Cambridge Secrecy and Local Sparks in City Hall Intrigue
City notes ponder Cambridge secession from Harvard plan while revealing gossip on park department reorganization and a forthcoming Elks Halloween party. Reports mention a surprise committee report, police chief comments, and a mayoral budget push as election talk and a New York trip for police officials unfold.
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Cambridge
Harvard
Pres
Tom. McNamara
State Senate
Supt. of Parks and Retreation
Park Board
Dept
Ted” Leahy
City Council
Littl
Ed Donovan
Elks’ Hallowe'en
Fred Hicks
Elks
Jack Ackerly
Domestic Relations Bureau
New York
Park Board mulls changes after city recreation meeting
Park Recreation Commission met Tuesday night and, while reporting general progress, rejected a charity football game request at Russell Field for Oct 30. An offer to sell land near the Somerville line for a playground was referred to the Plan and Goal Committee. W P A cleanup praised after the hurricane. Twenty five percent of street trees need attention. Development of Fr Callanan playground referred to Plan and Goal.
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Prof
Doten
Stephen H. Mahoney
W.P.A
Cambridge
Fr. Callanan
Municipal Meeting Debates Weighing Fuel and School Delivery
At a Monday session Mayor and City officials considered better methods to weigh school fuel and locate a suitable site. An inspector allegedly found gravel missing from a truck, prompting calls for municipal scales. An amendment urged system improvements while teachers' ranks saw several changes.
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Conde
Galgay
Cassidy
Robart
Wood
Round Table
Burley Real Estate Insurance Mortgages in Boston
Chas F Burley handles real estate insurance and mortgage services at 276 Commonwealth Avenue Boston offering coverage and loan options for property buyers and owners.
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Commonwealth Avenue
Boston
City Hall Fire Alarm Traced to Dual Blazes
Smoke filled the City Council chamber as two fires burned in a rear storage room of the city auditor's records. Fire crews also battled an auto fire in the Police Headquarters garage and a cellar blaze near City Hall with four more alarms during the night. Investigators opened an arson probe Wednesday under Chief Herman Gutheim.
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P.W.A
Frank McCall
Lyons
Pat Shem
Mass. Ave
France
Pat
Francis X. Mahoney
Muller Avenue
Kelley School
Elks Hall
J. Henry Smith
W.P.A
Charlie Delaney
City Hall
Pres. McNamara
Frank Montgomery
Tom Harney
City Auditor's Department
John C. Dieselman
Inman St
Herman Gutheim
Campbell Presses Mayor on PWA Building Project
John Campbell president of the Cambridge Industrial Association reminders the mayor of a July or August meeting inviting cooperation on a $2,500,000 PWA building project. The note is brief and requests clarity on cooperation terms.
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Cambridge Industrial Association
PWA
Toomey Urges Cambridge Harvard Split in City Row
City Councillor John J. Toomey proposes separation of Harvard University from Cambridge in a long resolution that sparked wide public debate. The five to ten year policy clash drew police and press attention as students and locals watched developments in the college area and lodging tensions mounted.
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Cambridge
Harvard University
John J. Toomey
Harvard College
Vard
Harvard
Toomey
United States
Reasons for Voting No on Plan Rh Referendum
The critique argues Plan E would raise City payroll by over 40 000 annually for mayor and council and offers no unemployment gains. Plan B shifts hiring to a city manager under council control, risking misfeasance and corruption. It asserts current checks protect residents, warns of potential recall issues and cites Kansas City under Boss Prendergast as precedent.
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Kansas City
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Bill Algay
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Industrial Ass
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