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Show DIAMOND AND GOLD CROWN FOR STATUE ROME Aug ID (By The Associated Assoc-iated Press). Pope Plus has hud a dla-mond dla-mond and gold crown prepared for jthe reproduction of the famous Madonna Ma-donna of Loretto The statue, order- ' ed b3 Pope i (cm diet to take t be plat e of the original statue, which was burn- ) Jed last year together with the altar on which it stood In thi bolj house at iLorttto, was completed recently. After the statue Is blessed by the I Pope on September ti. the occasion of the rea..t of the Ti a nsf Ig uration. It will be taken by automobile to Do-' iretto. Cardinal Gasparrl. as papal ic-- gatee for the occasion, accompanying jit Th' only stop on the way will be at Vlsco. province of Maceratal where Cardinal Gasparrls relatives vo The! first great function of rejoicing will be hold then The completion of the Madonna and jthe preparations for taking u to Lo-I Lo-I retto have revived Interest in the In-, I v estlgatlons Into the fire which destroyed de-stroyed the original Madonna I has been BUSpected that the conflagration was of criminal origin, It mini; been said that all of the must precious tew -i els In the shrine disappeared before' th fire. |