The Archive · 1939

Novel Banquet Given Yugoslav Regent

Soldier's Food Served By Reich Foreign Minister

Berlin, June 5.

Wiener sausages, pea soup with lard, and mugs of beer were served Regent Prince Paul and Princess Olga of Yugoslavia at the dinner reception given in their honour last night by Herr Joachim von Ribbentrap, Reich's Foreign Minister.

These common foods, usually served the soldiers, topped off in very original fashion an evening of dancing ənd entertainment during which Fuehrer Adolf Hitler outbid himself in gallanteries to the ladies.

The reception took place in the Hotel Kaiserhof and was brought to an end only at 2 o'clock this morning. it began when Prince Paul danced the first waltz with the Grand Duchess of Hesse while Princes Olga danced with the Prince of Baden.

Herr von Ribbentrop conversed a long time with the visiting prince. But he had to leave the ball for a considerable time when he suffered an attack attributed to diabetes and had to receive an injection.

Especially remarked during last night's dinner was the fact that social barriers were let down between the old nobility and the new socialites of the Nazi elite.

After six long years of reciprocal snubbing, the two classes got together and exchange social courtesies, uniformed Nazis, Storm Trooper and Blackshirt leaders, rubbing shoulders with princes, princesses, counts and and countesses in beflowered surroundings of rare beauty.—Havas.

British pursuit. planes have been developed along the most advanced lines and are now the speediest in the world. ' And, for defence, antiaircraft guns are being produced in such large numbers that efficient protection for all towns likely to be attacked is assured.

Ju London area there are now enough of these guns to put up an all but impassable barrage should raiders try to bomb the city. Similar defences will be created for all other towns, The authorities are now preparing a plan for distributing the newest aeroplanes in such manner as to assure an incontestable superiority for the Royal Air Force over any possible attacking force.

Furthermore, British craft are carefully and durably built with materials made to last, and the planes are therefore greatly superior in quality to German and Italian

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