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Show 00 OVERALLS NEW WORD IN PORTUGUESE TONGUE RIO DK JANEIRO, Brazil. June 2. One result of the movement against the high cost of lit lug In the United States has been to add a new word "overalls" to the Portuguese language. lan-guage. W hen the overalls movement started j In the Lnlted States recently, news-1 paper men here translating the Asjo-! elated Press dispatches from Enirltfh Into the Portuguese language were perplexed. The literal translation wou'd be "sobrctudo"' but as this! means oerroat In Portuguese It would not serve. The translators finally fin-ally decided on "roups de operarto" which in English Is "workmen's clothes." At present, however, since photographs photo-graphs have arrived from North America Am-erica and the movement has ten started here, no further effort is made at translation The etmple English word "overalls" has been adopted by nrnspaper and public alike The movement la gatherinc momen-turn momen-turn In Rio de Janeiro and vlclnlt) Agitation started b newspapers has been taken up by students who in a j mass meeting resolved to lead the way I In Imitation of North Americana in combatunjf the Lian sast Ussba 1 |