What was making news in our area during this week in years past? The History Museum offers these South Bend Tribune newspaper excerpts to give you an idea. Excerpts are typed as they appeared in print.
May 3, 1902: “Work on the new telephone system which is being installed in this city by the South Bend Home Telephone company is progressing at a gratifying rate not only to the company but to many of the citizens and subscribers who are anxious to see the exchange in operation. If no further delays are experienced, the plant will be in operation September 1.”
May 4, 1910: “A large delegation of Spanish war veterans from South Bend will attend the 12th annual reunion of the 157th Indiana infantry, more familiarly known as the “Studebaker Tigers,” which will be held in Goshen next Tuesday. A large per cent of the roster of Harry O. Perkins camp, United Spanish War veterans, of the city, were members of the noted regiment commanded by Col. George M. Studebaker, of South Bend, who will attend the reunion.”
May 5, 1926: “A novel bit of broadcasting will be done by WSBT, The Tribune radio station, this evening in connection with the regular Wednesday night program. A steam calliope, which has been brought to South Bend to aid in advertising the Kiwanis frolic at Playland park to-morrow, Friday and Saturday of this week, will be stationed in front of The Tribune building. The plan is to drop the microphone on a cord into the street and broadcast the popular tunes which will be played.”
May 6, 1933: “A definite, ecouraging upturn in business was reported today by the Oliver Farm Equipment company, with excellent prospects for further gains this summer. Production in the local factories on Chapin street was higher in April than in the coresponding month last year.”
May 7, 1942: “The human story behind the long history of the Studebaker corporation has been told in a new book, “More Than You Promise,” by Miss Kathleen Smallzreid, formerly of this city, and Dorothy James Roberts, both of Marietta, O. The book is being published by Harper’s, of New York. The work is based on research done in the offices of the corporation here and in the Library of Congress in Washington, D. C.”
May 8, 1952: “The snowfall last winter in South Bend totaled 78.8 inches, the heaviest since an all-time record was established in the winter of 1911-1912, according to figures based on United States weather bureau statistics.”
May 9, 1964: “A Mishawaka mother and her daughter, a South Bend resident, have mixed emotions when they recall their recent flight by jet airliner from Frankfort, Germany, to Chicago. The harrowing experience of a possible crash landing nearly overshadows a subsequent smooth flight and preferential treatment accorded the passengers.”
This article originally appeared on South Bend Tribune: Headlines in History 1964: Two on jet airliner recall crash scare
Reporting by Cheryl Morey, South Bend Tribune / South Bend Tribune
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