ART POSSESSIONS
ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH INVENTORY IN AUSTRIA LONDON, Jan. 10. (Received Jan. 11, at 1 a.m.) The Vienna correspondent of the Daily Mail reports that Governor Seyss Inquart has ordered an inventory to be taken of works of art in Roman Catholic churches and monasteries throughout Austria before January 31. An official communication explains that the purpose of this is to obtain a complete record of the church’s > art possessions, and adds that this is part of a general survey of all Austria’s historical artistic objects to prevent their sale abroad. Sales have been frequent lately.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 23704, 11 January 1939, Page 10
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97ART POSSESSIONS Otago Daily Times, Issue 23704, 11 January 1939, Page 10
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