Rome, May 10 (®)—Pope of the
Roman Catholic church and a
member of Britain’s Royal! house
meet today for the first time In
more than a quarter of a cen-
tury.

Pope Pius XII will reccive pret-
ty Princess Margaret Rose in pri-
vale audience in his personal li-
brary.

Afterwards the princess will
visit the Valican museum's Sis-
tene chapel to see Michaelan-
gelo’s ‘Last Judgment.”

Some English Protestants had
asked King George io prevent
her audience with the Pope.

The last meeting between the
Pope and British royalty sas 2€
years ago when the princess’
grandparents, King George V
and Quecn Mary, were received
by Pope Pius XI, predecessor ot!
the present pontiff.
 
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JERSEY CITY, N. J. March 6.-—-
Climbing through cold blue skies
more than five and one-half miles
over Jersey and Manhattan today,
Miss Ruth Nichols, Rye, N. ¥., Mier,
who holds coast-to-coast speed
marks, set an “unofficial altitude
record for women,

The altimeter on her speedy
Lockheed-Vega monoplane showed
nearly 30,054 feet. The sealed baro~-
graph placed in the plane by the
National Aeronautic association lm-
mediately was shipped to Washing-
ton for examination. If it show?
28.074 feet, or more, Miss Nichols
will be awarded the record now Seld
by Elinor Smith, young Long Island

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