Canton Repository History and Subscription Rates Notice
Compilation of Canton Repository lineage from 1815 origins through mergers and name changes to 1930, plus Associated Press affiliations, representative offices, publisher memberships, and detailed subscription rates for daily and Sunday editions across local and mail delivery zones. Includes required author contact note for publication submissions.
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Brush-Moore Newspapers Inc
Repository
Market Avenue
Fifthtreet South
Canton 2
Ohio
Canton
Congress
Ohio Repository
Stark County Republican
Canton Repository &Reeet
Theanton Repository
Canton Daily Repository
Evening Repository
Canton Reposttory
Canton Dail News
Stark County Democrat
Stark
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Holmes
Forrestal Crisis Highlights Oversize Jobs for Leaders
Forrestal suffered a nervous breakdown days after retirement as defense secretary as overwork and paper signing demands strained one man. Johnson brought in Stephen Early as assistant. The piece questions whether the presidency and other top roles can be handled by a single individual without public cost.
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Ree Cee Forrestal
Armed Services
Defense
Presidency
National Security Resources Board
Degrees of Aid in the North Atlantic Pact Debate
Resident Truman’s formal submission of the pact for Senate ratification centers on the real issue: the size of the United States military commitment to other signers. Congress faces deciding appropriations, while Iceland and others weigh their own obligations to use territory or funds.
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Truman
Senate
United States
Congress
House of Representatives
Iceland
Agency shop proposal sparks labor relations debate
The closed shop issue is linked to an agency shop scheme requiring nonmembers to pay union costs. Supporters argue it preserves self determination while preventing a free ride, but critics call it taxation without representation or extortion. The idea is seen as flawed reasoning in labor-management talks.
A Pain in the Heel DiMaggio’s Ache Echoes Across Ballparks
The piece notes Joe DiMaggio’s heel pain pressing through national life from the Pentagon to the Stock Exchange and Congress. It links public sorrow in San Francisco and veteran halls with sports longing, comparing the ache to Ruth’s past stomach illness and Achilles’ heel as a wartime symbol.
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Dimaggio
Pentagon
Stock Exchange
Halls of Congress
San Francisco
U.S
Germany
Japan
Jokin
Joe
Juneau
Alaska
Florida
Babe Ruth
Achilles
Jenkins
England
Spain
Truman plan ties subsidies to regulation in farm restructure
Washington debate centers on a new farm program that would guarantee farmers income and pay production subsidies while enforcing strict government controls to curtail waste and regulate farming practices. The proposal mirrors England's 1947 act, seen as moving toward socialization and nationalization of farming.
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Truman
Washington
Department of Agriculture
Treasury
Brannan
England
Associated Press
London
Premonition of picnic season drifts into spring ramble
The author muses on the early urge for picnics and the goofy premonition of scrambling outdoors for a meal. He contrasts eager picnickers with the all too human impulse to flee modern comforts for smoky fires and field rations, then notes it is still early yet inevitable.
Target Practice By H. V. Wade
The 6-foot-7 basketball player known for his peak season ends his on court duties and quietly takes a seat in the cinema row ahead. In a cigar store, a passerby recalls a Republican who once threw out a first baseball, prompting a reflective mood.
Collapse of a Noble Experiment in Germany
The core of the Washington agreement ends military government and marks a shift to a supervisory Allied role. Occupation will remain volatile as we move toward a future settlement, with German self government unlikely while Western troops stay. The piece warns that the plan is temporary and fragile, pending a broader political settlement with eastern Germany.
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Washington
Ruhr
Germany
Legation
China
Europe
Labor Bill Battle Signals Conference Fight Ahead
The House rules committee move to allow amendments suggests the final labor bill will deviate from the administration and labor committee drafts. With roughly 40 votes separating sides, neither can claim a clear win, setting the stage for a conference committee battle and possible implications for Taft-Hartley before the 1950 elections. If parleys stall, public pressure and back‑home maneuvering may push toward a substitute path outside Congress.
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House
Senate
Congress
Canton housing politics clash over Don Mellett Homesteads debate
Earl L. Lawrence voices concerns before Canton residents, recounting 1941 1942 FHA priorities, land purchases on May 29 1942, plans for 80 houses for war veterans announced January 20 1946, and later shifts making Don Mellett Homesteads permanent. He criticizes public housing and council actions affecting 2 500 Canton Stark County residents with tax funded services.
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Lawrence Brothers
West Manor
FHA
Canton
Greenacres
Don Mellett
Lanham
Wilson Wyatt
U.S
Carson
James Lee
Federal Public Housing Administration
Reichel
Canton Metropolitan Housing Authority
Stark County
Earl L. Lawrence
7Th St
Once Over Drama Critic Reviews Circus Opening
A dramatic and bustling review of The Circus notes fast pace and audience engagement despite episodic plot and unclear character roles. It praises excitement, spectacle, and music while finding the writing hazy and the show in need of trimming. The critic compares it to classic works and predicts a long run amid vivid stage effects.
Gotham Arts and Show Biz Notes Across The Week
Mike Todd plans a modern Aida while Bobby Clark tackles The Barber of Seville. An elephant prize stirs radio jackpot chatter as a housewife faces fits fitting the washing machine. Opera trains, TV acts, Derby withdrawals and Hiss Whittaker musings mix with theater stars and a garden elephant quip.
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Mike Todd
Bobby Clark
New Haven Road
Ry House Express
Telephone Company
Charley
Victor Moore
Blue Peter
Hiss-Whittaker
John Murray Anderson
Century of history notes and local civic updates
A historical collage lists events from various years. It notes Washington Monument Association officers visiting President General Zachary Taylor, now ex officio president, and his warm reception. Other items cover era-synced topics from wells cleaned under city waterworks to disputes over wrestling film rights, park tree planting, beauty definitions by Henri Letellier, British and French aid pledges, and local engineer delegates.
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The
Washington Monument Association
Gen
Zachary Taylor
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