BOMB IN DISGUISE
GIFT TO MINISTER
WARNED JUST IN TIME
NEW YORK, Dec. 25
The New York Times Athens’ correspondent says that the War Minister, General Coudylis, after receiving for Christinas a present of a potassium chlorate bomb disguised as a book on military strategy, was saved from death when, just before opening the gift, his orderly brought him a letter left at the door of the War Ministry anonymously warning him not to touch the package of explosives. Experts declared' that the device certainly was lethal.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18589, 27 December 1934, Page 5
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87BOMB IN DISGUISE Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18589, 27 December 1934, Page 5
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