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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD. OREGON, ALL ABOARD FOR AFRICA bHMmMi yfiFi - 1 - , vkl s. N v. A large detachment of Italian troops, crowding the stern of the Colombo, aa it left Genoa, bound for the African empire of Ethiopia. War between Italy and Ethiopia was considered Imminent In capitals of the world. (Associated Press PhntM WHY ITALY WANTS ETHIOPIA Four views of tha pioneers who established a bass on Midway Island In the Pacific (or use as a stopping place by the clipper ship (center Inset) In its (light from Cati(ornia to the Orient when Pan-American establishes its route. Upper left: . Unloading a lighter, the pioneers had no wharf. Upper right: First buildings on a rough, sandy terrain. Lower left: The radio room, "heart" of the base, and lower right, the (Irst living quarters on the Island. (Associated Press Photos) r A A 4 fr i f - T . Aw.ro. jkff' 4 S"" ' 4 ofE T HfO P I fe"7 BIRKIE WINS TEN ROUND DECISION READY TO FIGHT FOR ETHIOPIA Thl man nnlnt nut tha nrinclnal reasons whv Italy desires Ethl opla. The areas of crossed H.ies represent (upper) extensive potential Irrigation and power development areas, and (lower) extensive coffee, cotton and rubber producing areas. The belief has been expressed In Italy that control ot coffee and cotton trade alone In Ethiopia would pay for tho war, even though tho cost was 1,000.000,000 lire. Possible dam slt'.s for power and Irrigation are indicated by black bars across the river. Seeking a peaceful solution, Ethiopia, according to some sources, has offered Italy part of Ogaden (Indicated In solid black) but the land tendered was termed "a strip of sand." Ethiopia also wants sea oort. now belna served by Djibouti, French Somallland. HERE'S "BEBE" AND HER BABY H ' ' JH'C I , IFyTI-'"" '"S SWW!SI !.. Will. sMfisTffrTflfr7TTrT fcrrrvi .miwm -" Beneath a blazing Havana, Cuba, sun two heavyweight contender fought ten furious rounds with the winner, Hans Blrkie (right) of Ger many poundtng out a decision over Isldoro Castanaga of Spain. (Asso ciated Pi-ess Photosi NOTED FLIER BEFORE COMMITTEE Bebe, giant hippopotamus at the Chicago Zoological Park In suburb an Brookfield, Is shown with her two-day-old baby In the tank at the ioo. The baby, born under water, has not been named yet. (Assoclatsd Press Photo McGRADY, JOHNSON AT LABOR MEET : . . -.1 -V J , 'lV?iWJ3? .S3 -' I L--- & - mi ii in II Both of these Ethiopian notables General Kabaia and nia wife are ready to fight for their emperor, Halle Selassie. General Kabaia li personal bodyguard to the emperor, while his wife, an excellent rlfll shot, haa expressed her willingness to shoot ahoulder to shoulder wltr tha men In tha field. (Associate "-km Photos) TAKES LESSON IN MANLY ARTS ! i Finds Wife Dead ft,..- f,,ir vv iaa fc- xmk n w it k . a 5 "Cfeii sTO3Tr-"rT'jF8 I . . F Iff I aTliN&i Amelia Earhart Putnam, noted woman flier, shown before the sen ate interstate commerce committee In Washington, D. C, as she testi fied she favored further federal regulation of aviation with reserva tions. Left to right: Srn. McCarran (D-Nev) and Amelia Earhart Putnam. (Associated Press Photo) Franklin O. Roosevelt, Jr. (right), aon of tha President, recelvlno some expert Instruction In tha art of aalf defense from wrestler 16 Don George (left) and former heavyweight ehamplon Jack Dempeey In New York. (Associated Press Photo) BOY DISCOVERS LATIN CONJUGATION it; Helene Madison. Seattle's one-time world champion swimmer, "bones up' on anatomy and chemistry in preparation for entering a Seame nospnai tor a mree-year course or training to do m nurse. Tnen he plans to combine her nursing with her swimming ability in ortho pedic work "helping little lame kids get well." (Associated Pre si Photon 180 YEAR SENTENCE FOR WOMEN fti"V ,u-" IftJWWtf11 . -: A?" S . ', (W r7 3 w ' w- t1?v tllS, Mrs. Biancne DunKei uotij ana Mrs. Eveiyn 8mnh us they hoard the Judge's decree sentence them to prison for 100 years each for tha slaying of Mrs. Dunkel's son-in-law, Ervln Lang, In Chicago. (Asso ciated Presa Photn. ETHIOPIA FORMS RED CROSS ,11 m mil hi Mi J: A? Assistant Secretary of Labor Edward McGrady -left) and Hugh 8. Johnson, former NRA head and who is now work relief chief In New York, sfter attend3 an A. F. L. executive council meeting In Atlantic City, N. J, McGrady ftew from Washington where he was conducting meetings between employers and employes to end tha Pacifio Coast maritime labor troubles. (Associated Press Photai Robert James (above), La Cres cents, Calif., beauty shop owner, returned home to find his wife, sr sxpectant mother, dead in a shal low fish pond. It was believed she had slipped snd struck her head, (Associated Press Photo) Theee two nuraes, employed In a modern hospital built by Emperor Halle Selassie from his own funds, may be mustered Into the Ethiop ian Red Cross established by Imperial decree to act In case tha quar rel with Italy breaka Into open warfare, (Associated Press Photot PUTTING THEIR RIGHT FEET FORWARD Vernon King, 13-year-old high school freshman of Salt Lske City, Utah, Is acclaimed as a mental genius. The boy is said to have dis covered 4 fifth Latin conjugation, to have worked out a demonstration for the fourth dimension and to 6a a shark at chemistry aa welt "Forgotten boys." given a new leass on life In the new Federal vocational training achool for home less youths at Clyde, Calif., ara shown marching past tha review atand during dedication of tha Institu tion. Tha government slam establishing ssvaral mora similar schools. (Assoclatsd Press Photo) it
