Today is Monday, Sept. 1, the 244th day of 2003. There are 121 days left in the year. This is Labor

Today is Monday, Sept. 1, the 244th day of 2003. There are 121 days left in the year. This is Labor Day. On this date in 1939, World War II begins as Nazi Germany invades Poland.
In 1807, former Vice President Aaron Burr is found innocent of treason. In 1878, Emma M. Nutt becomes the first female telephone operator in the United States, for the Telephone Despatch Co. of Boston. In 1905, Alberta and Saskatchewan become the eighth and ninth provinces of Canada. In 1923, the Japanese cities of Tokyo and Yokohama are devastated by an earthquake that claims some 150,000 lives. In 1932, New York City Mayor James J. "Gentleman Jimmy" Walker resigns following charges of graft and corruption in his administration. In 1951, the United States, Australia and New Zealand sign a mutual defense pact, the ANZUS treaty. In 1961, the Soviet Union ends a moratorium on atomic testing with an above-ground nuclear explosion in central Asia. In 1972, American Bobby Fischer wins the international chess crown in Reykjavik, Iceland, defeating Boris Spassky of the Soviet Union. In 1983, 269 people are killed when a Korean Air Lines Boeing 747 is shot down by a Soviet jet fighter after the airliner entered Soviet airspace. In 1995, a ribbon-cutting ceremony is held for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland.
September 1, 1978: James R. Hernon, 47, an 18-year veteran of the Warren Fire Department, is sworn in as chief after scoring highest on the civil service exam.
New Castle cannot afford to build a 42,000 square-foot library, so the size will be reduced to 30,000 square feet, says Mayor Francis Rogan.
Coming to the Brothers 3 Lounge at the Sheraton Inn, Shenango, Brook Benton, whose hits include "Rainy Days in Georgia," "The Boll Weevil Song" and "It's Just a Matter of Time."
September 1, 1963: Two gunmen rob three sisters of $200 after invading their farmhouse on Darlington Road, a mile east of Negley.
Unseasonably cool weather has been a boon to attendance at the 117th annual Canfield Fair as some 52,000 thronged through the gates on a Saturday. Attendance is running 10,000 above the first three days of the fair in 1962.
September 1, 1953: The Canfield Fairgrounds are beginning to hum as one big truck after another rolls in with equipment getting ready for the opening of the 107th fair.
Three young airmen of the jet air base at the Youngstown Airport are killed and the wife of one critically injured when their car careens out of control on King-Graves Road. Dead are Frank Scott, 22; James Bush, 24, and Horace Dudley, 22.
September 1, 1928: With a crowd estimated at 13,000 on the grounds by midafternoon, clearing skies, a bright sun and cool a cool breeze combine for what promises to be Mahoning County's greatest fair. As many as 20,000 persons are expected at the Canfield fairgrounds by day's end.
The contract for building the Austintown causeway over the new Meander Lake is awarded by directors of the Mahoning Valley Sanitary District to the Pitt Construction Co. of Pittsburgh on a bid of $122,407.