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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1937
Page
12
A cryptic crossword style puzzle lists across and down clues about Africa and related terms. Answers include terms like Rhodesia, rubber, and musical notes while hinting at geography chiefs and mining references.
The article recalls British officer Henry Shrapnel who devised hollow iron shells filled with metal fragments and powder. Used in 1808 against France, the device spread lethal shrapnel on impact and earned him posthumous recognition.
A late 1930s style feature discusses Gibraltar Ceuta and the Pillars of Hercules with notes on fortifications and gas masks. It notes WWI and WWII gas warfare, shrapnel, and masks, then mentions a Yale donation of Shawiana by Archibald Henderson, the Shaw biographer.
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