Mayor urges council to vote referendum on housing units
Mayor Lyons asks City Council to place a referendum on the November 7 city election ballot regarding new Federal Housing Units. He notes many letters for and against the proposal and hints at differing views on signing the agreement. Reappointments and budget items are approved, while a youth commission appropriation stalls.
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Lyons
G. Frank Hooker
Park
Jessie W. Brooks
Jeremiah J. Coughlin
Sennett
Sec
Youth Commission
Winslow
Roche
V.F.W
Jefferson Club Bridge
Austin St
Park Board tensions and city notes from local council minutes
Local reports allege campaign ammunition rumors about Mayor Lyons and possible police shake ups. City Engineer G Frank Hooker is reappointed with smooth confirmation while a Park Board meeting drew wild west show comparisons. Daylight saving time begins tomorrow as logistics and licenses face scrutiny amid mixed local chatter.
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Lyons
G. Frank Hooker
Frank
Park Board
Bldgs
Jack Terry
License Commission
John
Dave Guertin
Florida
C. E. Commission
John L. Wells
Gulf Oil official faces illness and petition in offshore case
An unfamiliar report notes a Gulf Oil Co representative officiating a license hearing amid a prolonged illness. The item mentions a petition tied to the action and references a gated area within the proceedings.
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Gulf Oil Co
Petiti
Governor Saltonstall Urges Cut of Extravagance in State Gov
The governor asks residents to identify wasteful spending while the Legislature defeats a bill to abolish the State Alcoholic Beverage Commission. The ABC costs about $150 000 yearly and removes local control over liquor decisions. The piece argues state hands usurp local judgment and knows less about individual cases. Continued on Page 8.
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Saltonstall
Commonwealth
Alcoholic Beverage Commission
A. B.C. Commission
Belmont-Cambridge boundary sewer improvements planned
Belmont-Cambridge boundary sewer work eyed as 200000 WPA project spanning a year with Belmont to contribute 30000. City Engineer G Frank Hooker warns total cost could reach about 450000 with 350000 for labor as Belmont officials push for smaller pipe options. Judge Counihan notes Belmont cost details.
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Belmont-Cambridge
Blanchard Rd
Cider Mill Pond
Bird's Pond
Fresh Pond
City Council
G. Frank Hooker
Belmont
Mike Sullivan
Cambridge
Hooker
Edw. A. Counihan, Jr
J. W. Flett
Belmont Selectmen
Bel
Coaxing Youths To Do The Right Thing In Cambridge
Mayor Lyons praises the Police Youth Delinquency Bureau led by Sergt Thos W McAuliffe with key staff aiding girls and street safety. The annual report covers 1938 activities including 63 juvenile court cases 5 boys sent to Lyman School and 18 neglected children, plus property losses of 239.66 recovered by restitution. Local groups such as Cambridge Elks M C A Catholic Charitable Bureau and churches supported the effort highlighting economic causes of delinquency. Camps organized by Elks and Wayfarers Lodge aided youths.
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Lyons
Police Youth Delinquency Bureau
Sergt. Thos. W. McAuliffe
Robert Burns
Andrew Trodden
Edith Taylor
Walter Mahar
Cambridge Youth Commission
Bureau
Sergt. McAuliffe
Cambridge
Lyman School
Somerville
Cambridge Lodge of Elks
M.C.A
Catholic Charitable Bureau
Maine
Wayfarers Lodge
West
Concord Street
Boston
Billeries
Cambridge Police Aid Assn. Communion Breakfast Set
Preparations completed for the second annual communion breakfast of the Cambridge Police Aid Assn with services at 8 o clock led by Rev. Robert Hurley and a sermon by Msgr. Augustine F. Hickey of St. Pauls Church Additional notes indicate continued coverage on the following page and reference to surrounding communities Arlington Belmont Brookline Medford Somerville and Watertown.
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St. Paul's Church
Robert Hurley
Memorial Hall
Cambridge Police
Ace Aid Ass'n
Association
Augustine F. Hickey
Police
Arlington
Belmont
Brookline
Medford
Somerville
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Tul-Thu
Akim Tamirofe
Anna May Wong
King of
Chinatown
Jane Withers
Leo Carrillo
Arizona
Rathskeler Re
Elcome
Crystal Cafe
Mass
Ave
You Heber
Mallahan
Men
Nia
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
Stad
Hamilton
Boylston ST
Harvard Sq
Mary
Eee
Electric Supply CO. and
Camera Exchange
Cambridge, Mass
FOX & Tishman
Main St
Kendall Sq
Drake
V. George Baddian Central Sq
Masa. Ave
JKIR
Chas. F. Burley
Commonwealth Avenue
State Alcoholic Beverage Commission
Third District Court
Police Communion
Atty. Gen. Dever
Manhattan
Mass. Ave
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