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back to the doctrine of nullification advanced by Calhoun and his supporters in pre-civil-war days, and speciously reasons that since that doctrine precipitated one civil war its reappearance must necessarily result in another...
...syndicate. Administrator Calhoun sadly admitted, after scanning the results, that the raid had been "premature...
...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 radio he had for months checked every pint smuggled in. Unperturbed by the 10,000 cases of liquor whisked in every week, Administrator Calhoun had shrewdly plotted his concerted raid. Following up radio clues, he had learned...
...conditions don't improve in New Jersey under the new Federal administration of William J. Calhoun then they will improve under a new administrator. Washington means business in this State...
Teased by reporters, Mr. Calhoun inquired: "Who is F. Scott McBride? I've never met the gentleman. ... I guess we'll have to find out just who Mr. McBride is and exactly who he thinks he is. That's the way I feel about...