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That night in their newspapers Romans read of extraordinary events at Umberto's Castel Porziano estate south of Rome. The story: forest fires had broken out simultaneously at several points, apparently set to trap Umberto's son, the eight-year-old Prince of Naples.
Two days later Romans were startled again. Stooped, sleepy-eyed Ferruccio Parri, Italy's middle-of-the-road Premier, had issued an extraordinary statement: there was no foundation to rumors of a rightist plot aimed at overthrowing his three-month-old compromise Government.
The Romans knew better. The plot had been laid, but had not been hatched because too many knew about it. Clearly, Premier Parri had issued his statement to prevent the rumors of a rightist uprising from becoming the excuse for a leftist outbreak.
More than 10,000 Romans last week paid a million lire to enjoy a thunderous, starlit performance of Aïda. It was the biggest musical event since the liberation. In the open-air theater at the historic Baths of Caracalla, the huge (160 x 120 ft.) stage was set...
East of Manila a hot rain of incendiary bombs fell into the jungles of Woodpecker Ridge, where Jap machine gunners had been holding up the 38th Division. Flame-throwing tanks probed the wooded draws hiding enemy positions. From catapults such as the Romans used, drums of fire were hurled into...