Congressional Aircraft Investigators Tour West
A Republican sub committee tour via private car de luxe travels the Pacific Northwest to probe the Shipping Board and aircraft production. Members Walsh Kelly Hadley Foster lead the ride with clerks and rail crews, while Connally withdraws. Costly travel and lodging accompany the inquiry into war costs and aviation funding versus the Spanish American War.
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Washington, D. C
House
United States Shipping Board
Pacific Northwest
Frear
Pacific Coast
Shipping Board
Pennsylvania
Washington
Walsh
Alasaschusetts
Kelly
Michigan
Hadley
Foster
Ohio
Steele
Connally
Trexas
Alex Connally
Clark
Rockport Schools to Open Monday After Labor Day
Rockport schools will open Monday September 15. New pupils and high school students must meet the superintendent before opening to arrange classifications. The superintendent will be in his office 3 to 5 p.m. daily the week before opening.
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Rockport
Vernon Kirk
Dixie Schumacher
Claude. Skelton
William Rashall and Louis Kisnon plead guilty in highway robbery
Circuit court proceedings report William Rashall and Louis Kisnon pled guilty to highway robbery. Both were disenfranchised for ten years and sentenced to the reformatory for five to ten years. they were 13 years old. Other cases include guardianship petitions and divorce suits. tax and budget actions were noted but deferred due to incomplete assessment rolls.
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Circuit Court
Chapman
Woolfolk
State of Indiana
William W. Myers
Elbert M. Swan
William Rashall
Louis Kisnon
Odfe
Pretz
Fred Jones
Thomas Jones
Patrick HH
McDonald
Peter Reth
Holmes Vs
Rockport Drain Tile Co
Robert L. McCoyv
Buonville National Bank
Oscar Dorsch
George Seubold
Waldo Bretz
Maude E. Bretz
Joseph Sergesketter
John Kost
Underhill Brick and Tile Co
Thomas E. Larkin
Willam Winkler
Eugene Singleton
John V. Singleton
Fred Kellams
Anna Kellams
Christian Home
Evansville
Harbison & Gathright
Ambrose
George H. Feivel
Ola McKasson
Joseph McKasson
Louise Sanders
Harrison V. Borer
Auditor’s Office
Two Teens Convicted in Bretz Farm Robbery Case
William Rashall and Louis Kichen, both eighteen, confessed to holding up Charles Bess near the Bretz farm last Thursday and were sentenced to the reform school. The pair, from St Louis, also robbed Jacob Sawyerinski and forced him to drive to the city limits. The incident occurred about 4 PM with weapons brandished and demands made before fleeing with the victim’s money and machine.
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Charles Bess
Bretz
Wm. Rashall
Louis Kichen
St. Louis
Jacob Sawyerinshki
Sawyerinski
Will
Miss Eutha Kopp Weds J Morley Nutting in Elm Street Home
Miss Eutha Kopp and Mgr J Morley Nutting married quietly last Sunday at the bride’s Elm Street home. Rev M Robbins officiated before close family. The bride, daughter of Mr and Mrs Daniel Kopp, taught in Fort Recovery and Harrisburg high schools. The groom, recently returned from France service, is an Oberlin and Pennsylvania State College graduate who taught at the latter before enlistment. They plan a northern wedding journey and will reside in Chalmers Indiana after November first. Relatives from Cleveland and Chalmers attended.
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Nutting—Kopp
Eutha Kopp
Cleveland
Ohio
Elm Street
Venaun University
Fort. Recovery
Harrisburg
Jfrance
Oberlin College
Pennsylvania State College
Nutting
Physicians Weiss Move from Rockport to Evansville
Dr H G and Mrs Weiss moved to Evansville where he will continue medicine. He plans to work in a sanitarium and will have an office over the Evans Dry Goods store on Main Street while the family resides at 809 Adams Avenue. He practiced in Rockport sixteen years and previously at Lamar. They leave a fine practice and a well regarded family, with friends regretting their departure.
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H. G. Weiss
Evansville
Thei
Spencer County Teachers Institute Opens With Noted Speakers
The fifty fourth annual Spencer County Teachers Institute begins at 10 30 Monday morning September 8 at Rockport Methodist church. Invited instructors include Dr Charles H Fisher of West Chester State Normal School who will lecture on pedagogical topics, Supt Francis G Blair of Springfield Illinois, Senator Franklin McCray of Indianapolis, Miss Julia Straub Evansville, John O Chewning Evansville high school principal, Prof H D Jackson Spencer county agricultural agent, Miss Bertha Cook home demonstrator, and Miss Myrtle Posey Rockport music supervisor.
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Spencer County Teachers’ Institute
Rockport
Chas. H. Fisher
Department of Education
West Chester
State Normal School
Fisher
Francis G. Blair
Springfield
Illinois
Blair
Spencer County
Franklin McCray
Indianapolis
League of Nations
Julia Straub
Indianew State Board of
Parent- Teacher Associations
Parent-Teacher Association of
Evansville
John O. Chewning
Evansville City
Chewning
H. D. Jackson
Bertha Cook
Myrtle Posey
Miss. Posey
Gibson
Chautauqua and
Avery
Centennial picnic planned by Spencer County lodges
Representatives from Rebekah and subordinate I Q O F lodges in Spencer County met in Rockport to organize a county picnic for the 100th anniversary of the order.
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Rebekah
Spencer County
Rockport
Music Club Postponed to September 12
The Music Club meeting scheduled for this Friday has been postponed to Friday evening September 12. Members are asked to note the new date and time.
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Music Club
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