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...plot: The two victims will be towed from Boston in the latter part of August. They will be anchored off Cape Hatteras at the killers' mercy. (There are not sufficient funds for operating them under wireless control.) From a temporary airdrome on Hatteras, conveniently close to the scene of action, the twelve killers will go out to attack their victims. One will be sunk with 1,100-pound bombs, the other with 2,000-pound bombs. The mysterious weapon, the new 4,000-pound bomb will not-contrary to first reports-be used at this time. The attackers will...
...labyrinthine plot centers about the murder of a Bootlegger King. His daughter's fiancé is accused; suspicion shifts suddenly to the daughter herself. Finally the winds of evidence blow up from a totally different quarter and point the weathercock of circumstance toward the least expected actor. Although the solution is fairly ingenious it is not worth waiting for through two Plundering hours of gunplay, tears and tired old jokes...
Laurence H. Kearney, U. S. citizen, charged with leading a plot to smuggle arms into China, was arrested at the seaport of Ching-Hai. Bail was allowed at $5,000. The warrant for his arrest was issued by U. S. Consular agents on July...
...Kennedy was meant for greater things. She struggles to render convincing the story of a poor little girl who, rushing into a musical comedy lead, wins fame and a husband. Struggling manfully at her side are Pedro de Cordoba and Monte Blue. But it's no go. The plot is too much for the three of them...
...that wild adventure, the trek of Del Sol?cattle, men, horses, rifles, six-shooters, across uncharted plains to Abilene, on the trail of the North Star, The difficulties include Indians, stampedes, storms, the fording of rivers believed impossible to ford and, throughout, the complications of an ingeniously villainous plot. A trunk full of land-scrip proves a bone of contention and Taisie's own attractions very nearly wreck things at various times?for far too many people are anxious to marry her. The actions of McMasters often seem very strange?can it be that he is a traitor...