Did Communism Visit City Hall
A strange man sat beneath the city flag during Cambridge City Council business Tuesday night. Reporters and officers suspected he was a communist as the flag nearly toppled. Messenger Montgomery saved it, and the mystery pursuer vanished amid the crowd.
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Council
Russell
Cambridge
Stanley Howard
Boston Globe
Marat
City Hall
People's Government House
Dan Fuller
Cambridge Sun
City “Mercury
Savior of Old Glory
School Committee Begins 1931 Season In Brief Meeting
The School Committee opened the 1931 season on Monday night with a half hour delay. Vice Chairman FitzGerald presided as Mayor Russell and State Treasurer-elect Hurley arrived together. Transfers of teachers were approved along with Bernard J. Griffin’s assignment as janitor at Rindge School. A Buildings and Grounds report plans a trip to Buffalo, Brooklyn and Toronto to inspect technical schools. Principal John W. Wood and the town committee are named in the report.
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Russell
Hurley
Supt
Bernard J. Griffin
Rindge School
Buffalo
Brooklyn
Toronto
John W. Wood
Rindge
Cambridge City Council Accounting Hint At 1931 Plans
The speaker urges Cambridge residents to scrutinize public finances and progress under this administration. He notes the audit begun March 4 1930 and reports on tax issues, city building, street work, unemployment relief via the Cambridge Industrial Association, university cooperation, and water supply studies as preparations continue for 1931.
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Board of Assessors
Chicago
Department of Corporations and Taxation
Division of Accounts
State House
Cambridge Industrial Association
Harvard
Vassar Street
Rindge
Council Criticizes Unemployment Aid Plan and Junk Dealer Case
A Cambridge council debate labels a six days pay for five as a false unemployment aid and a potential five day week underpay. The piece also notes the junk dealer Israel Roseman’s license reversal after neighbors’ complaints and a judge’s remarks on his family needs.
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Cambridge
Israel
Roseman
Webster Avenue
John Costa
Counihan
John Hurley
McCUE Replies to Delaney Letter to the Editor
A reader comments on Councillor Delaney s lengthy reply to criticism of his council chamber speech from December 16. The letter draws a farm metaphor recalling a Maine pasture and a ferocious bull to describe the exchange.
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Council
Father
Kennebec County
Maine
Governor Ely and Mayor Russell Call for Direct Executive Control
Governor Ely argues for direct appointment power over state officials including the secretary of state treasurer auditor and attorney general to align administration with business principles. Mayor Russell favors similar oversight of city staff such as the city solicitor auditor and treasurer to fit responsibility with accountability. Both leaders contend government should run on honest business methods, not partisan practices.
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Ely
Russell
Cambridge
Commonwealth
Mayor Russell Delivers Forthright City Address
At the first 1931 council meeting Mayor Russell sharply criticizes Ex-President Stokes and Councillor Delaney for opposing good governance. He outlines his term review and future plans, urges council cooperation, and nominates Jeremiah J. O’Connor for president.
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Russell
Stokes
Delaney
Jeremiah J. O'Connor
Cambridge
Power Trust
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