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Newspaper
Cambridge Sentinel
Location
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1940
Page
1
Cambridge last year built new homes valued at $114 500, data show a 53.5 percent drop from 1935. The nine year volume ranked seventh in the state with 620 fewer persons housed than 1930, while population estimates for 1940 stand around 111 120.
The Camb. C. L. A endorses the Salvation Army drive in a series of wheresses praising the group for work in Free Air Camps for mothers and babies shoes and garments for the needy meals and lodgings for the homeless Hospital Service Day Nurseries Thanksgiving and Christmas dinners baskets Prison Welfare and neighborhood center activities and ongoing sympathy for labor aims.
Local business circles eye a sales dissertation and dinner lecture by Zenn Kaufman at 8:00 P M in the Continental Hotel Ballroom. Kaufman, author of Showmanship in Business, is praised by Dale Carnegie for his cash register ringing showmanship. The event promises strong attendance from various trades, given its practical emphasis on selling.
Analysis shows 1999 new home expenditures at 608 343 a decline of 14 percent from 1930 722 645 peak values reached 1 649 200 in 1996 while the low 42 800 occurred in 1534 per-person residential costs rose from 864 78 in 1930 to 963 50 in 1930 with a 120 47 increase and a 13 3 percent drop in 1999 versus 1930 totals reflect a long term pattern in Cambridge housing values and costs.
Democratic candidate Thomas H. Eliot invites his opponent Congressman Robert Luce to a series of informal debates on national issues. Eliot recalls a successful two year old tradition and says the talks should continue while Congress is in session.
Classified contact note lists Chas. F. Hurley of 276 Commonwealth Avenue Boston with telephone Ken 0767. Single line agency style entry appears in a regional business section.
Chief Herman Gutheim launches Fire Prevention Week in Cambridge starting today with a parade planned for Sunday October 12. A departmental efficiency display is set for Columbus Day while the J H Gochran store will feature a prevention exhibit next week. The chief urges citizens to follow safety precautions avoid fires and keep homes free of danger.
Noyes Collinson spoke on the amphibious tractor, nicknamed the alligator, at the Cambridge Rotary lunch. The device, 20 by 8 feet, powers on land and water with caterpillar treads and a rear screw, drawing interest and safety questions amid talk of potential misuse by hostile powers.
Cambridge prepares for the October 16 1917 draft with J Frank Facey chairing a committee. The former Central Square Library room is being readied for registration of all men 21 to draft age across 35 precincts. Local officials seek volunteers to handle applications amid no funding, naming several committee members and contact points.
William Gray of 10 Putnam Avenue is chosen for a Physical Recreation staff post to direct the High School group. He brings athletic and swimming background from high school football basketball and track and captained the YMCA swimming team for three seasons. He has been a Boston University swimming letter man for three years.
The piece, attributed to Fred Olson of Harvard Square, lampoons slow street work and curb repairs ahead of voting season. It critiques taxpayer costs and job preservation as essential to democracy while描描 noting the pock marked streets and ongoing repairs.
The program features All This and Heaven Too with Bette Davis and Charles Boyer. Beyond Tomorrow with Jean Parker and Charles Winninger. Passport to Alcatraz with Jack Holt. Gambling on the High Seas with Jane Wyman and Wayne Morris. In Old Missouri with Weaver Bros and Elviry.
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