Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1955-12-02

Sott0SSNy hoNSt oSSutf WthSs S'~-
lecturer, sends The News another
dispatch on her wings To South
America" tour.)
Hotel Excelsior Copacabana, Rio
De Janeiro My Pan-ArAerican
Super Constellation left Trinidad
at GAS pm. on a night that was
clear, calm and bright with stars
and moonlight. One hour later all
the cabin lights were out and peo-
pie were sleeping or trying to
sleep. All but /. And l didn't sleep
all night. What / saw from my
window was too stimulating.
There was the sparkling city of
Paramaribo where the Alcoa ships
go to get the bouxite that fur
nishes us our aluminium. Skirting
the coast, l could see Brazil spread
like black fan into the simmer
ing silver of the Atlantic. About
LAO am. we started to cross the
low jungle region of the Amazon.
The various branches of the mouth
of the Amazon, curling and spread
ing out in all directions from large
clumps that were islands, looked
like phosphorescent platinum ten
tacles of black devil fish. The black
clumps were tree covered. When
the moon was directly overhead. it
shone on these clumps, illuminat-
ing the swamp water which sur
rounded the trees. Down there
were snakes, crocodiles and jungle
animals of unknown variety. Man,
l thought, has conquered the air
but he has yet to conquer this
jungle.
Often there were fires buring in
a straight line in small areas. They
are set by natives of which the
world knows little. Later we passed
over the brilliant brooch that was
Belem and about a the long stretch
of horizon took on multi colors,
first of deep red, then bitterSweet,
then salmon pink.
The world below looked like ma
genta modelling clay upon which
imprints of starfish, birds and geo.
metric designs were put closely to-
gether. For some time there was
no sign of human life. Then there
was sprinkling of farms and sud-
denly we were over Rio which
houses three and half million
people. Coming in over the harbor
in clear weather, past Sugarloaf
with its cable car going to the top
and tie famous statue of Christ is
al exoc~i"~"o one can never for
st. One native who hest described
the city said it was like beautiful
woman wearing dirty underwear
Beauty strikes you first, then you
go through streets that are narrow
and dirty.
My hotel has rate of $3.50 per
day, double, including breakfast
served in the rooms with baths
and radios. It is clean, attractive
and we'll managed. The wide sandy
beach with its constantly breaking
surf is thrill to see not only in
the daytime full of bathers but also
at night with its circle of sparkling
light.
Brazil has Portuguese back
ground and Portuguese is the Ian
guage spoken here. Climate is semi
tropical. Multi colored flowers and
trees are in bloom everywhere.
Sidewalks are made of little lark
and light stones laid by hand in
flower and geometric designs.
Many shops are open to the street.
At sidewalk cafes and corner cof-
fee shops strong demi-tasses are
ground.
No trip to South America would
be complete without revolution
and we experienced our yesterday.
Tanks and machine guns were on
the barricaded road. Soldiers let
us through. We passed through
customs and were all ready to take
off only to learn we couldn't be-
cause the government had issued
an order to fire at any plane taking
off. We returned to our hotels.
Everything returned to normal this
morning. Cause for the trouble was
the same old thing, coup d'etat be-
cause of dissatisfaction with govern
ment leaders.