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...dank rubber-growing state of Para last week a party of stocky little Cayapas Indians went on the rampage, invaded the village of Cardoso, killed 21 persons, cannily kidnapped three children as hostages to protect themselves from pursuit. From the state capital, Para's authorities despatched a detachment of 30 soldiers to what remains of Cardoso, which they were expected to reach in about eight days by river boat and rail...
Same day came another call for help. Rioters were attacking the adminstration buildings of the Ford rubber plantation, 500 miles away on the Tapajos River. U. S. citizens were in danger. Para officials waited for no river boats, commandeered a giant Pan American Airways plane, filled it with swarthy policemen, sent it roaring over the treetops to the rescue...
...rubber plantation of Ford Motor Co. in the state of Para contains 2,500,000 acres, lies along the Japajos river, may be reached directly by ocean-going steamers. A Ford city-port is already building at the village of Boa Vista. Operation actually began in 1928. Ford authorities agreed to clear 1,00 acres of jungle a year for the first four years. And just as Moscow authorities have vowed to speed up their Five-Year Plan, Ford managers have sworn to speed their Four-Year Plan. Dictator Stalin's most optimistic hope is to complete his Five...
...with difficulties. The concession he bought was an old one and contained certain clauses which angered Brazilians, made a political issue out of the enterprise. Suspicion increased so soon as he paid more than the average wage-scale. He encountered difficulties in exporting seeds from other Brazilian states to Para, where his plantation is. Few of the rubber trees planted have survived...
With an air of candor, of complete impartiality, Author Busch puts down his easy sentences, his easy paragraphs. Para-doxologist Gilbert Keith Chesterton once remarked that the only trouble with the candid friend is that he is not candid. Author Busch looks like an exception...