Canton Repository and Daily Press History and Rates
A historical note on the Canton Repository including its lineage from The Ohio Repository and revisions through The Canton Daily Repository and The Evening Repository, with establishment dates, acquisitions, and a list of Associated Press affiliations and subscription rates for daily, Sunday, and mail delivery across multiple Ohio counties.
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Brush-Moore Newspapers Inc
Repository
Market Avenue
Fifth Street
Canton
Ohio
Congress
Ohio Repository
Stark County
Licam
Canton Repository & Reublican
Santos Repository
Canton Daily Repository
Evening Repository
Canton Reository
Canton Daily News
Stark County Democrat
Associated Press
AP News
Story
Brooks & Or
New York
New York Central Building
Philadelphia
Fidelity-Philadelic Trust
Chicago
Niichigan Avenue
Cleveland
Euclid Avenue
Boston
Statler
Los Angeles
Guaranty Building
American Newspaper Publishers Association
Audit Bureau OF Circulation
Inland Daily Press Association
Stark
Tuscarawas
Carroll
Columbiana
Portage
Summit
Wayne
Holmes
The Talent Was Free ends Hoover commission's push for reform
Editorial notes the 18th and final Hoover Commission report urges Congress to adopt recommendations to run the federal government more efficiently, potentially saving up to two billion dollars a year. It credits thousands of volunteers and warns political opposition will hamper needed cuts to "gravy on the gravy train."
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Hoover Commission
Congress
Washington
Truman
Miners of Manhattan strikes loom in New York cab trade
The essay notes John L. Lewis's involvement in a New York cab strike linked to a broader union drive led by Dave Peck to control wheel transport in the United States. It hints at potential clashes with New York City authorities and hints at the era's tense labor landscape.
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New York City
John L. Lewis
Lewis
New York
Dave Peck
Dan Tobin
International Brotherhood of Teamsters
United States
Mr. Beck
Mr. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Broadway
Manhattan
America
Russia
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Stalin
Congress
George Sokolsky
Walter
S. Dean
Maryland Ave
Harlan Fiske Stone
President Coolidge
Harry Daugherty
Stone
Columbia University Law School
Mr. Stone
United States Supreme Court
The Measure of a Man at MIT Churchill Tribute
The piece reflects on Winston Churchill's stature at MIT, praising his personal prestige and influence while noting British political controversy. It contrasts Churchill with foes like Mussolini Tojo Hitler and Stalin, suggesting his extraordinary caliber elevates his standing in history.
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Winston Churchill
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Churchill
Britain
Churcehill
Mussolini
Tojo
Hitler
Stalin
Mr. Churchill
Lack of Interest in Registering to Vote Reexamined
A letter argues voters show apathy toward primaries and elections and suggests ballot shortages to spur turnout. The piece questions whether fear of disenfranchisement would move Cantonians to register by the May primary deadline of 8:30 Monday night, noting many could become non-voters.
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Board of Elections
Steel Threat Dying Citywide Debate on Steel Nationalization
A Chicago analysis reports businessmen view President Truman's plan to federalize steel as dying. It argues the proposal would create a costly, indeterminate nationalized industry with uncertain ore supplies and risky timing, noting private expansion is constrained by ore depletion and location concerns.
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Chicago Lo
Middle West
Houston
Truman
Girard Davidson
Interior
Davidson
Reconstruction Finance Corp
Walter Reuther
Philip Murray
Congress
Harvard Business Review
Barloon
Lake Superior
Mesabi
Desk Work EREWITH and the 11 year column run
Desk Work EREWITH marks its tenth year in a series of annual reports and columns about matters of no importance. The piece explains desk work as clearing space to make room for more stuff and humorously warns that without File 13 to dispose of documents, society would drown in paper.
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Erewith
Niagara Falls
Truman Twill
Target Practice By H. Vv. Wade
Essayist H V Wade muses on how comic books shape young minds and how politics, taxation, and media influence intersect. He jokes about interstellar ships, vaudeville revival, and a compromise nominee while satirizing public posts, wine surplus, and water quality.
