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Newspaper
Cambridge Sentinel
Location
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1939
Page
4
William M. Hogan Jr., known as Bill, is chosen by the Cambridge Post VFW to be orator at the Weeks Bridge Memorial Day water service. He is described as a forceful, polished debater with a strong patriotism and a confident presence suitable for the occasion.
Edward G. Robinson leads the new feature exposing Nazi agents in the United States with trials cited in New York Los Angeles and the Panama Canal Zone. The star cast includes Francis Lederer Paul Lukas George Sanders Lue Lys Dorothy Tree and Henry O'Neil with Robinson as the G-Man and Glenda Farrell as a bold girl reporter.
George Washington established a distillery in 1795 at Mount Vernon, marking early American whiskey making on the estate.
Rain returns about five pounds of nitrogen annually to each acre of soil through natural processes.
Mrs. Frank E. Duddy shared a Europe travelogue at the Commander with her husband the North Avenue Congregational pastor and their son. The audience saw color moving pictures of Liverpool arrivals, a Ford tour, and Buckingham Palace guard changes. Miss Ethel M. Porter and Miss Cora E. MacKenzie were named delegates to attend.
Mrs Henry Ginsberg, re elected president, will host the Choral Literary and Drama groups of the Constitution Lodge Auxiliary Bnai Brith Cambridge Monday evening. Moving pictures will show life in the South Sea Islands courtesy of Mr Henry Ginsberg. Recording secretary Mrs Joseph Nissen will perform selections.
The newly renovated T B Hospital is expected to be completed by August or early September with modern equipment to be installed soon. Provisions for 125 to 180 patients will be made.
Ex Mayor John H H McNamee named director of Fidelity Trust Co while City Treasurer Lehan awards first loan to Harvard Trust at 3.05 percent plus five dollars. City Council backs no assistant solicitor. Esther Hannum dies at 75. mayor's budget stands at 2,980,257.74 with requests at 3,174,997.64.
George Martin, spokesman for Clark and Reid of Central Square, is arranged to manage the undertaking using their top equipment and services.
A Chicago license panel schedules a Monday afternoon hearing at 2 o clock on a petition by Vapol & Macdonald Co Inc to keep gasoline at MO Bidney Street Cambridge with a cap of 1000 gallons. The order comes from the Board of License Commissioners and is signed by John E Timothy Leah and Berman E Guthem.
Boston and Maine Railroad and others seek a right of way over land in Cambridge adjacent to Alewife Brook Park. The petition names Cambridge Savings Bank Byron Mitchell Wattendorf Levin and others as parties. A plan shows boundary lines and appears to be filed with the petition. Objections must be filed by June. The document is dated March 4 1939 and attested by Judge Fenton.
Collier's Weekly recounts a 1914 Japan volcanic episode with one of the longest seismic onslaughts. In the 20 hours before the Sakurajima eruption on January 12 an observatory logged 41 earthquakes averaging one every four minutes and nineteen seconds.
City announces a License Commission hearing on May 2 at 2 pm in City Hall Room 2. Petition by William Crane Inc seeks a second class garage license and storage of saline at the corner of Od and Rogers. total quantity not to exceed 110 gallons with space for 5 cars.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Middlesex Probate Court notices the estate of Maria Galvin of Cambridge. Petition asks Thomas Galvin of Somerville be appointed administrator without surety. Objections must be filed in Cambridge Court by 10 am on June 5 1999. Jordan Register. May 15-20-27
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