BERLIN EN FETE

Gisborne Times, Volume LXXXII, Issue 12527, 12 April 1935, Page 5

BERLIN EN FETE

GOERING‘S WEDDING MOST SPECTACULAR POST-WAR FUNCTION 200 PLANES SWOOP OVER PROCESSION (U.P.A. by Elec. Tef t’opjright) BERLIN, April 10. General Goering’;? wending was the most spectacular pcst-war social function. Vast crowds, blocking the traffic, witnessed General Goering’s drive in a flower-decked car to the bride's home, and then a procession with a bodyguard to the Town Hall for the civil ceremony, in which Herr Hitler was best- man. Two hundred warplanes swooped over the procession to the cathedral. whe r e Reiehbishop Mueller officiated. General Gcering’r- “Ja” was spoken in military style, and was heard throughout the cathedral. The altar was illuminated with a dozen arc lamps. The blonde bride was clad in white with a train. She carried a red bouquet. General Goering was heniodalled and gold-braided, and wore an air force uniform. Reiehbishop Mueller, in a sermon, declared that the nation’s great love ior General Goering increased the glamor of the occasion. Thus the marriage was a symbol of the new national unity. One hundred thousand people packed the cathedral square and boiled the wedding party as it motored between the ranks of members of the air force and Storm Troopers to the Kniserliof Hotel, where 300 guests were entertained at a banquet. Herr Hitler sat beside the bride, tvliose goodwill messages included or-e from her first husband.