Maryland Repeals 1902 Declaration of Intent Law
The House of Delegates approved repealing Maryland's 1902 declaration of intentions law with a 77 to 41 vote after a heated floor fight. The measure would remove the requirement that new residents declare intent to become citizens before voting and wait a year to vote. Delegates argued the law should be statewide. opponents cited constitutional issues and past exemptions. A county-level dispute arose over excluding Prince George's, which lawmakers rejected. In a separate item, Lloyd Roberts of Petersville was jailed on a $500 bond for alleged breaking and entering on North Market Street after a reported incident with a girl pursuing a nail-fastened door.
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Annapolis
House of Delegates
Maryland
Boone
Baltimore County
House Elections Committee
See
Rallegany
Prince George's
McGrath
Washington
Senate
Sotheron
Prince George’s
Lee
Court of Appeals
Siege
D-Balto
Siegel
Lloyd Roberts
Petersville
North Market Street
Roberts
Close Call: Four Year Old In Narrow Head Injury
Four year-old Paul Hastings of Sharpstown near Salisbury suffering a narrow head injury after accidentally firing a bullet through his head. The bullet entered under the chin and traversed the throat, grazing the skull and passing through his mother’s hair without contact. A missing sum of eight dollars is alleged from a second-story room in the house he entered.
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Paul Hastings
Sharptown
Salisbury
Forest blaze on Linganore Hills heat seven acres
A timber fire swept seven acres of mature hardwood on Linganore Hills near Unionville led to suppression costs against Carroll Griffith. District Forester Herman Toms and Assistant Forester Joseph Fresconi fought the blaze a full seven hours without tanker water, aided by hand tools after dawn. The original burn began on Griffiths farm and spread across property before authorities could mobilize.
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Linganore Hills
Unionville
Carroll Griffith
Herman Toms
Gumbrill Park
Joseph Fresconi
Walkersville
Toms
Griffith
Grifith
Fresconi
Dr. Cook Retires as Baker Hospital Head
Martinsburg West Virginia March 30 Dr EB L Cook resigns as superintendent of the Newton D Baker Veterans Administration hospital to resume Army Medical Corps duty. He started in 1943 and served through the hospital's transfer to VA. Acting chief surgeon Russell Hollingsworth and acting manager Melvin Hobson named.
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Martinsburg
W. Va
EB. L. Cook
Newton D. Baker Veterans Administration Hospital
Army Medical Corps
Atlantic City
Army
Washington
Hyattsville
Newton D. Baker
Army General
Veterans Administration
Russell K. Hollingsworth
Melvin C. Hobson
Cook
Pyramid Club craze reaches Charles Town from Berryville
Charles Town West Virginia reports a pyramid club craze spreading from Winchester and Berryville with several parties held and more planned. A Negro couple appeared in juvenile court in Baltimore on March 30.
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Charles Town
W. Va
Winchester
Berryville
Baltimore
Brother charged in brutal child abuse case in 10 year old
A 1a year old boy faces charges for allegedly torturing his younger sister with a red hot knife. The 10-year-old girl has been hospitalized since February 12 for a mass of resting sores. Her brother has been committed to a tobacco industrial school.
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Togan Industrial School
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Albert C. Fox
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