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Newspaper
Cambridge Sentinel
Location
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1941
Page
4
A brief notice from Wen Evoland Telephone & Telegraph Co. discusses the common frustration of calling someone who isn’t available. The piece suggests patience from the caller and promptness from the recipient to improve communication.
A hospital dialogue features a doctor joking that prescribing pneumonia medicine leads to death from pneumonia. The exchange centers on patient safety and medical responsibility amid skepticism about treatments.
Councillor Edward H. Donovan reports to the Cambridge Defense Savings committee that as of Sept 1, sales stood at about 1,250,000 in bonds and 21,000 in stamps. A conference with Mayor Sennott will be called soon to plan further steps.
Navy Blues stars Ann Sheridan Jack Oakie Marthe Raye and Jack Haley at the Metropolitan Theatre with the companion Highway West from Warner Brothers featuring Brenda Marshall Arthur Kennedy and Ollympe Bradna. The Navy tale follows sailors on leave in Honolulu and includes several song hits. Highway West presents life in and out of prison with Slim Summerville William Lundigan Willie Bots and Herbert Anderson in support.
Martin a young Mennonite farmer travels by horse and buggy from Ephrata Pennsylvania to Selinsgrove to accept a job. He plans a two day trip and says he does not want to ride the horse too much and hopes to find a barn along the way if allowed.
Monday and Tuesday show includes Dorothy Lamour and Bob Hope in Caught in the Draft while Saint's Vacation with Sally Gray leads the program. Thursday brings The Flame of New Orleans with Marlene Dietrich and The Great Mr Nobody with Joan Leslie. Friday and Saturday feature Strange Alibi with Joan Perry and Arthur Kennedy and Pirates on Horseback with William Boyd.
The N E A A W dedicated to clean amateur athletics marks its sixth anniversary with a Golden Jubilee at Copley Plaza on Tuesday evening October 21. Notable members like Sec J Frank Facey and Ben Osthues will participate as old friends renew friendships from fifty years of administration and champions turned coaches. Reservations are with J Frank Facey 36 Prospect St. Cambridge candidate Russell Gerould, former Boston Herald editor and World War II infantry officer, has filed nominating papers for Cambridge City Council. He resides at 28 Hurlbut St. with wife and two children.
President Roosevelt breaks formal protocol when a foreign representative is ready to read speeches. He jokes that both sides have read each other's remarks and proposes a friendly chat instead. The envoy smiles and sits down, the moment dissolving stiff ceremony.
The Cambridge Red Cross relocates to 18 Brattle Street on October 1 as Production Groups move in. A Cambridge Hospital meeting discussed Nurses Aides training courses at Mayor LaGuardia’s request for 100 000, with attendees from Civilian Defense and local medical groups.
A Hawaiian myth portrays the volcano goddess Pela turning into an elderly beggar. She travels a road asking for alms and destroys a volcano when mercy is refused.
Dr Eleanor Glueck of Harvard followed a thousand delinquent youths over years. As they reached emotional adulthood about 40 percent shed criminal desires and became ordinary citizens. Even those who kept offending tended toward lesser crimes, with improvement arising from social and emotional maturation rather than treatment.
The Thornless Beauty is described as the world’s first recorded thornless hybrid tea rose. It features a crimson bloom about four inches across, fully double, and lasting all summer while a plant patent application has been filed.
A. John Serino urges new Cambridge city councillors to appoint a competent, qualified city manager who will safeguard city employees and taxpayers and protect the city's security. He cites his roles with Cambridge Community Re settlement Corporation and the Cambridge Chamber of Commerce.
In 1737 land in Pennsylvania was measured by how far one man could walk in a day and a half. The Delaware Indians granted land extending into the back country as far as a man could walk in a day and a half. Three fast walkers covered about 65 miles.
Despite NC claiming three presidents Johnson Polk and Jackson only one first lady Dolly Madison was a native Tar Heel born in the state confirming a single presidential connection to the region.
The term blue blood originates in Spain where fair-skinned people claimed pure descent from the Spanish stock with no Moorish or Jewish admixture, asserting their noble lineage through visible blue veins.
Area under water covers one fourteenth of North Carolina's 2 426 square miles, revealing the extent of flood impact across the state. The figure flags a significant portion of territory affected by rising waters and informs relief and planning efforts.
Longtime Cambridge political figure and Republican Ward and City Committee member describes his service on the Cambridge City Council. He holds roles with Post No.27 A L and chairs the Selective Service Advisory Board No.46 while serving on bar associations and physiotherapy boards.
The article notes sheep twin at about 20 per 100 and cattle at about 3 per 100. It states horse twinning is much rarer.
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