Italy Breaks Off Relations with Abyssinia
Count Vinci, The Italian Minister in Addis Ababa has been asked to leave county as soon as possible.
An interesting picture taken [...] than a month ag, showing Count Vinci [...] to the Emperor of Abyssinia at a reception [...] a striking contras...
The Times of Ceylon Press
Haile Selassie with the Duke of Gloucester
Royal Visit to Ethiopia.
His Royal Highness the Duke of Gloucester seen enjoying a joke with his royal host, Haile Selassie, Emperor of Ethiopia, in the Imperial Palace at Addis Ababa during his recent five-day royal visit to Ethiopia.
The Duke o...
The Times of Ceylon Press
Haile Selassie
A recent picture of the Emperor of Abysinia, photographed in his study at Addis Ababa.
War Office Photographs
A Loyal Official Kissing the Feet of Haile Selassie
A loyal official kissing the feet of Emperor Haile Selassie, Emperor of Ethiopia, after the latter returned to Addis Ababa on December 17th from his holiday in Brazil, which he cut short on hearing of the rebellion in Ethiopia. The rebellion was c...
United Press Photos
"Dog was in at This Get Together"
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: Italian Under-Secretary of Foreign Affairs, Giovanni Brusasca (left) and Ethiopian Emperor Heille Selassie, chat together in the Empirial throne room. For the first time since Mussolini's legions marched in to occupy this co...
Planet News Ltd.
Ethiopia's Expanding Telecommunications Network
In Ethiopia hundreds of students are being trained at the Imperial Telecommunications Institute to meet the country's need for personnel to manage and operate the expanding network of communications. At the Institute, which was set up by the Gover...
United Nations Information Centre
Population Progressively Overcomes Illiteracy
455 Ethiopians at the age between 15 and 75 learn to read and write at the "Hizbawi-Serawit School of Addis Ababa at present. Some 5.5 million people wanted to participate in the 2nd alphabetization phase, which began in the end of 1979. Lessons a...
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Ethiopian Gymnasts Display
Giving a gymnastic display with flags here recently, in honour of the State Visit by the Queen and Prince Philip, are Ethiopian girls.
United Press International (UK) Ltd.
Ethiopia: Housing Construction in Addis Ababa
Scaffold and cranes mark the face of the Ethiopian capital in many places between the boroughs Arat Kilo and Bihere Tsige. In the next few years, some 20 million dollars are planned to be spent on the growth of Addis Ababa — especially on flats a...
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