William D Jackson Commissioned Naval Ensign
William D. Jackson, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Jackson of Cullman, was among 777 enlisted men receiving ensigns commissions at Newport R I. The eight class at the officer candidate school covers four months of gunnery navigation seamanship engineering and damage control, with graduates serving on ice breakers minesweepers destroyers submarines and in roles from jet pilots to frog men and Marines gunnery liaison officers.
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Navy
Newport
William D. Jackson
J. O. Jackson
West Sixth Street
Cullman
NROTC
OCS
Limestone Soldier Is Serving In Korea
Army Pvt. Lawrence L. Baker, husband of Ethel of Athens 8, serves as radio operator in the 519th military police battalion in Korea after a transfer from Camp Gordon Georgia. The unit has joined eight campaigns during 28 months in the Korean conflict.
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Army
Lawrence L. Baker
Ethel
Athens 8
519Th
Military Police Battalion
Korea
Camp Gordon
Far East
Alabama crippled children group to meet January 23
The Alabama Society for Crippled Children and Adults will hold its annual Birmingham meeting January 23 at the Tutwiler Hotel. A morning panel on meeting Alabama’s crippled and handicapped needs features leaders from Mobile Florence Alabama and University of Alabama. A 2:30 p.m. tour will visit local clinics and centers.
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Alabama Society For Crippled Children and Adults
Birmingham
Tutwiler
Carl A. Morning Jr
Huntsville
Alabama
Elbert B. Norton
Florence State Teachers College
E. B. Bowman
The
Alabama Society
Mobile
John Bryan
Alabama Institute For the Deaf and Blind
Talladega
Earle Johnson
University of Alabama
George Mattison
365” Club
Milton Grafman
Spastic Aid of Alabama
O. F. Wise
State of Alabama
R. B. Bagley
State Crippled Children’s Service
Lawrence J. Linck
National Society For Crippled Children and Adults
J. J. Benford
Ray Graham
State of Illinois
Crippled Children’s Clinic
Charlanne School
Cerebral Palsy
Germany Urges Strong Man Chosen as U S High Commissioner
Bonn reports Chancellor Adenauer urged President Eisenhower to appoint a forceful U S high commissioner to Germany to accelerate rearma ment and West European unification. He sought ratification of West German treaties and urged European allies to press ahead, with names like Draper Murphy and Kennan floated as possibilities.
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Bonn
Germany
Konrad Adenauer
Eisenhower
U. S
Adenauer
West Germany
France
European Army Project
United States
John J. McCloy
Walter L. Donnelly
Donnelly
William H. Draper, Jr
Truman
Europe
Mutual Security Agency
Continent
Robert D. Murphy
Japan
George F. Kennan
Russia
Brussels sprouts origins dated to four centuries ago says NatGeo
The National Geographic Society notes that Brussels sprouts have been cultivated for about 400 years, tracing their origin to early modern Europe.
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National Geographic Society
Daily Records Deeds And Marriage Licenses Listing
Deeds transfer various sums among private individuals and the city of Decatur appears in one entry. Marriage licenses list multiple couples with ages occupations and home towns.
Modern sealing wax composition questioned in history note
A historical note contrasts modern sealing wax with medieval mixtures. today it contains little to no wax while medieval recipes used turpentine and beeswax.
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Kiwanis
Decatur Kiwanis Club
Roy Fite, Jr
Kiwaniahs
William Jackson
Britain
Saturn
Stone CO
Limestone
Courtland Road
Decatur
Crippled Children’s Group
First Federal Savings and Loan Association OF Decatur
Deeds Davis Hodges
E. L. Jones
Asa Homer Song
T. C. Milam
J. R. Sharp
City of Decatur
Glenn Dobbs
Grover Henderson Jr
E. L. Drinkard Sr
Frank J. Stone
Frank D. Hill
James W. Jennings
Madge L. Cottingham
J. Emerson McCulloch
H. H. Higdon
Trust Mitchell
Edward Almon Wright
13Th Ave
Patricia May Wright
Eighth Ave
Jimmy Curtis Lorance
Decature Farmer
Frances Marie Lawrence
Hartselle
Bell Telephone Company
Pettey Jack Field
Jackson Street
Myrtle Elizabeth Lawrence
Brooksville
Goodyear Mill
Cecil Edward Murphy
Painesville
Ohio
Bobbie Lee Harrell
Chardon
Kenneth Dillard Strother
Grant Street
Mary Carolyn Wade
Billy Jack Reeder
Birmingham News
Mary Sue Kelly
Taffeta
Rayon
Gabardine
Mackinaw
Faille
Penney’s
Alabama Asphalt Co
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