Were WPA layoff recalls in rehiring week controversy
Memo to Councillor Roche questions if the W P A layoffs were forgotten in this week’s rehiring. A Boston release claimed the city council bore blame, while local reporters missed it. News notes Lyons in Texas and Florida, plus police sign box activity and city staff updates.
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W.P.A
Roche
Frank
Boston
Amn
Lyons
Party
Texas
Florida
California
Ted” Leahy
O’hearn
Jack Haverty
Real Estate Notice for 276 Commonwealth Avenue Boston
Public records indicate a property at 276 Commonwealth Avenue Boston facing a real estate related notice. The filing involves mortgage or insurance matters requiring action by interested parties.
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Commonwealth Avenue
Boston
Grainger Group Policing Traffic Safer Streets
Police Sergeant Grainger and his Traffic Safety Unit have earned praise from Mayor Lyons and Chief Leahy for studying serious local crashes. The team led by Sergt John J Grainger includes Dennis O'Brien James Prior Thomas O Neil Connie Lehan Harry Mains Horace Lindberg and works with Inspector Dan Doyle to press cases and reduce violations. Lieut Charles Mallahan of Cambridge commends the group’s tactful approach as key to effective policing and safer traffic conditions.
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Traffic Mn
Lyons
Sergt
John J. Grainger
Dennis O'Brien
Jas. A. Prior
Thos. O'Neil
Connie Lehan
Harry Mains
Horace Lindberg
Tho
Sergt. Grainger
Lieut
Chas. Mallahan
Cambridge
Truckman
Sergi
Grainger
Quincy Expert On Parking Problems
A Central Sq. Business Men's Assn event at YMCA Hall next Monday night features Edw J MacEwan of the Quincy Chamber of Commerce as speaker on solving Central Sq. traffic and parking issues. MacEwan plans practical, up-to-date methods and a floor discussion with focus on free parking as Central Sq’s main problem.
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Central Sq
Apt
Y.M.C.A. Hall
Central Sq. Business Men's Assn
Arthur MacKenzie
MacKenzie Motors
Vice Pres. Crane
Kresge’s
J. MacEwan
Quincy Chamber of Commerce
Quincy
Sec. MacEwan
Gentral Sq
Abelius Bible Valued by Trustees at Harvard Co op Meeting
Librarian Thos F Sullivan stated the Abelius Bible of 1604 is highly valuable as one of five extant early Protestant Bibles. English antiquarian societies show interest in acquiring it. The meeting considered action to proceed with securing the rare book.
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Harvard Coop
Thos. F. Sullivan
Beck Hall Oil Station zoning clash stirs Cambridge civic debate
The Beck Hall site in Cambridge faced a push to redevelop 30 000 square feet as a gas station after a zoning change petition by the Charlestown Five Cents Savings Bank. Opposition was light but notices flagged a RE to R-2 error, prompting nullification. Community and city officials weigh tax and development impacts as a civic lesson.
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Beck Hall
Harvard
Central Sqs
Board of Appeal
Charlestown
Five Cents Savings Bank
Harvard St
A. Hickey
St. Paul's Church
M. Sullivan
Cambridge
License Board
Wm. L. Galvin
Harvard Sq
City Hall
Lyons
Parking Meters Plan Referred Back to Committee in Harvard Square
The Harvard Square nickel parking meters proposal is sent back to the committee after the City Council previously passed the ordinance for erection. A letter from Lec’y N. Russell Cazmay of the Harvard Sq. Business Men's Association indicates the Director’s Board seeks further action.
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Harvard Sq
Lec'y N. Russell Cazmay
Harvard Sq. Business Men’s Ass'n
License Board Delays Hearings On Liquor, Assault, Gasoline Case
More than two hours were needed by the License Board to hear three matters. One requested a location change for a liquor case, another involved charges of alleged assault on patrons, and the third sought storage of 1,000 gallons of gasoline for private use. Felbert Biscuit Co asked permission to store the gasoline for eight trucks at 55 Regent Street. Mary J. Morrell and Charlotte Hunter appeared for the parties.
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Felbert Biscuit Co
Regent Street
Mary J. Morrell
Creighton St
Charlotte Hunter
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