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Show Rome Celebrates 2676th Birthday Koiao. The celebration Saturday of Homes 2676th birthday was perhaps per-haps the most solemn in the long history of the eternal city. Premier Mussolini promulgated a decrets tabllshed April 21, as Laborday la-stead la-stead of May 1, and thus the traditional tradi-tional Klate of the city's foundation becomes a national holiday. A feature fea-ture of the ceremony was the administration admin-istration of the Fascist! oath to the national militia. In this city the premier pre-mier hmself reviewed the phalanxes. The troops marched along the arch-eological arch-eological promenade passing the colesseum, the Roma forum, the arch of Constantine and the Appian way. A tribune had been erected for members mem-bers of the diplomatic corps at a vantage point on the way in which Ambassador Child and his wife bed reserved places. When Premier Mussolini appeared, the mlita saluted sa-luted by extending their right arms in the ancient Rome fashion and of absolute loyalty to the nation and to the iron discipline of fascism. The oath was dictated by the commander of the Roman legion, who was stationed sta-tioned in a captive balloon. |