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...past few years Prestes been in a Rio de Janeiro jail, serving a 17-year sentence for sedition passed on him after the failure of the Communist uprising of 1935. Three weeks ago he stood trial again, this time for the murder a 17-year-old girl, Elvira Copelo Polonio, alias Elza Fernandes...
...spun out, the testimony seemed confirm the frequent assertion that Communist zealots will use any means to achieve their desired ends. The court heard that Elvira Copelo had been the mistress of one of Prestes' closest comrades. After the latter went to jail in 1938, the girl often visited him, took messages to Communists outside. The Brazilian police found her a handy, unconscious guide to the hideaways of agitators. One day six Brazilians went to the house of Elvira Copelo, were asked in for coffee. When Elvira Copelo at length rose to clear away the coffee cups...
They go to bed early, the theatres start at 7:30. Henri Bernstein's Elvira is first class and a big success, though those few rich pacifists are afraid it may irritate Hitler...
...days before the debut of café society's current Glamor Girl Brenda Diana Duff Frazier. Gowned gratis and gloriously by Macy's, Miss Vandenbaard from 11 p.m. till dawn greeted guests who came to laugh, remained to roar. Said the only socialite debutante present, Elvira ("Vivi") Fairchild: "Debs would have more fun if they could have this type of a party." Said Tugboat Minnie: "My feet hurt. ... Do you think I should have let myself in for this stunt?" Twenty-five-year-old Lindley Beckworth, newly elected Representative from Texas and youngest member of Congress, called...
...EZEKIEL-Elvira Garner-Holt ($1.50). An unpretentious children's book about "a lil' cullered boy, an' he names Ezekiel," who lives in Sanford. Florida with "he Pappy and he Mammy an' he Sister Emancipation an' he brudder Lil' Plural an' Assafetida, de baby." Although he and his family do not live up to the glorious promise of their names, Ezekiel has enough adventures in 39 pages to make the book one of the unexpected best sellers of the season...