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Newspaper
Cambridge Sentinel
Location
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1939
Page
4
Cambridge welcomes the Straw Hat company for an eight week summer season at Brattle Hall starting June 28. The troupe presents a varied program from Short Story to Jane Eyre and Thaen, offering live actors as a refreshing alternative to films and phonograph talkies. Performances occur Wednesday through Friday nights, inviting careful audience appreciation.
In a Collier's Weekly feature a writer recalls plays staged in Japan in 1914. The record covers Sakurajima’s January 12 eruption, during which a single meteorological observatory logged 417 earthquakes, averaging one every four minutes and 19 seconds.
Caulllier's Weekly argues that once insurance is paid on sunken ships the underwriters become the sole legal owners of the wrecks and all contents, countering the belief that no property right exists in oceans and treasure may be hunted.
A veteran's medal honors Patrick A. Quinin of 80 Allston street for 86 years as a driver earning a fifth straight blue bow and silver teamster medal with John Reardon & Sons Co. Julia Durnan and Frank R. Cummings wed at St Pauls rectory. A W Hews Pottery Co fire at North Cambridge caused $10,000 in damages. water works election votes were split with Andrew J. Rady, John H. Holt, and John J. McNamara. Public Safety Commissioner Cunningham urged raids on gambling venues following Mayor Good's speech.
The Met opens with Under Cover Doctor a J Edgar Hoover tale starring Lloyd Nolan Heather Angel and J Carroll Naish. Also shown Invitation to Happiness a tender romance about a prize fighter who marries a society girl and adjusts to Park Avenue life. Wesley Ruggles directs with Billy Cook William Collier Sr Marion Martin in cast.
An Austrian statute allows a foreign woman marrying an Austrian to bring into the country any dowry without duty for one year after the wedding. The provision aims to ease the transfer of personal possessions for new spouses.
A 1790s construction on the San Diego River is attributed to the Padres and stands as possibly the first dam built in the Western United States. The project reflects early mission era engineering attributed to local settlers.
A petition in the estate of Joho J Lynch of Cambridge seeks court determination of property value after administration charges. The matter calls for appearance before the Cambridge Court at the stated time and date, with John C. Gate as attorney of record, issued by Register P Jordan.
Notice to heirs and interested persons in the James B H Keefe estate Cambridge Massachusetts that a petition has been filed to appoint Mary at Cambridge as administratrix without bond. The court sets a hearing on the tenth day of June in the year 180, and a return date listed by the registrar.
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