Years Ago

Today is Monday, April 25, the 115th day of 2011. There are 250 days left in the year.

ASSOCIATED PRESS

On this date in:

1792: Highwayman Nicolas Jacques Pelletier becomes the first person under French law to be executed by the guillotine.

1901: New York Gov. Benjamin Barker Odell Jr. signs an automobile registration bill which imposes a 15 mph speed limit on highways.

1915: During World War I, Allied soldiers invade the Gallipoli Peninsula in an unsuccessful attempt to take the Ottoman Empire out of the war.

1944: The United Negro College Fund is founded.

1945: During World War II, U.S. and Soviet forces link up on the Elbe River, a meeting that dramatizes the collapse of Nazi Germany’s defenses.

1959: The St. Lawrence Seaway opens to shipping.

1990: The Hubble Space Telescope is deployed in orbit from the space shuttle Discovery.

VINDICATOR FILES

1986: City Law Director Edwin Romero says the Youngstown FOP’s decision to rescind approval of a new contract with the city means police officers are not entitled to pay raises they’ve been receiving since February and the city will begin deduction that from future pay checks.

The Silver Beaver Award, Boy Scouting’s highest honor, is awarded to three Trumbull County Scouting leaders, Abraham L. Jeffries and William H. Shank Jr. of Warren and Joseph J. Godward of Liberty.

1971: Youngstown‘s city incinerator is declared an obsolete polluter and will be closed in favor of a landfill operation.

A black powder bomb blows out 44 windows of the Christy Armory on W. Rayen Avenue and a car wash across the street.

1961: J.L. Mauthe, chairman of Youngstown Sheet & Tube co., says sales were the highest in seven months, and the company reports earnings of $2.7 million on first quarter sales of $118.7 million.

Members buy the Leffing-well Hills Country Club and name Louis J. Conway president.

Advertisement: Famous Maytag washers and dryers now available in colors, including pink, at Fisher Appliance Co. on Wick Avenue and Maytag of Warren, 312 E. Market St., Warren.

1936: Paul Emch, Boardman High School senior, get the top score in Mahoning County with a 340 on the scholarship test administered by the state department of education.

Pianist Eleanor Maline, formerly of Youngstown, a freshmen at the University of Cincinnati Conservatory of Music, wins first prize in the 16-18 age group in the Ohio Federation of Music Clubs competition.