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Warren R. Roberts
Warren Roscoe Roberts was an American politician from Pennsylvania who served as Pennsylvania Auditor General from 1937 to 1941 and previously served in the Pennsylvania State Senate, representing the 18th district from 1927 to 1937. Biography Roberts was born in Freemansburg, Pennsylvania on December 29, 1874, to John Roberts and Sarah Anne Née Hendricks. He attended public school in Freemansburg and received no college education. He and Victor Woodring co-founded the Woodring-Roberts insurance corporation. In 1905 he was elected to the Northampton County committee serving as their recorder of deeds. Roberts held several jobs including working as a reporter for the Bethlehem Times (later merged into '' The Express-Times''), a real estate agent, an insurance broker and a banker. Roberts was elected to the Pennsylvania State Senate in 1927 to represent Northampton county in the 18th district as a Democrat and served as the minority floor leader from 1935 to 1936. He resigne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pennsylvania Auditor General
The Pennsylvania auditor general is the chief fiscal officer of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. It became an elected office in 1850. The current auditor general of Pennsylvania is Republican Timothy DeFoor. History The office of the auditor general of Pennsylvania was created in 1809 by the General Assembly. The auditor general was appointed by the governor until 1850, when it became a statewide elective office. The terms were for three years, until a constitutional amendment in 1909 increased the terms to four years. Responsibilities The auditor general performs financial audits of state agencies, municipal governments, school districts, public sector pensions, entities that receive state funding support (such as certain universities and hospitals), and corporate tax returns. These audits are designed as an accountability mechanism and serve to ensure that public money is spent in an appropriate manner. Additionally, the auditor general undertakes performance audits, which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bethlehem Times
Bethlehem (; ar, بيت لحم ; he, בֵּית לֶחֶם '' '') is a city in the central West Bank, Palestine, about south of Jerusalem. Its population is approximately 25,000,Amara, 1999p. 18.Brynen, 2000p. 202. and it is the capital of the Bethlehem Governorate of the State of Palestine. The economy is primarily tourist-driven, peaking during the Christmas season, when Christians make pilgrimage to the Church of the Nativity. The important holy site of Rachel's Tomb is at the northern entrance of Bethlehem, though not freely accessible to the city's own inhabitants and in general Palestinians living in the Israeli-occupied West Bank due to the Israeli West Bank barrier. The earliest known mention of Bethlehem was in the Amarna correspondence of 1350–1330 BCE when the town was inhabited by the Canaanites. The Hebrew Bible, which says that the city of Bethlehem was built up as a fortified city by Rehoboam, identifies it as the city David was from and where he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
