Christmas shoppers and advertisers hear early edition
The Cambridge Press notes holiday timing and ad season for readers. It mentions the Cambridge Press Club meeting Tuesday afternoon with talks on the upcoming Press Frolic and invites extended to national and state dignitaries for January 24 1941 at the Continental Hotel. It also raises questions about fuel oil payments at a high school and hints at a grand jury probe into local municipal affairs with possible indictments after Christmas. School board member Russ Wood seeks budget lines for heating and Lavine burn and references a departure planned with a party next week.
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Cambridge Press Club
Continental Hotel
Grand
Russ Wood
Lavinae
Lane
Federal action blocks living person naming of hall
The Federal Works Administration challenges the naming of the high school's auditorium after Headmaster Leslie L. Cleveland. The order cites PWA rules barring living persons from having structures named for them, prompting an official protest from the school board at Monday night’s meeting.
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Leslie L. Cleveland
Federal Works Dept
P.W.A
L. L. Cleveland
Harvard College zoning hearing sparks heated city council night
The council debated a petition by Harvard College and lessee Daniel R. Morgan to rezone Memorial Drive corner Western Ave from residential to business. Attorney Louie L. Bobrick described a planned $15,000 gas station as Morgan faced questioning, while Councillor Sullivan accused Morgan of lying about identity and past objections during the tense hearing.
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Pres. Sennett
Harvard College
Lessor
Daniel R. Morgan
Memorial Drive
Western Ave
Louie L. Bobrick
Mass. Ave
Morgan
Bobrick
Atty. Bobrick
Michael A. Sullivan
McNamara
Harvard
Mr. Morgan
Mr. Sullivan
Mr. Mor
Food Stamp Plan Explained To Local Group
Merchants clergymen and bankers attended a City Council chamber meeting Monday to hear Chester Halman explain the surplus food stamp plan. The session covered orange and blue stamps worth 7.50 for 5.00 and a 50 000 revolving fund by city bankers. No action before after New Year. Pill already urged mayor to study idea.
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Frank ‘Townsend
Sec’y
Ralph Martin
Chamber of Commerce
Welfare Board
Sec'y
Jas
Finnegan
Pill
Halman
One Christmas Seal poem and health plea
Daniel DeVine of Hammond and Christine Clark of Porter Red enrolled at Wilfred Academy of Hair and Beauty Culture in Boston. Tuberculosis kills more people aged 15 to 45, and Christmas Seal funds help prevent this waste of productive years.
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Daniel DeVine
Hammond 5&i
Christine Clark
Porter Red
Wilfred Academy of Hair and Beauty Culture
Boylston St
Boston
Cambridge Museum for Children at 5 Jarvis Street
This fall 30 public school classes totaling 2210 children visit the Cambridge Museum for Children to hear lectures and study its world famous science collections. Housed in a University Museum building across the street, the museum offers access to diverse collections and a new service of decentry for public school classes to shape future citizens.
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University Museum
Cambridge
Cambridge Gifting Promotes Local Holiday Shopping
The piece extols Cambridge residents to shop locally for Christmas and New Year gifts, highlighting broad gift options and prices. It urges cooperation with Cambridge merchants, praising the variety and value of items available and framing shopping as both pleasurable and profitable.
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Cambridge
Cambridge Greeks and the Constitution Rally
The Cambridge Orthodox Greek Church in Central Square hosted a ceremony as the Order of the Sons of Pericles and the Junior Order of Ahepa installed new officers. Speakers praised democracy, liberty, and the U.S. Constitution, linking Greek historical resilience to modern democratic ideals.
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Sotiros Verenes
Manuel Durakas
Theo. Spyropoulos
Gerothion
Somerville
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Mahoney
Marathon
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Greece
Adriatic Sea
Hellas
Italy
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America
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