Evening Star Newspaper, September 1, 1931, Page 6

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The report shows that thé county is paying $11,047 per month to 193 pensioners in the seven commissioner districts. In submitting his report, Supervisor Offutt states that his records are as | yet not quite complete and may be in- | accurate in certain respects due to the ! difficulty in obtaining information in | some cases. | Listed by Districts. Of the 197 pensions shown by the report the smallest is $15 per month and the largest $250 per month. The first district had 19 pensioners, the sec- ond 17, the third 30, the fourth 32, the fifth 44, the sixth 42 and the seventh 9, the report shows. Reasons for the pen- | sions are shown as dependent old age, incurable disease, temporary aid, widow with dependents, insanity, hospital care, feeble-mindedness and mother's relief. Forty-seven of the pensioners are shown to have small incomes from other | sources than the county. Thirty pen- sioners are recomru°nded for remo Fourteen are sho®™n to be recelv | other county aid, including church aid | Red Cross and social service. ‘Women Lead Men. The report shows that more females are receiving pensions than males and | that more white people are receiving them than colored people. A large per- | centage of those receiving the pensions were born in Maryland, the report shows. | _In his report, Supervisor Offutt lists the duties of the office he holds. His duties include the investigation of all applications from persons desiring county aid to determine their fitness and necessity for such aid and to re- port his findings to the county com- missioners. When such applications are approved, the county treagurer is au- thorized and directed to disburse, through the supervisor of county aid, the sums approved, and he shall be- come the trustee of all such persons and shall see that the money is prop- erly applied for the benefit of those | whose applications have been approved. Investigates Applicants. He also investigates all applications | for commitments on behalf of the indi- | gent insane and applications on behalf of indigent persons for care or treat- ment in any hospital. | Also contained as part of the report is a copy of a letter written the county commissioners under date of August 17 by Joseph C. Cissel, counsel to -the | board, concerning petitions for pensions of Rose Nelson, Willlam Burdette and | Gassaway and Laura Matthews. In it Mr. Cissel advises the commissioners that the pensions cannot be granted, because the sums were not included in the levy. It is suggested to the board that these people be placed in the cowmty alms house or that a portion of | the $10000 appropriated for poor relief | be allotted for these people. Supervisor Offutt also reports that | he has visited Springfield, Crownsville, Spring Grove and Mount Hope State | Hospitals and that he will visit Rose- | wood Hospital in the near future. He found, he reported, that Springfield had 56 patients from the county, Spring Grove 4, Mount Hope 1, Crownsville 33, while no report was obtained on Rose- wood. New commitments during his term of office Supervisor Offutt shows as 12. e FIRE RAZES GARAGE Wooden Structure on Edmonston Road Is Destroyed. Special Dispatch to The Star. HYATTSVILLE, Md., September 1.— Fire of undetermined origin destroyed a three-car wooden garage at the home of Charles Williams on the Edmonston road, near Wells avenue, nhout 4 o’clock this ‘morning, Mrs. Williams' car also was_destroyed. Hyattsville Volunteer Fire Depart- | | | | | I the recent annual convention of the . attsville. The jury decided the accident THE EVENING LEGION TO ELECT SOON Nominations Will Be Made Tomor- row Night at Hyattsville. Special Dispatch to The Star. HYATTSVILLE, Md., September 1.— Nominations for officers of Snyder- Farmer Post, No. 3, American Legion, will be made at the semi-monthly meet- ing tomorrow night in the post club- house on Spencer street. The election | will take place September 16. The new officers will enter on their duties Oc- tober 7. Delegates of Snyder-Farmer Post to State department at ¥rostburg are ex- pected to report and plans will be | lur'.hered for the carnival, to be held by the post, starting Mondly. DEATH OF CHLD, 2, HELD ACCIDENTAL Inquest Held at Mount Rai-| nier, Although Victim Was Already Buried. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. MOUNT RAINIER, Md, September 1.—Although the coroner's jury never viewed the bedy, an inquest was held last night into the death of Stanley Scheerer, two years old, of the 200 block of School street, North' Brentwood, Who was fatally injured by an automobile operated by William B, Bowser of Hy- was unavoidable. The jury was impaneled by Justice of Peace Robert E. Joyce, and when taken into Washingtn to view the body by Deputy Sheriff Thomas H. Garrison, it was found the child had already been buried, although it died only the day before. J. Frank Lillar, ‘attorney for Bowser, contended that the failure to view the body autcmatically ended the jury's in- vestigation, but after some discussion last night it was decided to proceed with the inquest, the corpus delicti being proved by Dr. Harry Nalley, who saw the remains before interment. State Policeman Carl Storm, who ii vestigated the accident, and cthers tes- | tified that Bowser was driving slowly down a very rcugh street, when the child ran 1 front ol h..s car. LOST DRILL RECOVERED Special Dispatch to The Star. FALLS CHURCH, Va., —F. N. Hagman, contractor, today re- sumed work on the new town well here after a 12-day delay caused by dropping the drill to the bottom of the well shaft, 207 feet below the surface. The splice loosened where the hemp rope was at- tached to the metal cable, dropping the bit. It was necessary to send to Phil- adelphia for special grappling irons be- fore it could finally be lifted. | 1t is probable that the drilling will | be continued for another 100 feet. ac- cording to Mayor L. P. Daniel. Tests will be made at 250 feet to determine if sufficlent water is available. September 1 RELIEF IN ONE MINUTE Put one on- the painis gone! Corns or sore toes can’t possibly hurt a minute longer after you apply Dr. Scholl's Zino-pads. 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HARRISONBURG, Va., September 1. —A man-hunt for the colored conviet who yesterday grabbed a revolver and shotgun away from guards on a truck- load of highway workers and !!Clpedl to the mountains after wounding a) road foreman. continued in the Blue Ridge Mountains near the Rockingham- Greene County line today. An armed posse of 50 men augmented highway convict guards in scouring the rugged mountainside for 24 hours with- out trace of the fugitive. Serving 10-Year Term. The convict, whose name was not learned here, was said to be serving & 10-year sentence for highway robbery. The truckload of convicts were en route from the convict camp, just across the line in Greene County, to the Spots- wood Trail construction project atop the Blue Ridge, when the fugitive grab- bed the revolver from the ket of & guard and ordered the driver of the truck to halt. The- convict commanded Road Fore- man Smith, who was riding with the driver, to hand over his shotgun. 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Mem- bers of the Clarendon Volunteer Fire Department extinguished the burning steam roller. BRIDE HURT IN CRASH Driver of Second Car Also Injured Near Amity Hall, Pa. Special Dispatch to The Star. * HAGERSTOWN, Md., September 1.— Two persons were lnsuud one a mem- ber of a honeymooning couple, near Amity Hall, Pa, when the machine of Robert Ryder, this city, crashed into the car of L. Lloyd Bowersock, Lewiston, Pa., who had parked near the center of met highway when his coat had blown out. Bowersock was seriously injured and Mrs. Ryder, a bride of a few days, also was hurt, Both machines were badly TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, dlmaged Wheoping Measien, Searlet Fever, and other conta- gious dissases. Our Towels and Onliwen Interfoided Toilet Tissueshould beused b: every School, Factory, Office and Home. A.P. W. PAPER CO., ALBANY, N. Y. 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