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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Askaris Even Live in "Columns"
New pictures from the Northern Front.
Askaris even live in "columns"!
The Askari warriors whose exploits on behalf of Italy in the war against Abyssinia, are constantly mentioned in despatches, seem to live in military formation even between batt...
Planet News Ltd.
With The Lepers Of Abyssinia
Two Capuchin monks are in charge of the Leper Colony at Harrar, Abyssinia. They are Father Charles, who has been 32 years in the Leper Colony without once returning to Europe,and 80-year-old Father Pierrre, who has been 37 years in the Colony, but...
Keystone Press Agency Ltd.
New Picture of the Ethiopian Commander at Adowa
Ras Seyoum (centre), King of the Tigre and Commander of the Ethiopian forces at Adowa where he constantly harassed the Italians. He has already shown himself a clever strategist by extricating his men from the trap set up by General De Bono.
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Camel Corps Leaves Harar for Jijiga
New pictures from the southern front.
Men of the Abyssinian camel corps are among the troops leaving Harar, concentration point of the Abyssinian forces, for Jijiga to meet the Italian advance anticipated on the southern front as soon as Marshal ...
Eastern News Photos
Sabena Boeing 707 Airplane Crash
One of the engines of the Sabena Boeing 707 jet airliner which crashed just outside Brussels international airport recently, lying buried in the earth at the spot where a farm-worker was killed when the plane descended into the field in which he w...
United Press Photos
The Funeral Service for 'Comet' Victims
The funeral service for the 'Comet' disaster victims is held at Porta Azzuro on the Island of Elba. Above is the view inside the local Cathedral, during the service for the 35 victims—passengers and crew—who lost their lives when the British 'Come...
Keystone Press Agency Ltd.
Agra Plane Crash
The wreckage of the plane that crashed on 11th, 33 miles from Agra, India, which killed eighteen including two Sri Lankan students. (A picture showing the hand-over of the students' remains is on page 7).
Bottom text: Some of the people who gathe...
The Times of Ceylon Press
Mas Abi Karsa and His Wife
A couple that survived: Mas Abi Karsa, Editor of an Indonesian newspaper and his wife.
The Times of Ceylon Press