Show W ar Of Bucharest Usual Is Missing From Rumania's Capital City Prepared red by National Geographic Society Washington D. D D C. C C. C Service Grim war tension has sup sup- supplanted supplanted planted the usual gaiety in Bucharest the capital of Ru Ru- Rumania Rumania mania As city officials mourn the recent assassination of Prime Minister Calinescu and members of an organization tion suspected of planning the overthrow of the government are being hunted citizens are arc alarmed by recent war activities activities activities ties near the Rumanian border bor bor- border border der and rumors of a Russian advance on the Rumanian province of Normally Bucharest is so gay that it has long worn the sobriquet The Little Paris of the Balkans Also Alsoto to remind the visitor of the French capital one of Its Us Important thor thoro thoroughfares thoroughfares the Chaussee Sosea is nicknamed the Little Champs Ely Ely- sees It passes under an Arc de deTriomphe deTriomphe built for the coronation of the late King Ferdinand and Queen Marie On the Chaussee lined with pa palatial residences fine churches and government buildings In peace peacetimes peacetimes peacetimes times a grave countenance seems out of place But this portion of the city has hu no monopoly of care care- carefree carefree free good nature for the neighbor neighborhoods hoods of the humblest Bucharest homes in the cobbled byways of the poorer sections and in the gypsy quarter are filled tilled with smiling chat chat- chattering chattering parents and playing children Many Modern Shops Shops' Shops as modern modem as can be found In most of the capitals of the world line Bucharest's streets and behind their plate glass windows the Amer American lean ican traveler finds such familiar ar are articles articles as made American flashlights radios phonographs and automo automo- biles But one does not have to JOV n ARMY My MAilED ON OH RUMANIAN AN BORDER COUP COOP tN 70 ro RECAPTURE PROVINce 1 P Pt Py y IU SfA t I ti I HERES HERE'S Win WIlY grim war ten tension slots sion has replaced the usual gai gal gaiety ety of Bucharest capital city cit of oj Rumania Reports have it that Soviet Sol et troops are massed on the border of a I Ruma Rumanian Rumanian nian province once property of oj Russia peer Into a window to discover the latest automobile models from Detroit De De- Detroit troit Many of them move up and down the city's streets adding to the usual modem modern traffic problem of ofa a large metropolis Visitors do not have to leave the city to get glimpses of rural folk for the Bucharest market is the gathering place for hundreds of country women who would add color to any city's sights Here the cos cos- costumes costumes costumes of the men are not distinctive live tive most of them wear European coats coata and trousers though many cover their heads with shaped fez woolen hats On the outer other band hand the th women blaze blue forth in rainbow hued shawls draped ever aver their heads and shoulders Their skirts are just short rt enough to reveal In the summer that all Rumanian feet are arc not shod |