The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-11-27
Former Premier, Other Officials Are Executed
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of the "Commission of a crime"
 The same warrant named Col. Dan Capascu, former chief of nili- tary censorship. And in the same roundup, G. T. Sidorvichi, former head of Carols youth movement, who visited Berlin and Rome att tending youth celebrations last year, was taken prisoner. It was announced Nov. 9 that Sidorvichi had committed suicide while under arrest.
 Last Premier Held
 Ion Gigurtu, one of those ar rested today, was Rumania'S last premier before Carol called in Gen. Ion Antonescu Sept. 4, and turned over the government to him, pre- paratory to abdication. Antonescu is the present strong man. who last week signed pact with the Axis powers.
 The Iron Guard feud with Carol began as an internal political quar- rel over minority rights. Later 1t centered about the Jewish ancestry of Madame Lupescu, as the German Nals began their anti-Jewish cam paign, Finally it became nterna- tional in scope, involving Carols friendship with Britain.
 Others shot included MoruzoW, chief of Carols secret police, ana Gen. Gabriel Marinescu, former po- lice president of Bucharest and tor- mer interior minister under Arge- seanu the news agency said. During their regime, Iron Guardists were executed all over Rumania for the assassination of Premier Armand Calinescu. Sept. 21, 1889. Argeseanu succeeded CalineScu.
 Died At 1:30 A. M.
 The agency said the shootings took place at 1:30 a. m. at the prls- on. Later. it said, Iron Guardists and policemen appeared at the homes of numerous supporters or the Carol regime and arrested them. Among these was said to have been Ion Gi yurtu, who was premier until Carol called in Gen. Ion Antonescu last Sept. 4 and turned the govern ment over to him, preparatory to abdication.
 The agency emphasized that the Iron Guard foes were executed today at the same place where codreanu was killed and buried-in Jlhlava prison. The Iron Guard leader was officially said by King Carols gov ernment to have been shot while attempting to escape" but there was never any question in the minds of Iron Guards that he had been slain.
 The Rumanian purge indicated that the country, now occupied by German troops, had been turned over to the Iron Guardists to have their long awaited revenge against cohorts of the abdicated King Carol.
 Tue pro-Nazi Iron Guard had ter roriSed Carols entire reign, assas- sinated his premiers and finally drove him to abdicate and fly with his mistress. Mazda Lupescu.
 Killed Iron Guard Fueher
 The Iron Guards cause celebrte was the execution on Nov. 30, 1888, of its "fueher," Corneliu zelea Cod reanu, along with B other Iron Guordists. It was announced by Carols government that they had "tried to escape" while being moved from the prison at Jihlava, and had been shot by their guards. Iron Guard spokesmen charged that the IA prisoners were bound hand and foot when they were shot, and that their bodies were dumped into an unmarked grave inside the Jihlava fortress.
 Antonescu was not an iron guard ist and he permitted Carol, Madame Lupescu and Ernest Urdareanu, Carols lord chamberlain, to flee Bucharest after the abdication. An iron guard party waylaid the train before it crossed the Rumanian bor- der and riddled 1t with machine gun fire. Since the arrival of Carols party in Spain, Antonescu's govern ment has demanded the return of Madame Lupescu and Urdareanu for trial and has succeeded in keeping all three in Spain, where it has been reported, they are virtually under arrest.
 General Gabriel Marinescu, an- other of those reported executed to- day. was minister of interior under Argeseanu during the iron guardist