POPE INTERCEDES
FOR CIANO & OTHER FASCIST LEADERS PLEA EOF? MERCY SUBMITTED TO CONDEMNED MEN. ALL REFUSE TO SIGN. (By Telegraph—Press Association —Copyright) (Received This Day, 10.40 a.m.) LONDON, January 14. The Pope made a last-minute intercession for Count Ciano, says Swiss reports. The Pope also tried to obtain a reprieve for the other four Fascist leaders sent before the same firing squad. The reports add that a written plea for mercy was submitted to each condemned man before he was shot, but each refused to sign. The Vichy radio stated today that Carlo Scorza, a former secretary of the Fascist Party, and other former members of the party will be tried tomor-' row.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 15 January 1944, Page 3
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