The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-04-30
MussoIini Executed
 By Firing Squad; 1S
 Others Die with Hin

(Continued from Page One) youth, suffering poverty. At the age of 19 he entered the College of the Salesian Fathers, but was expelled because he was rebellious, and later was dismissed from a normal school because of radical political ideas. He spent few years in Switzerland and was exiled from that country for altering the date of his passport.
 He was wounded in the first World War by grenade which in flicted 98 wounds on his body and is said to have watched while the surgeons patched him up without an anaesthetic.
 After the war, he went back to editing the newspaper he had founded for spreading his ideas the I'll Popolo d'Italia." He decided to create a new political party in Italy, and the first date in the history of Fascism is March 23, 1919, when Mussolini called to- gether at Milan a number of former soldiers and organized the Fascist Party to "valorize the victory"
 Fascism grew strong, but So- cialism was strong in Italy, too. Disorders followed in quick suc- cession as one government suc- ceeded another.
 March On Rome
 On October 24, 1922, Mussolini stood among his followers in Naples and said, give us power peacefully or we shall take it by force" This was the prelude to the famous March on Rome" and it was car ried out with perfect military pre- cision. His Blackshirts completed the march in three days. King Vittorio Emanuel summoned him to form new government. Mus solini was in the saddle.
 Within a month he had assumed the title of I'll Duce," (the leader) Then began the dream of new Roman Empire. First was the Corfu incident, growing out of the murder of five Italian members of a con- mission in Greece. Mussolini de- manded 50,000,000 lire indemnity and other concessions. Greece hesitated. Italy bombarded and occupied Corfu. Corfu was evacuated after the Italian demands were met.
 For number of years, then, Mussolini spent his time balcony shouting and rebuilding" Italy. In 1885 and 1886 his path began to swerve from bluff to blood. He sent his legions into Ethiopia and over threw the ill-equipped natives of Halle Selassie. After protests from the League of Nations, Mussolini withdrew Italy from the League.
 Trip To Berlin
 In 1937, Mussolini took the road to Berlin and ruin for Italy when he journeyed to see Hitler. Later, Hitler came to see Mussolini at Rome
 Soon afterward the Civil War began in Spain, and Il Duce sent his legions to the aid of Franco and the Nationalists-40,000 troops.
 In 1889, Italian troops invaded Albania, chasing King Fog from his throne, while Hitler was taking Bohemia and Moravia and pro tecting" Slovakia.
 The Axis partners were riding high.
 On June 10, 1940, Mussolini gave another clustering speech from his balcony in Rome. He redeemed his pledge with Hitler. France was on her knees and the British were ex- periencing Dunquerque. Mussolini delivered his stab in the back and joined in the war.
 Attempts On Life
 Mussolini'S career was not with out attempts on his life.
 At least six were made. Once a bomb exploded near his car. An other time a bullet cut his sash The end of his nose was shipped on another occasion.
 MusSolini will be remembered best on his balcony making one of his thunderous speeches lean- ing forward, grasping. the railing in front of him thrusting out his heavy. under-slung jaw .. ex- ploding words through his heavy megaphone-pursed lips :. smash ing downward with his clenched right fist speaking such phrases as.
 Tt is necessary to be strong Weak peoples alone are neglected in peace and risk being crushed in war we must become mili- fa rv pafiop a ,pilif aricfir nation .