Cambridge City Notes Paint Busy Week in Local Life
A lively Cambridge page fills with chatty items from City Hall to street work. Voters faced long climbs in Central Sq building while fires were quelled in a motorcycle display. Officials, rumors, and civic events thread a snapshot of community activity.
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Gracie
Frank Montgomery
City Hall
Frank
Alice Meenan
City
McKenzie
Ron
Fire Dept
Bobby Burns
Central Sq
Gutheim
Dept
Park Rd
Brooks
Ch. Spencer
Frank Hooker
Edgar Devis
Main St
Kendall St
1St St
Cambridge
Mass
South St
Holyoke St
Boylston St
Cambridge Lodge of Elks
Nova Scotia
Walter Holleran
Assessor Gibson Feted At Continental Dinner
A large committee plans a grand testimonial for Tommy Gibson, newly named Principal Assessor, at the Continental next Wednesday night. Councillor Ed Donovan chairs the event with Forrest Gould as secretary. Gibson, an attorney, has held ward and city posts and ran a strong mayoral campaign last year. Continued on page 8.
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Tommy Gibson
Ed Donovan
Forrest Gould
Fin
Gibson
Controversy Over Naming Public Hall Under PWA Rules
Cambridge readers debate the legality of naming a new High School Hall after a living person. City Solicitor Evarts warns clause 23 violates PWA rules, while School Committee defends the project as not a true naming. Critics cite government trust and propriety in naming public buildings.
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Fi P.W.A
L. Ickes
Leslie L. Cleveland
Cleveland
Mieridge
Liname
Evarts
Cambridge
Frederic Rindge
John Adams
English High
P.W.A
Central Square Business Men Hear Notables Dinner Event
The first dinner meeting of Central Square Business Men’s Ass’n is set for Monday at 6 30 in the Hawes Room of the Y The speakers include F P Pettijohn from the Federal Bureau of Investigation on Subversive Activities and Col Dana T Gallup of the Selective Service Division on the Operation of the Selective Service Law of 1940 Pres Arthur MacKenzie will preside.
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Central Square
Hawes
F. P. Pettijohn
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Dana T. Gallup
Selective Service Division
Adjutant-General’s Dept
Cambridge
Gallup
Arthur MacKenzie
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Call Mystic
City Council Session Quiet Amid Light Attendance
A small crowd attended a Tuesday night city council session with few issues. Discussion touched on gasoline swing arms and a Brattle Street street light request. Edw J Donahue was approved for the Housing Authority. other items included money transfers, juror selection, and elevator repair orders.
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Appian Way
Sullivan
J. Donahue
Bellevue Ave
Jos. J. Donahue
Housing Authority
Magr
A. J. Hickey
Toomey
International expert links proportional representation to rise of Nazi and fascist regimes
Mayor John W. Lyons flags Notre Dame professor Frederick A. Hermens as an international authority on Proportional Representation. Hermens argues PR fosters multi party chaos and enables extremist groups, warning majority systems unite citizens first and prevent factional drift. He cites Europe and recent trips to U S cities, noting PR could erode democratic government if used universally.
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John W. Lyons
University of Notre Dame
South Bend
Indiana
Frederick A. Hermens
Hermens
Lyons
Germany
Italy
Miémiber
Center Party
Catholic University
Washington
University of Chicago Press
Paris
London
Ireland
England
Belgium
France
Holland
Austria
Switzerland
Social Science Research Council
Europe
Héermens
Kiwanians Hear Edna L Spencer Expose Plan E
Edna L Spencer warns Cambridge Kiwanians about Plan E jeopardizing representative democracy. She cites Italy 1919 and Plan E’s tactics to divide citizens, urging simplicity in democracy and warning against alien group politics. She cites 43,600 Plan E supporters in Cambridge and argues Plan Eites seek power, not city management.
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Wedensday
Miss Spencer
P. R
F. EK
Spencer
Sentinel
Plan E
Cambridge
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