Jim Kershner’s This day in history
From our archives, 75 years ago
Two masked men burst into a logging camp cookhouse at Jim’s Spur, five miles north of Clarkia, Idaho, at 1 a.m.
One man “held a gun on the cook and the flunky” while the other searched their pockets. They took $2.50 in cash and then looted the meathouse. The bandits ripped down telephone wires and drove away.
From the sports beat: A crowd of 7,000 gathered to watch Gonzaga University beat the University of Idaho, 7-6.
How did the Bulldogs win? “The Bulldog line outboomed the Vandal front row.”
An editorial in the Chronicle said the football game was good for Spokane’s merchants.
“The whole proceeding brought business into the downtown sections. Out of town fans spent money for meals and transportation and many made heavy purchases of clothing and other commodities.”
From the culture beat: The Community Concert series, Spokane’s most prestigious arts series, announced its 1935-’36 season. It included two world-class names: Nelson Eddy, the star of the recent movie smash “Naughty Marietta,” and Jascha Heifetz, the greatest violinist of his era.
The concerts were held in the Fox Theater.