Show wars war s tension 0 grips citizens of bucharest usual gaiety Is missing c from Ru manias capital city prepared pre a red by national geographic society washington ashington V D C service grim war tension has supplanted the usual gaiety in bucharest the capital of rumania As city officials mourn the recent assassination of prime minister calinescu and members of an organization suspected of planning the overthrow of the government are being hunted citizens are alarmed by recent war activities near the rumanian border and rumors of a russian advance on the rumanian province p r ov of Bes sarabia normally bucharest is so gay that it has long worn the sobriquet the little paris par 1 s of the balkans also to remind the visitor of the french capital one of its important thoroughfares ough fares the chaussee sosea is nicknamed the little champs it passes under an arc de built for the coronation of the late king ferdinand and queen marie on the chaussee lined with palatial residences fine churches and government buildings in peace times a grave countenance seems out of place but this portion of the city has no monopoly of carefree good nature for the neighborhoods of the humblest bucharest homes in the cobbled byways of the poorer sections and in the gypsy quarter are filled with smiling chattering parents and playing children many modern shops shops as modern as can be found in in most of the capitals of the world line Bucha rests streets and behind their plate glass windows the american traveler finds such familiar ar nicles as american made flashlights SOVIET REPORTED ON COUP SEEN 70 recapture PROVINCE at y at I 1 1 A P U I 1 BUCHAREST HERES WHY grim war tension has replaced the usual gaiety of bucharest capital city of rumania reports have it that soviet troops are massed on the border of Bes Bessar sarabia alna a rumanian province once property of russia radios phonographs and automobiles but one does not have to peer into a window to discover the latest automobile models fr from 0 m detroit many of them move up and down the cites streets adding to the usual modern traffic problem of a large metropolis |