U.S.S. HOUSTON 
EVENING PRESS NEWS 
18 JULY 1938 
BU G HIRE ST 
One of the most colorful figures among European royalty 
prated from the scene today with the death oi Dowager ^ueen 
fert. of Rumania. She was in her 63rd year. The Rumanian 
Queen Mother died at the Summer Palace at Sinai. 
Green Marie was the granddaughter of Queen Victoria of England 
SlnfcSr Alexander II of Russia* She was a daughter of the 
of ldinbur?£ and a second cousin of King George VI. Queen 
Srie was tSe consol of the late King Ferdinand whom she married 
in 18937 When Eerdinand died in-1927, the Queen Mother was the 
power behind the Rumanian throne , during the regency o± her 
yZZ grandson Michael. Her elder son, the present King Carol, 
had renounced the throne in 1925 when he went to Paris with 
Madame Magda Lupescu. When Carol returned to Rumania oy 
in 1930, he again became king, and Queen Man© ^ent into re lr 
ment . 
Queen Marie's late years were saddened by the tragedy and mis- 
fortune that beset her children and her country. Although she 
remained in the background after her son, King Caiol return . 
to the throne, Queen Marie maintained her keen interest in 
Rumanian and European affairs until her last illness. . At the 
time of his abdication, Queen Marie defended her cousin, Edward 
VIII of England and advised the British people to trust the 
judgement of the King. 
B erlin 
The German Government carried the idea of the totalitarian 
state to the limit today when it issued a. decree providing for 
the confiscation of the property 01 its citizens for war p r 
poses. All citizens and business estaolishments will be re- 
auircd to turn over to the Government any part of thoir P P, Y 
demanded for military use. The contributions must be made where, 
ever and whenever called for by the Government. A new decree 
is in line. First, that German landowners will be made sub j 
to conscription by the Government lor vital tasi-^ , c spocn. y 
war needs. The two decrees putting the - nation s money -nd nmoi 
power at the disposal of the Government, ana which will ma^ 
Germany the most absolute dictatorship m the worla : 
today. The power of Hitler and his aides was rcgo.rded ao more 
absolute than that of the Bolsheviks. 
Winnipeg, Manitoba 
A visit to Winnipeg by Ontario's Premier Mitchell Hepburn excited 
political speculations today despite the. Premier's assertion 
that his trip was without political significance. Hepburn ar 
rived in the Manitoba capital on a tour through the central 
province. He declined to discuss his tour beyona denying that 
his mission was political. 
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