Word: bagdad
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Britain was obviously bound to try to save as many of them as possible. Unfortunately the British Minister to Irak, Sir Francis Humphrys, was on vacation in Norway last week, had to be recalled to London and then despatched post haste to Irak by agitated Scot MacDonald. Meanwhile in Bagdad, King Feisal who as a Mohammedan does not greatly object to the massacre of Assyrians or other Christians, tried to dodge all responsibility by insisting that his health is poor, that he must fly to Switzerland "to complete my cure...
...Bagdad newspapers accused the Assyrians of coming down like wolves on Irak troops and starting all the trouble. Their story was that an Assyrian rebel chief named Yaku has been weaving back & forth across the frontier between Irak and French Syria where he is suspected of obtaining arms. Not long ago Yaku, after treating with agents of the Irak Government, agreed to return and give up his arms. Instead he swooped with wolflike treachery upon a small Irak force sent to accept his surrender, killed 20 Iraki, wounded 45. Worse than treachery, according to the Mohammedan point of view...
...Sunday crowd was there to see Britain's favorite flyers, brawny Capt. James Allan Mollison and his nervy wife, Amy Johnson Mollison. end a nonstop flight from Wales. Theirs was a fantastic venture. They intended to rest a few days in New York, then take off for Bagdad in one jump for a distance record of 6,000 mi. Then they would hop home to London, cash in enough on publicity to retire for life...
...those who will enjoy it most-small boys and girls. For them has been created the five-acre fairyland, guarded by mammoth wooden elephants, which Mrs. Dawes dedicated last week. Children may wander past pleasantly fearsome caves and pirates' dens, meet a fairy princess, shake hands with a Bagdad giant 7 ft. 7 in. tall. There is a miniature zoo filled with baby animals which, by contract, must be replaced if they show signs of growing up. There is the World's Largest Marble, seven feet in diameter, in a gleaming house made all of marbles. Forty-seven...
...European and American ladies and ladies of similar national and social status must acquire residence permits for all Irak cities other than Bagdad, Basra and Mosul...