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An Example of Hemispheric Harmony_ Thomas X Watson, International BubIiiohb 'Machines Corp. president (standing centerL a* -he.listens 'to-1*trains- of -Brazilian folk tone played ty Benlfora. Olga Coeiho (seated), Brazilian vocalist and Instrumental 1st, who appear at IBM activities over the week-end. At Mr. Watson’s right is Mrs. Norris Bandao, secretary to Valentim F. Boucas, vice president of the IBM Co. of Delaware and general manager in Brazil. Hector G. Munoz, Mexican air student at the Tri-Cities Aviation school, is at Mr Watson's left.Senhora Coelho s Music Result of Many Years of Careful, Devoted Study0 Senhora Olga Praguer Coeiho, musician who entertained at three IBM functions over the week-end. did not merely pickup” her knowledge of the piano, guitar and voice, for she haB a background of musicnl training and experience both in *ier native land of Brazil 'and abroad.Wife or Gaatar Coelhd, noted Brazilian poet and Portuguese IaH-the CBSguage announcer on Latin-American programs, she has previously visited the United States. During those visits she was authorized by her government to make the music of Brazil available to North Americans.With her husband she has made a thorough research into the folk mus^c of Brazil and has written new arrangements for much Brazilian music.Bom in Manuas in the interior of Brazil, she studied the piano when she was a child. Her family moved to Bahia, where she became accomplished on that instrument. Later she moved to Rio de Janeiro, where she entered a conservatory, and concentrated on the guitar, becoming one'of the foremost guitarists in the countryHer repertoire ranges from Bach to Villa-Lobos, great Brazilian composer, and her fame has been gained principally bv her singing of Brazilian folk songs, accompanying herself on the guitar.In 1939, Senhora Coeiho made a world tour, appearing before King Leopold of Belgium and other royal notables in Europe. She has been in the United States for several months on this present tour.Senhor and Senhora Coeiho were invited here by IBM at the suggestion of Valentim F Boucas, vice president of the IBM Co. of Delaware, whose headquarters are in Rio de Janeiro and who is one of Brazil’s foremost workers in the cause of the Western Hemisphere’s good neighbor policy.Suggr Ration Centers Named• Three Greater Endicott schools have been' designated registration centers for trade concerns in the sugar rationing program, according to G. Mead Willsey, county administrator.While trade concerns can obtain application blanks at the county rationing office in Binghamton, they must be filed at tne designated registration points.Two groups of sugar users will be registered April 28 and 29— wholesalers and retailers in one group and restaurants, dairies and consumers other than households in the second group.Are a registration centers are. Union-Endicott High school for Endicott. Miss Mary L. Pitkin, registrar; Vestal Central school for town of Vestal, Hilton C. Buley, registrar, and Maine Central school for town of Maine and adjacent territory, Jerome C. Shaver, registrarToday's Prices On the New York Stock Exchange# Eleven a. m. prices on tt New York Stock Exchange a quoted by the George D. B. flol bright Co., Binghamton, followni*h Low Ia
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