Rumors Fly as City Hall Gossips Weave Changes
In Boston area notes, chatter links Ex-Rep Jimmy Mahler to a top police and fire chief role at City Hall. Prominent figures discuss Messina family congratulations and new heiress Angelica. Major Bill Bowie rumored for Hollywood screens tests. Bowie's inside tips stir talk of political shifts.
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City Hall
Jimmy Mahler
East Cambridge Court House
Paul Mannes
Greater
Boston
Menare F. Eee
Lyons and
Lynch
Leo D. Messina
Essex Street
Angelica
Josephine
Bill Bowie
Water Dept
Tim Good
Hollywood
Major Bowes
Bowie
Jimmy Mahoney
Remembering Jim Aylward a Friend of City Hall
In a reminiscence J Frank Facey recalls Jim Aylward a longtime friend and former Alderman from East Cambridge. He notes Aylward's direct honesty spirited wit and firm opinions and places him among notable leaders of his era alongside Gov Russell Josiah Quincy and George Fred Williams. The piece hints at a continuation on Page 5.
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East Cambridge
City Hall
Mass, Ave
Pleasant Street
Prospect Union
Jim Aylward
the Aylward
Gov. Russell
Josiah Quincy
George Fred Williams
Sherman Hoar
Harvey Callison
Young Men's’ Democratic Club
John McNamee
Charles Thurston
Aylward
Fred Deitrick
McLaughlin Faces Surprise Defeat in Budget Vote
Young Richard McLaughlin brother of City Solicitor George McLaughlin loses a Budget Examiner confirmation by eight to six after a brief recess for conference Pres McNamara and others switch positions. Last week the measure passed eight to six. two fewer regular meetings remain this year.
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Richard McLaughlin
George McLaughlin
Lynch
Pres. McNamara
Tierney
Pres
McNamara
Carver
Dee
Hillis
Mahoney
Pill
M. Sullivan
Wyeth
Donovan
Gibson
Sennott
J. Sullivan
Swenson
Toomey
Cambridge Officials and Gangism in Public Life
A reflective column questions whether Cambridge hosts ganglike corruption, from betting and liquor hours violations to tolerated brasseries. It praises vigilance by Eliot Spalding and warns that complacency erodes democracy, arguing there is no twilight between right and wrong.
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Cambridge
Mass
Avenue
Eliot Spalding
Cambridge Taxpayers’ Ass'n
Eliot
Hamlet
Cambridge Budget Meeting Highlights Civic Economy Debate
The second Know Your City supper at the Continental, hosted by the League of Women Voters and Taxpayers Association, drew few in numbers but strong in ideas. Misa C. G. Ruggles outlined Cambridge finance history in a Radcliffe PhD thesis and urged trimming the school budget while questioning Harvard taxation. Eliot Spalding, Taxpayers Ass'n secretary, argued city costs are dominated by debt, schools, and salaries, urging a scientific survey of eligible population and noting payrolls shape the municipal economy. He warned against hidden political influences and noted high pay in fire, police, cemetery, and library budgets.
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League of Women Voters
T. R. Powell
Cambridge Finance
Misa C. G. Ruggles
Radcliffe
Harvard
Cambridge
Eliot Spalding
Delate
Spalding
Sammie
State Library
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Cambridgeport Savings Bank
Massachusetts Ave
J. Frank Facey
Herry Mahoney
James F. Aylward
Ryan
James F. Ayuward
Entiee
Eddie Cantor
Ali Baba
June Lang Boland Young Loube Hovice
Twentieth Century
Annabella
Ritz
Paul Lucas
David Niven
Drake
Jim’s
Harvard Square
Mt. Auburn St
Cambridge, Mass
North Avenue Savings Bank
Massachuestis Avene
Chas. F. Hurley
Commonwealth Avenue
McLaughlin
Blanchard
Grenier
Cambridge Governing
Suffolk
Bobby Benson
Hershey's Breakfast Cocos
Hershey’s
Mike Choice
Shap Exriy
Bequerel Fen
Sous GO Sete
Heasonable Frices Allen Stationery Co, Inc
Galgay
Trowbridge
Hamilton
Boylston ST. Theo. Tho
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