City Council race nears climax in 1940 contest
Reported contest between Roche and Bennett is tightening with Jan 1 seen as turning point. Plans include Kendall Square office building and budget talks. Elks hold Christmas party. Mrs Heeney hospitalised. New Year plans rise as city buzz grows around officials and local clubs.
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Messrs
Roche
Bennett
Leading Coal Company
Kendall Square
Lodge of Elks
Catherine Heeney
Pleasant St
J. J. Sullivan
John Kelleher
Edna Burke
Lyons
Dan Cupid
Fr Mathewites to Celebrate 90th Anniversary Event
East Cambridge Father Mathews Total Abstinence Society marks its ninety year milestone at Thorndike School Hall on Friday December 29 with speeches by Rev. P. J. Durcan Rev. Francis W Murphy Rev. Wm. Maenash Rev. Frank G. Potter and others. Local pastors, civic figures, and students will participate in a salute to the flag.
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Father Mathews
Total Abstinence Society
East Cambridge
Thorndike School Hall
Rev
P. J. Durcan
Forest Hills
Father Mathews Society
Francis W. Murphy
St. Peter's Church
Wm. M. Maenash
Prospect Street Congregational Church
Frank G. Potter
Grace Episcopal Church
Marion K. MacKechnie
Cambridge W.C.T. Union
Boris Ryan
Catholic Total Abstinence Union of America
Peter F. Tague
Boston
Henry J. Mahoney
Cambridge Sentinel
the Sacred Heart
Temperance
Cassidy Attacks Vocational Guidance Scheme
Dr. Jas J Cassidy criticizes a proposed vocational guidance plan as a job scheme and urges action. Mayor Lyons, Supt Fitzgerald, and Asst. Supt. Tobin discuss staffing, while a plan to move School offices from City Hall to a vacated building is ordered. A WPA project will cover alterations as of 1940.
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Jas. J. Cassidy
Lyons
Fitzgerald
Tobin
Robert 45
Sch
City Hall
Burley Realty and Insurance at 276 Commonwealth Ave
Chas to Burley operates real estate insurance and mortgage services from 276 Commonwealth Avenue Boston providing property listings coverage and loan assistance through a local brokerage and agency network.
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Commonwealth Avenue
Boston
Major Bowes Radio Night Sets Coast to Coast Program
Major Bowes presents Amateur Radio Night on Thursday January 11 from 9 to 10 P.M. with 81 stations linked for a nationwide hookup. The Chrysler Major Bowes Bridge Night Radio Amateur Hour is dated for that Thursday, sponsored by Major Lyons who received a message this week.
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Major Bowes
Cambridge
Major Lyons
Christmas Greetings From Mayor Lyons
Mayor Lyons and Mrs. Lyons send Christmas and New Year wishes to Cambridge residents urging peace at home and around the world. They note national gratitude despite hardship and call for helping the less fortunate in this festive season.
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Christ
Prince of Peace
United States
Cambridge
Mrs. Lyons
Notable December Walk on Memorial Drive and Riverfront Debate
A reflective column questions Memorial Drive development along the Charles River from East Cambridge Dam to Magazine Street. It contrasts expensive wall building with natural bank use, critiques city permits for tax exempt education uses near Vassar Street, and highlights Riverside Apartments, Dutchland Farms, and Johnsonite cream-restaurant plant with tax values and residents.
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Memorial Drive
Charles River
East Cambridge Dam
Magazine St
Piadalbora
Fiat
The
Charles
Cambridge
Vassar St
Mass Ave
Riverside
Dutchland Farms
Riverside Apartments
Johnson Ite
Catholic Union Quiz Night Promises More Prized Puzzles
The Catholic Union announces another quiz evening next Thursday with a team of married men facing bachelors. Last October’s quiz was a hit and this event aims to boost morale as the Heart Disease Circuit winds down.
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Quiz
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Sentinel
Blue and Gold Club
Danny Manley
M.C. Joe
John J. McGillivray
Benedicts
Harvard Sq
Central Sq
Sergt
Russell B. Warnock
Arthur Clemens
Reliance Co-Operative
Dunster ST
Harvard Square
John
Mary
Lamour
Jean Rogers
Glenn Ford
Heaven
Dick Tracy
Men
Kumoune
Hope Paulin Goddard
Cat and the Canary
Jean Hersholt
Christian
Midnite
Guishes
Merry Christmas
FR. Mathew Apostle
Dr. Cassidy
Onsword
Chas. F. Burley
George E.ves Constable
E. J. McNeil
M.D
EYE and Ear
Phome Eli
Green St. Opp
Providence
Cambridge Trust Company
Green St
Central
Green Street
Fred Olsson
Boylston ST
Electric Supply Cqo
Camera Exchan
Mass
Cambridgeport East
Cambridge North Avenue
Savings Bank Savings Bank Savings Bank
Cambridge Street
Massachusetts Ave
Mayor Lyons
M. E
Manly
TRGB
Counthan
Teeh
Counihan
Hamilton
Tro
Cooperative Bank
Columbian Cooperative Bank
Catholic Union
Conmekt Ao Veteres
Ed Mees
Ara
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