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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1943
Page
10
The piece recalls the 28th anniversary of the Lusitania sinking off Ireland in 1915 with U-boat atrocity memories and US fatalities. It also previews a High Point Bible conference by Dr. Frank Crossley Morgan, noting his English birth, wartime service, and later American ministry with his father. An eclipse viewing and a vanilla tax in French Oceania are mentioned briefly.
The note outlines planning a holiday sequence starting Sunday morning and suggests Bavarian Cream dessert using whipped evaporated milk if cream is scarce. It invites a next week visit for a chef famous secret and hints to involve Dad by sharing easy followable suggestions.
Lieutenant Thatcher and Captain Meehan pursue clues to Vaughan Dunbar, a mysterious man linked to a Boston murder case, as prints on a pistol match the killer. They check clipper ships, banks, legations, press offices, and past records while relatives mourn Colonel Merriwether.
Fairview Elementary School receives a Treasury Certificate of Distinguished Service from Secretary Morgenthau for its Schools-At-War scrapbook and related projects Save Serve Conserve. May 11 ceremony marked recognition for student efforts.
The Iceland plane crash killed Lt Gen Frank M Andrews commander of American troops in Europe and Bishop Adna W Leonard along with 12 others. Only Staff Sgt George A Eisel of Columbus Ohio survived. Brig Gen Charles H Barth Col Frank L Miller and Maj Robert H Humphrey were among the dead. A final line notes a plumber’s name origin.
A Paris radio report via La Linea Spain says a large Allied convoy sailed from Gibraltar carrying 20 transports with landing barges and armored vehicles. The broadcast, recorded by the Associated Press, notes mail delivery by camel train over the 300 mile Hemmansburg to Horseshoe Bend route in Central Australia.
A fragment shows multiple item prices such as 3 for 19 cents 23 cents 2 for 9 4 for 18 cents and 10 cents, but lacks item names or context. The values indicate a sale or advertising snippet from a historical catalog or storefront page.
Dr. Frank Crossley Morgan of Concord delivered the final sermon at First Presbyterian Church on Tuesday evening titled Our Lord at a Social Gathering. He drew on Luke 14 1 24 and urged humility, reckoning, and generous outreach as Jesus challenged Sabbath rules and invited the lowly to share in the Kingdom of Heaven.
The United States Merchant Marine Cadet Corps marks its 50th anniversary as its cadre rises from 445 to 5200. In the last 14 months 2410 cadets trained, with 93 at schools and 1417 aboard vessels. 238 cadet-midshipmen served on ships sunk by enemy action, 63 killed. A jute bag is a gunny sack.
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