ITALIANS MOVING UP
Entry Expected Soon ,?OME TENSELY AWAITS NEWS ROME, May 3. Italy is breathlessly waiting to celebrate the fall of Addis Ababa. Marshal Badoglio is moving up from Des sie to participate in the triumphal on try into Addis Ababa. Signor Mussolini’s son-in-law, Count t'iano, when attempting a test landing rt Akaki eerodrome, seven miles from the capital, received a burst of machine gun fire, that pierced the petrol tanks, forcing the crew to stop the 1 olcs with rags to enable a safe return ‘‘H Tevere” asserts that Addis •.baba is likely to be occupied to-mor mW. Marshall Badoglio’s communique entions overcoming considerable difenlties during the northern advance, ( . n ,l confirms the capture of a large quantity of war material at Mount Termaber, north of the capital. Addis Ababa advices state that Haile S.-lleseie, having partly reorganised his : rmy, has dispatched two forces to F tcm the Italian advance on Addis A bn ba.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXVI, Issue 119, 4 May 1936, Page 8
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