THE >AILY ALASKA EMPIRE
“ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME”.
VOL XLVII., NO. 7157._SIXTEEN PAGES_JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY, APRIL 24, 1936._MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS _PRICE TEN CENTS
I
ITALIAN ARMY
MOVES TOWARD
ETHIO, CAPITAL
Thirty Thousand Soldiers
Reported to Be on
Big March
ONE TOWN CAPTURED
IN MORNING ATTACK
Airplanes Are Bombing De
fenses at Harar—Negus
Spokesman Talks
GENEVA, April 24.—The drive of
the Italian army from Dessye to the
Ethiopian Capital is in full swing
today, Marshal Badoglio reporting
that a body of native, Eritrean and
Askari troops and a part of the
large force of 30,000 Italians took
Worra Ilu, a town about 38 miles
south of Dessye, this morning.
Ahead of these troops of the main
Italian army in the north are ad
vance contingents whom Italian re
ports placed today some 70 miles
from Addis Ababa.
Marshal Badoglio said the ad
vance is progressing in good form
on the southern front.
Airplanes continue bombing
Ethiopian defenses at the second
largest city, Harar.
A spokesman for the Ethiopian
government denied Italian reports
that no defense of the Capital will
be made.
‘Even if the Capital is taken,"
said the spokesman, "The war will
go on, with the Ethiopians starting
a large scale guerilla warfare
against the invaders.”
ONE HUNDRED
THOUSAND IS
LEFT NEPHEW
Will of Widow of One of
Founders of A. C.
Co., Is Filed
SAN FRANCISCO. Cal., April 24—
The will of Mrs. Suzanne Niebaum.
widow of Gustave Niebaum, one of
the founders of the Alaska Commer
cial Company, has been filed for
probate.
Mrs. Niebaum left $100,000 in
trust to Gustave Singleberger, a
nephew, and divided the estate's
residue between a grand nephew
and niece, John Daniel Jr., and Su
zanne S. Daniel.
All of the heirs reside in San
Francisco.
