Berlin. Apr, 20.
Tf was officially announced this morning that the Chancellor, Herr Hitler, had conferred the rank of Field Marshal on the German War Minister, General von Blomberg. and that the commander-in-chief of the German Army. General von Fritsch, had been made a colonel-gener The chief of the German air force, General Hermann Goering, was also invested with the title of colonel-general, while the Commander-in. Chief of the Navy, Admiral Roeder, received the newly created title of "General-Admiral.
Herr Hitler also issued an ordinance decreeing that the Commander-in-Chief of the Army. Baron von Fritsch, and the Chief of the Navy, Admirat Roeder, are to hold ranks equal that of Cabinet Ministers, Both retain their posts and will remain under the supreme command of the Minister of War, Field Marshal von Blomberg. '—Trans-Ocean: Kuo Mia.
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