Word: bulgarians
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...British Royal Navy few families are closer to His Majesty than the Im Thurns. When George V was "England's Sailor Prince" he tossed off many a Scotch & soda with Im Thurn cronies. Last week a Sofia dispatch passed by the Bulgarian censor stated flatly that when Rear Admiral Im Thurn landed he "had instructions to urge the military leaders in Bulgaria not to do anything that might lead to abandonment of the monarchist form of government...
...years Herb Williams has made vaudeville audiences scream with delight by his quavering plea of "Spotlight!" from a dark stage. Sometimes billed as "The Bulgarian Military Pianist," he used to rummage for a ham sandwich under his piano lid, draw himself a glass of beer from a spigot beneath the keyboard. His comedy was generally of the tear-the-place-to-pieces variety...
...going to the judicial aftermath of the fire that mysteriously gutted Berlin's Reichstag Building in February 1933. Principal figures in that fantastic trial were Defendant Marinus van der Lubbe, a young Dutchman who seemed to be in a drugged stupor; Defendant George Dimitroff, a fiery, grim-lipped Bulgarian who mocked the proceedings, badgered the prosecution; gaudy, bull-necked Prussian Premier Hermann Wilhelm Göring, who, taunted by Dimitroff, flew into a trembling, sweating fury, shrieked: "I am not afraid of you, you rascal! You have reason to fear that I'll catch you when...
...child in slippers drove a tinkling herd of milk goats through the streets of Sofia at dawn last week and stumbled over a rifle. A little further on lay an ancient shotgun. One of the goats nibbled at a couple of hand grenades lying in the gutter. In all Bulgarian cities similar debris littered the streets, for the cautious citizenry had suddenly decided that their new Premier, one-eyed Kimon Gueorguieff, meant what he said...
...included in its original program, was laid directly at the feet of the Gueorguieff government by the League of Nations last week. The pleasant fields of Bulgaria blush with roses from which perfume manufacturers extract essential oil, Bulgaria's best known product. Not so well known is another Bulgarian industry. League investigators of the international narcotic trade have often pointed an accusing finger at Bulgaria as one of the most important manufacturing sources of illegal opium and heroin. Last week came another League report on opium, and its charges against Bulgaria were stronger. Stuart J. Fuller...