'TOM SAWYER' BANNED AS RADICAL IN BRAZIL
Mark Twain's Book Ordered Removed From Libraries and Schools by State.
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil, Oct. 26 (AP). - Mark Twain's "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" was ordered removed today from the public libraries and schools in Rio de Janeiro State as part of Brazil's campaign against "subversive" and "Communist" literature.
The action coincided with the government's drive against a resurgence of Marxist agitation.
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