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University to Purchase Drill Hall

At the close of the Overseers' meeting on Monday, it was announced that the University was to purchase the Palfrey estate, on which the Naval Radio School drill hall is erected. This was the decision reached by Assistant Secretary of the Navy Franklin D. Roosevelt after a conference on the subject with Mayor Edward W. Quinn, of Cambridge. It is planned to maintain the site as a public park and the drill hall for community purposes. The value of the estate is placed at $80,000.

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