Word: ethiopia
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Together they went over the inventory of the treasure on which the Emperor must live for the rest of his life.What he brought on the Enterprise was estimated at a little over $5,000,000. One important item was already safely in a London vault, the imperial crown of Ethiopia. Solid gold, weighing more than three pounds, studded like a plum cake with rubies, diamonds, sapphires, it was shipped out of Addis Ababa before the fall of the city seemed imminent. To be nearer this last badge of authority left him, Haile Selassie was prepared to leave Jerusalem soon...
...room in the King David Hotel porters carried a large radio set so that the Emperor might listen to Benito Mussolini's speech annexing Ethiopia (see col. 3). The Negus could stand only half of it, nervously snapped off the switch, went to bed all of a tremble...
...first adunata (general assembly) of the Italian people occurred Oct. 2, 1935, marked the beginning of the War in Ethiopia. At the second adunata, held early last week, the occupation of Addis Ababa by Marshal Badoglio was announced. Four days later came the call for the third adunata which all Italy had been feverishly awaiting. Well drilled, the Italian people knew their posts, their cues. A good hour before Il Duce's speech, they had left their homes, cafes and shops to gather in public squares. In the shoeshine parlors and groceries of Brooklyn and Boston...
...exactly 10 o'clock members of the Grand Council of Fascism, followed by the Italian Cabinet, all in Fascist trimmings & trappings, marched into the great room. Goat-bearded Marshal Emilio de Bono, recalled last autumn from Ethiopia under a cloud, was there. Chin-tufted Libyan Governor Italo Balbo had flown over from Tripoli to attend the party. Near him sat his Fascist twin, Italian Ambassador Dino Grandi, who had sped to Rome from London...
...destiny of Ethiopia has been sealed today, May 9 of the 14th year of the Fascist revolution. All knots have been cut by our flaming sword and the victory in Africa becomes part of the history of our country, pure and complete...