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Newspaper
Cambridge Sentinel
Location
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1931
Page
4
Local political chatter centers on Councillor Leahy and a dark horse mayoral bid as campaigns heat up. Reports note reform efforts, a modern rescue squad for the Fire Department, and a tense City Hall atmosphere with diverse actors including Paddy Delaney Joe Doherty and Councillor Shea.
The Manhattan Day events featured married and single men competing with wives present. Mary Carpenito won the 50 yard dash and teamed with Clarence Butler in the wheelbarrow race. Other highlights included the three legged race, nipple race won by Madeline Smith, and Walter Boyle defending his pie eating title. The crowd, including Mayor and Mrs Russell, enjoyed a steak supper and dancing after a full day of contests and a parade to Pemberton.
School Committeeman Russell A. Wood resumes his mayoral campaign with a September 9 speech on Temple street Central square. He argues the 1921 tax is $42.82, not $33.90, claiming nine months of estimates misstate the year and the extra $8.92 covers early payments before the fiscal year change.
Boston fans set for next Tuesday night at the Boston Garden with Kola Kwarani defending against Chief Sun Jennings in a 30 minute preliminary to Garibaldi Roebuck. Kwarani showcased a counter to flying tackles by standing firm and flipping his opponent, his recent win over George Hills highlighting his balance and strength.
Plans for a testimonial honoring Irving Burns first baseman of the St. Louis Browns are under way in Cambridge. A large committee will organize events around a game at Fenway Park on Sept 20 between the Boston Red Sox and St Louis Browns. Charles F Hurley chairs the executive committee with John Carver as chairman and Cornelius Tubber Cronin as treasurer. John Lacey Delaney serves as secretary.
A Cambridge report notes Station 2 police ambulance was sent Monday afternoon to 5 Pearl Street after a clerk Joseph Meadows called for help. Joshua Kenney of Medford, a fish cutter at the store, suffered a heart attack and died at City Hospital aged 63.
Wheeler and Woolsey headline a funny double act in Caught Plastered. They travel by freight to a western town and aid a sweet old woman facing debt and robbery by a slicker. Lucy Beaumont stars in a lively short subject program with Pathe news.
Bessie Lowe headlines the vaudeville bill with charm on stage and in photos. Joe Herbert presents Personalities aided by a sextet of singers and dancers. Mel Klee performs Selling Smiles in blackface. Al De Vito Russ Denny and Dot Stevens deliver comedy. Gaines Brothers perform tumbling and trapeze. Lily Damita stars in The Woman Be tween a French mannequin tale with rich American marriage. O P Hegere Miriam Seegar Anita Louise Lester Vail also appear. RKO shorts Jean Greene and his Lions close the Keith Boston week program.
Claudette Colbert stars in Secrets of a Secretary with a supporting cast including Herbert Marshall Georges Metaxa Betty Lawford Berton Churchill Averall Harris Betty Garde and Hugh O Connell The Metropolitan presents North South East and West the new elaborate stage revue with Fabien Levitsky conducting plus nightly dancing by Sid Reinherz and his Met Collegians in the grand lounge.
Miss Florence Simms of Harvard Square, famed as a candy counter salesgirl, is reported to be shunning single life. The reported heart stealer is Sammy Goldberg of New York, described with playful praise as What A man.
The article notes there are over 100 snake species in the United States and only 17 are poisonous, highlighting the rarity of dangerous species.
A spitting cobra can eject venom about six feet into a person eyes if aimed there. The exposure is serious when it enters the bloodstream through an open wound. otherwise effects are not as severe.
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