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...dreaming about is 14° south of the equator, 600 miles from the coast, 2,500 ft. up a mountain on a lush plateau full of monkeys, birds and wild flowers, where the temperature ranges from 68° to 78° the year round. She bought the Brazilian Shangri-la for peaceful, isolated vacations after a visit to her friends. Couturier Adrian and his wife, oldtime Cinemactress Janet Gaynor, who have a home across the valley. To begin with, Singer Martin will build a small house (bedroom, kitchen, bath) on the plateau, which is 250 miles from the nearest telephone...
COFFEE PRICES, which have bounced up and down for two years, will go up again. Frost damage to Brazilian crops plus uncertainty about dollar-cruzeiro exchange rates pushed New York wholesale prices up 3? a lb.; the jump will soon be passed on, thus pushing up prices on such popular brands as Maxwell House and Chase & Sanborn from an average 95? to as much...
Scary predictions that the anniversary would bring violence followed by a mili tary coup proved to be mere talk. Time and again since Vargas' death, rumors of an impending takeover by the armed forces have buzzed about Rio. But Brazilian public opinion is so overwhelmingly anti-coup that it may well deter the restless generals and colonels from intervening in the presidential election scheduled...
...every artist worthy of his brush ought to take off for Manhattan and the majors. To prove that they can hold their own even in international competition, West Coast stay-at-homes this year decided on an all-out effort. Occasion: the third São Paulo Bienal, which Brazilian Millionaire Francisco Matarazzo Sobrinho has promoted to rank with Venice's Biennale and the Carnegie International as a worldwide roundup of modern...
Mozart: Rondo in A Minor, K. 511 (Guiomar Novaès, piano; Vox). One of the remarkable compositions of Mozart's last years, this rondo spaces out a pretty, parlor-music theme with unusual interludes of poignance and even tragedy. Brazilian Pianist Novaès plays it (and three sonatas) with warmth and strength...