Word: ethiopia
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...took their places. Overalled mechanics crouched under each plane, screwing fuses in gleaming rows of high explosive bombs. In his pilot's seat Count Ciano opened the throttle, then waved his hand as a signal. The seven great planes wheeled and took off together due south for Ethiopia and the mountains of Tigr...
...hundred miles and three-quarters of an hour after the takeoff they were through the black mountain peaks; below them lay Aduwa, scene of Italy's most galling defeat 39 years before, junction of the caravan routes of northern Ethiopia; Aduwa, to capture which Benito Mussolini had sent 280,000 men 2,500 miles at a cost of $160,000,000. Sprawled over three hills Aduwa was a collection of low-walled huts, some thatched, some roofed with corrugated iron, that housed some 3,000 souls. Count Ciano squinted down through his bomb sights and pulled the trigger...
...With good Harlow blocking Crusaders will have to Gavin and will find none can Kidd Harvard. If Kelly say to Crusaders quote Yablonsky backsky homesky unquoto Purple may turn Curley tall and Linqua no lonqua. Prediction of Sage: Harvard 14, Holy Cross 12. Other scores, Yale, 13, Penn 13; Ethiopia 4.562, Italy 778. Kindest regards all friends...
...Paramount News is a knockout including Professor Mather on the Oath Bill and the most sinister pictures yet to get back from Ethiopia...
Italy has openly thumbed its fascist proboscis at the League of Sations. Unless the League takes definite action to curb Italian aggression in Ethiopia, Geneva might just as well turn the Palace of Peace into a Minsky Burlesque house. And yet at the point of voting for definite sanctions, Marianne claims her female perogative to change her fluffy mind...