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Newspaper
Cambridge Sentinel
Location
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1935
Page
2
The Independent Taxi Operators Assn markets a modern public taxi service, highlighting low rates and prompt dispatch. Cabs are stationed at strategic points, regularly inspected for safety, cleanliness, and reach. Call Hancock 8700 to summon a cab and reach trains, events, or shopping efficiently.
The Zonta Club of Cambridge met at the YWCA with dinner at 6 30. Miss Ethel Porter presided at both meetings. Raymond Fitzsimmons spoke on the Red Cross drive and Bernice Cannon reviewed North to the Orient for Anne Lindbergh. Members listed include Dr Josephine Macdonald and 18 others. Cora MacKenzie spent Thanksgiving at Annisquam.
The twenty ninth annual Christmas seal sale, sponsored by Cambridge Tuberculosis and Health Association, opens again this year. The association has long cooperated with city public health authorities, promoting general health and fighting tuberculosis. A continuous tuberculosis campaign is maintained and the recent referendum to support local TB efforts should revive interest in aiding those afflicted by the white plague.
Improved distribution capacity powered by electricity boosts efficiency in New England. First National Stores, a 20 million dollar regional distributor, illustrates rapid, economical product flow from Somerville’s 20 acre food base to consumers. The piece lauds chain store distribution as progress benefiting producers and future generations.
The Cambridge Trip Club held its first business meeting Friday evening and elected officers including George Watt as president and George Sullivan as president. A six to eight team basketball league will be organized Monday.
Joan Crawford stars opposite Brian Aherne in I Live My Life with Frank Morgan Aline MacMahon and Eric Blore. A bored society girl falls for a hard boiled archaeologist on the Greek isle of Naxos. The program also includes Wanderer of the Wasteland with Dean Jagger Gail Patrick and more. Way Down East stars Rochelle Hudson and Henry Fonda in a bleak New England romance. The companion feature Pursuit stars Chester Morris Sally Eilers Scotty Beckett and Henry Travers.
The Nelson Bros Bakery at 2018 Mass Ave No Cambridge emphasizes cleanliness in uniforms floors and machinery. Master bakers use time tested recipes to produce Nelson Bros Bread and Cake known for consistent nutriment flavor color and richness and a popular choice for households and children.
Tokyo orders army to back off from Chiang Kai-shek talks as Tokyo rejects secession plans in Manchukuo. Nanking is told to pursue reforms in north China while Akira Ariyoshi meets Chiang and seeks allyship. Italy adds conflict as Badoglio is named marshal and Haile Selassie makes front visits. Pope Pius names twenty cardinals in surprise move.
RESIDENT ROOSEVELT travels to Warm Springs Georgia for a three week stay to rest, engage in politics, and work. He will speak in Atlanta and later in Chicago on December 9 on behalf of a permanent AAA. He then proceeds to South Bend Indiana for an honorary degree at Notre Dame, following a cautious stance on Mexican Catholic persecutions.
Fifty two nations impose broad sanctions on Italy after its League expulsion on November 18. US and Germany offer indirect support. most ports close to Italian goods. arms exports halted. loans blocked. Mussolini decries day of ignominy as Italy tightens controls. furloughs aid production. Ethiopian war outlook shifts with commander changes.
One hundred mayors gathered in Washington to discuss the work relief program. President Roosevelt emphasized taxes and proposed a winter conference of city and state officials to study simplifying the tax system. He argued relief must continue and that the giant works program would largely be carried out by November. F. H. La Guardia of New York was elected president with Edward J. Kelly of Chicago as vice president. The group urged amending the social security act for municipal old age pensions and urged city cooperation with the Justice Department to suppress crime.
Chairman Henry P. Fletcher called the Republican national committee meeting in Washington on December 16 to select time and place for the 1936 convention and decide on delegation apportionment. Chicago is reported to be the leading candidate city. A sixteen member fund raising committee was named with William B. Bell as chair and Charles B. Goodspeed as vice chair. Many members are first time participants in national politics.
AVID A. REED, former Pennsylvania senator once seen as a possible Republican president, withdraws from the race saying he lacks political sex appeal and admits he is not a candidate for any public office.
Jesse H. Jones announced the New York Central will repay 215 million borrowed from the RPC. The loan, due December 1, will be paid from the railroad's 25 million cash balance. RPC will extend the remaining 11.893 million debt to July 1, 1941.
Prominent World War I figure Earl Jellicoe, commander of the British fleet at Jutland, died after a long career in navy service and public roles. His career spanned ships and global administrative posts, ending with a governor general stint in New Zealand before retirement. Harvard announces a 300th anniversary fund by Conant to award large scholarships and support pioneering professorships.
The United States and Canada announce a trade pact to take effect January 1, offering tariff cuts on whisky beef dairy produce lumber and many other goods. U.S. farmers and Northwest lumbermen oppose parts while officials tout boosted trade and employment. Canada also gains extensive duty reductions across 180 commodities.
The Conservative government led by Stanley Baldwin won a solid victory in the British parliamentary elections, increasing its house majority while Labour reduced the margin by about 60 seats. Ramsay MacDonald, former prime minister and lord president, was defeated, and his son Malcolm also lost. MacDonald had formed the national government after leaving Labour. The new Labor leadership now faces a reduced influence with an estimated 250 seat majority for the Conservatives in the next Commons. The text also notes ethics concerns raised by the American Liberty League lawyers committee, and the American Bar Association’s response clarifying professional ethics standards.
A historical overview traces travel from ancient carriages to the steam locomotive and the rise of gasoline powered buses. It highlights the Metropolitan Coach Co of Belmont, Massachusetts, as a leader offering quiet, safe, affordable bus service with skilled drivers and a focus on contract work with private schools.
Sports fans are urged to subscribe to The American Boy magazine to access interviews and fiction on tennis, basketball, swimming and more. Editor Griffith Ogden Ellis cites access to top teams and athletes for tips and inspiration. Subscriptions cost 1 year 1, 2 for three years, with foreign addresses add 50 cents. newsstand copy 10 cents.
The article traces house plant origins to Greece in the seventh century B C with Adonia gardens built on roof sculptures of Adonis. Lettuce fennel rye and wheat were sown in pots tended for a brief season. The custom spread to Rome and echoed in Babylonian container gardens.
A note on Swank traces its origins from a sense of vigor and vitality once attached to the word. It reflects how meanings shift over time from robust connotation to broader fashionable usage.
Dense smoke from a early evening blaze at 345 Green Street within Cambridge threatened the Central Square block. Two firefighters from Engine 6, Thomas Mullen and Frank Deasy, were treated at Cambridge Relief Hospital after inhaling smoke before returning to duty.
A Boston Herald writer notes the opossum plays dead when threatened, then regains senses when brought indoors. An American animal, it favors southern and tropical regions though ranges reach New England, and it travels with a tail grasping branches while foraging.
The piece explains surname origins tracing them to occupations like Taylor and Carpenter, locations such as Ford and Woods, and paternal lineage with examples like Johnson and Williamson, noting Norman influence and the shift from single names to family names.
Boston Drug and Beverage Corp which operates in Cambridge and Boston markets fine liquors across New England. It markets Seagrams Kesslers American Distilling Co. whiskies and gins Moquin cordials and Malcolm Prager Scotch with exclusive agency rights. They urge orders for upcoming holidays.
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