| Vatican City —(P— Fone Pius
‘XL received Prinees- Margaret of
_ England teday in a 26-minute pri-
ivate audience.

' Vt was the first meeting of a
‘member of Britt-h reyalty with the
Roman Catholic pontiff in more than
a quarter century. Margaret made
the visit despite pratests in Eng-
tland by Protestant organizations,
 
| Jersey City, N. J., March 7.—2)
'—Climbing through cold blue skies
‘more than five and one-half miles
over Jersey and Manhattan yester-
day, Miss Ruth Nichols, Rye, N. Y.,
flier, 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 field bar)-
‘graph placed in the plane by
the National Aeronautic Associa-
tion, was immediately shipped to
Washington for examination. If it
showed 28,074 feet, or more, Miss
Nichols will be awarded the record
now held by Elinor Smith, young
Long Island flier.
 