Years Ago

Today is Tuesday, Nov. 10, the 314th day of 2009. There are 51 days left in the year. On this date in 1775, the U.S. Marines are organized under authority of the Continental Congress.

In 1871, journalist-explorer Henry M. Stanley finds Scottish missionary David Livingstone, who had not been heard from for years, near Lake Tanganyika in central Africa. In 1917, 41 suffragists are arrested for picketing in front of the White House. In 1919, the American Legion opens its first national convention, in Minneapolis. In 1938, Kate Smith first sings Irving Berlin’s “God Bless America” on her CBS radio program. Turkish statesman Mustafa Kemal Ataturk dies in Istanbul at age 57. In 1954, the U.S. Marine Corps Memorial, depicting the raising of the American flag on Iwo Jima in 1945, is dedicated by President Dwight D. Eisenhower in Arlington, Va. In 1959, the nuclear submarine USS Triton is commissioned by the U.S. Navy.

November 10, 1984: The Austin-town Community United Church of Christ holds a day of festivities marking the 40th anniversary of the Rev. Arthur Swinehart’s ministry.

Vietnam War veterans are preparing to dedicate a statue honoring survivors of the Southeast Asia conflict that has been installed about 80 yards from the controversial black marble monument to the war’s dead.

U.S. Sen. Howard Metzenbaum of Ohio says he will contest the renomination of Edwin Meese II as attorney general.

November 10, 1969: A delegation of five U.S. governors, including Gov. James A. Rhodes of Ohio, arrives in Tel Aviv for a six-day tour of Israel.

An elderly man and woman are robbed of their church envelop continuing $3 and beaten by a man who accosted them as they stood near their home on Shaw Street after missing the bus that would have taken them to St. Stanislaus Church.

Two men are injured and a building destroyed in an explosion and fire at the Air Reduction Co. on Thomas Road in Warren.

November 10, 1959: Republic Steel Corp. announces that it will give recalled workers cash advances of $50 within five days of their return to work.

An 11-year-old Poland Avenue youth is turned over to juvenile authorities after he admits turning in a false alarm that led to the wrecking of a fire truck at E. Federal and Watts streets.

Girard and Niles are granted a renewed permit to discharge untreated sewage into the Mahoning River.

November 10, 1934: Secretary of State George S. Myers orders that no ballot boxes be opened for a recount in the race between Democrat W.A. Ambrose and Mahoning County Prosecutor J. H. Leighninger. Initial counts show Ambrose leading with 13 or 23 votes.

Campbell police hold two men after raiding two stills and 140 gallons of liquor. Two men and four men are arrested in two raids on alleged houses of ill repute.

High School girls are selling “poppies” in Downtown Youngstown in the annual Armistice Day drive to raise money for disabled World War veterans.