Local Cambridge notes on Selective Service and city officials
A Cambridge column reports on Selective Service Board 48 at 38B Brattle Street overseeing Wards 9 10 and 11 with Judge Good and Atty. Peter Nelligan as directors Principal John Wood named chair of the board for Wards 3 4 and 5 at City Hall Room 24 Judge Walcott heads Wards 6 7 and 8 at Phillips Brooks House Harvard and Judge Louis L Green leads Wards 1 2 at the East Cambridge Court House Masters and Auditors Building Also mentions Mary Calnan Asst Secy of the License Commission and local police sergeant Jimmy O Connor ill at City Hospital plus City Hall mysteries and upcoming shifts and questions about City Hall.
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Judge Good
Peter Nelligan
Mary Calnan
License Commission
Tom Harney
John Wood
Rindge School
City Hall
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Judge Walcott
Phillips Brooks House
Harvard University
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East Cambridge Court House
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Nat'l Defense Committee
Jewish War Veterans of
U. S
Cambridge
Jimmy O'Connor
City Hospital
Rindge
Jorties
Schools Asked To Aid U S Youth Work Program
State official John L. Donovan Jr explained a federal plan to place local youths 17 to 25 in work programs with 30 per hour. National Youth Defense Projects receive 52.6 million dollars nationally, 956 thousand allocated to the state. Cambridge officials requested funds for relief. Public buildings would host programs while federal machinery and work experience would be provided.
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John L. Donovan, Jr
5. C
John F. Carr, Jr
Donovan
Lyons
Mr. Donovan
Cambridge
Gov't
Dongwat
Cambridge Gala Honors New City Assessor Thomas Gibson
A large banquet at the Continental Hotel hosted over 600 guests in a spontaneous Cambridge tribute to newly elected Assessor Thomas F. Gibson. City officials and friends gathered with toastmaster Judge Francis J. Good, as Mayor and Beacon Hill figures offered remarks on Gibson’s service and retirement of veteran colleagues.
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Thos. F. Gibson
Ed Donovan
Gibson
Beacon Hill
Francis J. Good
Frank Sennett
Lyons
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Geo. T. Ashe
Lowell
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Jack Haverty
Ben Fallon
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City Gov't
Transfer of alcohol license to Mt Auburn Street diner site
John W. Anney for the petitioner argues the Gore Street property owner makes operation uneconomical and Mt Auburn Street location near the Big Bear Market could be leased, allowing a transfer of the license from Gore Street to a diner car at 701 703 Auburn Street.
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Big Bear
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Anney
Gore St
Mt. Auburn St
Councillor Banks Attacks Appeal Board Over Hearing Notices
Councillor Banks criticizes the Appeal Board at a city session. He asks the City Solicitor to rule on the legality of a board decision when one abutter was not notified. The council weighs abolishing the board as debated.
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Bes
Hurley Contact Details for Charles S Hurley Boston
Charles S Hurley at 276 Commonwealth Avenue Boston is listed with telephone Ken 0767. The entry provides a street address and contact number for the Boston resident.
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Commonwealth Avenue
Boston
Cambridge City Bonds Sold at New Low Cost
City Treasurer Andrew P. Carroll announced the sale of a 200000 loan bonds issue for Cambridge Street. Tyler and Co. Inc. of Boston bought the five year bonds at a premium of 420 dollars enabling a net loan cost of 4080 dollars. The bond sale compares favorably with a 1932 five year street department loan of 26700 dollars. Carroll praised the city’s financial standing and the deal’s low rate.
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Andrew P. Carroll
Tyler and Co., Inc
Boston
Treas
Carroll
Cambridge
Tyler & Co., Inc
Cambridge Debate on City Government Plan D and PR with Hermens
Mayor Lyons invites Dean Landis and Professor Hermens to Cambridge for a public discussion on Massachusetts Plan D city government and Proportional Representation. The event at Leslie L. Cleveland Auditorium aims to debate city manager governance and PR's impact on democratic tradition.
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Professor Hermens to Explain P R Voting Threat
Prof Hermens of Notre Dame will discuss the menace of plural voting part of Plan B at the new High School Hall Broad Way Sunday night at 8. He speaks for the Citizens Committee for the Preservation of Democracy criticizing P R B voting as weakening democracy as in Germany and Italy. He argues the voting system is intricate and confusing for the average citizen and notes a planned debate with Prof Landis of Harvard aboard the page continuation.
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Italy
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