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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

May 01, 1955

Page

7

Jap Hater Marries Japanese Girl Adopts Orphanage

Hollywood veteran Sgt. Hugh O'Reilly, featured in Columbia Studio footage in Japan as Sergeant O'Reilly, marries a Japanese interpreter now Mrs. O'Reilly. He praises the Gentle Wolfhounds regiment formed in Texas fifty years ago and notes the group raises funds for an orphanage while reflecting on his changed views after wartime service in Korea and Japan.

Bob Thomas Hollywood Sgt Hugh New York City O'Reilly Columbia Japan Sergeant O'Reilly O’reilly Texas West Point Aldo Ray Pearl Harbor Germany

Archaeology Leader Attends Indiana Conference May 4 7

Huntsville resident Ed Mahan vice president of the Alan Society will join University of Indiana experts at a May 4 7 conference on Archaic Man in Bloomington. He has studied North Alabama artifacts with Dr Lewis and will present findings to Birmingham and Alabama Archaeological groups upon his return.

Ed Mahan Huntsville Alan Society Decatur University of Indiana Bloomington Ind Profes- Kneburg University of Tennessee Mahan Lewis North Alabama United States Birmingham Anthropological Society Alabama Archaeological Society North America

Nehru Reaches Out to Spur Formosa Peace Talks

New Delhi India Prime Minister Nehru and Foreign Minister Krishna Menon prepare a mission to Peiping to urge direct negotiations on Formosa. Nehru announced to Parliament that Chou Enlai asked for talks and India will push renewed efforts to bridge the gulf and seek a cease fire path.

New Delhi India Nehru K. Krishna Menon Formosa Chou Menon Bandung Eisenhower Dulles Formosa Strait Britain France Gulf

NATO commander says atomic bombs rule on land targets

London April 30 Jerauld T Wright NATO's Atlantic commander told reporters an atomic weapon is far more effective against land targets than naval targets He warned Soviet Russia is expanding its navy and plans to use it If war with Russia occurs it would be a global war and his job is to prevent its success.

London Jerauld T. Wright NATO Atlantic Soviet Russia Wright

County Sets Dates For School Opening At Friday Meeting

The Morgan County Board of Education set fall opening dates. Schools recessing for cotton picking start August 22, others open September 5. County schools close May 23. The board awarded a coal contract to Jones Coal Co. for next year and reported coal usage totals.

County Morganty Board of Education Lester Wooten Wooten Jones Coal Co Decatur

Courtland Pair Hurt In Mishap

Two Courtland residents were injured when their 1951 Chevrolet skidded on a gravel road two miles south of Courtland on Friday at 6 15 p m The driver Ermon Martin 23 suffered a dislocated right hip and bruises while passenger Robert Livingston 36 had a dislocated left shoulder The car rolled north toward Courtland 240 feet then skidded 64 more feet before stopping Patrolmen Roy Thomas and Wilburn Craft investigated the crash.

Courtland Courtland 1 Here Pike Road Ermon Martin Robert Livingston Roy Thomas Wilburn Craft

Towns Sharing Names Across the United States

The U.S. Geographic Society lists towns named London Paris Rome Moscow Dublin Belfast Vienna Lisbon Berlin Madrid Cairo Tokio Warsaw and Belgrade. The note highlights the reuse of famous metropolis names for American municipalities across the country.

U.S London Paris Rome Moscow Dublin Belfast Vienna Lisbon Berlin Madrid Cairo Tokio Warsaw Belgrade U.S. Geographic Society

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