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[[margin, red pencil, written vertically]] Rio Janeiro [[/margin, red pencil, written vertically]] 
ship service between Rio and New York. Ship belongs to American Shipping Board and is leased to Munson line. sailing between New York and Buenos Aires. She was [[underlined in red]] formerly a German lines, [[/underlined in red]] seized by [[underlined in red]] Peru. [[/underlined in red]] She stills flies Peruvian flag. Ambassador Morgan is in Europe so the Naval attache' of the American Embassy. [[underlined in red]] Capt. Hill [[/underlined in red]] was toast master. Several speeches made referring to this [[underlined in red]] new epoch of closer connection [[/underlined in red]] between U.S. and Brazil were made. Contrary to expectations, [[underlined in red]] as this is a "dry" ship [[/underlined in red]] under Shipping Board rules [[underlined in red]] prohibiting [[/underlined in red]] wines etc) cocktails, and champagne were freely served, furnished by the local American Chamber of Commerce.
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I am told that probably on account of this [[underlined in red]] prohibition [[/underlined in red]] this ^ [[insert]] big [[/insert]] ship [[underlined in red]] only carried 42 passengers. [[/underlined in red]] It is a large ship but does not look so clean nor cheerful as the smaller Santa Luisa Tried [[underlined in red]] Yerba Mati [[/underlined in red]] in one of the restaurants and I rather like it. They drink it out of cups just as tea, instead of using a boinbilla[[guess]] I notice in one of the cigar shops the following inscription below the exhibited bakelite cigarette holder: [[underlined in red]] "Braguelite inguebracel or "inguebrabel? [[/underlined in red]] The barber in the Avenida hotel charged me [[underlined in red]] 1500 Reis [[/underlined in red]] for cutting my hair = about 40 cents. I bought some curios. an indian arrow, some ^ [[insert]] stuffed [[/insert]] humming birds, bugs and butterflies.