Word: krupp
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Dates: during 1921-1921
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Leaving England a few years later, Mr. Haines accepted a position as Head Coach of the Berliner Ruder Verein, retaining his place there for four years. He next went in succession to Budapest, to the Studenters Roklub of Norway, and finally as crew coach to the immense Krupp's Munition Works. Returning to England Mr. Haines became affiliated with the London Rowing Club of Pufney, the only professional coach ever engaged by that club. Here he coached four win ners of the "Diamond Sculls...
...dozen of them would wipe out a city the size of Berlin. Another type of bomb, lately perfected, will infallibly sink a cruiser at sea if exploded within a hundred feet of it. The Germans-General Maitrot seems to have certain information of this-are no more idle, the Krupp engineers have completed a 309 mm. quick-firing, soundless gun. They are working on a model halfway between the French 75 mm., and the German 77 mm. field gun, with a range of ten kilometres, and are trying to make it soundless as well. With soundless guns and sightless statesmen...