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...Tukano leader, Benedito Machado, angered by the forces aligned against his people, says, "The church taught us to turn the other cheek, but it taught us nothing about the cunning, the subtleties and lies the white man uses." Nevertheless, the 200 Indian leaders who attended a three-day summit meeting last month in Sao Gabriel with mining, government, military and Salesian representatives proved to be highly articulate -- patently a result of their missionary training. In florid speeches, they demanded land rights so they can levy royalties on gold that is mined, as well as better communications, health care and education...
...University of Brazil's Medical School, where Physician de Barros got his degree in 1923, he handed out diplomas to the graduating class. He strode off to inspect the Centro Adhemar de Barros, a free clinic which he supports; lunched with 200 taxi drivers, dined with Benedito Valladares, chief of President Dutra's copa e cozinha (pantry and kitchen) cabinet. At a churrasco (gaucho barbecue) in the working-class district of Penha, someone threw an egg, spattering yolk over Adhemar's shirt. Snorted Adhemar: "A Communist." He called twice on Dutra, attended Mass, visited headquarters...
Dutra's candidacy got a roasting from Rio de Janeiro dailies, most of which support the Opposition candidate, General Eduardo Gomes. When Dutra's campaign manager, Benedito Valadares, attended a football game in Sāo Paulo, the crowd booed him out of the stadium...
...yard relay--Won by Harvard (H. L. Lash '32, Benjamin Sommers '33, C. A. Currier '32, G. F. Hamman '33); second, Yale (Vetteslein, Wickwire, Benedito, Prosser.) Time...
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