The boot that is Italy continued to be studded with bombs last week, as it has been for more than a fortnight (TIME, July 27). One, unexploded, was found dangling outside a frontier guard's window in the village of Mattegna, near Trieste. Another went off with a blast at 1:40 a. m. in a Genoa street, breaking windows and giving officials the scare of their lives. For the King was arriving.
Shortly before 8 a. m. the King did arrive. His special train swooped in on a special track, traversed the yards of Ansaldo Shipbuilding Co. and rolled directly under the...
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