W P A Discharges Disturb City Council
Letters from General McDonough W P A administrator discuss recent W P A discharges and the effect on workers. Council meeting notes reveal a $5 million budget allocation to Finance and a traffic survey sent to Ordinances. An April 11 parade invitation was accepted and orders from Councillor Swenson and Councilor Pill were considered.
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Gol
John’ J. McDonough
Mara
McNemara
State Commr. of Public Works
Swenson
Pill
Zonta Club Hears War Philosophy Dinner Meeting
The Zonta Club met at the Commander Hotel on Monday with Mrs. Stephen Hard rly outlining the wartime situation and its philosophy. The discussion addressed global conflict and potential policy responses as members listened for guidance.
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Zonta Club
Commander Hotel
Stephen Hard Rly
Final Elementary School Posture Championship Held in Rindge Hall
The final round advances all qualified teams for a Friday night event in Rindge Hall. Joseph J. Smith and Mildred Grant judged the eliminations while seven teams, led by Agassiz School coached by Alice Powers and Margaret Lovett, compete in the finals.
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Rindge Hall
Joseph J. Smith
Mildred Grant
Agassiz School
Alice&. Powers
Margaret M. Lovett
Burley Real Estate Mortgages at 276 Commonwealth Avenue Boston
Chase F. Burley handles real estate mortgages at 276 Commonwealth Avenue in Boston. Local records show Burley offering financing arrangements and property-related lending services.
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Commonwealth Avenue
Boston
Local political and social notes skim the week
A bustling column lists Meyer Lyons with praise awaiting critics and updates on Tom Cronin son of James and nine star Cronin improving after appendectomy at Cambridge Hospital. It notes Danny Manley, Blue and Gold manager, in hospital for an old injury and Wm M Hogan Jr planning a councillor at large campaign. Leo Messina underwent tonsil operation, with friendly advice to take it easy. Rumors of Harvard Sy area unrest surface as Police Chief Leshy braces for disruption during next Wednesday’s parade. A Boston Park Square lunchroom rumor hints at a political group eyeing City Hall. The Beacon Hill budget debate stirs unease as Jerry Downey pushes a policemen in prowl cars plan, and Rep Councillor Swenson withdraws a three–member civilian license board bill amid committee hearings.
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Meyer Lyons
Tom Cronin
James
Nine-Star
Wm. M. Hogan, Jr
Bill
Leo Messina
Essex St
W. FP
Leo
Harvard Sy
Polie
Leshy
Park Sq
Hoston
City Hall
Jerry Downey
Chamber of Commerce
Voluntary 10 Percent Pay Cut Sought for City Employees
Cambridge Taxpayers Association leader Stoughton Bell urges city workers to accept a temporary ten percent salary cut plus a ten percent reduction in non-salary items excluding health and welfare. He claims these cuts could save over 400000 and lower the 1939 tax rate, criticizing Mayer Lyons’s 46 dollar rate as a burden on homeowners.
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Stoughton Bell
The
Cambridge Taxpeyera’ Ass'n
Mr. Bell
Mayer Lyons
Bell
John J. Toomey
Sergt. Brennan
Harney
Donald Born
Fiske Pee Ae
Mayor Lyons to Head Parade on Patriots Day
An elaborate Patriots Day program is set for next Wednesday with Mayor Lyons as Honorary Chief Marshal. Maj. Harold Seidenberg chairs the organizing group, while Jas. Harrington and Capt. C. Wesley Patten of the Sons of the American Revolution participate. The 8:00 A.M. fire whistle salute and 10:50 A.M. William Dawes rider mark key moments at Harvard Square with bands playing martial airs.
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Lyons
Jas. H
Society of the Sons of American Revolution
Cong Flaherty Orator at Eagles Banquet
More than 200 members and guests attended the annual Cambridge Aerie Order of Eagles banquet at the Jefferson Club Building Tuesday night. William M. Hogan Jr., a leading local attorney, served as toastmaster, with Congressmen Thomas Flaherty of Charlestown among the speakers.
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Cambridge Aerie
Order of Eagles
Jefferson Club
Wm. M. Hogan, Jr
Cong
Thos. Flaherty
Charlestown
Cambridge Proclamation Marks 78th First Volunteers Anniversary
Mayor John W. Lyons urges observance of April 17 1939 to honor Cambridge First Volunteers Civil War company C Third Regiment with school notices and display of the flag. Banquet last held 1929. memorial observance to involve patriotic and veteran groups.
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Cambridge
Lincoln
Andrew
State House
William A. Bancroft
Volunteers Citizens Ass'n
John Kinnear
Budget Protesters Storm City Hall Crowds Shrink Budget
The crowd at a public hearing on the 1939 budget grew large and lively, with organizers and officials directing decorum. Taxpayers leader Mr Bell urged a plebiscite and proposed wage contributions to welfare and cuts to non-salary items to reduce the tax rate.
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Tion
Entrals
Mes
Wallace Beery Ee
Ernas
Marco
Funch & Judt
Lone Rancer
Warner Baxter
Loretta Young
Victor Morris
John J. Carver
Rathskeller
Crystal Cafe
Concord Avenue
Superior Laundry
Cambridge Savings Bank
Harvard Square
Cambridgeport Savings Bank
Central Square
East Cambridge Savings Bank
Cambridge Street
North Avenue Savings Bank
Massachusetts Avenue
Mutual Savings Banks
John J. McGillicuddy
Everal
Wedy A
Beacon Hill
Jon
Hamilton
Boylston ST
Harvard Sq
John
Mary
FOX & Tishman
Main’ St
Kendall Sq
Mass
Drake
Mass. Ave
George
Baddian
Flor So
Mayor Lyons
Flaherty
Eagles
Congress
U. S
John W. Lyons
Winslow
League of Women Voters
John J. Shine A
Boardman’s
Boardman’s U. 5S
Bond
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