INCENSED BRAZILIANS
GERMANS ASSAULTED ANGER OVER TORPEDOING OF SHIPS DEMONSTRATION AT RIO By Telegraph—Prcs«» Association—Copyright.) 1 Recd. 10.10. Rio de Janeiro. March 12. Brazilians, inflamed by the torpedoing of Brazilian _ German department stores and other Axis enterprises in Rio de Janeiro’s main avenue:-. Screaming crowds shattered show windows and forced German firms and a pro-German newspaper to run up Brazilian flags. Thousands ■h< mI Traitors! Dogs!” The demonstration started when a German shouted: “Long live Germany!” AXIS FUNDS CONFISCATED INDEMNITY FOR SINKINGS (Recd. 9.5.) Washington March 12. According to a Rio de Janeiro message President Vargas has decreed the partial confiscation of Axis funds and j property in Brazil. The decree stated I ’.hat property rights of German, ; Japanese and Italian persons must naswer for the harm which resulted from acts of aggression by their Governments. The money wil] be held as a guarantee of indemnity for this.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 86, Issue 62, 14 March 1942, Page 5
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