(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
The route covered by Abraham the Patriarch on his wanderings from Ur of the Chaldeans to Palestine will be shortened by the introduction of American modes of communication.
A regular automobile service was established between Jerusalem and Bagdad, the capital of Mesopotamia, The journey by automobile will take three and a half days.
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