Tax collections reach high mark in county for 1937
The 1937 fiscal year audit shows total tax collections at $823,098.60, with county taxes $701,837.30 and state taxes $121,261.30. Real estate and personal property provided the largest shares, led by Frederick with $182,269.02 county and $40,836.64 state, followed by Middletown and Buckeystown. Uncollected taxes as of Dec 31, 1937 stood at $110,783.40 county and $21,720.41 state, with payments since then likely reducing the totals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick
Middletown
Buckeystown
Brumsiwick
Emmitsburg
New Market
Thurmont
Woodsboro
Walkersville
Urbana
Jefferson
Johnsville
Jackson
Etereealie
Burkittsville
Liberty
Creagerstown
Hanvers
Mt. Pleasant
Tuscarora
Ballenger
Catoctin
Coupe
Erick
Brunswick
Answers to Cranium Crackers on Page Four
The page lists several trivia items and spellings. It mentions Dr. Alexis Carrel as the surgeon, Luxemburg as the capital city of Luxembourg, a quotation about the night and eyes, defines archipelago as a group of islands, and notes Chester Alan Arthur as the president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexis Carrel
Luxemburg
Chester Alan Arthur
Ercaident
Five Maryland students win three month soil service jobs
Five University of Maryland agronomy students receive three month appointments as Soil Conservation Service student assistants. Names include John P. Smith Jr Richard Sutton Laban R Lowe Leon B Yourtee Jr and John D Muncks. They will work at Ellicott City Hagerstown Boonsboro Harwood and White Hall on soil surveys engineering forestry wildlife conservation and farm management under U S Agriculture technicians supervision. The program expanded from 16 to 60 students in the Northeast and is approved by the Civil Service Commission and college officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
College Park
Univesity of Maryland
Soil Conservation Service
C. G. Bruce
John P. Smith, Jr
Richard Sutton
Laban R. Lowe
Leon
Yourtee, Jr
John D. Muncks
U.S. Civil Service Commission
Knott Released on Bond Ahead of Emmitsburg Hearing
Donald Knott of Emmitsburg was released on $500 bond Monday night ahead of a hearing tonight before Justice Frank J. Campbell in Emmitsburg. He faces charges of drunken and reckless driving and assault and battery after being arrested Sunday evening by Sheriff Roy M. Hiltner and Deputy Albert Adelsberger. Knott allegedly struck Mrs. George Wantz at her Emmitsburg home Sunday afternoon, without serious injury, contributing to the assault charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Knott
Emmitsburg
Frank J. Campbell
Samitsburg
Knott
Roy M. Hiltner
Albert Adelsberger
George Wantz
Civil War Vets Taken To Reunion By Train
Twenty buses of the Capital Transit Company carried veterans from Washington to Gettysburg, but bad weather forced a train move. About four hundred veterans and attendants, including Confederate veterans, will be toured around Gettysburg for services over the next ten days, with twenty drivers housed at Gettysburg College and fed by army kitchens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Capital Transit Company
Frederick
Washington
D. C
Gettysburg
Army War College
Roy Meal
Scesney Improves After Amputation at Mt. St. Mary's
Baltimore report says Stanley Scesney of Throop Pennsylvania, football player at Mt. St. Mary's College Emmitsburg who just graduated, is getting along well and may be released in a few days. His left arm was amputated due to a bone tumor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scesney
Baltimore
St. Joseph's Hospital
Stanley
Mike) Scesney
Throop
Mt. St. Mary's College
Emmitsburg
Trivia Quiz Answers and Brief Notes
Answers include Babe Ruth as player, a coach claim for Bravk lyn Dodgers, a true statement, reference to the 75th, mentions Eamon de Valera, and notes a swimmer as a subject.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Babe Ruth
Bravklyn Dodgers
True
Eamon de Valera
Court News Marriage Licenses and Property Deeds
Court notices list marriage licenses for multiple couples across states including New Washington Ohio and Washington DC with ages from 18 to 39 and divorces noted for several individuals. Property deeds show transfers among Annias Tressler Lucy Wetzel Katherine Winebrenner Charles Page Ethel Engler and others with modest sums. Power of attorney records record Jane Carlisle Pitkin to Laura Pitkin McCardell et al.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annias Tressler
Lucy M. Wetzel
Katherine C. Winebrenner
Charles E. Page
Charles A. Collars
Ethel M. Engler
Ethel M Engler
Mary E. Miller
Raymond L
Bidle
Annie M. Bowens
Oscar J. Dawson
G. Leicester Thomas
Charles H. Baker
Erwin R. Roach
Harry S. Bernton
Robert V. Smith
L. Hubert Derr
Roy W. Lugenbeel
G. Frank Harris
Power of Attorneys
Jane Carlisle Pitkin
Laura Pitkin McCardell
Roosevelt Signs Wage Hour Bill Amid Economic Reform
President Roosevelt signed the wage hour bill authorizing a major labor reform. The measure sets a 25 cent minimum wage starting October 24 for workers in interstate industries, rising to 30 cents and then 40 cents over seven years. It also caps hours at 44 the first year, 42 the second, and 40 thereafter. A wage hour administrator will be appointed. operation may face court challenges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Iaet
