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JERSEY CITY, N. ds Mar. 6

Climbing through cold blue skies

more than five and Saeed, miles over
Pai “td day, Mise

Ruth Nichols, of hen N. Y¥., aviatrix,
who holds coast-to-coast speed marks
Bet an unofficial altitude record fol
women,
~The altimeter.on her speedy Lock-
head-Vega monoplane showed: nearly
80,054 feet. The fleld barograph was
shipped to Washington for exam{na-
tlon. If it shows 28,074 feet or more,
/Miss Nichols will be awarded the rec-
ord now held by Eleanor Smith, young
Long Island filer.
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| VATICAN CITY. ()~Pope Pius
XT received Princess Margaret of
England today in a 20-minute pri-
vate audience.

It was the first meeting of a
member of British royalty with the
Roman Catholic pontiff in more
than a quarter century. Margaret
made the visit despite protests in
England by Protestant organiza-
| tions
 