Tidings

A newsworthy rumor slipped through Brazilian censorship last week. Latest victim of Dictator Getulio Vargas' chronic purge was Air General Eduardo Gomes, the last of the leading revolutionary liberals of 1930 to hold a high government post. He was reported to be the leader of the clandestine, anti-Vargas National Democratic Union (TIME, Jan. 1). Relieved of the airforce command which made him potentially dangerous to the Dictator, Gomes may go to Washington as a military observer.

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