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When and where did Count Ciano become an ace? If he has earned this title in the present war, he must have shot down the entire Ethiopian air force single handed...
...broke her leg jumping into a trench for safety. They were rushed to Addis Ababa by plane. Typical of the reaction of newshawks was that of Herald Tribune Correspondent Linton Wells. For weeks he has chafed publicly at the dirt and discomfort of the country, the surliness of minor Ethiopian officials. Yet no sooner had his ears stopped ringing from the bombing raid than he rushed to his typewriter to start his daily dispatch thus: "I witnessed today one of the most inhumane acts of warfare it has been my misfortune to see in 20 odd years of experience...
Little noticed among the more spectacular news, the Laval triumph in the French Parliament has a potential significance beyond any political speech or "dope" story about the Ethiopian war. After leaders of the various parties, including Fascist and Communist alike, had struck the keynote of unity and faith in democracy, the French Chamber, by an overwhelming vote dissolved the semi-military leagues and prohibited Frenchmen from carrying firearms. True the "freedom of the press" was curtailed by an act making punishable an incitement to assassination, but actually the freedom of the press under any government was never so all-inclusive...
...Only a saintly man can see it," explained the High Priest, adding with Ethiopian tact, "I have never seen it myself...
...European diplomatic front of the Ethiopian war last week tension rose again toward the breaking point. Three brawling boasters could scarcely have vaunted themselves more ready to fight at the drop of a Sanction than did Britain, France and Italy in the suave and supple but exceedingly dangerous communiqués of their respective governments to the Press...