THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE
_-_"ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME"__
VOL XLVIL NO 7240, JUNEAU, ALASKA. SATURDAY. APRIL 4, 1936,_MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS_PRICE TEN CENTS
I
CAPITAL CITY
OF ETHIOPIANS
IS AIR RAIDED
Five Italian Planes Swoop
Low Over City Ma
chine Gunning
INCENDIARY BULLETS
FIRED BY INVADERS
Selassie Forces Are Report
ed on Rout in North
ern Sector
ADDIS ABABA. April 4.—A squad
ron of Italian airplanes attacked the
airdrome of this Ethiopian Capital
today, machine gunning two Ethi
opian planes and firing one with in
cendiary bullets.
Five planes flew over the Capital
City for 45 minutes precipitating
evacuation of the populace but the
planes dropped no bombs.
The fliers appeared to concen
trate over nearby Surkaki where
both the airdrome and wireless sta
tion are situated. The wireless sta
tion was not damaged.
Natives from the surrounding ter
ritory crowded into Addis Ababa
for the regular Saturday market
day then were followed by panicky
crowds.
Quiet was restored when r.o bomb-;
were dropped.
Foreigners went to their legations
from refuge in trenches and dug
outs.
The invading planes descended to
an altitude less than 100 feet while
gunning planes outside of the air
drome.
Empress Mennen toured the city
to inspect and learn if there had
been any damage or victims after
the planes left.
ETHIOPIANS ROUTED
ROME. April 4.— Gen. Badoglio
has wirelessed here that the Italian
forces in Northern Ethiopia have
scattered the Imperial troops of Em
peror Haile Selassie sending them
into a "desperate flight southward.