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H. Vv. Wade
Taft Urges 10 Percent Cut to U.S. Budget
Senator Taft of Ohio argues Congress must slash 10 percent across the board to President Truman’s budget to avert a June deficit and possible tax increases. He would reduce the Marshall Plan and ECA fund, saying the full budget, domestic and foreign, should be trimmed to avoid isolationist backlash.
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Enator Taft
Ohio
Congress
Truman
Senate
Taft
Ohioan
Middle East
Pacific
Jenner
Indiana
U N General Assembly opens with old issues on agenda
The United Nations General Assembly convenes at Flushing Meadows with 21 items on the program. Key topics include the Mindszenty case, Franco Spain, freedom of information, and the disposal of Italy’s prewar colonies Somaliland Eritrea and Tripolitania. The session faces public relations hurdles as Russia and satellites use time-killing tactics.
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U. N. General Assembly
Flushing Meadows
N. Y
Franco
Spain
Paris
Russia
United Nations
Italy
Somaliland
Eritrea
Tripolitania
U.N
Cardinal
Poland
U. N
Thoughts and Scripture Passages on Life and Duty
A compact reading presents Ecclesiastes bleak reflections on vanities and toil, paired with Paxton’s note on God’s inexorable law and kindness bound to righteousness, and a Timothy exhortation to watch, endure afflictions, and fulfill evangelistic ministry.
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God
J. R. Paxton
Property Owner Seeks Relief From Rising Costs
A letter from Viola McKimmie, 806 8th St NW, describes paying $125 monthly to maintain a 10 room house with two three room suites under rent control. She earns $34.67 and $21 in rent, while prewar rates were $18 per side. War prices paid, prewar rents received, and rising heating, taxes, and painting costs threaten the owner’s equity and future upkeep.
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Repository
Viola McKimmie
8Th St
Once Over By H I Phillips Western Scene Sheriff Grandma
Grandma exits a stagecoach in the far west and is the new school teacher. An Indian raid forces shelter under a wagon as 2000 shots erupt with no injuries. Grandma suffers shellshock and hides in a miner's cabin while Hop Along Riding Hood plans rescue with her pinto. A humorous western chase ends with Grandma arresting a wolf as sheriff.
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Grandma
Far West
Hop Along Riding Hood
Son of Brotherhood
Hop Along
Riding Hood
Bar X
Man Gets Snowballing Home Makeover Ha Ha
A humorous vignette traces a springtime cure for domestic fix up fever. A husband paints kitchen cupboards then expands the project to dining and living room woodwork. Curtain replacement, lawn care, and even hair seeds follow before the punchline. The note says the piece is fiction.
Century-Old Ohio Penitentiary Report Recaps 1848 Convicts
A 100 year look notes 1848 convict labor counts at the Ohio statehouse from 20 to 80 workers, with Warden Laurin Dewey reporting salaries up and annual penitentiary finances. It details receipts from stone sales and shop outputs, a $17,000 debt, and quarry and gas apparatus costs, plus a $42,000 income and $29,000 expenses.
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Ohio Statehouse
Laurin Dewey
Ohio Penitentiary
Penientiary
Smith
Roosevelt Resignation Urged by Publisher At New York Club
Frank Gannett, publisher, urged President Roosevelt's resignation in a National Republican Club address in New York. He condemned the New Deal for imposing taxes that crushed business, reduced real wages, lowered living standards, and curbed investment and expansion.
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Franklin Roosevelt
Frank Gannett
National Republican Club
New York
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By Truman Twill
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Harry
Old Faithfull
Hartley
CWI
Rent Controv
Controvers
U.S
Blair Moody
Peter Edson
Geneva
U. S
General Assembly
Chile
India
Union of South Africa
Trygve Lie
ECA
Europe
Joe Stalin
North American
Alliance
Timothy
George Freitag
H. I. Phillips
By Martin R. Miller
Peresons
W. H. Martin
Mr. Martin
Harrisburg Road
Martin
Frank S. Lahm
France
Victor Emmanuel
Rome
Wright
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