Word: dill
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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While British newsorgans of Leftist and Liberal persuasion were crying out against "the outrageous powers over life and death" entrusted by His Majesty's Government to masterful Lieutenant General John Greer Dill, Military Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the British forces in Palestine, the General himself was demonstrating how effective those powers could be. Last week under the watchful eyes of British Tommies, Arab shops which had been closed for 26 weeks during the paralyzing Arab General Strike (TIME, May 4 et seq.) displayed their wares, and Arab women thankfully began to shop again in comfort. Arab-operated...
Once the royal signature "Edward R. I." had been affixed, it became possible for grim-jawed Lieut. General John Greer Dill, commanding the new British Expeditionary Force in Palestine (TIME, Oct. 5), to: 1) impose censorship of the press and all communications; 2) issue regulations which, so long as they are in the form "for the public safety," may be of any kind General Dill thinks best and unchallengeable in any court of law; 3) order the arrest, detention or exclusion from Palestine of anyone; 4) order private property forfeited to the Crown or destroyed as a punitive measure. Arab...
With the presence in Palestine last week of crisp, determined Lieutenant-General John Greer Dill, newly appointed Military Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Palestine, and the arrival at Haifa of a thousand British troops daily, there began with a vengeance the British Government's "mopping-up campaign" against Arabs who five months ago declared a general strike and began raising Ned in general to protest against Jewish immigration. In a brisk clash last week near Jenin between Arab citizens and British land & air forces, 53 Arabs and one British soldier were killed. All over the country Arabs were...
...General Dill soon found there was more in his job than fighting Arabs when he was called upon to quiet Dr. Khalil Totas, Principal of the Friends' Mission School, "only American Educational Institution in Palestine." Dr. Totas, having received British military instructions to evacuate the school so that it could be used as a barracks, complained bitterly to U. S. Consul General George Wadsworth at Jerusalem. Said General Dill, promptly putting the matter straight: "There has been a mistake.We only want the school playground to pitch our tents...
...view of the reputation that Miss MacDonald has established as a moving picture actress, such a comment by you or anyone else has about as much influence with the public as a wart on a dill pickle...