Cambridge City Notes and City Hall Chatter
Acting Mayor Frank Sennett hosts a convivial reception while the License Board prepares for a Monday session on four liquor license complaints. Ex-councilor Jimmy Mahoney receives medical care for a dog bite. A public-safety post rumor swirls as plans for a Public Safety Commissioner surface. Local official Frank McDonald is reappointed to a Cemetery Dept. post. A Pennsylvanian auto tour is shared by Dr. Joseph Desmond and friends. The Cambridge Supreme Court Plan E-P.R. decision looms. An engagement party for Catherine Calnan and Warren Grady is noted. The Park Dept. bills a new truck, and City Engineer Hooker’s staff eye a Dodge ride potentially tied to Deputy Edgar Davis. Councillor Banks seeks resurfacing on Waverly Street. City Council hints at continuation on Page 4.
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Frank Sennett
Frank
Golden Gate
Canney
Cambridge Sun- Chronicle
Sally O'Connell
Jimmy Mahoney
Office of Public Safety
Frank McDonald
Cemetery Dept
Jos
Desmond
Penn
J. S
Cambridge Police Relief Assn
St. Peter’s Church
Tobin
Judge Good
Sennett
Leahy
Eddie Donahue
Nati
Ohio
Supreme Court
Somerville
Calnan
Park Dept
Hooker
Edgar Davis
Banks
Waverly St
May Day Observance in Cambridge Highlights Defense Leaders
The Cambridge Defense Committee hosts a Patriotic Observance on May day with an Assembly at Cambridge Common a parade and a public meeting at Legion Hall Central Square featuring Gen Daniel Needham State Director Civilian Protection Colonel Andre Moritz of the French Army and Dr Ada Comstock president Radcliffe College A First Aid Tent and a new Resuscitator are to be presented to the Cambridge Fire Department The parade begins at the Common Also noted is a school board decision to uphold the expulsion of Mary L Richards for failing to salute the American Flag at Ellis School during a Jehovahs Witness inquiry
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Cambridge Defense Committee
Cambridge Common
Legion Hall
Central Sq
Daniel Needham
Andre Moritz
Ada Comstock
Radcliffe College
Legion
Red Cross
Cambridge Fire Department
City Solr Evarts Halts Greco Payment Over City Dealings
City Solicitor Evarts orders a halt on payments to Chas. R. Greco while probing costs in the Mayor Lyons building program. He notes unsatisfactory Greco work at the High School and reveals a City Hall procurement dispute amid W P A funds and park projects.
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Evarts
Crane
Mayor Lyons
Monnight
Chas. R. Greco
Greco
Bradford
D.C
Cleverdon, Varney & Pike
Parks Mahoney
Park Dept
Cambridge Field
Sennott Park
Sennott Park. the City Hall
Pill
Toomey
City Hall
New St. City Yard
Jas. Mahoney
George Curran
Winslow
Roche
Curran
Mahoney
City Council Approves 100000 Park Project Loan
City Council passed a 100000 loan order for park improvements after finance committee action. Debate centered on traffic signal funding with Crane blocking 14000 for signals and other allocations noted for Newton and Cambridge equipment costs. Several councillors voted to halt action while others supported proceeding.
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Council
Fed. T
W.P.A
Hogats
Crane
Newton
Cambridge
Banks
Hogan
Madigan
Parker
Pill
Roche
Sullivan
Pres. Sennett
Finn
McNamara
Toomey
Winslow
East Cambridge Jefferson Club Hosts 4000 for O Brien Night
The Jefferson Club in East Cambridge held a Friday night program directed by Daniel F. O'Brien with about four thousand attendees. Performers wore period costumes from the early 1890s including policemen and notable local figures such as Ben Osthues. Sponsors and artists praised included Agnes Hanlon Mrs Lang and Bob Scribner plus Cambr idge fireman artist Ed Bradshaw.
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East Cambridge
Jefferson Club
Daniel F. O'Brien
Ben Osthues
Everett
Agnes Hanlon
Blanche Ryan
Georgia Lang
Bert Fairbairn
Joe Carriera
Ed Sarno
John Moran
Bob Scribner
Mrs. Lang
Gene Kirby
Babe Sweeney
Alice Lyons
Elaine Carroll
Ed Bradshaw
Cambridge
Mary Bradley
Michael Brett
R. J. Murphy
Coun
Chamber of Commerce Misses Great Opportunity
At a noon luncheon the Chamber heard Prof. W. Barton Leach of Harvard Law discuss sabotage and fifth column activity linked to Axis diplomatic offices. The discourse urged closing Axis offices as a preventive measure, but motions to push action stalled with Board review while criticism arose over questioning and public discussion.
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Prof. Leach
Harvard
Harold Seidenberg
Fortinbras
Snell
Chamber of Commerce Group
the Continental
W. Barton Leach
Harvard Law School
America
Leach
Washington
Hitler
Munich
Seidenberg
Jost
Council of the
League of Nations
United States
Legislative Committee Proposal for Cambridge Aired by Sentinel
The Sentinel printed last week a proposed plan from the Legislative Committee to help Cambridge. The document appears to be a press secret and was presented to the Legislature Thursday.
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Sentinel
Cambridge
Eliot Announces WPA Funds For Cambridge Charles River Slope
Congressman Thomas H. Eliot reports presidential approval to continue WPA landscaping and grading along the Cambridge side of the Charles River. The effort, begun a year ago, aims to beautify the riverfront with additional funds for work started in spring 1923.
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Thomas H. Eliot
W.P.A
Cambridge
Charles River
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James Oats
U.S.A
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Marval
APE
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Testinn
Gene Autry
Mary Lee
Smiley Burnette
John
Mary
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Jehovah Witnesses
Mary L. Richards
Ellis
Eli
Mass. Ave
Chas. F. Hurley
Commonwealth Avenue
Boston
Coupe Hogan Victor Hude
John Canney
Dan O'Brien
4000 Deares
Chamber OF Commerce
Harold Seidemberg
Armstrong
Harvard Floor Craft CO
Massachusetts Ave
Joseph Keezer
Harry N. Davey
Harvard Community Exchange
MASS
Putnam $Q
Kirk
Puritan Cake CO
Cambridge ST
Badoian Bros
Plymouth Desotos Sales Service
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Massachusetts Avenue
Central Square
Holloway
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