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...military coup ended Vargas' 15-year regime, and the old man withdrew in good order to his ranch near the Uruguayan frontier at Itu. There he got into cowboy breeches and boots, and ostensibly retired from politics. Even after São Paulo's bumptious Governor Adhemar de Barros named him for a presidential comeback (TIME, June 26), Getulio sat on quietly at Itu. As election day (Oct. 3) got closer, the hottest Brazilian political question was whether Getulio still had his old magic, and whether he cared to practice it. Last week Brazilians found...
...planes in the Pacific area. He called an emergency meeting of airlines in Washington, asked them for all the four-engine planes they could spare. The lines offered 71 planes. Tunner said he wanted 100 more. When the lines protested that another 100 would cripple domestic air traffic, Tunner withdrew his request-for the time being. Instead he put on more MATS planes, and ordered others out of mothballs...
...Still recognized diplomatically by Ireland, Lebanon, Spain, Cuba and the Vatican. The U.S. and Britain withdrew recognition at Yalta, agreed to recognize the Soviet-sponsored Polish Provisional Government of National Unity, which was (reported Franklin Roosevelt) "pledged to holding a free election as soon as possible...
Last week 40-year-old Correspondent Moore left the 24th Division command post between Masan and Chinju and headed for the front in a jeep. He never got there. Next day, the Americans withdrew from the area. At week's end, Bill Moore was still missing, the ninth newsman killed or missing while covering the Korean...
Three years later, at 25, he and four friends chipped in $50 apiece to organize Boston Fund, Inc., which Kelley ran when his co-founders withdrew, and which now has assets of $52 million. The next year he helped set up Consolidated Investment Trust (current assets: $23 million). After that he moved quickly into directorships and trusteeships of nine companies and charitable organizations. Despite his fast rise, Kelley Anderson has a modest explanation of his success: "I've always been fortunate in getting to work with older and more experienced men in new jobs...