The Archive · 1939

Jersey City, NI, Feb. 13

Climaxing a nation wide round-up of aliens charged with entering the illegally, 113 persons in custody of and 20 Federal agents to wait deportation.

The 113 aliens were taken to Ellis pat Island pending deportation on the next available ship. Federal authorities withheld the destinations of the undesirable aliens but it was believed were being returned The round-up of aliens resident "United States in violation of is part of the Gov-

Finally as the last ceremony and absolution was performed and as the last words of the Sistine Choir's "Ego um Resurrectio et Vita" and the equiescat" were sung, the coffin was turned over to the "sampietrini" of the Basilica and by them carried to the final resting place next to Pope Benedict XV, the predecessor of Pope Pius XI.

At this moment, and only at this moment, every prelate and every functionary who had been in the employment of or attached to Pope Pius was relieved of all his obligations to the dead Pontiff.

The Papal master of ceremonies then signalled and the funeral procession dissolved and a few minutes later, with the last torch and the last candle in St. Peter's except for the hundred lamps that burn eternally about the shrine of St, Peter, those who had participated in the ceremony fled out into St. Peter's Square or mounted up to the courtyard of San Damaso in the Vatican.—United Press.

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