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Newspaper
Cambridge Sentinel
Location
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1931
Page
5
Mayoral hopefuls and former officials surface in a week of City Hall chatter. Councillors, editors, and police figures exchange quips as upcoming elections loom and building upkeep concerns worry residents.
Publix Central Square Theatre presents Daughter of the Dragon with Anna May Wong Sessue Hayakawa and Warner Oland as Fu Manchu. The Phantom of Paris stars John Gilbert Leila Hyams Lewis Stone joined by C Aubrey Smith Ian Keith. Thursday features Personal Maid with Nancy Carroll in a vivid city girl tale.
Fallon and Haverty express gratitude to thousands of city voters for their support in the recent primary contest. They credit the vote as belief in their effort toward an efficient administration of the office.
More than 200 members of the Employees Club of the local branch of the Associated Gaz and Electric Company plan a costume party on November 2 at Cantabrigia Hall Harvard Square. Murray's orchestra will provide music and prizes will honor original costumes. Mayor Richard M. Russell and Mrs Russell may attend and judge. Daniel J Toomey Jr of the Sentinel is a probable costume observer and judge.
A gem expert states that 96 percent of diamonds are fingerprinted by their imperfections which may be used to identify them. The expert notes these natural flaws serve as unique markers for verification.
Charles Grady formerly of Beech street now a member in good standing of North Cambridge was guest of honor at a dinner at Miss Helen Mullins’s home at 18 Rindge avenue. Oh, the Zilches!
Dennis Dana lauds Cambridge voters after a multi-candidate primary results show support for Mayor Russell. He argues the electorate rejected demagoguery, defended fiscal prudence, and endorsed non partisan governance, urging modernization of old methods.
Victoria Texas with 3957 residents was once called the City of Millionaires in 1920 when 21 residents were millionaires. The Victoria Chamber of Commerce favors the nickname City of Rogey, sparking local debate.
The column surveys a charged political scene as factions feud over leaders and loyalty. Alleged foreign funding, shifting support for Russell and O'Brien camps, and future council seats are debated amid whispers of department-head changes and rising candidate interest.
Irene Dunne stars in Consolation Marriage in her first lead role written by Bill Cunningham. Boston sports columnist Pat O'Brien, John Halliday, Matt Moore, and Myrna Loy appear in vivid roles. Also on the bill are The Great Junction Hotel with 20 stars, Laughing with Medbury in Turkey, The Little Pest cartoon, Pathe News, and Moon Melodies by Leo Weber.
An Automatic Gas Water Heater is built like a large thermos bottle to save heat. The tank is regulated by a thermos tar that needs no maintenance. Just light the tiny pilot and forget it. Visit your local dealer or call to our display rooms.
The Cambridge City Clerk urges qualified residents to vote on November 3 1933 for mayor council and committees. Voters decide on two city constitutional questions regarding explosives regulation and retirement pension provisions. Polls open at six in the morning and close at eight in the evening.
City license officials announce a hearing before the License Commission in Room 32 City Hall on Monday afternoon November 2, 1931. The hearing concerns a proposed fee or license for keeping a fuel oil reservoir at 68 Main Street Cambridge with a total quantity not exceeding ten gallons in an underground tank. By order of the Board of License Commissioners. October 17, 1931. John B. Quinn, Chairman.
The Cambridge License Commission will hear James F. Quinn’s petition for a liquor license at 40 Bridge Street Cambridge for storage and sale of liquor in total up to 1 000 gallons. The hearing is set at City Hall on Monday afternoon in November at 2 o’clock by order of the board.
The hearing on the petition of Ruth Gorstein for warehouse storage and keeping of one car additional at 23 15 Maine Avenue Cambridge is set in Room 32 City Hall on Monday afternoon November 1031 at 2 o'clock. Judge Quinn, chairman, notes the session will be recorded.
A hearing will be held at City Hall Room 32 on November 1931 at 2 o clock regarding a permit for a first class garage keeping and storage of gasoline in tanks for two cars at 44 50 Howard Street Cambridge. The notice is issued by the Board of License Commissioners Chairman John E Quinn.
The Cambridge Sentinel publishes weekly in Cambridge Massachusetts. Henry J Mahoney lists as publisher editor manager owner at 19 Fownstein Terrace. The statement identifies ownership percentages and confirms notary attestation by Albert T Doyle on October 1, 1971.
Metropolitan Theatre presents Twenty-Four Hours with Clive Brook Kay Francis Miriam Hopkins and Regis Toomey from Louis Bromfield novel and play. Sketches features Allen Canfield and others while Fabien Sevitzky conducts the Metropolitan Orchestra in Poet and Peasant. Arthur Martel novelty Strange As It Seems and Paramount Newsreel plus Galloping Ghost serial with Red Grange complete the bill.
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