Flag at Half Mast Spurs Papal Death Rumor
Vatican City reported rumors that Pope Pius XI had died on the fifteenth anniversary of Benedict XVs death. Vatican officials quickly refuted the claim, stating the pope was about the same and alive.
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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1937
Page
19
Vatican City reported rumors that Pope Pius XI had died on the fifteenth anniversary of Benedict XVs death. Vatican officials quickly refuted the claim, stating the pope was about the same and alive.
In Lexington on January 22, church leaders authorized Bishop H. P. Abbott of the Lexington diocese to form a committee to urge the Kentucky legislature to enact a law prohibiting any minister from marrying persons afflicted with venereal disease.
In Houston six people face charges of box car burglary and felony theft. Special agent L B Guynes of Missouri Pacific Railway says the case involves an interstate cigarette theft ring. About 68 cases of cigarettes were stolen across Texas Oklahoma Missouri Nebraska Louisiana and Illinois.
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