Local Maine Snowy Scenes and Cambridge City Hall Notes
A reflective column recalls mild Maine weather and holiday greetings. Cambridge City Hall buzzes with annual Mayor’s Day events, licenses, payrolls, and City Council chatter as 1941 begins.
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Maine
Cambridge
City Hall
Home For
Press Club
al Bates
Chas
Sandy) Chapman
Maurice Corkery
Thos. P
Andy) Dilion
Supt
Conway
City Treas
Jim Myette
License Commission Office
Blanche Ryan
Mary Calnan
Bill Curtin
Bill
Boston
Elka, Legion
Continental
Gas Light Co. Employees Give Christmas Baskets
Cambridge and Somerville families in need received Christmas cheer from the Employees Christmas Basket Fund. Contributions come from Cambridge Electric Light Co. Cambridge Gas Light Co. and New England Gas and Electric Ass'n. On Christmas Eve morning volunteers gathered at Blackstone Street and by 10 a.m. the baskets were distributed.
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Electric Light CO
Cambridge
Somerville
Cambridge Electric Light Co
Cambridge Gas Light Co
New England Gas and Electric Ass'n
Blackstone St
Electric Light Company
Eliot Heads to Washington for Congressional Start
Thomas H. Eliot of Cambridge departed for Washington to take his seat in Congress arriving a day early to attend a White House dinner. His Cambridge office will move to the Post Office at Central Square with Eleanor Baker and John A. Dolan in charge and he hopes to return home briefly in February and March.
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Congress
Thomas H. Eliot
Cambridge
Washington
White House
Central Sq
Eleanor Baker
John A. Dolan
Eliot
Real Estate Insurance Mortgages at 276 Commonwealth Avenue
Realty notice lists property at 276 Commonwealth Avenue Boston with insurance and mortgage details. Contact Ken at telephone 0767 for inquiries and arrangements.
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Commonwealth Avenue
Boston
New Orleans Visit of Local Trainer Doc Caples
John P. Caples formerly of Cambridge and Salem Teachers College was hosted in New Orleans for hospitality during the week. He met Jim and Steve Duffy Dan Menley Ed Sullivan and Frank Gormerley who named him to the Sugar Bowl committee. Caples did some broadcasting during the trip as hints of southern sites surfaced. The Cambridge crowd attended the football game.
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New Orleans
John P
Doc
Frank
Officera Bill
Ray Gormerley
Mr. Caples
Cambridge
Chamber lunch to feature Lieut Comdr John C Hurd talk
Next Monday at noon at the Smith House Memorial Drive the Chamber of Commerce sponsors a lunch session with Lieut Comdr John C Hurd U S N R of the State Selective Service speaking on Occupational Deferments under the Selective Service Act. He will answer all queries and address the industrial side of national preparedness with reservations via Sec Martin TRO 4100.
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Smith House
Memorial Drive
Chamber of Commerce
John C. Hurd
U.S.N.R
State Selective Service
Selective Service Act
Sec. Martin
Cambridge Industries Featured In Harvard Trust Publicity Drive
Harvard Trust Co through treasurer Arthur Wright sends 12,000 monthly booklets to commercial customers highlighting Cambridge industries that contribute to local fame. The first booklet covers the Wright Brothers Wind Tunnel at MIT, the second Polaroid light control by Polaroid Corp, and the third covers chemistry advancements.
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Harvard Trust Co
Arthur Wright
Cambridge
Wright Brothers
Polaroid Corp
Main St
Cambridge Forum opens with Pan-American lecture series
A new Cambridge Forum of four lectures on Pan-American relations opens next Wednesday with a talk by Dr. Ricardo Alfaro at 8 PM in Brattle Hall. The series includes John C. Clark, Frank R. Scott, and William K. Jackson on January 29, February 19, and March 12. An open house with an exhibition of work by 500 adult students follows the first lecture.
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Cambridge Forum
Cambridge Center For Adult Education
Cambridge Social Union
Brattle Hall
Ricardo Alfaro
Panama
United States
C. N. Naring
Harvard
South America
John C. Clark
National Defense Council
Washington
Canada
Frank R. Scott
McGill University
Montreal
William K. Jackson
Boston
United Fruit Co
Center
Civic forum proposal for Cambridge on American governance
A private Cambridge Civic Forum suggests open meetings in three Broadway halls to compare American libertarian system with state ideology. School Committee and Library Trustees could host speakers and Q A sessions to educate citizens on the Constitution and democratic rights.
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Cambridge
Cambridge Civic Forum
Broadway
Europe
England
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Jim Cronin
Mt. Auburn
St. Liquorcafe-Ist
Floyd D. Campbell
St Thease
Jim Sumner
Santa Claus
Tom Eliot
Aviation Mechanics School
New England
F. C. Beaumont
E. W. Wiggins Airways, Inc
Norwood, Mass
Orch
Kay Kyser
Peter Lorre
Boris Karloff
Bela Lugosi
Jom Hall
Lynn Bari
Kit Carson
Chas. F. Burley
Jack Cables
John
Mary
Sentinel
Kendall Sq
Walter F. Earle
GOV. Saltonstall
Massachusetts
J. Henry Quinn
Mass. Ave
Harvard Square
Home Owners Loan Corp
Jane
Cambridge Savings Bank
Cambridgeport Savings Bank
Central Square
East Cambridge Savings Bank
Cambridge Street
North Avenue Savings Bank
Anhattan Market
Massachusetts Avenue
London
Government House
Virgin Islands
Firth
Maryland
Baltimore
Maid OF California
Muscatel
Manhattan
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