SWIFTER PURGE IN ITALY
(Rec. 10 a.m.) LONDON, Mar. 7. An Italian Cabinet agreement on the swifter, harder-hitting purge de--manded by the Communists as a condition of their remaining in the Cabinet is announced, says the Associated Press Rome correspondent. General Brune.tti has been appointed commander of the Carabinieri, replacing Signor Orlando, who was dismissed yesterday. Further disturbances over Roatta's escape spread lasl night to the prison where prisoners awaiting trial for alleged crimes under Fascism broke out of their antiquated cells. The not was quelled after several hours by police and firemen using fire-hoses. Bombs burst in "Rome and all night crowds demonstrated in the outlying sections of the city. . Vatican gendarmerie and Swiss guards last night searched the Vatican City for Roatta. They combed the gardens, corridors and cellars of the Vatican and checked foreign .diplomats' passes. A Vatican bulletin this afternoon states that officially there is confirmation of a report from usually well-informed Roman circles that Roatta is in the. Vatican.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LXV, Issue 84, 8 March 1945, Page 6
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