Private capital to modernize slums at Squires Court
Cambridge residents form Community Re-settlement Corporation to redevelop Squires Court East Cambridge. Plans call for 28 four room apartments at 20 dollars monthly, 12 three room suites at 18 dollars, and 2 two room suites at 15 dollars monthly. Project slated for completion in six months as a social investment. The group will pay full city tax value.
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Cambridge
Squires Court
East Cambridge
James J. Lacher
Currie Grovestein
Dana Gallup
Hurley Insurance Mortgages at 276 Commonwealth Avenue
Chas F Hurley operates insurance and mortgage services at 276 Commonwealth Avenue Boston. Local listing notes his firm offers coverage options and loan assistance from a central Boston address.
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Commonwealth Avenue
Boston
To Let Near Central 8Q Rooms for Light Housekeeping
Rooms for light housekeeping near central area at 365 Green Street rear. Preferred occupants are business women or girls. Clean, warm rooms available for rent.
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Green Street
Cambridge City notes sold at record low rate
City Treasurer A P Carroll sold 2 000 000 in City Tax Anticipation Notes to National Shawmut Bank of Boston. Notes mature Nov 4 1940 with nine one hundredths of one percent interest, the lowest rate in Cambridge history. Net cost to city is 1 470 for ten months.
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A. P. Carroll
National Shawmut Bank of
Boston
Cambridge
City Council Clashes Over Budget and Building Plans
Frigid night, large crowd as the 1940 City Council heatedly debates sewer 43 618 for finance snow removal assesor records registry. Pill demands more information while Parker Crane and Hogan join to study building and zoning law modernization. An eruption over 2080 for two new Purchasing Dept employees ends with Winslow defending a vote.
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Roche
Finance
Pill
Parker
Crane
Hogan
Winslow
Har vard Sq Business Men Debate the Elevated Pro and Con
Dana and Ma honey lead a Harvard Square business men supper debate on the Elevated, with Edw Dans and H J Mahoney presenting pro and con arguments. Dana argues fixed charges burden the system but promises a positive outlook and possible future relief as trustees aim to satisfy the public amid complex conditions.
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Harvard Sq
Continental
Pres
Claus Gelotte
Thos. F. Sullivan
Edw. Dans
Dana
Bachelor Dinner Honors Councillor William M Hogan Jr
A civic committee plans a city wide bachelor dinner on February 3 at the Manger Boston to honor Councillor at large William M Hogan Jr. The candidate’s modest merit and distant political ties are noted as the event’s reasons. The accompanying report hints at a match with an eligible lady.
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William M. Hogan, Jr
Wm. M. Hogan, Jr
Boston
Community Fund Drive Kicks Off At Continental Hotel
The Community Fund Drive opens with a Dutch treat dinner at the Continental Hotel drawing 600 city citizens. Theodore L. Storer chairs the Greater Boston Fund unit, Mayor Lyons pledges cooperation, and Msgr. Augustine F. Hickey delivers an impressive address.
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Continental
Msgr
Augustine F. Hickey
St. Paul's Church
School Board Harmony Session Sees Budget Move Begun
The vice chairman James F. Fitzgerald led the School Board meeting as budget worries fill the city. John Carver passed a motion for the superintendent to plan removing all School Dept offices from City Hall to free space for other departments and allow WPA projects to start. Russell A. Wood supported the idea and a report on new economics courses awaits later.
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James F. Fitzgerald
John Carver
Supt
Schoola
City Hall
W.P.A
Russell A. Wood
Mayor Bowes Hosts Cambridge Delegation In New York Audition
Mayor Bowes and Cambridge officials visited New York for the Chrysler Bowes weekly broadcast audition. The group included Mayor Lyons and several local leaders who toured Bowes’s office and received gifts from Houghton Mifflin Ginns Lever Bros and N E Confectionery Co.
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Lyons
New York
Cambridge
Chrysler-Bowes
Bowes
Cansbekig
Major Bowes
Houghton & Mifflinn Co
Ginn
Lever Bros
City Hall rumors hint at appointments and clubs
Rumors swirl of J H potential title, Roche eyeing dusty records, a new Ward 6 club near Baldwin and Cambridge may form as the Eleven-Sixty Club. Jerry Meaney recalled to the Boston EL as conductor, Cassidys vice-chair hopes arise, and wild and Lucey are named in local chatter.
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J. H
Roche
Baldwin
Cambridge Streets
Jerry Meaney
M. C
Jas. J. Cassidy
Benjamin Patrick Wild
Jack Lucey
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R. Currie Grovestein
Real Visioner
Squire's Court Private
Chas. F. Hurley
George E. Squires
Mass
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Hearn
John
Mary
Mass.ave
Danny Borrower
E. J. McNeil
M.D
EYE and Ear
Green St. Opp
Central St. Cambridge
THE
Marx Bros
Florence Rice
Ind Hithumphrey Bogart
Rosemary Lane
Wayne Morris
OF DR. X
Zorbo
Virginia Weidler
Gene Reynolds
Bad Little Angel
H. G. Warner
Eee
Tisss
Messrs. Dana and Mahoney
F Sullivan
Edward Dana
H. J. Mahoney
Claus Gelotte Pres
Harvard Sq. Businessmen’s
Continental Hotel
School Board IN Harmony
Hamilton
Boylston ST
Harvard
TEO
Wines & Liquors Private A Delivery
Cambridge Savings Bank
Cambridgeport East
Cambridge North Avenue
Savings Bank Savings Bank Savings Bank
Cambridge Street
Masachusetts Ave
ISIT
Electric Supply CO
Camera Exchange
Kir
Mayor Bowes
Mayor Lyons
Mrs. Lyons
Washington
N. E. Confectionery Co
Dewey & Almy
Cambridge Chemists
Daniel A. Buckley
Joan J. McGillicuddy
McBride's Cafe
Col. Brattle and
Boylston Streets
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