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Died. Eduardo Calosso, 67, Italian artist, at Turin, of heart failure, while painting a portrait of Monsignor Bartolomei, Bishop of Pinerolo. The Bishop administered the last Sacraments to him before he expired...
Died. Agostino, Cardinal Richelmy, Archbishop of Turin, 72, at Turin, Italy. He joined the Garibaldian Volunteers in the War of 1866, and for years afterwards wore his red shirt under his cassock. In 1915, when Italy entered the World War, he organized priests for duty as army chaplains in the mountains of the Trentino, where they carved altars out of snow and said mass in a temperature lower than zero...
...Anti-Blasphemy Congress was held in Turin. During its session a procession was held, in which banners were carried inviting the populace to abstain from the use of bad language. These banners had printed across them " Blasphemy is ignorance." " Blasphemy dishonors us abroad. " " Blashphemy degrades man." After the parade an " Iti" dressed in a frock coat and a tall hat showed the assembled crowd how to take an oath without using bad language. This over, an anti-blasphemy hymn, specially composed for the occasion, was sung by sympathizers...
...speech in Turin last month, Don Sturzo said: "We support those better balanced and more intelligent adherents of Fascismo who are hostile to the dictatorial instinct." The significance of this statement lies in its extrinsic value. Take for example Don Sturzo's position. He is the head of the Popular Party?the sole political organization that has survived the annihilating forces of Fascismo. No government, not even excepting the Fascisti, has ever come into existence without the support of this party. Its position is strong enough in Italy to make the unilateral Government now in power heed their own position...
...speech at Turin was the expression of his personal opinion and in no way committed the Government...