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Newspaper
Cambridge Sentinel
Location
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1934
Page
4
Natives of Oshima Island near Tokyo learn as children to bear water on their heads for five miles or more due to the island’s volcanic terrain. The piece notes the practice and its practical reasoning.
State Treasurer Charles F Hurley backs James M Curley for dog catcher. Former School Committeeman John D Lynch eyes Beacon Hill seat. Prospect street florist Bill Galgay poised to be a Representative. Harvard square trio Meters Menton Keehan Nally offer ideas on government. Atty Stoughton Bell to play key role in mayoralty contest. Traffic commissioner expected next year. Harvard Coop manager George Cole to try golf course. New police building to install signal system next year. Election Commissioner Dan Leahy enjoys Shakespeare between politics. Harvard square realtor R Currie Gravestein seeks election support. Prof Frank De Celles willing to run for elective office. Kendall square printer Albert N Murray studies government. Central square realtor George A Giles golfs in spare time. Councillor Amee as sheriff of Middlesex would eclipse Apted at class day. Paul’s mayoral chances compare to Peter’s 1931 odds.
The Uncertain Lady a modern smart comedy stars Edward Everett Horton and Genevieve Tobin. A wife hands her husband to another woman on a business deal then faces the question of finding a new match.
The Ramblers Roller Skating Club of Mass. finishes preparations for a Sunday trip by bus to Goffe Falls Manchester New Hampshire. Committee members include John Grant president Thelma Roy secretary and Oland Nelson vice president. Buses depart from in front of the Olympia Theatre Central Square at 8:30 AM. Activities include skating swimming roller coasting boating and canoeing with a $1.25 box lunch included.
Patrick Sarsfield Gilmore, former U S Army bandmaster, staged two vast Boston Peace Jubilees in 1869 and 1872. The first featured 1 000 musicians and a 10 000 chorus, the second 2 000 musicians and a 20 000 chorus, with organ, bells, and artillery sounds. After the second event he moved to New York and formed a brass band famed for concert tours.
A spear found in the grave of a Bergundian nobleman near Lebus Museum in Muncheberg east of Berlin bears a swastika and the runic word raninga meaning boar's head. The runes are the oldest Germanic writing and the swastika is the first found in Brandenburg.
Archaeologists uncover traces of a Roman amphitheater on Fourviere hill in Lyon France believed to hold persecuted Christians under Marcus Aurelius around 17 A D. The site is said to have housed up to 20 000 spectators.
Central Square Theatre opens Saturday through Tuesday with Stand Up and Cheer featuring Warner Baxter Madge Evans Sylvia Froos John Boles and Jimmy Dunn. All Men Are Enemies co feature stars Hugh Williams Helen Twelvetrees Mona Barrie Herbert Mundin Una O’Connor.
The article notes the muskrat as one of the few North American animals with no Old World representative, highlighting its distinctive geographic distribution and evolutionary placement.
Joseph Tuckerman Day sold his brick and frame house at 9 Doane Street Cambridge with 2,186 feet of land to Mrs Jean Douglas Abbott wife of Derik Abbott for winter occupancy. The Marsh section between Hubbard Park and the Charles River is assessed at 9,000 and the sale was handled exclusively by Ellis & Andrews.
World premiere Saturday June 16 at Keith Memorial Theatre features Shirley Temple with James Dunn and Claire Trevor in a spar kling comedy drama about a man just out of prison, his wife who believes in him, and their baby girl. Shirley shines in singing and dancing as the story unfolds with family humor and heart.
Former election committee J Frank Facey may run as campaign manager for a state wide hopeful. Cars ignore a no parking sign on Green street as congestion and narrow space persist. A Walnut Avenue property decays, dragging down neighborhood value. William J Coughlin seeks Governor's Council seat in the 3rd district including Cambridge. The Central Sq and Harvard Sq business groups plan separate outings. State Treasurer Charlie Horley attended a testimonial for former Fire Chief Casey briefly at the Continental Hotel entrance.
The article notes that porpoises are mammals like whales seals and sea lions. Ancestors likely lived on land with keen vision, but aquatic life reduced sight importance and heightened hearing due to water's sound transmission aiding prey detection and predator avoidance.
Calhornia sanctuaries cover 00,000 acres and are estimated to shelter about 400,000 quail. Government and local groups push for protections to support wildlife and habitat.
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