Capitation Tax Challenge Reaches Virginia Court
Virginia officials contest a poll tax prerequisite for licenses. Attorney General opines the tax is unconstitutional while the state moves to enforce Section 128 to boost the Literary Fund and local revenues.
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Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals
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Law and Equity Court
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Supreme Court
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Negro International Baseball League Formed in February Meeting
John B. Johnson of Norfolk named president of the Negro International Baseball League organized at a February meeting in Durham. The league includes Washington Norfolk Portsmouth High Point Durham Charlotte and Greensboro with a split season and the shaughnessy playoff system. Several clubs plan barnstorming tours to the South.
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John B. Johnson
Negro International Baseball League
Durham
Washington
Portsmouth
High Point
Charlotte
Greensboro
Daily Cross Word Puzzle 39
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Remains Of A Confederate Soldier Reinterred At Memorial Day
Bones of a Confederate officer found at Gettysburg last May will be buried with military honors at Washington Confederate Cemetery in Hagerstown on Sunday June 4. Captain John K. Beckenbaugh announced this as the Confederate Memorial day observance. United Daughters of the Confederacy from Shepherdstown will participate in the exercises. Identification came from a lieutenant belt buckle and associated items found with the remains.
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Washington
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Antietam
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Shepherdstown
W. Va
Mayor Bright Defends Police In Joyner Case
Richmond March 9 Major J Fulmer Bright defended the police noting warrants against Clinton Bucher were pursued promptly before the shooting and double homicide suicide. He ordered an inquiry after complaints Joyner lacked protection though she sought aid from him and the police. Coroner J H Scherer ruled murder and death by self inflicted gunshot.
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J. Fulmer Bright
Effie Joyner
Clinton Bucher
Bright
Rites Held For Edward C Foreman
The funeral for Edward C. Foreman was held at 2 PM Tuesday at the Presbyterian Church with Rev. Ronald Wilson and Rev. Herman Womeldorf officiating. Interment followed at Mount Olive Cemetery. He is survived by his widow Miss Lelia Loy, his mother Mrs. Martha Foreman, two daughters Mrs. Cordell Bowley and Grace Foreman, and numerous friends made during a stay at Memorial hospital. Pallbearers were L. F. Spicer R. O. Daugherty G. W. Feltner C. B. Shickle J. H. Moling Jr L. E. McGolerick.
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Presbyterian Church
Ronald Wilson
Herman Womeldorf
Mount Olive Cemetery
Foreman
Memorial Hospital
Arthur C. Foreman
Chambersville
Lelia Loy
Mary L. Loy
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Cordell Bowley
Grace Foreman
L. F. Spicer
R. O. Daugherty
G. W. Feltner
C. B. Shickle
J. H. Moling, Jr
L. E. McGolerick
Brendan's Cottage Wins Cheltenham Gold Cup Trial
Brendan's Cottage the 8 to 1 outsider won the Cheltenham Gold Cup three and a quarter mile trial at Cheltenham, five lengths ahead of Morse Code the 1938 Grand National favorite. Embarrassed finished third. Morse Code and Embarrassed are not eligible for the Grand National.
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Brendan’s Cottage
A. Smithbingham
Aintree
Capt. J. Bridges
G. Whitelaw
Injuries Fatal To Major Schmidt
Major Carl Walter Schmidt, 41, polo player and contractor, died today from injuries after his automobile crashed into a tree. He was an officer in the One Hundred Teeth Artillery and was a Johns Hopkins engineering graduate of 1919 who joined George Fuller Construction, overseeing the Fifth Regiment Armory project. He captained the artillery regiment's polo team.
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Baltimore
Maor Carl Walter Schmidt
Aesuay
Schmidt
One Hundred Teeth Artillery
Johns Hopkins University
George Fuller Construction Company
Fifth Regiment
Local notable Major Schmidt recalled. family and record pig litter noted
Major Schmidt is remembered for his long service as a team member and his marriage to Elsa Malamet of the Baltimore Opera Company who died last year. Surviving are two children Carl W. Schmidt Jr and Joan Schmidt. Record score and hog event mention a litter of 20 porkers, with County Agent Horn noting no prior litter above 13 and an average of seven.
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Baltimore Opera Company
Major Schmidt
Carl W. Schmidt, Jr
Joan Schmidt
Jim Falls
Wilf Jord Dresellieves
H. G. Horn
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