Word: sofia
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Sunday in trim, flowery little Sofia last week was an idyllic summer day. Citizens sat in the cafes as if nothing had happened since King Boris married his Italian princess four years ago. But all had changed since two nights before when Fascist army officers seized the Government, booted out all elected politicians, jailed 800 and foisted Fascism on Bulgaria...
Last week when Premier Mushanoff's Cabinet fell and he was told to form another, the Zveno boys got busy. While Sofia slept, the officers of the city garrison reported at barracks for orders. By companies the Army marched softly into the streets, occupied public squares, politicians' homes, power houses, telephone and telegraph offices and the railway stations. Premier Mushanoff tried to get a telephone number, shouted impatiently into the mouthpiece: "Premier Mushanoff speaking here!" A mysterious voice replied: "You're not Premier any more." Soon he heard the roar of airplane engines swooping over the city...
...importance can arrive in Sofia, small Bulgarian capital, without everyone from the cab drivers at the station to the perfume dealers in their offices knowing it within half an hour. Before the smoke of the Belgrade express had cleared from the station rafters last week everyone knew that Boske Jeftitch was in town...
...such an alliance to impoverished Bulgaria were obvious, but there was just one point on which Foreign Minister Jeftitch was insistent. Jugoslavia would join no pact unless the Bulgarian Government could prove its capacity to handle the noisy Macedonian minority that has made life hideous and uncertain in Sofia for many a year. On his honor, Premier Nicholas Mushanoff swore that Bulgarian Macedonians have been as mild as lambs since last June, though up to that time Bulgarian papers reported a Macedonian murder nearly every day. Last major operation was in December 1932, when a party of Macedonians, complete with...
...midst of the reception the light: of all Sofia suddenly blinked out. Fearfully Union Club members tiptoed about in the dark. "The Macedonians!" All over the city everyone had the same idea. Out of their barracks poured squadrons of mounted police riding like Cossacks. Truckloads more roared up to the Union Club. Half an hour later the lights flickered on again. Engineers at the city power plant had found the trouble-small black kitten which had fallen against a switch and short-circuited the city. To stop all further Macedonian talk the animal's charred body was solemnly carried...