County Officials Face 1944 Tax Hike Over Welfare Costs
County Commissioners meet to hear protests on assessments for new buildings and to resolve school and welfare budget gaps. A welfare rise, vehicle assessment drops, and $20,000 election funding could lift the tax rate about eight cents. Road program may seek a substantial increase funded by half the proposed annual cost, with talks on a ten year plan. William M. Storm to hold frequent conferences this week.
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Reads Board
Roads Board
William M. Storm
Christmas Gift Ideas From Mrs Alexander George
A food editor outlines do it yourself gifts from the kitchen. Victory garden jars of tomatoes beans or peas with jelly jam and relish in market baskets offer a family to family present. Recipes for Pineapple Grapefruit Marmalade Free Pears Holiday Pear Marmalade Fruit Spread Cranberry Relish and Carrot Marmalade provide steps and canning tips for homemade holiday treats.
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Alexander George
Victory Garden
Officials Set Budget Action and Fax Rate Deadline
Officials announced they would finalize budget items and set the fax rate by Thursday or Friday, signaling a tight schedule for completing fiscal decisions.
War at Sea Counts Two Convoys Sink Two U Boats
An Admiralty Air Ministry communique reported that six escort vessels guarding two valuable west bound convoys in the North Atlantic sank two U boats last week, with two Columbian, two United States, and two Panamanian ships involved in the action.
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United States
North Atlantic
Admiralty Air Ministry
British authorities tally 13 enemy U-boat raiders destroyed
British officials report that the latest action has raised the total of enemy submarines destroyed in three North Atlantic battles to thirteen. The figures were released over the past two weeks as part of ongoing war updates from London.
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North Atlantic
War Fund Drive in Burkittsville Nets $421 06
Burkittsville District reports a war fund drive raising 421 dollars and 6 cents through a Patron Association box and school events. Donations came from many local churches and individuals, with auction boxes fetching up to 25 dollars. A spelling bee and Virginia Reel preceded the sales, led by Luther Brown with Lo Markett as cashier.
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Burkittsville
Virginia Hemp
Louis Markett
J. C. Skidmore
Jasper Brunner
Glen Butts
Raymond Gordon
Alice Ausherman
Clara Moss
Mary Brown
Bonnie Fink
Sara Slifer
Elizabeth Horine
Catherine Pry
Harjex
Erdman Hald
Luther Brown
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Lo Markett
Lutheran Church Congregation
Ladies Aid
George V. Arno
Harry C. Erdman
Hart M. Lowell
S. Luther Brown
Russell House
Nond Gordon
Chran Skidmore
Church of God-Locust Valley
Arthur Willard
Baxter T. Horine
Thomas Arnold
A. Betty Weedy
Daniel Guyton
Ruddell Lay
Mac Staley
J. P. Younkins
Mabel Anhalt
Nora Runkles
George Karn, Jr
Atlee Hormne
Ira Beatty
Garland Guyton
Lee Horsey
Paul Zecher
Melvin Zecher
Clarence Hightman
George Harwood
Edith Arnold
Roy T. Guyton
Nathan Dorsey
G A. Whalen
Two Ships Added To Toll Of Allied Losses
The Associated Press reports two Latin American registry vessels joined the toll of neutral and Allied ships lost to enemy action in the Western Atlantic. One Panamanian freighter sank by a U boat and the Colombian ship Simon Bolivar, overdue and presumed lost, pushed total losses since Pearl Harbor to 698.
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Pearl Harbor
Simon Bolivar
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