attended missionary meeting during morning. At lunch some elders came in and said there was a riot in the process of the sea. All day long mobs went all over sound Paulo tearing up street cars and buses and burning some. They got careless sometimes and wrecked private property, too. The city had hiked the fair on bonds and buses. The police were using rifles, pistols, swords and clubs on the mobs. President Rex ordered all missionaries to stay off the streets. Transportation was at 0. Trucks and cabs were doing all the transporting. sirens were wailing all day. At night things settled down, but the city still didn't reinstate the transportation. Most of the damage was done at the plaza the sea and the viaduct by the church, but every bus around town was attacked. Piles of glass laid all over the street. After supper I packed my suitcases for departure to Cody Tiba.
August 3rd. I learned today that 15 only buses were destroyed and practically all were damaged. One person was killed.
September 14th. It is reported that there still is practically no transportation in South Paulo. They had to quit holding one church service because the members can't attend. Trucks are doing almost all the transporting.
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