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May 6, 1936

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By the Associated Press

Ct sets aside indictments against 31 for graft and official corruption in protecting a slot machine syndicate

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BADOGLIO REACHES GOAL; Leads 30,000 Men Into Capital as Fifty Planes Swarm in Sky. RAISES ITALIAN TRICOLOR Marshal Orders Machine Gun Units to Guard Legations and Troops to Patrol City. FINDS 'MISERABLE SCENE' Forces Start Clean-Up and Take Over Services -- 'New Labor Begins,' Says Chief. BADOGLIO'S ARMY REACHES ITS GOAL

By Herbert L. Matthewswireless To the New York Times

Itals occupy Addis Ababa: Marshal Badoglio's statement to journalists; detachments sent to aid besieged foreign legations, measures taken to restore order; Graziani's columns smash ahead toward Harar, occupy Farso; Starace occupies Uacne; rumored Badoglio will leave Ethiopia following complete mil occupation

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ASSEMBLY REJECTS NEW LEHMAN PLEA ON SOCIAL SECURITY; Republicans Refuse to Consider Another Dunnigan Bill or Pass the Original.

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

conf with Sen Dunnigan; Assembly rejects demand

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TRIUMPH FOR MUSSOLINI; Madly Acclaimed as He Informs Throng, 'The War Is Ended.' HIS MOOD IS CONCILIATORY People Show Joy, Laughing and Singing in Streets as They Celebrate Far Into Night. WHOLE NATION TAKES PART ' Long Live the Emperor!' Cried to King -- Princesses Join in the Tribute to Il Duce. ETHIOPIA ITALIAN, SAYS MUSSOLINI

By Arnaldo Cortesiwireless To the New York Times

Mussolini acclaimed as he announces end of war to crowds; calls Ethiopia Ital; s is conciliatory; Rome celebrations described

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Democratic Vote Leads; LANDON TRAILING THE HOOVER SLATE

By the Associated Press

SAN FRANCISCO, May 5. -An uninstructed delegation headed by Earl Warren, friend of former President Hoover, had a sharp edge over a delegate slate pledged to Covernor Landon in Republican returns from forty of California's fifty-eight counties.

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