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...Good Neighbor Wyly. The delegation escorted him to a flag-draped automobile, sped him to the hospital to receive the thanks of the recuperating stevedore, then took him back to his ship. There they gave him a gold medal; a twelve-inch gold filigree model of the windjammer Saldanha da Gama, $25 in cash and an offer of a life job long shore...
...State of Rio Grande do Norte rebellious Deputy Pereira had a rival last week. Impressed with the comparative success of Rebel Pereira, a Col. Joaquim Saldanha declared an insurrection against the government of Rio Grande do Norte, led out a force of 300 men to battle. In his first skirmish he defeated a body of Rio Grande do Norte state police, killed their commander, Capt Tavares...
...Story. In 1619 a Dutch ship named the Full Moon entered Saldanha Bay, Africa, for water. The old King of the Herreros went to the shore, though he was sick. To the King the Captain offered white man's medicine. All must drink. The King and his bodyguard agreed. Faithfully they drank the prescribed drink. It came in cases labeled HOLLAND GIN. After the warriors were quite senseless, 16 girls and four boys were kidnapped, to be sold as the first slaves at Jamestown, Va. Next morning the Dutchmen were far out and the Herreros could not chase them...