ITALY: Sons of the Wolf

To Fascist Italy's ladder of military organizations for males from 8 to 21, Benito Mussolini last week added a bottom rung for moppets between 6 and 8. Estimated enrollment: 1,500,000. Name: "Sons of the Wolf.'' The mythical founders of Rome, Romulus and Remus, were sons of War God Mars. They were suckled by a kindly she-wolf and fed by a woodpecker. Mussolini plans no "Sons of the Woodpecker."

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