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From Bagdad on the Subway to Bagdad on the Tigris in 10 Minutes
Lowell Thomas, famed radio commentator, used the New York Bagdad telephone link to inaugurate service to Iraq. He spoke with Said Rashid Rashid in Bagdad, recalling Haroun-al-Rashid and Feisal. The chat traced a global route from New York via London Cairo El Kantara to Bagdad, marveling at trans oceanic telephony.
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Bagdad-On-The-Subway
Bagdad-On-The-Tigris
Lowell Thomas
Bagdad
Kingdom of
Iraq
Thomas
New York-Bagdad
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Kingdom
The
Near East
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O. Henry
Tigris
Euphrates
Righed Rashid
Rashid
Haroun-al-Rashid
Arabia
Emir Feisal
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Ghazi
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Cairo
Africa
Suez Canal
el Kantara
Allenby
Sinai Desert
Israel
Gaza
Goliath
Delilah
Sampson
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Jaffa
David
Solomon
Jonah
Haifa
Nazareth
North
Arabian Desert