Canton Repository historic masthead and pricing note
Canton Repository established 1815 details its evolved titles and mergers including The Stark County Republican, daily editions, and Sunday edition. It lists offices, AP association, representative agencies, and subscription rates as of Wednesday August 2 1950 with carriers and mail options for Stark Tuscarawas Carroll Columbiana Portage Summit Wayne Holmes counties.
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Brush-Moore Newspapers, Inc
Market Avenue
Fifth Street
Canton
Ohio
Postoffice
Congress
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Ohio Repository
Stark County Republican
Canton Repository & Republican
Canton Repository
Canton Daily Repository
Evening Repository
Canton Repeesreey
Canton Daily News
Stark County Democrat
Salainipibiniaesiscsacd Eee
Ecaumcaientee
Associated Press
AP News
Story
Brooks & Finley
New York
New York Central Building
Philadelphia
Fidelity-Philadelhia Trust
Chicago
Nichigan 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
United States and UN face Korea crisis reshaping Asia
The article argues that the United States and the United Nations confront a major shift in Asia as North Korea mobilizes and the Soviet Union bears the weight of a failed bid for prestige. It suggests Moscow overestimated the value of land and underestimates international opposition to empire and conquest.
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United States
Korea
United Nations
U.N
Republic of Korea
Uncle Sam
Kremlin
U.S
North Korea
Asia
Soviet Union
U. S
Bridges Bond Battle Signals Tense Top Civil Strife
The piece argues Harry Bridges faces a revocation of a $25 000 bond and pits his pro Communist stance against U S efforts to aid Korea. As West Coast longshore leader his influence could disrupt Pacific shipping. Officials hope to curb him before he causes more trouble amid wartime tensions.
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Peer AL
Harry Bridges
Bridges
United States
Republic of Korea
America
Unions Seen Less Powerful Than They Appear
The Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates 14 to 16 million union members, about 10 percent of the population or under 25 percent of workers, with divisions within unions and members who join by convenience. The piece argues political dismissiveness and the ability of a small, vocal group to create an impression of greater influence.
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Bureau OF Labor Statistics
U.S. Department of Labor
Government uses stockpiles to stabilize food prices
The Agriculture Department agreed to acquire Cuba's entire sugar reserve, signaling a policy to use government stocks to influence markets. It already owns large stores of potatoes, wheat, corn, butter and eggs to stabilize farm income and consumer purchasing power when needed.
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U. S. Department of Agriculture
Cuba
Department of Agriculture
Baruch Correctly Read Public Mood On War Mobilization
Walter Lippmann argues that Bernard Baruch underestimated the public's appetite for full war mobilization and private restraint. The piece notes the administration faces a fast moving economy and limited time for taxes, credit tightening, and rationing. It compares Korea era needs with World War II production and warns of imbalanced arms versus troops.
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R. Baruch
Mr. Baruch
Truman
Korea
Too Soon To Worry About Morale In Washington
A humorous critique argues that American morale need not be manufactured by Washington officials. It asserts wartime spirit comes from citizens, not staged pep talks, and warns against bureaucratic morale tinkering. The piece portrays officials as overreacting and cautions patriots to focus on real concerns.
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Washington
D. C
Calvin Coolidge
Washington, D. C
State 1949 spending rises nine percent over 1948
States spent a total of 11.782 billion dollars in 1949, up 13 percent from 1948. Debt retirement reached 226 million, revenue totaled 10.991 billion, and aid to local governments with grants and shares of state income comprised about a third of outlay. Operating expenses and capital outlay rose, while state indebtedness hit 4.08 billion.
Russia Has No Right in U N Security Council
The United Nations faces mounting criticism in Washington as the Soviet delegate Jacob Malik presides over the Security Council. Congress weighs whether Moscow provoked the Korean War and should be investigated, arguing the charter forbids a party to sit on the council. Calls grow to suspend the Soviet membership until a thorough inquiry ends Soviet support for North Korea and accusations against UN members are dropped.
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Russia
China
North America
Europe
United Nations
Washington
Jacob Malik
Soviet Union
Security Council
Congress
Moscow
Far East
North Korea
U. N
General Assembly
Readers respond on Ohio trucking laws and road plans
O. M. Lattavo of Lattavo Brothers, Inc. argues a prior misinterpreted weight law caused overload issues and praises the 1949 reform. He urges bypasses, four lane divisions, and three turnpikes for Ohio to relieve truck and car congestion and stresses not blaming truckers.
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Ohio
Pioneering Preacher and Canton’s Early Phone Milestones
Highlights recall James B. Finley a famed pioneer preacher and woodsman who rode 475 miles on the Wills Creek Circuit around 1809 visiting Canton. It notes Canton’s first telephone switchboard installed May 11, 1880, with The Repository receiving Number 1 and Dr. M. M. Catlin receiving the first professional call the next day.
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Ohio Country
James B. Finley
Canton
Wills Creek
M. M. Catlin
Over-age Cops and Odd Midtown Scenes on a Rainy Day
A compact diary-style list captures a chaotic urban scene with phrases about midtown shopping crowds, autoists in pain, tourists, drugstores, lunchrooms, and seaside imagery. The piece closes with a bold question and a playful wager.
Vanishing Americanisms and wartime thoughts from Korea era
A collage of wartime phrases and reflections from soldiers abroad. Pfc Oscar Purkey of Korea questions transfer options while amid rationing, governance, and public sentiment. The piece contrasts memories of earlier wars with present military service and national duties.
Boston murderer speaks from scaffold before execution
Century old article recounts Pearson, the Boston killer, addressing spectators with a grim warning to shun vice, delivered from the scaffold before his death. It also notes other historical items including a Canton street improvement push and Butter prices in Chicago.
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Pearson
Boston
Target Practice By H V Wade
A compact column reflects wartime tone with satirical jabs at policy and efficiency. It notes the burden of proof on the customer, a 32 foot octopus found in the North Sea, and jokes about reclaiming it. It mentions reorganizing as a stockpile agency and a photo of brass before a world map. It ends with a quip about a diet and misplaced fat.
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Truman
North Sea
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Janet
Baruch
Walter Lippmann
Ernard Baruch
Council of Economic Advisers
Pearl Harbor
New York Herald Tribune
By Truman Twill
Mickey Rooney
United Nation
U.n.security Council
By David Lawrence
U. N. Security Council
O. M. Lattavo Pres
Lattavo Brothers, Inc
By Dennis R. Smith
H. I. Phillips
Wests
Promaine
Pfc
Oscar Purkey
The
Associated Newspapers
Ed D. Lang
Westlawn Electric Granite Works
Will Rogers
Arkansas
Kiwanis Club
Rogers
Ark
Rhoda Milliken
Women’s Bureau
Clarence Talley
Charles de Gaulle
London
Germany
France
Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr
Lawrence
Newport
R.I
Naval Reserve
By H. V. Wade
Defense Secretary
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