Mayor Lyons on Youth Study
Mayor Lyons discusses youth problems at a League of Women Voters meeting titled Know Your City held at the Continental Sunday night. He defends the Cambridge Youth Commission and a proposed Juvenile Aid Bureau, citing nine practical aims including vocational guidance to help youths shape life careers.
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League of Women Voters
Continental
Youth Commission
Juvenile Delinquency Bureau
Cambridge Youth Commission
Cambridge
Local City Notes Preview Meters and Major Moves
Mayors and city officials discuss parking meters and urban planning amid chatter of a future council vote. Harvard demonstrations near Patriots Day were halted by local police leaders. Supt Mahoney earns another year amid calls for longer appointments. Wells Beach cottage prep and longtime professionals feature in community notes.
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East Cambridge
Harvard
Harvard Sq
Chas. Apted
Ted” Leahy
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Mahoney
James John L. Wells
Wells Beach
John
John A. Redmond
Mass. Ave
Central Sq
Cambridge
Council Budget Clips Tax Rate Drop Ahead
City Council Finance Week reports a planned tax rate cut of eight cents amid budget trimming. The note mentions a 10 percent voluntary salary reduction as part of the measures, with continued details on page 4.
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Mayor Lyons Gets Cambridge Honor City Night
Cambridge is considered for honoring on Edward Bowes radio program. Maj. Bowes notes Cambridge deserves recognition and promises review after a February letter from Mayor Lyons. The program airs nationwide from New York with millions of listeners and city officials in dialogue.
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Mayor Lyons
Cambridge
Edward Bowes
Chrysler Motor Co
Detroit
Lyons
Maj. Bowes
Broadway
63Rd St
New York
N. Y
Mystery door planned for Fresh Pond golf clubhouse
Park Recreation Board members clashed over a proposed mystery door for the new Fresh Pond golf clubhouse. Commissioner John Spencer questioned the stairway and door, noting the architect who drew the plans is not involved. Mrs. Jessie Brooks suggested a purpose, but Spencer said it was a Prof. Doten request. He argued the door would be unnecessary and saving $800 to $1000 by dropping it.
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John Spencer
Fresh Pond
Spencer
Jessie Brooks
Prof
Doten
City Council Debates Budget Cuts at Stoughton Bell Clash
President McNamara and Councillor Sullivan criticize Stoughton Bell of the Taxpayers' Ass'n and local colleges at a Cambridge budget hearing. The council adopts the 1939 budget after Winslow's amendment is swamped, with 13-2 votes. Water budget approved. several reappointments and appointments approved or held up.
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M. SuLlivan
Stoughton Bell
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Ass’n
Bell
Winslow
Cambridge
J. F. Downey
Chamber of Commerce
Harvard
Tech
Radcliffe
Kane
Woburn
Patriots' Day Parade Drenched by Rain in Cambridge
On Patriots Day the Cambridge parade formed in Lafayette Square and began at 10 A M headed by Mayor Lyons and Major Seidenberg with a police platoon led by Lieut Robert J Douglas. Large crowds lined the route despite recurring rain and intermittent sun.
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Lafayette Sq
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