Word: getulio
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Birthdays. Princess Elizabeth, heiress presumptive to the throne of Great Britain, quietly, her 15th. Commander in Chief Adolf Hitler, with his armies in the Balkans, his 52nd (see p. 22). Brazil's President Getulio Vargas, in whose honor 1,000 new schoolhouses were opened, his 58th. Maestro Leopold Stokowski, promising to leave Army bands for his Philadelphia orchestra "after the present national crisis is past," his 59th. Actress May Robson, a guest at a special screening of her 60th picture (Million Dollar Baby), her 76th...
...anything else than that, proud me to know Colonel Eduardo Gomes (one of the 18, still alive) was chosen by Getulio Vargas, our great President, in order to be one of the chieves of the Brasilian's aviation...
...veteran diamond cutter, one of the few living men who could be entrusted with the job of cutting the famed Vargas Diamond, largest (726.60 carats) known uncut diamond in the world. The diamond, discovered by a farmer in Brazil three years ago, is named for Brazil's President Getulio Vargas. Because there is no market for diamonds that big, Owner Harry Winston, Manhattan jewel merchant, decided to have it cut into 23 smaller diamonds, ranging from five to 50 carats each...
...stabilizing force in all South America is Brazil, whose Dictator-President Dr. Getulio Dornellas Vargas has so far played ball with the U. S. against the opposition of a Germanophile Army clique. If the Army clique ever gets the upper hand in Brazil, the U. S. may as well count the southern half of the hemisphere lost...
...subject of a diplomatic incident. He died in an airplane accident ten years ago. The two remaining survivors are Private Santos and Colonel Eduardo Gomes. Colonel Gomes is Chief of Military Aviation. He is expected soon to be named Secretary General of the Ministry of Aviation which President Getulio Vargas created last week...