Today is Tuesday, Jan. 31, the 31st day of 2006. There are 334 days left in the year. On this date

Today is Tuesday, Jan. 31, the 31st day of 2006. There are 334 days left in the year. On this date in 1606, Guy Fawkes, convicted of treason for his part in the "Gunpowder Plot" against the English Parliament and King James I, is executed.
In 1797, composer Franz Schubert is born in Vienna, Austria. In 1865, Gen. Robert E. Lee is named General-in-Chief of all the Confederate armies. In 1917, Germany serves notice it is beginning a policy of unrestricted submarine warfare. In 1934, President Roosevelt devalues the dollar in relation to gold. In 1944, during World War II, U.S. forces begin invading Kwajalein Atoll and other parts of the Japanese-held Marshall Islands. In 1945, Private Eddie Slovik becomes the only U.S. soldier since the Civil War to be executed for desertion as he is shot by an American firing squad in France.
January 31, 1981: Cleanup of toxic chemical wastes dumped at the Summit National Services disposal site in Deerfield Township should begin as soon as the state can hire contractors to do the job. Nine of 50 companies responsible for contaminating the Portage County dump have agreed to pay more than $420,000 toward the estimated $10 million cost of digging up and removing buried wastes.
Striking Ravenna teachers tied up teller windows at the Second National Bank of Ravenna to protest a $200,000 loan the bank gave the school district.
January 31, 1966: Pope Paul IV names the Most Rev. James W. Malone apostolic administrator of the Diocese of Youngstown. Bishop Malone will fulfill the duties of Bishop Emmet M. Walsh, who retains the title Bishop of Youngstown while Bishop Walsh remains hospitalized.
The exhaust of a jet airline blows out the glass wall at Youngstown Municipal Airport's restaurant, injuring three persons slightly and wrecking the restaurant interior.
The Lake Erie-to-Ohio River canal could be the economic spark to the megaopolis of the future that will extend from Detroit through Youngstown to Pittsburgh, Atty. Kenneth M. Lloyd tells the United Veterans Council at its 25th annual installation banquet.
January 31, 1956: The total of low bids for a new Mahoning County jail and office building amount to $803,710 when proposals are opened before 30 contractors.
The Medical Service Foundation launches a vigorous protest against a recommendation that the county cease paying $1.35 a day per indigent patient to Mahoning County doctors. Such a recommendation was made to county commissioners by the Mahoning County Welfare Advisory Board.
Youngstown's public school expansion program to meet increasing enrollment is tentatively approved by an Ohio State University representative, Superintendent of Schools Paul C. Bunn tells board members.
January 31, 1931: Youngstown Police Chief Paul Lyden, who issued an order prohibiting panhandling downtown, is approached by two "moochers" while walking downtown. Both end up in jail.
Mrs. Emery L. McKelvey is elected president of the Monday Musical Club.
In separate incidents, six members of the Lowellvile High School girls basketball team and seven members of the Youngstown Rayen boys squad are suspended from play by their coaches for breaking training by attending after-game dances.