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Last week, under orders from Ankara, state governors prepared for a rush of refugees. Most of the intended immigrants had been forced to get rid of their land, cattle and shelter; they would die unless allowed to get out. A high-ranking Turk said bitterly: "A few years ago the Erzincan earthquake caused the death of many thousands. It was Kismet and we bowed to it. This today is not Kismet. This is a premeditated disaster sent by the devil in human form...
...Vincent R. Impellitteri. Added Bertie': "They call him 'Impy.' I suggest he spell it: 'Im Pelley Terry,' so the Italians can take him for a 'Wop,' the English, so numerous in New York, for a Sassenach, and the Irish for a 'Turk.'" The colonel refused to be ruffled by the victory of international-minded Tom Dewey. It "is not a matter of remorse," said Bertie "because [Democrat Walter A.] Lynch was just as bad, and, outside of New York, Dewey is dead politically anyhow...
Midfielder Ron Iluebach was out at the beginning of the season with mumps. Turk Broder, steadiest defense man on the club, broke his cheekbone and was shelved for the rest of the year...
...ruler of West Borneo took his setback with apparent calm. He remained calm as the new central government quickly set about gobbling up its member states, wiping out the federal system he had sponsored. During the January revolt of former Dutch Captain "Turk" Westerling, the Sultan of West Borneo appeared to be completely loyal to the government, continued to attend cabinet meetings and make the rounds of official parties...
...morning police yanked the Sultan of West Borneo out of his suite in the capital's swank Hotel des Indes and hurried him off to confinement in the palace of his rival, the Sultan of Jogjakarta. West Borneo's Sultan, asserted Indonesian intelligence officers, had secretly masterminded Turk Westerling's rebellion...