Word: syria
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Syria. Five miles from Antioch, a peasant scouring the countryside for building materials came upon the marble capitals of two Corinthian columns. Before Wellesley's Professor William Alexander Campbell, backed by three museums and one university, reached the spot, the peasant had smashed up his find. But Digger Campbell went ahead to unearth greater treasures: a Greek theatre with an 80-ft. stage which inscriptions indicated was built by the Roman Emperor Hadrian, a life-size alabaster statue, probably of Hadrian, and a villa with remarkable mosaic floors. One design, composed of glass cubes tinted in pastel shades, showed...
...Envious of Palestine's prosperity, the Syrian Government announced it would welcome Jewish immigrants who renounce Zionism, agree not to buy land near the Palestine border, and bring in enough capital to help revive Syria's sultry trade...
...Gabriel Bagradian. rich Armenian back home in Syria after 23 years in Paris, nothing of this scheme was known. With his French wife and young son he had returned to his family estate just in time to be caught by the outbreak of the War. As an officer of Turkish artillery, he expected to be called up, was prepared to go. But significant incidents and rumors soon showed him how the wind was blowing. While he was waiting for the storm he racked his brain to find a possible shelter. On Musa Dagh, seagirt mountain overlooking the village, he found...
Turner & Pangborn likewise got lost, nearly ran out of gas. finally landed at Allahabad. First accident of the race occurred at Aleppo, Syria, when Australians Woods & Bennett turned over in landing. Scott & Black, pushing their engines to the limit, swept into Singapore that night with heavy black smoke pouring from their exhaust. Alarmed field officials rushed out with fire engines. Scott asked for two glasses of beer, danced with nervous impatience...
Married. Grace Dodge, daughter of President Bayard Dodge of the American University of Beirut, Syria, granddaughter of the late Cleveland Hoadley Dodge, copperman (Phelps Dodge) and philanthropist who gave enormous War profits to Near East Relief and other benevolences; and John Bartow Olmsted II of Buffalo; in Riverdale...