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...Fascist Governor of Rome. When the African adventure developed, Fascist Bottai packed his kit without a word of protest, sailed for Ethiopia as a simple major of the line. For being a good boy, he had his reward last week when he was made civil governor of Addis Ababa...
That night Correspondent Ames spent in a field with the Italian advance guard. Early next morning came a radio message from Marshal Badoglio, bogged down miles back in the middle of his motorized column: The occupation of Addis Ababa must take place at once, regardless of squabbles over the exact order of precedence, because foreigners' lives were in danger following the flight of Haile Selassie...
...Avanti! Avanti!" Flat-footed askari scouts went padding in from their posts and the final advance on Addis Ababa started...
...first the major-mayor had little to do but try to make his new palace habitable. Marshal Badoglio, delegating none of his powers, went about restoring Addis Ababa's water, light and telephone services. Small bands of bandits still lurked in the outskirts. Italian patrols were busy mopping them up. One hustled around to the U. S. legation on an SOS from Minister Cornelius van H. Engert. Plucky Mrs. Engert took time off to tell reporters how during the days of rioting she sat knitting, with a loaded revolver in her overcoat pocket...
Marshal Badoglio caused a great stir in Paris when he announced that he was taking over the French-owned railroad from Addis Ababa to Djibouti (see col. 3). Before long normal rail service to the coast was restored...