Headlines in History 1935: Jack Russell and his 12-piece band to perform at Palais Royale
What was making news in our area during this week in years past? The History Museum offers these newspaper excerpts to give you an idea.
March 10, 1908: “Box cars on the Grand Trunk storage tracks near the Interior Transfer Elevator company caught fire early to-day from an unknown origin and only prompt action of the railroad employees saved a heavy loss.” — The South Bend Tribune
March 11, 1911: “Privileges assured River Park residents when the town became a part of South Bend are beginning to be realized. The Northern Indiana railway is now issuing transfers from points in River Park to the city lines of the street car system and vice versa.” — The South Bend Tribune
March 12, 1924: “Construction work on two new additions to St. Mary’s college and academy will begin March 19. One of the buildings will be used as a dormitory, the other a classroom. Both will be for the use of college students only. They will cost a total of $900,000. The structures are to be of collegiate Gothic style of architecture composed of reinforced concrete brick, and trimmed with limestone.” — The South Bend Tribune
March 13, 1935: “Jack Russell and his 12-piece band, favorites of Chicago’s leading hotels and cafes, will play Sunday night for a St. Patrick’s day party to be given in the Palais Royale ballroom, Myron Walz, manager, announced today. Russell is coming to South Bend from Chicago.” — The South Bend Tribune
March 14, 1940: “Numerous inquiries on the part of property owners whose streets are included in the 1940 city-sponsored WPA street improvement program were reported today by City Engineer Clyde E. Williams but few property owners have made payment as yet with City Controller Harry S. Driggs for materials. Cost of new concrete streets or concrete resurfacing will be $1 per square yard to property owners.” — The South Bend Tribune
March 15, 1957: “Observations by several transportation leaders, dooming railroad passenger traffic to extinction and the freight car to the Smithsonian Institution, were derided Thursday night by a railroad president who charged that 'the main backbone of mass transportation will continue to be the railroad.'” — The South Bend Tribune
March 16, 1967: “Kaiser Jeep Corp., which has built up an annual payroll of more than $7 million in the three years since it opened its South Bend Division, today marked the 50,000th military vehicle to come off the line at its Chippewa Ave. plant.” — The South Bend Tribune
This article originally appeared on South Bend Tribune: 1935: Palais Royale books Russell Sunday night
