Today is Friday, May 12, the 132nd day of 2006. There are 233 days left in the year. On this date in

Today is Friday, May 12, the 132nd day of 2006. There are 233 days left in the year. On this date in 1943, during World War II, Axis forces in North Africa surrender.
In 1932, the body of the kidnapped son of Charles and Anne Lindbergh is found in a wooded area of Hopewell, N.J. In 1933, the Federal Emergency Relief Administration and the Agricultural Adjustment Administration are established to provide help for the needy and farmers. In 1937, Britain's King George VI is crowned at Westminster Abbey. In 1949, the Soviet Union announces an end to the Berlin Blockade.
May 12, 1981: The Rev. J. Robert Coleman's refusal to accept a transfer from his St. Paul Church pastorate in Canton ordered by Bishop James W. Malone will be submitted to a third party for conciliation and arbitration.
Ronald Testa of 528 Adelaide Ave., Warren, is issued a summons to Warren Municipal Court for refusing to apply for a permit for a pet lion he is keeping at his home.
May 12, 1966: U.S. Rep. Michael J. Kirwan loans a 22-inch statue of a pugnacious Irish Democrat to President Johnson for display in his office for a month. Johnson had given the statue to Kirwan 25 years earlier and it has been displayed in the congressman's office.
Reed Pennel, chairman of the Youngstown Rotary Club's charity horse show, reminds his fellow club members that the show is coming up in July by riding a horse into the club's luncheon meeting in the Hotel Pick-Ohio ballroom.
May 12, 1956: A husky 15-year-old East High School pupil who admitted striking a teacher is sentenced to the Boys Industrial School by Juvenile Court Judge Henry P. Beckenbach.
Warren city officials ask the Army Corps of Engineers in Pittsburgh for permission to take an additional 10 million gallons of water a day from Meander Reservoir.
May 12, 1931: Catherine Corbett of 345 S. Forest Ave., wins the title of "Miss Warner" with a total vote of 454,010. More than 3 million votes were cast and the contest editor enlisted the services of five assistants to complete the count.
The 205 manufacturing establishments in Mahoning County paid $58 million in wages to an average of 32,054 employees during the boom year of 1929. The average year wage of $1,814 was well above Ohio's average manufacturing salary of $1,497.
Youngstown bookmakers are being asked to pay between $1,000 to $2,000 each to Mahoning County to make up the $20,000 missing since a deputy county treasurer disappeared. Investigators believe the money was embezzled to cover gambling debts.