Religion: Vatican Notes: Aug. 2, 1926

Vatican Strike. Forty Vatican gardeners went on a, 24-hour strike last week to "demonstrate" that their daily wage of 14 lire ($.50) for nine hours work is too little for existence. The Vatican, free of Fascist suzerainty, is now the only Italian spot where strikes are not illegal.

Thieves last week stole 30,000 lire ($1080) from the administrative office of St. Peter's in Rome. They missed several hundred thousand lire tied in bags.

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