JUGOSLAV'S BOY KING
ARMY SWEARS LOYALTY ASSEMBLY OF 2.000,000 (ElflC Tol. fiopyriffht—United Press Assn.) (Received Bee. 17, 2 p.m.) BELGJMDK, Dec. 16. Sixty thousand, reservists, aged from 21 to '65 vcars. rent Ilia air with cheers when, after assembling on'the parade ground, they look the oath of loyally In King Betci-' Tne capital and all tho towns avo denuded of male inhabitants and transport vehicles, because every, member ol the 2.000.CC0 .reserve forces throughout the country simultaneously swore fealty. Priests of .'six different, religious are administering the oath in Belgrade. ,■ •. The Regent, Prince Paul, in the presence of a vast concourse, subsequently opened the repartitions bridge across the Danube, between Belgrade and the suburb of Kemnn, and christened it Alexander bridge in honor of the martyred King. ' Jugoslavs completed half the structure after 1932. when the German provision of materials under the reparations clause ceased.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18582, 17 December 1934, Page 6
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