Communists Tap Land Line

Radio Record, Volume V, Issue 23, 18 December 1931, Page 17

Communists Tap Land Line

eee An Audacious Plot. S5VERAL months ago the dance musie programmes from one of Germany’s main stations was suddenly interrupted by a Communist propaganda talk, The disturbance did not last very long, however, owing to the engineers’ quick action in changing the transmissions from the land-line in use-to which an unauthorised line nad been connected-to an emergency ne, A few days later a similar attempt was made, but was unsuccessful, the culprits evidently being disturbed. The mystery was quickly solved. At the house of a local Communist the police discovered wireless material of a similar kind to that left behind by the culprits when they made their hurried ‘retreat. The person in question had since left his quarters, but was arrested shortly after at the railway station.