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Show x. ' - JFAGRSIX PROV QT (UT A H)T EVEN! N H E R Aj), TUESdIyO C T 0 fij Ri 13 5C V" . HUH M!V - ; &vriBl-:' Wewesl Spot-News photos by H. V. Drees, mmMSmm f V - f-it -. .. '-. V- , h W ' . !:. I - T ; ... f- ' ' - si Spot-News photos by 1. V. Drees, NEA-HERAID Staff Cameraman All Pictures Copyright, 1935, by NEA Service, Inc. r A - I AagigSW: - - f"f "IT""" ' ' ' '" " Ljii'irZimZTTiiwinm i s' I-) s - v.V " V ! - V 1 w:? . ' - -WiSlsw-. IV'' , " ,,sXMJk I I- t F-l 1 I Jllilitary wcrecy is maintained about the bomb-proof dugout beinj? built on the outskirts of Addis Ababa. Above a soldier warns away a native who has strayed into the construction area. In the background back-ground is an aerial tnast of the radio station that links Ethiopia with civilization. The Ethiopian Air Force consists of a single plane that is in fighting trim. Here J. Robinson, the American negro aviator, is pictured behind the machine gun mounted in the observer's cockpit. He faces an aerial version of Horatio at the bridge in the event Italy's roaring squadrons attack. Ethiopia's women are ready to fight, too. A veteran of the battle of Adowa, where the Italians were defeated in 1896, 60-year-old Femelekh has asked Emperor Haile Selassie for a gun with which to fight again. Her hand and eye are as steady in handling a pistol as at Adowa, where she claims to have killed 50 enemies. " V, 1 4 ft ? 5 i , ) if 'j( isf-.-'- vcrt i - ,o,V, O- jqiniil . - Fear of air raids and shelling by enemy artillery motivates Ethiopi war preparations near Addis Ababa, pictured by H. V. Drees, Eveni Herld-Near Service staff photographer. A European engineer pictured working on a bomb-proof dugout to shelter thousands. Armed with ancient rifles, muskets and awesome sabers,- the savage tribesmen of Ethiopia's interior comprise the most unpredictable factor in the showing their country could make against Italy's modern armies. They trot towards the front lei by tribal chiefs mounted on donkeys. The bright gleam of shining wood and ominous blue steel holds the interest of these Ethiopian troops they examine the new automatic auto-matic rifle presented them by Emperor Haile Selassie ft -CiSfiix'V, yj$sk8jiJi, m-iJ-- i- t y. I. W)M w . mxM . a 'xf s 4jCiMMfe. " "-,tfiiirr " ..fc ; .TT.f. Ethiopia's sole gateway by sea to the outside world Is Djlbutl. capital of French Somallland, a section of the city's railway yards ' freight hnilfiPl anr? n.a torfrn.it KAn ,knm Tk....l. ikt. . 11.. . . . . ' j ai uat ' - wm. "" ucio. x ui uugu iuw j)uu me great duik or imports ana exports of Haile Selassie's em nire nassea. In the left bacteround shiDS are shown ridine in the harbor. Brought secretly to Addis Ababa from India td defend the British Legation, it was feared at fir; that the arrival of the Sikh guards might cause alarm. This picture permitted to be made them, was taken as they paraded before their ten s on the legation grounds prior to going on dut. : v ft " -t ' T'l.Ht T -5 Jjntfr H r Sit f g L Bw'. iPRk Sit fT:r;i UiVi - - 1 1 u a .vi ft m . t 4 t m mi ill Hi 1 S W UULI- f j r 1 i t - - . L .. i..,' ..'.(. nw,v-v. XOP.VRV.', : v.'.Vl'yjX'JCFAv.v,,'.::o Center of the business district ot Djlbutl is Menelik place, a section of which is shown herp. arrhprl window nrt Ann, clvla aiAlatlia n.nnn.U.tU. 1 it. , L.MilU.. T7 11.1. ,a . . 1 OU aillllUL .vu.lVvm.D ji.cuviiuuouufi iu me low uuhuiusd. r rum nils cuy 01 iu.uuu in rrencn somaiuana runs the onlr raiiwov una to Ethiopia, carrying most of the goods that enter and are shipped from Addis Ababa. x vf' i s -- - - , - ,f i- i yX-y 11 Gf'J-WO I 1 MM ' MAtohMiiifc?S : . -.-.4 I . !liUAV.b -j. v. . With, war clonds ttxlckenin, the customs quay at Djibutl Is a hive of activity, with, huge consign inents of goods being rushed through the French colony's capital to. Ethiopia. Here is shown a section of thdwharf with natives busily engaged In unloading a shipment of freight. In the background back-ground stands the governor's palace. Motive power on the DJibuti-Addis Ababa railway line is of the 50 years ago type. Here is shown one of the ramshackle locomotives loco-motives that puff over the route, before it started on its run from the Somali laud seaport. Its railroad damaged badly by heavy summer rains. Ethiopia: has rushed man troops to points along the line to aid in repair work. Here is shown a work train loaded with roadbed VmtetiaL ana carrying troona as it proceeds between Duanie ana uiraaawa. in me uatiwuuu are .. .. ing-roountaina frowning -down on the barren plain- .t , v". |