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THE ROANOKE RAPIDS N. C.’s TABloid Picture NEWSpaper — All Home-Print — ^_r VOLUME TWENTY-FOUR ROANOKE RAPIDS, N.^. THURSDAY, Apr. 20, 1939 CITY ON NEWS MAP SUICIDE - HOMICIDE-BIG GAME DROWNING - IN LIMELIGHT! Roanoke Rapids has been in the limelight of the entire state this week so far as sensational news Is concerned, and the never-failing eye of the Herald’s camera-man brings you a bunch of “exclusives” in this issue. TOP PHOTO is'the scene of Monday afternoon’s grim discovery of the Ricks car. This picture was taken before the car was dragged from the deep canal, near the Roanoke River bridge, where it had ap parently been for over two-months. The car carried to their deaths Mrs. Myrtle Maie Tyler and Clarenco Ricks. Photo of the interior of the car soon after its discovery, together with complete details of the tragedy will be found on Page 12—Section A. AT LEFT is shown the searching party as they discovered the body of Ralph Waters, 23-year old textile worker, who had drowned in the canal Sunday afternoon while fishing with companions in the Roanoke River. Searchers for young Waters’ remains had just about given up hope when they found his body about 5 o’clock Monday afternoon, after draining the canal—and the ultimate discovery of the Ricks car was made. Complete details of this story will be found on Page 4—Section A. BOTTOM PHOTO, LEFT: shows George Nethermtt and Irvin Dickens, baseball captains of Carolina and Wake Forest, who played here Tuesday aftemoo l, receiving handbags as gifts from the local Kiwanis and Lions Club; Coaches of the two teams, Bunn Hea ne of Carolina, and John Caddell, of Wake Forest, are shown standing behind the two local baseball idols, re ■,eiving gifts of shaving sets from the clubs. AT RIGHT: George Nethercutt is shown as he got his two base hit
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