An unexpected complication arose lately at the wedding of Herr Terboven, Nazi district leader, and Fraulein Stahl, at Essen, Germany. Orders had been, given that the town was to be decorated with flags in honour of the occasion. But the day was the anniversary of the Treaty of Versailles, and all 'Germany was flying flags at half-mast as a sign of “ mourning.”, A compromise saved the situation. The flaigs flew until noon at half-mast, and for the rest of the day at the mast head.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 22353, 29 August 1934, Page 8
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