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Newspaper
Cambridge Sentinel
Location
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1932
Page
1
Reporters explore Fresh Pond Cambridge looking for a golf course amid the water and trees but find only a pond wall a lovers bench and hints of past visits. The piece notes the lack of a visible course and describes their fruitless search along a supposed road and shore.
The Paramount on Memorial Drive near Pleasant Street, the largest open air dance hall in New England, offers river breezes, Starita’s band, terrazzo floors, ample parking, and nightly broadcasts on WNAC and WAAB. Led by Larry Sands as president and Teddy Lynch treasurer, the Cambridge entertainment asset invites all for foods, drinks, and refined entertainment.
The city council failed to act at the start on a petition by Thomas D. Lonergan of 1572 Mass Ave for a public hearing on the new Rindge School. Councillor Sennett later tried to suspend rules to adopt the request, but the meeting ended before action.
Francis J. Carney challenges the Cambridge Sentinel on libel limits and asks if a local councillor is labeled a wind bag. The editor defends Roche and promises a reply, with continued discussion on Page 8.
Lincoln Lawrence Kenney of 7 Lothian Road Brighton enters nomination papers for the Governors council Third Councillor District as a Democrat and Brighton-Allston American Legion member. Councillor Sennett debates transfer of city land near Memorial Drive to the Metropolitan District Commission and Harvard heating concerns. City Council decorum grows as President Murphy plans a Finance session on Rindge matters and invites attenders to a later hearing on Fire Department issues.
The column discusses Ray FitzGerald as a potential city solicitor and rumors about his superintendent position, possible resignations, and political maneuvering. It notes Richard M. Russell’s mayoralty plans, funds for public welfare, and local assembly hopes, with talk of other candidates like Joe Monahan and Charlie Hurley shaping the Third District race.
About 30 men attended a Finance Committee meeting to protest nonresident hiring at the new Rindge School. Councillors debated mayoral influence on employment and heard firsthand accounts from local workers who claim nonresidents were placed while locals waited. A later motion allowed residents to tell their stories.
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