Word: turkeys
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Hungary, Estonia, Germany. Negotiations for similar treaties are under way with: Brazil, Czechoslovakia, Poland, Finland, Latvia, Guatemala, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, Austria, Jugoslavia, Honduras. Modus-vivendi agreements extending most-favored-nation treatment are in effect with: Albania, Brazil, Czechoslovakia, Dominican Republic, Finland, Greece, Guatemala, Haiti, Latvia, Lithuania, Nicaragua, Poland, Rumania. Turkey...
Absent. The following members were noted as not having sent delegations: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Honduras, Peru, Spain. The following non-members were also absent: U. S., Mexico, Russia, Turkey, Egypt...
Fourth day. Another 500 miles was behind the Pride of Detroit as she coasted to earth at Stamboul, Turkey. Said the military commandant at the field: "In the name of Turkish aviators of the future I greet and welcome you . . . ." Pleased with this courtesy the aviators prepared to hasten on toward Aleppo. Official Turkey ordered them to wait while the red tape was unwound from an official permit to fly over Turkish territory...
Fifth day. Impatient, the flyers parleyed with officials; obtained official permits. Said Flyer Brock: "Flying over the Atlantic is a cinch compared with crossing Turkey...
Sixth day. Flyer Schlee was given a "good luck bead," used by Turkish cabbies to decorate their horses, and he blamed the bead for the delay in Turkey. He said it worked against his rabbit's foot. The Pride of Detroit, un-superstitious machine, rose from Constantinople, flew to Bagdad, 1,075 miles, making up time...