General and his wife who were the guests present, His Excellency said that they were there not as privileged guests, but as members of the family too. Without them, -these celebrations could not have the full meaning which it was intended to impart to them, because as the Premier of Portugal said, "it Portugal was the fountain of life from which Brazil sprang, Brazil is for Portugal one of the most inspiring pages of its history and its most outstanding achievement."
In conclusion, the Portuguese Minister asked all those present to fix their eyes on the Flag and send their hearts to the Castle in faraway Portugal where at that very moment their brothers were gathered together at the very place where 800 years ago the nation had its beginning. He asked that in the brief period of silence that was to follow, his hearers should, one ənd all, implore the Almighty to spare Portugal from the calamities which sadden the world today, thus leaving Portugal to continue the mission of love and peace which have ever been hers throughout the centuries of her existence. world Suez Canal Company Holds Meeting Paris, June 4.
The annual meeting of the stockholders and board of directors of the Suez Canal Company was held here yesterday immediately after the air raid and the report, including last year's balance sheet, was unanimously Italy, despite the Italian press cam-pam, has not yet made any request for membership on the board of directors, it was revealed at the Total receipts oral receipts for 1939 amounted to 1,491,635892 francs 82 centimes, a drop of 292,642,197 francs 77 centimes from the receipts for 1938—United Press.
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