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Beside the Götterdämmerung thunders of the Russo-German War, the 80-hour campaign to achieve all these desirable things sounded like the popping of a little corn. Down either side the Caspian came the Cossacks-horsed, mechanized and propellered. Their western column rapidly took Tabriz; their eastern the port of Bandar Shah (see map). To the south the British crossed from Iraq and made sure of the richest single oil field in existence; their warships in the Persian Gulf squashed Iran's minuscule Navy, sinking two sloops, capturing seven Axis ships. Indian troops landed...
Nonetheless, Teheran and Tabriz, the Shah's second city, are reported swarming with Nazi secret operatives ("spending millions of pounds" say the Russians), who have filtered in from Iraq, Syria and Ethiopia. They are accused of gunrunning, blackmailing and bribing Iranian officials, conducting training schools for spies to work in India and the Near East...
...railways of Turkey and Persia. Ten years ago there was no railway striking east from Ankara toward Persia and nothing but a caravan trail running west from Teheran toward Turkey. There is no through railway yet but the motor road over which His Majesty zipped from Teheran through Tabriz and Erzerum to the Turkish coast at Trebizond is now in prime shape to become an artery of heavy trucking and carry Persian carpets on a direct route to Europe. For trade with Russia and possible defense Persia is in course of being spanned by the line from Bandar Shapur...
...public square of Tabriz, Persia, 81 years ago last week, 31-year-old Mirza Ali Mohammad was stoned and shot to death with "a thousand bullets." Known as the Bab (gateway), he had heralded the coming of a mighty world religious leader. Soon as Mirza Ali Mohammad was dead, Mirza Husayn Ali proclaimed himself the predicted leader, took the name of Baha'u'llah (Glory of God). He preached a simple all-inclusive creed, recognizing the divinity of the founders of the world's other religions. His tenets were internationalism, universal peace, love and tolerance for all, education, work...
...Zwemer sends a request from the Tabriz Memorial School, of Tabriz, Persia, for a French and an English teacher at salaries of $450 a year, including travelling and living expenses. Besides these two positions, Dr. Zwemer has received from various government and mission stations during the past year calls for 140 men. These positions are for teachers of English, physics, chemistry, music and architecture. Also several men are needed as business agents and station managers...