Today is Wednesday, Sept. 10, the 253rd day of 2003. There are 112 days left in the year. On this

Today is Wednesday, Sept. 10, the 253rd day of 2003. There are 112 days left in the year. On this date in 1813, an American naval force commanded by Oliver H. Perry defeats the British in the Battle of Lake Erie in the War of 1812.
In 1608, John Smith is elected president of the Jamestown colony council in Virginia. In 1846, Elias Howe receives a patent for his sewing machine. In 1919, New York City welcomes home Gen. John J. Pershing and 25,000 soldiers who'd served in the U.S. 1st Division during World War I. In 1939, Canada declares war on Nazi Germany. In 1945, Vidkun Quisling is sentenced to death in Norway for collaborating with the Nazis. In 1948, American-born Mildred Gillars, accused of being Nazi wartime radio broadcaster "Axis Sally," is indicted in Washington, D.C., for treason. She is later convicted, and serves 12 years in prison.
September 10, 1978: John Kenley, who severed a long-time relationship with Warren when he moved his summer stock theater to Akron at the beginning of the season, says now that he was happier in Warren, but is contracted to stay in Akron for at least another season.
Motorists who leave their cars unlocked in Youngstown can expect to find a printed sheet left by patrolmen on their windshields reminding them to be more careful.
Teachers in the Liberty Local School District will forego raises because of the financial condition of the district, which could face a deficit of as much as $250,000. The base salary for Liberty teachers is $9,400.
September 10, 1963: Saying Youngstown is as great as its people think it is, Gov. James A Rhodes urges the community to "Build Youngstown University." Youngstown, though a private college, would get $6 million if Ohio's $250 million bond issue for construction projects passes in November.
The Citizens Association of Metropolitan Youngstown announces its support for State Issue 1, which will provide $250 million to finance construction in the state, much of it at universities. The issue will be financed from a 1-cent per pack cigarette tax.
The Austintown Board of Education authorizes the superintendent to restudy and restore bus transportation for high school students in areas off north and south Canfield-Niles Road who must walk to and from school on hazardous state Route 46.
September 10, 1953: Officials of major Youngstown district steel producers are asked to aid in drafting a three point-program to persuade the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission to build a Northwest leg from Petersburg to Erie via Sharon.
Production at General Fireproofing Co. is back to near normal following a series of wildcat walkouts involving between 700 and 800 employees.
Vivian Wolf, 9, of 217 Market St., East Liverpool, dies of polio in St. Elizabeth Hospital, the second polio victim to die in a Youngstown hospital in 1953.
September 10, 1928: August, with a payroll in the Youngstown district of $7,111,395, is the highest month of the year and shows the spectacular recovery of the steel business since late June and early July when the lowest pay figures of the year were reported. The figures have gained almost $30,000 per day.
A race car leaves the course in Milan, Italy, at 120 mph and crashes into the stands, killing 20 spectators and the driver. Despite the accident, the race continues and is won by a Frenchman, Chiron, driving a Bugatti car.