Word: irak
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...November two of the most photographed beauties of Britain, Lady Louis Mountbatten and the Marchioness of Milford Haven, great & good friends of Edward of Wales, descended upon the Kingdom of Irak in search of desert thrills. White-chinned King Feisal gave a dinner in their honor, whereupon the noble ladies announced that they were going out into the Persian desert "with only the clothes we stand in and one change as well as a light tent and two sleeping bags." Added the Marchioness...
Bandit fears and hopes have not materialized as yet but the noble ladies' passing left a deep impression on King Feisal. Last week Paul Knabenshue, U. S. Minister to Irak, forwarded to Washington a copy of His Majesty's latest police regulations. Excerpts...
...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...
First Dates. Off the town of Basra on the coast of Irak, the S. S. Registan, flying the Union Jack, upped anchor at noon Sept. 15. When the Registan tied up at the Bush Terminal, Brooklyn, last week she had made the 10,000 mi. voyage in 25 days 19 hr., knocking a day off the previous record. By being first ship in port with 266,000 cases of new Arabian dates she added 1½? per Ib. to the value of her cargo, making the crates in her hold worth...
...Authorities dispute the exact location but most agree that "Eden" was somewhere in what is now Irak...