1943 County Audit Shows Favorable Finances and Debts Cut
County Auditor Robert C Triester submits the 1943 county audit to the County Commissioners. The report shows a cash balance of 89 484 73 and assets around 1 906 774 35 with funded debt reduced by 87 000 and a $885 deduction for lower school property value. Revenue from liquor licenses and hospital net maintenance are cited along with detailed sheriff and court expenses and intergovernmental transfers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert C. Triester
Triesler
Sheriff's Office
Horace M. Alexander
R. Paul Buhrman
Paul B. Rhoads
Montgomery County
Great American Indemnity Co
Dorothy R. Horner
George Blake
Washington County
Russell A . Robertson
Blake
Alexander
Portland
Ore
Charles E Moylan
Edwin M. van Meter
Patrick M. Schnauffer
van Meter
Schnauffer
Sherif Alexander
Audit Details Board of Education and Roads Fund Transactions
Cash receipts total 660 20424 including 84 from Stile funds and 41 66750 from County funds. Disbursements 667 60226 with a 7 399 02 deficit. School transport costs listed with per pupil amounts for white and colored schools. Roads Board capital surplus 44 964.71 and operating surplus 80 587.75. Operating revenue 175 89699. state gasoline tax 158 29441 and county funds 10 000. Expenditures include 394 road construction and 9561770 maintenance. depreciation for post war equipment. Tables detail project costs and maintenance by district and road type.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Education
Typeshiriers Coo
Roads Board
United Lutheran Church Opens 14th Biennial Convention
Rev Henry H Bagger of Lancaster Pa urged delegates to free themselves from passive thinking at the United Lutheran Church 14th biennial convention in Minneapolis. More than 1,250,000 members in 32 synods across the United States and Canada attend. The opening sermon challenged the idea that worlds problems will solve themselves.
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Minneapolis
Henry H Bageer
Lancaster
United Lutheran Church
America
Central Lutheran Church
Bagger
Rotary welcomes new members at Key Club meeting
The Francis Scott Key Hutch hosts a Rotary Club gathering with Rev. Dr. Henri L.G. Rieller delivering the address on Rotary ideals. New members Clyde Bes Toomas and A.R Meewen join, former members AB Collmus and Dr EC Kefauver rejoin, and transfers De J. Franklin Haas and Theron D. Green join from Baltimore and Elkton respectively. Guests include visiting Rotarians Pyng Porter and HKK Strekell and others. Glenn T Swisher presides.
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Francis Scott Key Hutch
Fredenck
Rotary Aca
Imewl
Henri LG Rieller
HKK
Strekell
Magerstown
C. A. Richhing
Baltimore
Lieut J. Spangler Koeffer
U 8
Army
Robert J. Surrall
Russello McCain
Millactl Crum
Rotary
Glenn T Swisher
Police Court Trials Yield Mixed Justice in Major Dockets
Magistrate Edward J. Smith presided over two court sessions in which drivers of a fatal collision were absolved of criminal negligence and another pair faced acquittals on reckless driving charges. Several minor cases followed, including vagrancy handling and a drunken driving plea with a suspended sentence or bond for jury trial. News also reports Bordeaux and La Rochelle in German-held areas during World War II.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward J. Smith
William M Storm
Solomon
Massiaughter
Petersville
Frank Sevita
Melvin F Broadwater
Upper College Terrace
Jacob Rohrbach
Sherman Boone
Nolle
Charles Lenhart
Middle Alley
Edward M. Hanks
Petersburg
Ernest Shoemaker
Frederick
Mere “Mildred Shoemaker
William Reese
Kittaning
Scinta
Dewey to State His Lasting Peace Views
Governor Dewey will outline his plan for lasting peace in a New York City address next Wednesday titled This Must Be the Last War The speech precedes Roosevelt’s Foreign Policy Association talk and follows Dumbarton Oaks talks on postwar security Dewey has advocated forceful measures if needed to keep the peace and will air his views on national radio in the 9 20 p m Eastern War Time slot
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Albany
N. Y
Thomas Fo Meer
New York City
New York Herald Tribune
Roosevelt
Foreign Policy Association
Dewey
Paul E. Larkwood
Dumbarton Oaks
Washington
Blue
St. Louis
St Louis
Thurmont Soldier Wounded Again in France
Tech Sergeant Lennis F. Pittinger of Thurmont was slightly wounded in action in France on September 17 after returning to action two months earlier. His mother Mrs. Ethel Pittinger was notified. Earlier, son Staff Sergeant Curtis L. Pittinger was reported slightly wounded on September 13.
