On Aug 29, 10:50 pm, "Ed Huntress" wrote:

Most sources I find now say it was SPD, a smokeless powder. I'll assume
that's correct, without having first-hand knowledge of it.

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Ed Huntress

I don't have any first hand knowledge either, but have great faith in
the newspapers getting stories wrong or enhancing stories to have more
appeal to the general public.

Dan