NAPLES EN FETE

Wairarapa Times-Age, 6 May 1938, Page 8

NAPLES EN FETE

HITLER GETS SPECTACULAR WELCOME FIRST GLIMPSE OF FAMOUS BAY. BLACK SHIRTS KEEP BACK CROWDS. By Telegraph—Press Association. Copyright. (Recd this day, 1045 a.m.) NAPLES, May 5. A gigantic sign, “Heil Hitler,” on the slopes of Mount Vesuvius greeted Herr Hitler when he had his first glimpse of the Bay of Naples, while sitting in a car beside King Victor Emmanuel. Signor Mussolini is devoting the second day of Herr Hitler’s visit io showing off Italy’s naval might. Naples stage-managed a most friendly welcome to Herr Hitler, who stepped from the train under canopies of Italian and German flags. He was greeted by the King and the Crown Prince Umberto. A thousand trumpeters, mounted upon a stand, shaped like a swastika, played “Deutschland Über Alles.” Half a million Black Shirts kept back excited crowds during the forty minute drive to the waterfront, through lavishly decorated streets. Everyone seemed to have a Swastika flag.

NAVAL DISPLAY NEARLY THREE HUNDRED SHIPS. PARADE OF SUBMARINES. (Recd This Day, 10.25 a.m.) NAPLES, May 5. Herr Hitler was greatly pleased by the cheering crowds, frequently standing up excitedly. Signor Mussolini and Herr Hitler embarked on the flagship Cavour. Herr Hitler stood on the warship’s bridge while nearly 300 ships of all sizes weighed anchor and steamed out. After watching the exercises Herr Hitler praised the efficiency of the Italian navy. Italy claims that Herr Hitler reviewed the largest number of warships ever gathered at one point, the number far surpassing that of the gigantic British Coronation Review off Portsmouth.

Ninety submarines, in nine simultaneously emerged to fire a salvo., and then again submerged as one unit.