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France
Lennis F. Pittinger
Thurmont
Ethel Pittinger
War Department
Court News and New Stamp Issue Report
Court notices list several marriage licenses and transfers of property including Tolson and Lull. Barklow and Black. Tice to Bear. Ell y to Zentz. Jablow to Portens. Mathias to Trail Mathias. Buckey trustees to Sappington. Weamert to Gladhill. McClellan to Morris. Brandenburg to DeLauter. DeLauter back to Brandenburg. A 2 cent stamp tale notes a new three cent stamp for motion pictures to be sold Oct 31 in Hollywood and New York, with Red Cross plasma stamp forthcoming.
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William Z. Tolson, Jr
Silver Spring
Claire Lull
Thomas
Takoma Dars
Robert Edwin Barklow
Phylis Lorraine Black
Hagerstown
Thomas T. Tice
John W. Bear
Catherine
Elly
Albert L. Zentz
Harry Jablow
William Portens
Charles McC. Mathias
Theresa Trail Mathias
D. Princeton Buckey
R. Francis Sappington
Elsie Perrette Weamert
Sheridan Gladhill
Washington
Hollywood
New York
Frank C. Walker
South Pacific
Walker
Red Cross
Los Angeles
Kidnapped Baby Returned to Detroit Parents
Four month old Bobby King was recovered unharmed from Eleanor Smith in Detroit after a 10 day abduction. Police say Smith denies stealing the infant and claims the child is hers. she previously said she gave birth in Chicago last June.
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Detroit
Bobby King
Eleanor Smith
Bobby
Clarence F. King
Weenzel
Smith
Brussels Out of Bounds for Allied Troops
Brussels, Oct 11, reports say the city was placed off limits to all American troops and similar orders will apply to British forces. A new provost marshal cited luxury goods and crowded conditions, allowing only officers and enlisted men on duty inside, as many soldiers wandered into the city.
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Brussels
Belgium
Keller Third In Contest At National FFA Speaking Meet
Harold K. Keller of Middletown finished third in the national Future Farmers of America public speaking contest in Kansas City. The winner was from Georgia and the second from Idaho. Keller used the same topic as in state and sectional wins, "Bangs Discats And The War." Coach J. Homer Remsberg of Middletown High School accompanied him. Keller received a 154 dollar award, a silver medal, and travel expenses. he plans for college at Maryland and hopes for the U S Naval Academy appointment. He is son of Mr and Mrs C Ernest Keller and brother of Charley Keller, former Yankee outfielder.
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Harold K. Keller
Middletown
North Atlantic
Future Farmers of America
FFA
Kansas City
Georgia
South
Idaho
Young Keller
J. Homer Remsberg
Onn
Midgtetown High School
Middletown High School
Keller
University of Maryland
Sing
U. S. Naval Academy
C. Ernest Keller
Charley Keller
New York Yankee
U. S. Maritime Service
Republicans Gain in County Registration Across Districts
Early reports from county districts show rising Republican totals in October registrations. Buckeystown, Middletown, Woodsboro, Tuscarora, Lingapore, and Burkittsville figures display Democrats steadily yielding to Republicans. Union Bridge records the heaviest Democratic count in years, 46 Democrats vs 48 Republicans. Scotland Yard adds 20,000 fingerprint records to its files annually.
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Buckeystown
Middletown
Woodsboro
Tuscarora
Lingapore
Burkitsville
Union Bridge
Carroll County
Scotland Yard
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Auditor County
Triester
League of Women Voters
Montevue
C.e.cline& Son
Phooe
Frederick, Md
Tydings
Easton
Bed Road
Millard Tydings
Tydigs
Paris
C and Gy Dalrigts
London
Harry’s
Bordeaux
British Information Services
Atlantic
la Rochelle
Bay of Biscay
Frederick Victory
Hugh V. Gittinger
S.S. Frederick Victory
E. C. Peterson
J. M. Willis
Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyards
Hendrickson
Court News
Bernard McClellan
George E. Morris
Emory M. Brandenburg
H. Kieffer DeLauter
Midwest
ALLEN
Eee
South Market
Karec S Bazaar
Vogue
Town & Country
Bennett
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