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...their sod huts a century from now, ancient Rumanian peasants will speak tragically of the things their fathers told them of the frightful year 1940. First there had been the war between the peoples of the West, each striving to pull Rumania into the struggle on its side. Then the Teutons and the Slavs had all but stripped Rumania down to its small ancient provinces, despoiling it of its gains from the older war. The King fled for his life and the Teuton people came to occupy what was left of the country. Then the earth itself writhed and trembled...
Three days later, in a sharply contrasting setting, the ceremony was repeated. This time the signatures were laid out in the heroic, shiny Reception Hall of Herr Hitler's Chancellery. This time it was Rumania's turn. Germans chuckled secretly to see how the Rumanian signer, General Ion Antonescu, glowered at the diplomats of Hungary-the country to which Germany had last August awarded Rumanian soil, but to which Germany was now pledging Rumanian partnership...
From bomb-blasted London came first pictures of rich, resplendent Sir Ibrahim, 67-year-old, martially habilimented Sultan of Johore, and his new Rumanian wife, red-blonde Marcella Mendl...
...BUCHAREST BALLERINA MURDERS - Van Wyck Mason - Stokes ($2). Supersuave treatment of spying in today's Balkans. Major Hugh North, U. S. Intelligence, gets stuck in a Rumanian villa where murder is liberally done for a formula. North finally finds it embroidered on the undies of Contesse di Bruno, who all the time was pert little Connie Fletcher from Kansas...
...last week the Spanish Government had apparently reached no decision on the Rumanian Government's request that Mme. Lupescu and ex-Lord Chamberlain Udarianu be sent back to Bucharest to stand trial, respectively, for the "murder" of No. 1 Iron Guardist Corneliu Zelea Codreanu, the looting of the Rumanian treasury. The Rumanian "party" were apparently still under genteel Spanish detainment. Carol had been invited to Cuba...