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Newspaper
Cambridge Sentinel
Location
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 1933
Page
4
The Cambridge town meeting discussed rising school costs with the mayor urging fairness in comparing heating budgets including engineer salaries. A heated exchange over pupil load, resignations, and teacher counts preceded a vote on janitor staffing and living requirements for future hires.
A historical-tinged feature argues private detective agencies mainly deter crime and assist in restitution, not only arrest. It highlights Burns Detective Bureau in Boston offering complete services from locating missing heirs to locating witnesses and ensuring efficient justice with head Robert Burns.
Sentinel gossip recounts Eliot Spalding recovering from pneumonia and notes on local politics. The School Committee will meet on the first and third Mondays, a motion by Mr. Robart prompts the change. The mayor cites 175 surplus street department employees amid school budget remarks.
Taxpayers praise Mayor Russell for presenting a drastic department consolidation plan to the City Council after reading the Sentinel.
Delaney, a young school committee member, appears meek during a special meeting this week. A stern rebuke is suggested as a potential correction to his conduct.
In Budget talks last Saturday figures and raises sparked debate among the Assessors and Mayor Russell. Police chief McBride seeks two motorcycles and a car while the Massachusetts Police Association backs a change. city officials discuss clerk raises, ice and a fountain option.
A local column surveys city politics with notes on a secret service squad shadowing a future School Committee session, fiscal watchers like Henry Ginsburg, and hints about Mayor Russell's ambitions stirring party tensions. It praises proxies and mocks secrecy as councilors balance power and policy.
The new feature stars Alan Dinehart Mae Clark and Neil Hamilton detailing a crime that seems perfect but is solved, with Dinehart as a scheming lawyer. The vaudeville bill is led by Lillian Shade and Buck & Bubbles with Charline, the Kikutas, and others plus Larry Flint & RKOlians.
Fox Film’s Cavalcade sweeps Majestic Theatre in Boston drawing instant acclaim from critics. The Boston Globe calls it peak cinema, while Prunella Hall and other critics hail its inspired, best form of motion picture production.
Mayor hopeful Russell is urged to engage with ideas to reduce government costs after three years of Cambridge study. President Joe Winn to preside with a post address Q&A. Mary Bowditch Forbes invites families to Lincoln Cabin Milton on Lincoln’s Birthday February 12 2 to 6 PM to view relics and a birth birthplace replica. Admission free.
The period to prove claims against Central Trust Company Cambridge Massachusetts is extended to April 29 1933. Leopold M Goulston agent of the Bank Commissioner at Central Trust Company notifies depositors. The extension will not interfere with the committee’s plan of reorganization efforts.
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