It Is recalled that when Pope Plus was approaching his 70th year he stated to members™ of his oMelal family:
"We hope to have pontifeate as Jong as that of Leo XUT or even Pius TX.....we expect {0 live to ecle~ brate not only your own jubilee after 25 years of reign but also we hope to open the Holy Door for the next ely Year in. 1950,"
If the Pontiff reaches 93 years of age as he prophesied of that occasion, hho will have: Foigned the longest of any Pope in history except Pius 1X who sat on the golden throne of St Peter's for more than 31 years, To reach this long record, the present Pope would have to live until 90 years of axe, "Tomorrow Pope Pius enters his sind your of age with 50 years of priesthood, sixteen In the episcopate and sixteen years three months and 23. days of pontificate, behind him, Tig. reign. x already among the Jongest' in Catholic history, Of 201 Popes only 87 reigned longer than he, Tt ig recalled that Pope Pius 1X reigned exnetly 31 years, seven months and 22 days. Wis reljn is the Tongest of Catholic. history, The shortest reign on record was that of Pope Stefano If who was made Pope inthe year 782 and died throe days atter his election,—United Press, Aluminium Ca., Trial New York. June 1.
The Jong ponding trial of the Aluminium Company of America on alleged: violations of the anti-trust Jaws began in the New York Federal District Court today.
The Government charged that the company and iis subsidiaries in the United States and Canada exercised 100 per cent, control of aluminium products In the entire western hemis sphere.
The opening of the trial marked nother step in the Government trust Dusting campaign.
Indictments against 06 executives of the Ford, General Motors and Chrysler corporations and their 'aMliated finance companies were returned by the Federal Grand Jury May 27, The indictments against the motor magnates came a day after it was revealed that fourteen oil companies and. eleven executives, awaiting (ial at Madison, Wis, had planned to enter "nolo-contende! ho contest—pleas and pay maximum fines and costs totalling US$400,000, The motor executives were charged with coercion of ear. dealers discrimination against independes The Aluminium Corhpatiy of America has constantly sought injune> tions against the ease, contending that the suit was identical to the one filed in 1912 under which the company has been operating "under a "consent decree."
'Therefore, the company argued, it would be subjected to the' "peril" of two identical decrees which would be effective simultaneously and wholly fa dependent of the courts-—United Aw International Child Protection Congress. will be held in Frankfurt (Main). from June 12 to 18 under the patronage of Dr. Joseph Goebbels and lurider the chairmanship of the Belgian Minister of State, M. Jaspar.
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