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Newspaper
Cambridge Sentinel
Location
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1940
Page
5
Lost savings bank books 2s listed with numbers 62091. Payments halted as claim filed under Chapter 171 of the Acts of 1912. Applications for payment are in progress for accounts at East Cambridge Savings Bank with dates April 13 20 27.
Two probate notices announce petitions for wills and estates in Middlesex and Suffolk counties. Executors named Norris Edw Drew and others face appearance deadlines on April 14 and April 24 respectively, with details of required appearances, witnesses, and officials.
Public auction of parcels in Cambridge arising from mortgage foreclosure. The sale covers two lots previously described as Dunst Realty Company interests and H Blevins tied parcels with street frontages on Auburn Street and Dunner Street. Purchaser pays one thousand dollar deposit and balance within ten days. Cambridge Era announcement by Granville Beever Treasurer dated April 6 13 20.
The notice outlines a real estate mortgage sale in Cambridge with a parcel bounded by Hadley Street and Massachusetts Avenue. It lists detailed boundary lines, measurements, and references to former owners and adjoining lands as part of the foreclosure description. The total sale price and required cash will be set by the Cambridge Savings Bank.
Mindlessext probate petition filed in Commonwealth of Massachusetts Cambridge County seeking probate of a will for Louise Blacknall Inte. The petitioner asks the court to appoint a personal representative with bond. Object in writing by April 20 before ten o'clock in the forenoon at Cambridge. Judge John C. Legent presiding. Registry entry dated March 27, 1940. April 6-15-2
Public auction to satisfy a mortgage on Pearl Street Cambridge mass with units and fixtures including heating systems stoves and air conditioners. Property is described as easterly 52 feet southerly 118 feet and six inches western 52 feet northerly 118 feet six inches and permanent fixtures. Sale details note two thousand dollar cash deposit and taxes liens will be paid by purchaser.
The administrator of an estate in Cambridge County has filed the first account with the court for allowance. Objections must be filed in writing in the Cambridge court before 10 am on April 30, the return day. Attending witnesses are John C. Legeete Meguire and Jo aq Tadge.
The administratrix of the estate of Frederick Harrison, late of Cambridge, presents to the court for allowance her retainer account. Her attorney must file written pleadings in Cambridge by the return day, April 1840. Judge Jordan, Register.
Metropolitan Theatre offers Dr Cyclops a thriller about a diabolic physicist who shrinks people to miniature size with five victims. Albert Dekker leads a cast including Janice Logan and Charles Halton. Star Dust stars Linda Darnell in a plucky Hollywood drama with Mary Beth Hughes and William Gargan.
The article notes that only Ethiopia and Liberia had very low car ownership, with about one automobile for every 12,000 inhabitants, a level similar to America in 1900. It emphasizes the scarcity of autos in these two nations compared with early 20th century norms.
An ordinance amendment from Cambridge City Council tightens on street parking limits. It amends Section 3 of Article V to prohibit parking for more than one hour on Essex Street easterly between Massachusetts Avenue and Austin Street between 7 AM and 7 PM. Passed for second reading April 11 and adopted after April 5, 1940.
The Catholic Union announces an April 21 Communion breakfast with free admission and timely talks by Joe Mack Connie Sullivan and Si MeAskill in Central Square. A Monday bowling banquet follows at the Crawford House with Russ Howard’s entertainers and a grand drawing on April 25.
First Publication No 1902 shows Cambridge City Council amending section on parades and processions. Only armed forces and police and fire units may march on streets without a police chief permit. Readings scheduled after April 18. Clerk Frederick H. Reed attests.
Public auction to sell a parcel in Cambridge Massachusetts under a mortgage held by Home Owners' Loan Corporation. Sale date set for May 14 at 10:30 AM with $1500 cash down payment, approximate lot 64, plan by James Hayward, subject to taxes liens and restrictions. James J. Brennan State Counsel for the Mortgagee.
Middlesex Probate Court directs George H. O'Brien Christine E. O'Brien and Henry J. O'Brien to respond to a trustee account in a dispute over the will of James E. O'Brien. The citation sets May 6 as return date with May 21 as deadline for pleadings, dated April 12, 1937.
Cambridge License Board records show Essex Lunch Inc and manager Albert TG E applying to transfer their all alcoholic beverages license to common victualers at 144A Mount Auburn Street from 7 Essex Street. The proposed site includes two dining rooms on the first floor with kitchen and basement storage. John E. Quinn and Leahy E. Guthem noted.
Frank Dwelly excelled in the national table tennis at Indianapolis beating Chicago’s Bob Anderson in a tight bout. The East hosts its first Y M C A weight lifting meet with 70 lifters from 10 Y M C A s competing in five weight classes under Olympic lifts directed by Edgar W. Davis.
Between five and ninety percent of all tin plate produced in the United States is used in making tin containers.
A wall installed package receiver adds comfort and efficiency with a self locking exterior door, insulation and ventilation. A laundry chute connects upper floors to basement laundry, letting soiled clothes drop through vertical shafts for easy handling.
Rep. Asher L. Burdick endorses the Townsend bill H R 8264 as the best Townsend plan yet. It proposes automatic 60 plus annuities funded by gross income tax, boosting purchasing power to stimulate demand and create jobs for under 60 workers, with up to 200 monthly dollars usable in the U S within 20 days. Weekly Cambridge Townsend Club No 2 meetings are held at the Jefferson Club.
A fisherman reports catching the largest salmon on record in a net. The catch surpassed the previous 116 pound benchmark, marking a new weight record for the species.
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