Years Ago

Today is Monday, Feb. 7, the 38th day of 2011. There are 327 days left in the year.

ASSOCIATED PRESS

On this date in:

1861: The general council of the Choctaw Indian nation adopts a resolution declaring allegiance with the South “in the event a permanent dissolution of the American Union takes place.”

1904: A fire begins in Baltimore that rages for about 30 hours and destroys more than 1,500 buildings.

1943: The government announces the start of shoe rationing, limiting consumers to buying three pairs per person for the remainder of the year.

1971: Women in Switzerland gain the right to vote through a national referendum, 12 years after a previous attempt failed.

1999: Jordan’s King Hussein dies of cancer at age 63; he is succeeded by his eldest son, Abdullah.

VINDICATOR FILES

1986: President Reagan’s budget could cost Ohio as much as $500 million in losses from cuts in major federal formula and grants programs.

Youngstown School Board President Anthony Julian says that if Henry Guzman does not resign, the board should declare his seat vacant because Guzman lives in Columbus.

1971: Eighty-two members of the Youngstown Democratic Executive Committee unanimously endorse Atty. Edward N. Sobnosky for mayor

1961: Ohio Atty. Gen. Mark McElroy rules that the Mahoning County Board of Elections has the authority to rent space for the storage of voting machines.

Half of the beds in the Mahoning Valley’s two tuberculosis hospitals, one in Mahoning County and one in Trumbull County, remain empty and costs to treat patients who fill the other half are increasing.

Youngstown police are holding a Custer Avenue man for federal authorities after finding a machine gun in his possession after arresting him on a check-writing charge.

1936: Judge J.H.C. Lyons orders derrick machines confiscated by deputies from the Dutch Lunch and Nick Tecau’s Little Casino destroyed as gambling devices.

Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. reports its best earnings since 1930, with a net profit of nearly $1.6 million in 1935

Gov. Alf M. Landon of Kansas sends a birthday wish to his childhood nurse, Mary Reed Baird, of West Middlesex, Pa., who is 85. Landon was born in West Middlesex Sept. 9, 1887, while his mother, Mrs. John M. Landon, was visiting her parents, the Rev. and Mrs. William Mossman.