The Archive · 1938

By Albanian Crowd

Count Ciano Cheered — All Government Leaders Welcome Italian Envoy

Tirana, Apr. 25.

All Albanian Ministers gathered at the aerodrome here at 10.35 o'clock this morning to welcome Count Galeazzo Ciano, Italian Foreign Minister, arriving as Rome's representative at the wedding of King Zogu to Countess Geraldine Apponyi of Hungary.

While the officials exchanged court-essies with Count Ciano, a large crowd cheered and acclaimed him.

Celebrations for the royal nuptials were begun this morning, when at 8 o'clock, crowds of people gathered on the Place Skanderbeg to listen to the Mayor eulogising the King and future Queen. Then, 21 guns thun dered out a salute as the Royal Hymn was being played. while a joyous procession began to make its way along the decorated streets of the capital.

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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