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Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

May 19, 1949

Page

5

UNESCO to Study Hylean Amazon for World Aid

UNESCO and Brazil organize the International Institute of the Hylean Amazon to coordinate field surveys across Brazil Peru Colombia Venezuela Bolivia and Ecuador with support from UNESCO and several European nations. Preliminary studies in Gurupa and Rio Nuallaga aim to map people economies and tropical adaptation for future development.

South America United Nations Educational, Scientific,and Cultural Organization Unesco Amazon Europe United States United Kingdom Andes Atlantic Bolivia Brazil Peru Ecuador Colombia Venezuela French Guianas International Institute of the Boliva France Holland Italy French Guiana Jaime Torres Bodet Mexico Gurupa Rio Nuallaga NHA

Debacle at Oliver Twist Film Sparks Polish Riots Report

Miss Brock describes a chaotic scene outside a German theater in the British sector where Polish rioters clashed with police during back to back showings of the film Oliver Twist. She notes limited electricity and gas, few weapons, and a crowd of 50 to 75 Poles engaging in fist fights before the film was cut twice.

Miss Brock Life Magazine Red Cross Mass Brock Fagin Germany Austria Wurtzberg Stuttgart Salzburg G. Ls Vienna Ringestrasse Paris Buchenwald Bulge Arctic Circle Sweden Lapland Hallestrom van Point Berlin America Brock England WPA Morgan County Cherokee County Decatur Washington, D. C Walter Reed Hospital

Private Eubanks Enrolled in Marine Supply School Course

Private First Class William Eubanks of Decatur, son of Mrs. Almer Eubanks, is attending the second Marine Division supply school at Camp Lejeune. The program trains personnel for duty with base supply departments worldwide and covers packing warehousing typing and accounting.

William Eubanks Almer Eubanks 1604 Sixth Avenue Decatur Second Marine Divine Supply School Camp Lejeune Marine Corps Decatur Junior High Eubanks Parris Island S. C

Florence State Class Visits Wheeler Refuge Site

A group of 25 students from Florence State Teachers College toured Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge. Manager Lawrence S. Givens led the visit, showing headquarters and the Flint Creek Island farming area, before a screening of the film Haunts For The Hunted. Givens invites other classes to visit.

Florence State Teachers College Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge Lawrence S. Givens Flint Creek Island Givens

Models of hunting arms produced by American herbockers

Acquired six fouls in under 11 minutes in a Basketball Association of America game against Philadelphia. Early Hudson Bay Co men carried a 90 pound pack plus food and gear 80 miles in four days. Ancient gold shows reddish surface from gold rust.

Erbockers Basketball Association of America Philadelphia Hudson Bay Co

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