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Newspaper

Cambridge Sentinel

Location

Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Sep 07, 1940

Page

4

Howe Amee Seeks Cambridge County Commissioner Seat

Howe Coolidge Amee of Cambridge seeks one of two County Commissioner posts following the retirement of Walter Wardwell. Amee, Harvard graduate and former Cambridge City Councillor, lives at 285 Harvard Street and emphasizes lifelong Cambridge ties and local interests.

Howe Coolidge Amee Cambridge Walter C. Wardwell Amee Harvard Harvard Street Middlesex County

Cambridge Y M C A Camp Massapoag Test Draws 205 Boys

The season test at Camp Massapoag hosted 205 different boys for two to nine weeks. Cambridge boys benefitted through cooperative efforts of the Cambridge Y Avon Home Family Welfare Society Tuberculosis and Health Association and other agencies with scholarship gifts from funds and individuals.

Massapoag Fas Cambridge Cambridge Y Avon Home The Family Welfare Society Tuberculosis and Health Association

School Executives Moving To Rindge On Monday

The office of the School Committee and all executive and business offices will relocate from City Hall to Rindge on the 2nd floor. The move will place the Secretary to the School Committee Supt of Schools Ass't Supt Executive Secretary Business Agent Ass't Business Agent Chief Custodian Supervisors of Primary Schools and Kindergartens Directors of Art Music Physical Education and Americanization and the Attendance and Work Certificate department in new offices.

City Hall Rindge Supt. of Ass't Supt. of Schools Ass't

Joe Costa Pioneer Camb Ambulance Man Celebrated Forty Years

Distinctive Cambridge figure Joe Costa, a pioneer ambulance operator and funeral director, began as a hack driver in East Cambridge and built Cambridge’s first systematic ambulance fleet by 1905. By 1940 his Costa Service ran ten large ambulances and a growing funeral home on Cambridge Street near the High School, with his family aiding in the operation.

Joe Costa Cambridge Daley Lechmere Flewntje Cambridge St High School Costa Service Father Costa

The Sea Hawk Opens at Metropolitan Theatre

Metropolitan Theatre offers Errol Flynn in The Sea Hawk as its local debut with Charlie Chan at the Wax Museum as the companion feature. The Sea Hawk follows Geoffrey Thorpe and other sea hawks as they raid enemy ships while Sidney Toler reprises Charlie Chan with Joan Valerie, C Henry Gordon, Marc Lawrence, and Son Yung in a wax museum mystery directed by Lynn Shores.

Errol Flynn Charlie Chan the Wax Museum Wars Trani Marshall Flora Robson Alan Hale Claude Rains Donald Crisp William Lundigan Una O'Connor Henry Daniell Flynn Geoffrey Thorpe Thorpe Sidney Toler Wax Museum Joan Valerie C. Henry Gordon Marc Lawrence Son Yung Chan Lynn Shores

Sassafras Roots and Barks Used In Teas And Perfumes

Sassafras roots and barks from the sassa fras bush are used in making medicinal teas and perfumes.

Shipwrecks Hold Vast Gold Treasure Value

The article notes that shipwrecks contain about 170 million dollars in gold, a figure cited among treasures found from the Twentieth century era wrecks.

Farm Work Beats Other Industries in Course of Labor

A brief item notes that farm work shows a longer or more demanding course than any other industry, highlighting the unique demands of agricultural labor.

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