Word: beacon
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...last jobs in the Mediterranean was to serve as a beacon for the landing in Sicily. We had, as a kind of escort, a PC-boat. The Germans started to dive-bomb us, and old PC turned out to be a very enthusiastic man with his guns. He put up a very fine barrage...
...Christian Beacon, fundamentalist weekly of the Bible Presbyterian Church,* had a big story last week and spread it over four of its eight pages. The story: a U.S. Navy chaplain had resigned rather than approve liquor for sailors or give talks on venereal disease...
...Beacon's story came from the ex-chaplain himself: Dr. Norbett G. Talbott, pastor of the Methodist Church at Huntingburg, Ind. Last spring, Pastor Talbott entered the Naval Training School for Chaplains at Williamsburg, Va. He got along fine until course's end, when he was interviewed by three fellow chaplains of a survey board...
...group of prominent Bostonians bought the building and converted it into an opera house after changing the name to the "Howard Athenaeum." There, in 1846, genuine Italian opera had its New England premiere with a performance of Verdi's "Ernani," and Sheridan's "Rivals" played to toney audiences from Beacon Hill until a fire gutted the wooden auditorium...
...seek invitations to dances and capers. At such times as these, you can bet Beacon Hill...