Saga of Benton County Pioneers in Van Metre Family
The Cedar Rapids Mayflower chapter D A R will unveil a grave marker for Josina Van Metre wife of Judge John Evans Van Metre at a site twenty six miles west of Cedar Rapids on highway 30. The Van Metre family rose from pioneer settlers in Pickaway Iowa with a log house built in 1854 55 and led multiple generations through the Civil and Mexican wars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benton County
Rosina van Metre
D.A.R
Josina van Metre
Here
Mayflower
Cedar Rapids
Josina
John Evans van Metre
Margaret Mitchell
Lincoln Highway
Toledo Road
Blairstown
Pickaway
Ohio County
West Virginia
van Metre
Frances Crawford van Metre
Rockwell City
van Metres
John
Anne Alburtis
Betty
Jep
Prairie Creek
Iowa
Ezra
Toledo
Marshalltown
Middle West
Virginia
Ohio
Jeptha
Isaiah
Joseph
Joe
Catherine du Bois
Joost Janse of
Meteren
John van Metre
Jan Joosten van Metre
New Amsterdam
Sue McNeil
Sue
East
Mayflower Chapter
Isaac
Moody Bible Institute
Johannes van Metre, Jr
Berkeley County
Cédar Rapids
Fred Myers
Katherine Franken
Lee Thomas
George Henry
Boy Scout Troop 6
Dick Lynch
Arthur Bye
Imogen Emery
Real Daughters
Almeda B. Harper
Charles van Metre
Sarah Paine Hoffman
Horace van Metre
Paul van Metre
Nina Rider Treichler
Edward Bulwer Lytton
Trotzky Secluded in Norwegian Villa by Oslo Fjord
AP reports Leon Trotzky lives in a white Storstrand villa under constant police guard. He enjoys a veranda view of the fjord while his letters and calls are censored and he works longhand with two secretaries. Only his wife, a maid, his Norwegian lawyer, a French advocate, and one old journalist friend are permitted contacts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Storsand
Norway
Leon Trotzky
Oslo
Trotzky
Moscow
Michael Puntervold
Storland
Constable Breaks Record in Ontario Arrest
Shallow Lake police made their first arrest in 10 years. Village constable Kenneth Dewer and his son Benson were arrested on a charge of assault after a fist fight with two men on the main street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shallow Lake
Ont
Kenneth Dewer
Benson
American sailor narrates Spanish Civil War lingo from Valencia
An American sailor from the U S S Hatfield writes an eyewitness letter from Valencia dated Sept 30 describing Gibraltar Malaga and naval actions in the Spanish Civil War. He paints a vivid scene of rebels and loyalists clashing at sea and air with ships firing and planes bombing as US ships observe and respond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. J. Hudson
Gibraltar
Valencia
Spain
Spanish Town
Malaga
Notable World War II Daring Claims From Naval Memoir
excerpt from a wartime diary describes taking four American nuns from jail to Ville Franche France and a crew called Squadron 40 Tare. author touts daring missions and moving through the Med to safety while warning locals Spaniards mean business and do not take prisoners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eagle Eye
Perzon
Brooklyn
Ville Franche
France
Squadron 40
Medd
Senor So
Youngest Opera Director Takes Hollywood Job
Los Angeles AP James Guthrie 22 will conduct a winter and spring series for the Hollywood Grand Opera Association with a 60 piece LA Philharmonic based orchestra. Singers include Metropolitan Opera and Chicago Civic Opera members. The series begins Thanksgiving night November 26 at Shrine Auditorium with Verdi Aida. Alfredo Gandolfi Tandy Mackenzie Eleanore Woodforde Clemence Gifford in cast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
James Guthrie
Hollywood Grand Opera Association
Guthrie
Los Angeles Philharmonic Group
Metropolitan
Chicago Civic Opera
Maurice Frank
Philharmonic Orchestra of
San Bernardino
Calif
Marcello Craft
Riverside Opera Company
Alfred Hertz
Cimini Beresowsky
Plowe
Bachmann
Shrine Auditorium
Alfredo Gandolfi
Metropolitan Opera
Tandy Mackenzie
Eleanore Woodforde
Clemence Gifford
Memphis Man Describes String of Robberies and Slugging
Luther Crenshaw of Memphis, aged 60, says he is tired of the assaults as he reports being slugged and robbed of $22 on Friday and $60 on July 11. He notes a prior $100 theft from his store two weeks earlier, highlighting a pattern of burglaries and muggings in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis, Tenn
Luther Crenshaw
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Adeline Taylor
Charles G. Oxley
Rock Island
Jacob
Charles
Schrader
Iowa City
Iowa Volunteers
Henry
West Point
Boys In Blue
Vinton
Sixth Iowa Cavalry
Dakotas
Milo Wenger
Sixth Avenue SE
John A. van Metre
Mitchell, S. D
William van Metre
Portland
Ore
Eugene T. Collins
St. Edward, Neb
Charles H. van Metre
Roy L. Jacobus
Frances van Metre
Sears
Sears, Roebuck and Co
Third Avenue SE
Men's Suede
Oxfords
Woerderhoff's Fair Shoe Store
First Ave
Barbara Field
Marshall Field
New York
Miss Field
Spanish Foreign Legion
Africa
Pee Dee
John Cruiser
Kane
Hollywood
Yager
America
Yager’s
Camaign Generamen
3Rd. St. South
Merchants National Bank
Iowa Theater
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