple-mounted .50 calibre Browning machine guns blow forth eight sulphur-colored blossoms, fling white-hot missiles at a similar aerial target to score 36 direct hits...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ARMY & NAVY: Aberdeen Show | 10/21/1929 | See Source »

West Point, N. Y., October 16 Army's aerial attack clicked to perfection this afternoon in the final hard scrimmage for the cadets before the Harvard game. Playing against a scrub team augmented by first string substitutes, Coach "Biff" Jones' charges galloped down the field at will...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ARMY'S AERIAL ATTACK CLICKS | 10/17/1929 | See Source »

...their mark on the Harvard players. Coach Bill Cowell, who is assisted by A. H. (Truck) Miller '27, former Crimson fullback and sprinting ace, boasts of one of the strongest teams he's had in years. His team will be sent into action with instructions to take to the aerial route as he doubts its ability to gain much yardage through the Harvard forwards. If the New Hampshire passes are as formidable as rumored, it would not be surprising to see the invaders score on Saturday...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Lining Them Up | 10/10/1929 | See Source »

During the early season sessions in 1928, Coach Horween and his aides concentrated on straight running plays. This campaign, however, has brought to light the revival of an aerial attack. The lateral is once again an important Crimson scoring threat. It was made known yesterday that during the six scrimmages some 50 laterals have been tried, about 45 successfully completed. Even more encouraging is the fact that the Harvard eleven may boast of no mean ability in the forward passing game. J. W. Potter '30, 212-pound fullback, seems to be the main cog in the aerial machine...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HORWEEN LAUNCHES DRIVE FOR OPENER | 9/30/1929 | See Source »

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