Word: cablese
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Cables report that, with the reopening of several large iron foundries in South Wales, the little town of Tadley-God-Help-Us± has sprung into renewed life.
The French Government announced officially that General Duport was being despatched to Syria to act as High Commander temporarily. Later cables reported the appointment of Senator Henri de Jouvenal to succeed General Duport.
At Targuist, little village on the northern slope of the Atlas Range, Abd-el-Krim, Riffian chief, was reported to be literally digging himself in for the winter. A subterranean refuge large enough to allow his automobile to enter and turn freely about has been constructed. And a star-shaped...
General Naulin and the staff of the French High Command will winter at Rabat, on the Atlantic coastline, a few miles north of Casablanca. There they will be well out of the muck and unpleasantness, but at the same time on the direct railroad to Fez and the embroiled uplands...
Cables asserted that the Soviet Government is expending over 50,000 gold rubles ($25,000) in providing prizes, paying the expenses of the contestants, entertaining them, and providing "gratification money," which in the case of Capablanca is said to have amounted to $5,000.