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Newspaper
Cambridge Sentinel
Location
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1931
Page
5
Recaps brief local notices of residents and city workers. Miss H O Leary resumes duties at the Hotel Continental after a three week hospital absence. Other items note staff changes, vacations, summer camps, a 4th of July quiet observance, and a newborn at St Elizabeth's Hospital.
Councillor Patrick J. Delaney of Ward 3 says he will expose rotten rumors at a Cambridge meeting. He denounces Mayor Russell as a despot destructionist and promises a campaign of education open and above board sans hidden slanders.
A fragment cites accusations that someone has deliberately lined up race groups against race groups and citizens of one religion against another. The context and identities are not available in the readable text.
The Metropolitan hosts a week of entertainment led by Eleanor Boardman in Zoe Akins play Dad dy's Gone A Hunting adapted as Women Love Once. A Frank Cambria revue Hoof Top Revels stars Bob Carney and Jean. Also presents radio personality Charles Hector and Sid Reinherz with The Met Collegians for dance.
Eight REO acts headlined by Armida a Latin American star entertain for a week. Ar mida a Mexican singer and dancer with Ramirez Lara and John Wellington. cuts by Howard and Co. plus Ted Macke. Then Harry Cardiff and Mary Wales in Divorce An Impromptu Revue. Sandy Lang in A Skating Classic with Emeralde Sisters Patti Lee. Will Aubre y The Bard of the Byways Lester Irving Trio Jimmie O'Brien Jack Hewitt in Songland's Sons. Up for Murder stars Lew Ayres and Genevieve Tobin in a stormy vocal film.
Helen Twelvetrees stars in A Woman of Experience an REO Pathe picture showing for the week at REO Keith’s Theatre starting Saturday. The drama follows a woman with a past torn between love and duty as she confronts a sworn order to love another man alongside a strong organ selection and short subjects.
Cambridge Council No. 74 K of C will install new officers in the Elks lodge room next Monday night. Joseph A. Souza, elected Grand Knight, will be installed by District Deputy Francis J. DeCelles and staff along with a roster of officers and alternates for the Boston Chapter and State Convention.
Bill Urbanski now with the Boston Braves says Dan Leahy was one of the most colorful diamond characters in baseball. As manager of the old North Cambridge team in the twin league he drew crowds in Lawrence and everywhere the Cantabs played. Leahy helped build the league and the park packing crowds with his antics.
A hearing will be held in Cambee town on March 7 at 4 oclock regarding the Boston Railroad owner Hillia-Hayes Co. as lessee for license for keeping storage and sale of petroleum products on March Avenue in Camberdee. The underground tank limit is not to exceed 500 gallons. By order of the Board of License Commissioners. John E. Quenn, Chairman.
Cambridge city office notes show the school committee service details and local education oversight, including meeting times and contact points at City Hall Cambridge.
City Hall Cambridge Massachusetts invites sealed bids for furnishing labor and materials for alterations to the Ridge Technical School buildings located Broadways Cambridge. Bids due Friday at 4 PM March 24 1931 at Room 24 City Hall. Architect William W Dreammey Boston will provide plans and specs for a nonrefundable 80 cent copy. A certified check of 2000 payable to the City of Cambridge accompanies each bid. The School Committee reserves the right to reject any bid.
A reader, W M MacNair, writes sarcastically about Mr Mahoney and his election to the Library Trustees and mocks the City Council. He notes the Council should pick better men and hints the trustees have closed their meeting.
A clipped editorial note warns readers of an upcoming hot season, praising a militant yet amiable local sky pilot for readiness and conscientious service in guiding the community through sweltering days.
The article explains that a trade differs from a profession by requiring practice before charging, noting that Fort Pepper’s Weekly discusses early training versus billed service. It contrasts hands on work with formal credentials in a concise discussion.
A quip notes that troubles in Dickensian style are oddly social in nature and that flying flocks tend to perch capriciously, reflecting a whimsical view of human woes and avian behavior.
Public sale of properties at 115 121 Pacific Street and 14 106 Brookline Street Cambridge includes parcels with multiple deed references. The auction covers parcels 1 2 and 3 with mortgaged balances to Cambridge Savings Bank and a second mortgage to Morris Berkowicz. Terms require 500 cash and thirty days to settle with registry clearance.
Mortgagee announces sale of the property at 14 Willow Street Cambridge on July 20 1031 at 11 am to satisfy a mortgage from Joseph Burr and Jenole to Eyman Berkowitz dated October 22 1998 recorded Book 5201 Page 182 Middlesex South Deeds. Property includes lots 3 6 10 11 12 on plan in Cambridge bounded by Willow Street and local streets. Subject to first mortgage Held by East Cambridge Banking. Sale terms cash deposit day of sale balance within 13 days by cash or certified check. auction notes taxes liens and assessments.
City of Cambridge notice to all interested that a hearing will be accorded before the License Commission at Montane Hall on July 27 at 2 PM. Petition by Frederick E. Thiel for a license to operate a storage garage for two by the road M-55 Groster road Cambria. By order of board of license commissioners Chairman E Quinn.
The text notes Portugal first lost its colonial hold around 1580 due to home country difficulties. Some colonies were recovered in 1640, but ongoing political troubles affected Portugal's colonial history thereafter.
Independent painter Velasquez refused a commission payment from Pope Innocent X sent by his chamberlain. Philip IV personally paid Velasquez, and the king was said to have fulfilled payments himself, with the pope reportedly humoring the arrangement.
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