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...longtime Al Smith Democrat, was elected president of American Woolen Co. of Boston. Ely succeeds Francis W. White, who remains as a director of the company. Ely's job is temporary. If stockholders approve a proposed merger with New England's Bachmann-Uxbridge Worsted Corp., Bach-manh-Uxbridge President Harold Walter will take over on June...
Nobody liked the edict. "With things in this country going so badly," growled the conservative newspaper Correio da Manhā, "a campaign to repress excesses in courtship should be put in the one-thousandth priority." Cried Lady Novelist (0 Quinze, As Tres Marias) Rachel de Queiroz: "God protect lovers!" Even the cops prowled Copacabana beach with noisy prudence; they made no arrests the first three nights...
Though Brazilians had known about and even assented to the liquidation as long ago as last November, they protested loudly when they saw that the U.S. was quite serious about it. 'U.S. BREAKS ITS PROMISE OF ECONOMIC AID,' headlined Rio's Correio da Manhā. Foreign Minister Joāo Neves da Fontoura voiced official dismay. Some Brazilians even talked angrily of denouncing the mutual-defense pact with...
...Melancholy anniversary!" commented the conservative newspaper 0 Estado de São Paulo. "After two years Senhor Getulio Vargas still struggles in a vacuum of perplexing inactivity." Said Rio's Correio da Manhã, "The hour is ripe for sinister demagogues...
Another Rio newspaper, Correio da Manhã, also brought to light some startling information about Communism in Brazil. The information concerned Amador Cisneiros do Amaral, a government attorney serving as chief prosecutor of a batch of army officers accused of Communist activity. Cisneiros proved to be a most reluctant prosecutor. He belittled the state's own evidence, even refused to admit the authenticity of documents that prisoners themselves had identified. Last week Correio offered an explanation of Cisneiros' reluctance: he has a long history of Communist affiliation. Shortly afterward, Cisneiros' boss announced that the case had been...