Word: brazilians
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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General. Behind General Marshall's visit was a story of German intrigue and U. S. counter-intrigue. Führer Hitler had invited General Pedro Aurelio Goes Monteiro, Brazilian Chief of Staff, to visit Berlin. The Führer was prepared to shower the General with compliments, among them the honor of marching down Unter den Linden at the head of a specially picked regiment of Nazi troops...
...Under Secretary of State Sumner Welles got wind of the German plans, quickly made a counterproposal to Brazil. The U. S. would be delighted to send General Marshall to visit General Góes Monteiro, would be more than pleased to have the Brazilian Army man come back with the U. S. General on a U. S. warship on a return visit to the U.S. At this happy prospect General Góes Monteiro, in Rio de Janeiro last week, oozed satisfaction...
...March, "Lorraine"Ganne *Overture to "The Marriage of Figaro" Mozart Tijuen, Brazilian Dance, Milband *Les Preludes," Bymphonie Poem Liszt *Ballet Suite from "Aida" Verdi Sacred Dance of the Priestesses--Danco of the Little Black Slaves--Ballabile *"Pop Goes the Weasel" Cailliet *"Rhapsody in Blue" Greshwin Soloist: LEO LITWIN *"Lagunen," Waltzes Strauss Pavane Gould *Aragonaise from "The Cid" Massenet *Selections checked (*) are available on record at Briggs & Briggs Music C311store, Harvard Square...
...petition signed by over three hundred undergraduates, Harvard has signified its eagerness to make America's "good neighbor" niceties more than diplomatic syrup. Harvard's curriculum cannot fill the demand. Its catalogue boasts only one half-course in Brazilian history, shared with Argentina and Chile, and one course in Portugese, given in alternate years and in old Portugese at that...
...ignore this first spark of interest would be damaging to Latin American relations so vital in an era of Nazi economic penetration. America's "hands across the seas" must be supplemented by American minds. By offering to establish an institute at Harvard, the Brazilian government is making a step, important not only in itself, but as a custom that may find favor with the rest of South America. It has wisely offered to bear most of the financial burden, leaving to Harvard the sole responsibility of providing a few rooms for the library and for lectures. The hand is extended...