Show ETHIOPIA RAINS BOG ITALIANS Southern Army Drive Brought t. t to 10 Halt ROME April 29 UP Tropical Tropic Tropical l lEast East Africa rains bogged down the Italian offensive against Sasa Baner today oday causing the southern troops to o call a temporary halt while the motorized northern forces rumbled on toward Addis Ababa The three southern columns worn down by their drive against tho the stout Ethiopian defenses were defenses were ordered to rest at positions already occupied Marshal J Badoglio's main column olumn o of Italian white soldiers soldiers soldiers sol sol- sol sol- diers riding in trucks down the imperial imperial im im- im- im penal highway from Dessye to Adis Addis Addis Ad- Ad dis is Ababa meantime was climbing the he central plateau directly toward Emperor Haile Halle Selassie's capital The last from front the commander in chief chiet reported yesterday yesterday yes- yes erday that this spearhead of lila hb atack attack at at- tack ack had driven in kilometers about 92 miles from Dessye Italian military experts expected the he occupation of Addis Ababa to tobe tobo bo be 10 carried out without out without encountering encounter encounter- tag ing ng opposition within opposition within two or three days ays at the most The Tho only major task remaining then to complete the Illi fascist conquest conquest con- con quest of Ethiopia these sources said aid would be elimination of the army of ot otRas Ras standing g Inthe Inthe in the he way of oC the southern Italian forces be before rc Harar second city ot of f Ethiopia I Dispatches from General Rodolfo Graziani's southern headquarters intimated an order to resume the march to Sasa Benah was WM expected soon oon and Italians anticipated that it t would carry the color trl-color far forward orward on the roa road to H Harar miles northeast of Sasa |