Frank Mencke Describes Quake Experience in California
Sports writer Frank Mencke and his wife in California recount the Southern California earthquake. He notes over three hundred jolts since Friday, describes the ground moving four inches, and recalls Mary cooking a stew as shelves toppled. The narrative ends with their dwindling cash and cautious steps after the quake.
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Gilda Grey
Frank Mencke
California
Harry Raymond
Mr. Mencke
Mr. Raymond
Mary
Engineers Fair Parade and quake notes in Raleigh college event
Engineers' Fair at the college is set for April 6 to 8 with a gala downtown Raleigh parade on April 6 and a concluding dance on April 8. The piece lists student organizers and attendees and blends memories of earthquakes in California with reflections on a San Andreas fault and past tremors from 1906 to recent events.
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Raleigh
F. D. Whitehead
Greensboro
E. J. Gravely
Monroe
L. G. Atkinson
Wadesboro
George J. Grimes
Mr. Olive
L. M. Knott, Jr
Wendell
BR. H. Ruffner
L. A. Moss
Albemarle
Back Row
L. Herring
P. E. Stone
Rocky Mount
J. H. Isenhour
Salisbury
G. M. Smith
Jr. Fountain
L. D. Murphy
Davis
J. D. Swain
Greenville
Mary
Los Angeles
San
San Francisco Bay
Lower
California
Mexico
California Coast
Fogleman Loses Appeal in State Supreme Court
Raleigh March 23 Clay Fogleman convicted of murder in Rockingham county lost an appeal to the state supreme court and faces potential electrocution unless clemency is granted. The court upheld other sentences including Herman Casey in Lenoir county for second degree murder and Dan Harris in Wake county for sexual conduct with a minor. The ruling notes no error in Fogleman’s conviction for killing W W J Carter sixty one year old storekeeper.
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Raleigh
Clay Fogleman
Rockingham County
State Supreme Court
Herman Casey
Lenoir County
Casey
North Carolina
Supreme Court
Suffolk
Goldsboro
Harris
Neilie Brown
Shubert Lanier
Adolph Edwards
Ambrose Lanier
Duplin
Johnson
Transfer Co
Martin
McGee
Ins. Co
Harnett
Grant Va
Borden
Wayne
Banks
Pitt
State
Lenoir
Brown
Parker
Potter
Teachey
Appead
Dan Harris
Wake
Former theater manager dies of diabetes in Charlotte
C M Gardner, former assistant theater manager, died suddenly in Charlotte from an attack of diabetes. He was found lying across a sidewalk near midnight.
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Charlotte
C. M
Gardner
Kidnapped Boy Sought Across Three States
Peter Myers Jr., 16, abducted from Masury Ohio after strangers lured him to the door. A threatening note was left and authorities in Ohio Pennsylvania and Kentucky are on the alert for a ransom demand.
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Peter Myers, Jr
Masury
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Kentucky
Final Rites Held For William Denton
Funeral services were conducted at the home for William S. Denton aged 59 who died after a long illness. Interment followed in Ebenezer cemetery. Rev. A. O. Leonard officiated. Denton was a South Carolina native who located in Lexington about two years ago. Surviving are his wife three daughters one son and four grandchildren.
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Lexxington
Williams
Denton
Ebenezer Cemetery
A. O. Leonard
Second Reformed Church
South Carolina
Lexington
Louisiana To Have Class D Ball Loop
The Southwest Louisiana league applied for a class D charter, received by the National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues. Rayne Lake Charles Opelousas and New Iberia in Louisiana are named as members, with plans to operate like the cooperative Nebraska State League.
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Durham
Mar
Southwest Louisiana League
National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues
A. L Doboval
Rayne
Lake Charles
Opelousas
Newsberia
Louisiana
W. N. Davis Dies at 66 Former Gaston Sheriff
W. N. Davis 66 longtime Gaston County sheriff and coroner died at his home after a brief illness. He previously served as sheriff and coroner in Gaston County.
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Gastonia
W. N. Davis
Gaston County
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Harry Y Mond
Fair Heads
Jack Dempsey
Long Beach
Catalina Islands
MW. C. State College Engineers’ Council
Rockingham
Enterprise
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High Point Enterprise
High Point, N. C
Ka-Yo
News Boys
Thomasville
Asheboro
Tote
William Denton
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