ITALY ARMING
MORE TROOPS FOR ABYSSINIA. PURCHASE OF AEROPLANES. (United Press Assn.—Telegraph Copyright.) Rome, June 2. Italian troops under arms are now nearly 1,000,000. Two’ army and two Black Shirt divisions are proceeding to barracks in preparation for Africa, where 134,000 troops are already stationed. Troopships are leaving Italy thrice daily. A message from -Basle states that Italy has purchased five Swiss aeroplanes for which Abyssinia had been negotiating. •
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Southland Times, Issue 25302, 4 June 1935, Page 7
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69ITALY ARMING Southland Times, Issue 25302, 4 June 1935, Page 7
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