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...convention was Australian Harry Bridges, gaunt, hot-eyed boss of C.I.O.'s West Coast longshoremen, now being investigated for deportation on the grounds that he was once a member of the Communist Party. Bridges rambled into the hall three days late, grinned happily amidst his welcome: confetti, dancing, hammerings, five minutes' yelling. N.M.U. had already gone on record against his deportation. Host Curran: "... a very distinguished citizen who has caused a great deal of concern in the National Association of Manufacturers...
...morning, when the Senior Class meets in the House Triangle for the Class Oration, Poem, and Ode. Lunch will then be served at the Houses, after which the parade to the Stadium will form at 1:30. Stadium exercises include the Ivy Oration and the confetti battle...
...Class Day, the Oration will highlight the traditional confetti-throwing and the parade of classes which annually feature the afternoon ceremonies...
...recess and Government officials boarded special trains for Sydney. To lonely Australians, lost in the desolate reaches of the Pacific, it was as if a long-expected ally had arrived at last. Streets were jammed as the sailors went ashore, marched through tons of streamers, scraps of paper and confetti to the Town Hall. Girls leaned out of windows, screaming a hysterical welcome. Autograph hunters besieged the grinning...
Focus of carnaval is swank, tree-lined Avenida Rio Branco. There on Sunday thousands of automobiles (mostly sub-jalopy seven-passenger touring cars) brimming with people in costume drive along in the "Corso" singing, pelting each other with confetti. Monday the "Ranches" take over the town, small clubs of marchers who skimp for months for their costumes, compete heatedly in dancing, playing, singing. Tuesday night winds up with a contest of mammoth floodlit floats. Wednesday, the first day of Lent, is a half-holiday conceded to the slack-jawed weariness of the city...