New Zealand Cities Grapple With Earthquake Aftermath
Napier and Hastings evacuations continue amid widespread hardship. Only one road remains open, congested with vehicles fleeing the quake zone. Refugees die on the way and graves are marked with crude crosses. Recovery teams identify crushed bodies. some may never be identified. A prisoner reportedly helped a hospital manager escape before the building collapsed. Eight babies are born in a park as tremors drive families from homes.
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Napier
New Zealand
Hastings
S Hospital
G. Hughes
National Tobacco Company
House Receives Score of New Bills in North Carolina House
Raleigh Feb 6 The house defeated a bid to suspend rules for immediate action on a resolution demanding the resignation of reading clerk B L Lunsford over misreading a bill title. Nearly a score of new bills were introduced including measures on workmen compensation doctor choice, state parks administration, sheriffs and coroners constitutional amendment, city financial disclosures, and road maintenance reforms. The body adjourned to meet tomorrow morning and Monday night.
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Raleigh
House of Representatives
B. L. Lunsford
Buncombe
Reading
Willis
Craven
Gov
Sheppard
South Carolina
General Assembly
House
Garibaldi
Mecklenburg
Ewing
Cumberland
Ervin
Burke
Johnson
Halifax
Brooks
Durham
Lawrence
Representative Johnson
Connor
Gardner
Highway Commission
Despondent Clerk Fatally Shoots Self in Store
Rocky Mount North Carolina reports Z B Ellis a clerk at a local store was told he was no longer needed. He released a bullet into his brain this morning and died despite efforts to revive him.
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Rocky Mount
N. C
Z. B. Ellis
Wilford May Go Back To Havana
Havana based editor Wilford T. May, recently ordered deported from Cuba, may return to Havana and resume publication of the Havana American. The government says his return is permitted only if he complies with laws governing newspaper publication.
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Wilford
Havana
Yoba T. Wilford
Avana American
Cuba
Andree Not Dying From Cold in Polar Tragedy
Vilhjalmur Stefansson argues in the Spectator that Salomon August Andree and K Fraenkel died from carbon monoxide poisoning rather than cold. He cites their Arctic tent conditions and available food and fuel as incompatible with starvation or freezing.
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London
Vilhjalmur Stefansson
Salomon August Andree
Andree
K. Fraenkel
Arctic
Stefansson
Fraenkel
Dr Hayes finds jail conditions comfortable and supportive
In Hillsboro on February 6, 54 year old Dr R B Hayes, jailed for contempt of the state industrial commission, reported a comfortable three room suite with steam heat and running water. He praised officials and noted gifts from locals while missing bird hunts.
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Hillsboro
Orange County
R. B. Hayes
State Industrial Commission
Dr. Hayes
Lizzie H. Gar
Rard
Sloan
Frank Cole
Hayes
Industrial Commission
Matt Allen
Supreme Court
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Otteray Drive
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Thomasville Road
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N. &. Russell Shoe Shop
Hilliard & Son
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Vailué Fox Loan Co
Elim Street
Greensboro
Charles Phoring Co
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Mra. BR. L. In
White's
Monthew Ave
Ray Street
R. S. Underwood
Black's Wood Yard
Blooy. Furniture
Washington ST
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Ideal Shoe Shop
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High Point Junk and Metal CO
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Mexico City
Jalapa
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Chiconquiaco
High Point
Mother Nature's Curio Shop
Galesburg
Illinois
Eosie
NEA Service
Featuring
California
Iona Brand
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EAGLE
Romeo Dotte
A&p Oats
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Tittori
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