Word: ethiopia
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Respecting the interests of Italy in the Mediterranean, which were to have been called "vital" while those of Britain were to have been called only "essential," this whole matter is covered by simply reaffirming the Italo-British Gentlemen's Agreement of Jan. 2, 1937. 4) Unexpectedly Italy mentioned Ethiopia's famed Lake Tana by name, affirmed that she will respect British interest in having this great lake remain the source of the Blue Nile, which waters the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan. This was to set at rest popular British fears of several years' duration that the Italians might...
...soon afterward had it from highest British and Italian quarters. In general the treaty is to secure against Italian aggression British trade routes and spheres of influence on the Mediterranean and Red Seas, and to secure against British aggression the Italian trade routes and territories in this area, including Ethiopia (see map). The treaty would become operative after Italy withdrew her men from the territory of the Rightist Spaniards; and Britain would undertake to get the Italian Empire recognized by all members of the League of Nations, including Britain...
...Ethiopia (TIME, Sept. 9, 1935, et seq.). A typical Ben Smith achievement was his handling of the J. I. Case Co. stock when it tumbled during the Hoover Depression. He kept selling J. I. Case short until he had made huge gains, sloganizing nervous Wall Street at this time with respect to all stocks: "Sell 'em! Sell 'em! They're not worth anything!" Last week famed "Sell 'em Ben" Smith was close-mouthed as usual, but expansive Francis W. Rickett glowingly described his conference with General Lázaro Cárdenas, the "New Deal" President...
Died. Baroness Eva Dickson von Blixen-Finecke, 30, British sportswoman and air enthusiast; in an automobile accident; near Baghdad, Iraq. The young Baroness, second wife of Baron Bror von Blixen-Finecke, hunted lions in Africa, drove racing cars in Europe, in 1935 went to Ethiopia to ''watch...
...have become main military objectives of today-since aviation now permits an invading army to wage much of the war behind the enemy's lines, crack morale, force surrender. In Spain, Douhet disciples point out, the use by aircraft of poison sprays and bombs (which was decisive in Ethiopia) has virtually not been tried, and this was still true last week as modified Douhet methods suddenly subjected Barcelona, the largest and wealthiest Spanish city and the country's greatest industrial metropolis, to day after day of the heaviest, most destructive, most deadly bombing ever achieved...