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Newspaper
Cambridge Sentinel
Location
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1940
Page
2
Peter Salvi of the Main St Garage at 600 Main St leads a successful Oldsmobile sales operation in Cambridge. The firm emphasizes strong salesmanship, large showroom space, and a large repair staff of 36 mechanics. The piece notes 1800 sales in 1940 and highlights the 1941 Oldsmobile with hydramatic drive and improvements.
Francois Marie Arouet, famed writer Voltaire, is recorded as taking the name Voltaire while imprisoned in the Bastille after poems critical of government. He declared the change hoping for better fortune with the new name than the old.
Long profile of Olmore C Francis and his son Randolph C Francis of M W Francis & Son Inc detailing their role in North Cambridge development. Highlights include founding roles in North Cambridge Co-operative Bank and University Trust Company, community service, and plans for mass ave above Harvard Square with mixed use buildings.
J Frank Facey & Son of Cambridge has stood for painstaking printing for fifty years. The firm operates from 26 Prospect and Central Square, offering social printing to advertising, with a Union Shop history and leadership in book and job work.
City Collector Andrew P. Carroll warns all delinquent motor vehicle taxpayers that if their tax is not paid by Oct. 14 their names will be forwarded to the Registry of Motor Vehicles for cancellation of registration.
Metropolis screens Down Argentine Way starring Don Ameche Betty Grable and Carmen Miranda on Thursday with a lively musical lineup and familiar names drawing crowds.
Edward F. P. Burns longtime Cambridge Elk and clothing dealer died at Somerville Hospital aged 65. A founder advocate of the Elk Building 25 years ago funeral held at Sacred Heart Mt. Auburn with services at 51 Berwick Street Belmont. He leaves a widow and four children.
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