Headlines in History 1951: Appeal for blood donors made from Edward Murrow brings results

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.

Feb. 5, 1902: “Manager Crumley of the Notre Dame track team announced last night that Wisconsin would compete in a dual meet to be held in the new gymnasium on March 1. This will give the Notre Dame athletics an opportunity of measuring their strength with one of the strongest track teams in the West. It will also prevent them from competing in the American Athletic association meet to be held in Milwaukee on the same date.” — The South Bend Tribune

Feb. 6, 1911: “Impressive exercises, which continued yesterday afternoon and evening, marked the dedication of a splendid $27,000 club house, the new home of the combined Hungarian societies of South Bend. The new structure will be known as the South Bend Magyar Haz, and is located on Chapin street. Hundreds of South Bend peoples were in attendance at the dedication yesterday while a number of prominent Hungarian from other cities were guests of the local societies during the day.” — The South Bend Tribune

Feb. 7, 1923: “C. A. Kingsbury, president of the Standard Safety Equipment company, of Chicago, will be the speaker at next Monday night’s meeting of the Chamber of Commerce safety school for factory foremen. His subject will be ‘Design and Construction of Safeguards.’” — The South Bend Tribune

Feb. 8, 1939: “Dr. Gerhart Ladner, of the Institute of Medieval Studies, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, will deliver three lectures at the University of Notre Dame next Tuesday and Wednesday. ‘Portraits of the Medieval Popes’ and ‘Iconoclasm in the Eighth and Ninth Centuries’ are the respective titles of two public illustrated lectures to be given at 8 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday in Washington hall.” — The South Bend Tribune

Feb. 9, 1944: “Specialists in many lines are needed for commissioning in the U. S. naval reserve, as well as college graduates who will be trained to go afloat as general service officers, Lieut. John C. Kennan, of the Chicago naval officer procurement office, announced today. Lieut. Kennan is conducting a drive for applicants for commissions in the navy recruiting office of the federal building.” — The South Bend Tribune

Feb. 10, 1951: “More than 200 St. Joseph country residents answered a CBS radio appeal for blood Friday night, bombarding the county Red Cross chapter’s switchboard with pledges. Edward R. Murrow voiced the dramatic appeal in the last quarter-hour of his hour-long Friday night program, 8 to 9 p.m., ‘Hear It Now.’” — The South Bend Tribune

Feb. 11, 1968: “Introduction of a proposed ordinance barring racial discrimination in rental and sales of housing will be a high point of the South Bend Common Council’s meeting at 8 p.m. Monday in City Hall Council Chambers. Public hearings will be held on five other proposed measures, one of them a false fire alarm ordinance designed to discourage false alarms.” — The South Bend Tribune

This article originally appeared on South Bend Tribune: What made news the first week of February in South Bend in history