Plans for rapid transit extensions approved in Boston area
City leaders backed two new rapid transit routes and a Chelsea division take over. The package totals about 40.4 million dollars with routes from Jamaica Plain to Orient Heights and from Union Square to Arlington Centre. The plan seeks legislative borrowing authority and includes connections to the Harvard Dorchester tunnel and Bowdoin Square.
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Huntington Avenue
Jamica Plain
Orient Heights
East Boston
Harvard-Dorchester
Park Street
Bowdoin Square
Boston
Revere Beach
Boston and Maine Railroad
Arlington
Chelsea
Eastern Massachusetts Street Railway Company
Theft Reported: Chevrolet Coach Stolen on Woodside Avenue
East Boston police reported the theft of a Chevrolet coach from Woodside Avenue at 11:15 p.m. The incident was logged by Tileston and Arthur F. Verney.
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Caen
Arthur F. Verney
Tileston
Rac
Woodside Avenue
East
Funeral services for J. R. Donovan
Funeral services for J R Donovan and St Anselm s College at Manchester New Hampshire note his early recognition as a baseball player with the St John s Baseball Club founded under Rev Daniel F Gorman of St John the Evangelist Church.
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St. Anselm’s College
Manchester
St John’s
Daniel F. Gorman
St. John the Evangelist Church
Page
Residents of East Boston Protest at Faneuil Hall
Mayor curley granted use of Faneuil Hall to 50 East Boston residents led by City Councillor Timothy F Donovan. The Board of Street Commissioners will hold a hearing on January 6 for an oil permit sought by Philip S Graver representing East Boston landowners, open from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
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Curley
Faneuil Hall
East Boston
Timothy F. Donovan
Board of Street Commissioners
Philip S. Graver
Winthrop Wins Post Office Land Grant and Revere Street Widening
The Town of Winthrop receives a $10,000 check from the U S Treasury and a War Department land grant as part of a two year push to establish a new Post Office site and widen Revere Street from Cherry Street to Crest Avenue. Key actors include Chairman Henry J. Barry, G Wallace Tibbetts, John P. Clancy, and Congressman Charles L. Underhill. The effort spanned leases, deeds, and federal approval in 1929 1930, with town meetings on May 26 1930 and December 2 1930 to authorize sale and push work amid unemployment.
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Winthrop
United States
War Department
Fort Banks
Revere
Board of Selectmen
Henry J. Barry
G. Wallace Tibbetts
John P. Clancy
Board of
Selectmen
Charles L. Underhill
Underhill
Massachusetts
Tibbetts
Washington
Hoover
Old Town Hall
Post Office Department
Revere Street
Congressman Underhill
War
Cherry Street
Crest Avenue
Fort Reservation
Congress
House of Representatives
Senate
Col. Greig, Jr
Underhill Se
Ter- Trace Avenue
Upland Road
Terrace Avenue
Post Office
Judge Advocate General
Monster Midnight Show Set for New Year Eve at Winthrop Theatre
The Winthrop Theatre presents a monster midnight show on December 31 as clubs plan midnight dinners. Manager Mansfield has spared no expense to make this one of the finest events, with admission priced at seventy five cents.
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Winthrop Theatre
Mansfield
Monster Midnight Vaudeville Show at Winthrop Theatre
The Winthrop Theatre hosts a midnight monster vaudeville and silent picture show starting at 12 o'clock with headlining Lido Venice Debutantes, eight singers and dancers. Additional big acts and a talking picture are on the program. seats are on sale at Winthrop and State Theatre box offices.
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Winthrop Theatre
Charles Mansfield
Lido Venice
Winthrop
State Teatres
Widening of Revere Street Starts With Unemployed Workers
A rapid two meeting session approved 55 000 for Revere street widening and 700 for Terrace avenue drains with work starting Monday as unemployed residents were drafted to the project. The town praised Congressman Underhill for securing grants and the War Department signature while restricting non residents from work on the site.
Legion Welfare Helps Veterans in Winthrop
Winthrop Post No. 146 of the American Legion led by Anthony L. Monti and his wife Marion Monti provided food clothing and Christmas cheer to 21 veterans. The post welcomed all veterans and thanked the Montis for organizing aid with auxiliary support and donations of vegetables and clothing.
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Winthrop Post No. 146
American Legion
Anthony L. Monti
Winthrop
Monti
Marion Mulloy Monti
the Post
Carsley Resigns from Water Board in Town
Willis E. Carsley has resigned as a member of the Board of Water Commissioners. Re elected in March for a three year term, his vacancy requires the Water Department to notify the Selectmen and convene a joint session to elect a replacement by ballot.
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Board of Selectmen
Willis E. Carsley
Board of Water Commissioners
Selectmen
Water Department
Pyromaniac Sought by Winthrop Police
Winthrop police hunt a pyromaniac linked to three incendiary fires Friday in the town. A paper torch was used to tear screens from rear windows and ignite houses at 347 349 Shirley street a chain store and at 124 and 241 Shirley street, all in the same area.
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Winthrop
Shirley Street
Selectmen vote against Sunday indoor golf permit
At a regular meeting the Board of Selectmen voted against the Fairways Golf Club petition to open Sunday miniature golf from 3:00 p m to 11:06 p m. A public hearing had been held earlier at Town Hall. The Board also revoked a previously granted outdoor Sunday miniature golf permit not yet opened.
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Board of Selectmen
Fairways Golf Club
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Curley Presid
Board of Metropolitan Transit District Trustees
Edward L. Logan
Chevrolet
J. R. Donovan
E. B. Plan
Merry Christmas
Winthrop Trust Company
P. O
Revere St
Charles I. Underhill
U. S
Ninth Congressional Dist
Stars OF State
Winthrop Co-operative Bank
Bay
Senet
A. EB
Whittemore
Koren
Gilly Dooley
Red Ball Way
RED Ball Transit CO
Little Building
Telephone Hancock
TMS Pilcrim Press
Beacoe St
Terrace Ave
Upland Rd
Mahaney
Timothy J. Mahaney
Fort Bank’s Hospital
Salem
Lynn
Legion Welfare
A. L. Monti
Carsley
Winthrop Police
Winthrop Avenue
Beachmont
Storage Warehouse CO
Pleasant ST
Breakers
Central Square
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