WPA Leader Calls Relief Workers to Rail Liberal Control
Washington June 27 A WPA leader Aubrey Williams urged relief recipients to get out and work to keep liberals in control of the government. Senator King Democrat Utah suggested the speech could justify a senate investigation of WPA for politics in relief. Williams told the Workers Alliance delegation that friends of the jobless should be kept in power and praised the Roosevelt administration for aiding the unemployed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
WPA
Capitol Hill
King
Utah
Aubrey Williams
Congress
Williams
Workers Alliance
Friends
Roosevelt
Roosevelt Jr and Family Expecting Child Aboard Train
A close associate confirms Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr is due this summer. Ethel du Pont, formerly of Wilmington Delaware, is married to the President's third son. The couple wed at Christiana Hundred last June 30. The two grandfathers Roosevelt and Eugene du Pont were together recently.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Hyde Park
N. Yu
Snell Announces Retirement From Congress
Washington June 27 Rep Bertrand H Snell Republican leader of the House and sharp Roosevelt critic said he will retire after 24 years in the national legislature to devote time to his business interests in upper New York state The statement cited heavy public responsibilities and neglected personal affairs as the reason Health and family needs were also mentioned as factors Speculation immediately centered on potential successor Representative Martin of Massachusetts assistant Republican leader as a leading candidate
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Bertrand H. Snell
House
Roosevelt
Congress
New York State
Representative Martin
Massachusetts
Successful Boy Scout Camp Ends at Cascade Camp Ritchie
Frederick troops closed a highly successful Boy Scout camp at Cascade today. The final Court of Honor at Camp Ritchie awarded over 100 tender foot through first class badges and merit badges, with George B. Douglas Jr. in charge. An estimated 150 to 200 parents and visitors attended from Frederick, Walkersville, and area. The Walkersville troop joined the encampment as virtually all of the more than 100 Scouts earned awards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick
Cascade
Camp Ritchie
George B. Douglas
Walkersville
Arrests Rise in Brunswick Garage Robbery Case
Paul Lowery of Brunswick was captured in the Knoxville mountains by deputies after a subset of suspects faced jail awaiting grand jury action. Schrader admitted participation while Lowery and others were charged in the Petersville road burglary of the P. W. Gaither garage, including a $60 candy machine theft and 850 cents in coins. Jewel Redmond near Gapland received a 15 month term for thefts tied to a May incident. Howard Late of Brunswick drew a year for wife beating. A separate note reports 28,361,000 eggs found aboard a British coast vessel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Shreger
Brunswick
P. W. Gaither
Petersville Road
Paul Lowery
Knoxville
Ernest L. Main
John R. Lloyd
Ofcer W. S. Sigafoose
Brunswice
Schrader
House of Correction
Offcer Sigafoose
Opon
Shrader
Lowery
Jewel Redmond
Gapland
Main and
Lloyd
John McGolerick
Weverton
William HH. Campbell
Redmond
Oxford Group Meets at Sutherland Summer Camp
Ten Frederick youths attended a Oxford Group camp in Sutherland Pennsylvania over the weekend returning Monday. The encampment drew about 350 youths from 23 states and parts of Canada with speakers including prominent figures and college students. Frederick participants were James Houck Carroll Rinsey Lincoln Stull Carl Bell James Saussez Woodrow Corbin John Rice Joan Wilburn Nathaniel Williams and Franklin Stockman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oxford
Sutherland
Frederick
States
Canada
James Houck
Carroll Rinsey
Lincoln Stull
Carl Bell
James Saussez
Woodrow Corbin
John Rice
Joan Wilburn
Nathaniel Williams
Franklin Stockman
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I. Q. Answers
Marshall Field, Jr
Walpole
Mass
Joanne Bass
Robert Perkins Bass
Bass
Peterboro
N. H
Charles Sumner Bird
Birgs Suarez
Marshall Field
New York
Court News
Paul J. Fike
Virginia E.cole
New Washington
Ohio
Thomas C. Absher
Roberta Mae Gibson
Rosslyn
Fennor LeRoy Seaks
Red Lion
Frances Watson
Hanover
Frank F. Chronister
Newville
Marian J. Murray
Mechanicsburg
James Luther Zimmerman
Franklin B. Carpenter
Catherine I. Miller
Ladiesburg
Ralph E. Paulhamus
Montoursville
Faye T. Newman
Hughesville
Fred C. Thrush
Virginia L. Corron
Front Royal
John W. Swingle
Mary F. Wenner
Cadiz
John W. Boxe
Sara C. Powell
Lewistown
George W. Snider
Frances K. Burrass
Route 3
Lewis A. Kley
Phoenixville
Hazel C. Longstreth
Norristown
Thomas E. Whitfield
Laura S. Keene
Washington, D. C
Junior Roosevelt
Joe Gorton
Bagby
Charlee
Chuck) Fenske
Brunswick Othcers
Hagerstown
Howard
Sanday
Campbell Afonday Xorn
M J
George Ambrose Uy
Howse
Late
Jessups
Elio
Evinrur
Delphey
Sie Cao Or
C.C. Carty, Inc
East Patrick
Frederick, M
Hendrickson’s
Herger’s
North Market St
Frederick 355
C. E. Cline & Son
Hendrickson
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