Today is Wednesday, Sept. 1, the 245th day of 2004. There are 121 days left in the year. On this

Today is Wednesday, Sept. 1, the 245th day of 2004. There are 121 days left in the year. 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 Company of Boston. In 1905, Alberta and Saskatchewan enter Confederation as 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 aboveground 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 1993, Louis Freeh is sworn in as director of the FBI.
September 1, 1979: The City of Youngstown is prepared to take legal action against the owner of a Deerfield dump, if tests reveal that chemical wastes from the dump are polluting Meander Reservoir, the city's primary water supply.
The Vindicator marks the first edition in its 91st volume. The paper is actually 110 years old, but its volumes are numbered from publication of The Evening Vindicator, which began in 1889.
The Packard Electric Division of General Motors ends five weeks of substantial layoffs with the recall of 2,749 employees who had been furloughed.
September 1, 1964: A $4.4 billion public works appropriation bill signed by President Johnson includes $4 million for the West Branch Reservoir on the Mahoning River and $11 million for the Sharpsville Dam on the Shenango River.
Four mild cases of encephalitis are reported in Liberty Township. Dr. Thomas A. Minahan Jr., Trumbull County health commissioner, says all four cases are children, including a brother and sister.
September 1, 1954: Hurricane Carol slams into the northeast states, leaving at least 47 dead and damage estimated at $300 million to $500 million. Winds topple the steeple of the Old North Church in Boston, the steeple made famous by Paul Revere's ride
Mayor Frank X. Kryzan summons some of Youngstown's leading citizens to discuss the implications of a merger by Youngstown Sheet & amp; Tube Co. and Bethlehem Steel Co.
Edward J. Fox, for 35 years one of Youngstown's leading funeral directors, dies of lung cancer at his home, 1052 Genesee Drive. He was 66.
September 1, 1929: The stock market has been as good to Youngstown as to Wall Street. The city has 80 millionaires, many of whom have made their fortune playing the market. Nineteen inherited their wealth.
Veterans of the 37th Ohio Division, who a dozen years ago marched away to war in one of the darkest moments of world history, descend on Youngstown in full strength, making the Hotel Ohio the headquarters for a reunion of 2,000 soldiers.
Varson Niscola, 11, is in St. Elizabeth hospital after losing an eye and two fingers when a dynamite cap he was playing with explodes.