PREMIER SHOT
KILLED IN MOTOR CAR SIX YOUNG MEN SUSPECT RADIO STOPS SUDDENLY CONFUSE I) SHOUTING (Elec. Tel. Copyright—United Press Assn.) (Reed. Sept. 22, 11.30 a.m.) LONDON, Sept. 21. A Bucharest message states that the Rumanian Government radio announces that M. Calinescu, Prime Minister of Rumania, lias been assassinated. M. Calinescu was shot dead while in a motor car in one of Bucharest’s principal streets. Another car drove
up beside M. Calinescu’s before the shots were heard, but it is not known whether the shots came from this car. Prompt police measures followed the "assassination. Members of the Iron Guard and other turbulent elements were rounded up. King Carol has summoned Cabinet.
Six young men are believed to be the assassins.
A Budapest message states that the Rumanian Legation reports that the Bucharest radio station closed down at 2.10 p.m. after some minutes of wild and confused shouting, and adds that they were unable to reach the Foreign Ministry by telephone.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20049, 22 September 1939, Page 7
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