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Three Reasons Given for Big Welfare Funds Increase
Frederick County Welfare Board after a Saturday meeting explained an $18,147 74 budget rise for 1944. Three causes cited: higher living costs, expanded public assistance to cover clothing and essentials, and needed supplementation for dependent children. Board defended raised food standards and acknowledged funds shortage to cover new cases and old age assistance, with the county bearing half of General Public Assistance costs. A separate note announced bandit Cowper received a two year term in Maryland Penitentiary for a robbery on the Harpers Ferry Railroad bridge.
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Frederick County
State Department of Public Welfare
Your County Welfare Board
Frederick County Welfare Board
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Welfare Board
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Bandit
C. E. Smith
Harpers Ferry
Haywood G. Cowper
Joseph D Mish
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Maryland
Cooper