Word: halting
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...latest episode in Federal liquor suppression. Agreed: the Black Duck was a rumrunner with 500 cases aboard; her stern was peppered with bullets from C. G. 290. Coast Guard claim: a siren first warned the Black Duck to stop; she tried to escape; a one-pound shot failed to halt her; machine gun fire was a last resort; the Black Duck either veered her course or rose on a wave crest to catch the full volley of lead...