Years Ago

Today is Thursday, Nov. 10, the 314th day of 2011. There are 51 days left in the year.

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1775: The U.S. Marines are organized under authority of the Continental Congress.

1919: The American Legion opens its first national convention in Minneapolis.

1938: Kate Smith first sings Irving Berlin’s “God Bless America” on her CBS radio program.

1951: Customer-dialed long-distance telephone service begins as Mayor M. Leslie Denning of Englewood, N.J., calls Alameda, Calif., Mayor Frank Osborne without having to go through an operator.

1975: The ore-hauling ship SS Edmund Fitzgerald and its crew of 29 mysteriously sinks during a storm in Lake Superior with the loss of all on board.

1982: Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev, 75, dies.

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1986: Bishop James W. Malone of Youngstown, head of the nation’s Roman Catholic bishops, has asked for a meeting with Pope John Paul II to discuss the “dangerous disaffection” between the Vatican and U.S. Catholics.

Atty. Richard P. McLaughlin is elected president of the Youngstown State Alumni Association, succeeding Carl A. Nunziato.

1971: Burglars break into Abraham’s Ladies Apparel Store, 217 W. Federal St., taking more than $10,000 in clothing and several hundred dollars from a safe.

Narcotics valued at $2,000 to $3,000 are confiscated by police after a stakeout and search of the Voyager Motor Inn.

1961: Kenneth M. Lloyd, executive secretary of the Mahoning Valley Industrial Council, urges Mahoning Valley industries and sportsmen to work together for construction of the proposed Grand River Reservoir.

1936: Home Savings & Loan Co. announces all restrictions have been lifted on withdrawals of about $34 million in savings in 40,000 accounts, a sign that the company has weathered the fourth depression in its history. James M. McKay, one of the founders, and his son, Atty. Russell McKay, will remain president and vice president.

The Baker Shoe Co. at 130 W. Federal expands its store, which caters to women, adding about 30 seats for customers.