Canton Repository 1950 Notice and Rates Summary
Historical front page note lists Canton Repository publishing history, editions, association memberships, and advertising rates as of Sunday August 6, 1950. Includes agency offices, subscription prices for daily and Sunday editions by mail and carrier, and address/contact guidelines for mail communications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brush-Moore Newspapers, Inc
Market Avenue
Fifth Street South
Canton
Ohio
Postoffice
Congress
The
Ohio Repository
Cweekly
Stark County Republican
Canton Repository & Reublican
Theanton Repository
Canton Daily Repository
Evening Repository
Canton Daily News
Stark County Democrat
Stark
Tuscarawas
Carroll
Columbiana
Portage
Summit
Wayne
Holmes
Money as a Lesson in Public Resolve and Intelligence
The piece argues that enormous postwar spending failed to defeat communism and that public relations, intelligence, and principled resolve matter more than money. It warns that future wars require strategic planning and decisive allocations of intelligence and national purpose, not broad appropriations alone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Forever is a Long Time cabinet remarks and trust in Truman
A column notes President Truman may not keep Secretaries Johnson and Acheson in his cabinet for long and suggests his public assurances are a political device. It recalls how past administrations respond to criticism, citing the 1949 Red Sox episode as an example of built up expectations followed by downturns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Truman
Boston Red Sox
Red
Congressman
Gen. MacArthur
Harvest Scene Reflects Changes In Rural Harvesting
The piece notes the evolving American harvest landscape as combines reduce traditional shocks and straw stacks while hay handling adapts to new techniques. The cornshock and the mechanical corn picker alter the scene, yet the harvest moon remains an enduring institution.
Cut Non Military Costs By Raymond Moley
The columnist argues major inflation is driven by government spending and urges Congress to cut non military expenditures to fund new military needs. Proposes halting housing not essential for defense workers, dropping Point Four, suspending public works, and funding only defense related projects by bond issues. Critics will resist, but national interest requires sacrifice by leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nice
Congress
Truman
Korea
U S must tell its story on Russia at UN stance
The New York Herald Tribune argues President Truman must assert American leadership and clearly label Soviet Russia as the aggressor. It criticizes cabinet timidity, questions Acheson and Johnson's continued tenure, and suggests a reshaped White House foreign policy role may be needed to counter Soviet propaganda and unite public opinion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Voice of America
Warren Austin
U. S
United Nations
Soviet Russia
Russia
U.N
Republic
Truman
Korea
America
Representative Priest
Tennessee
State Acheson
Defense Johnson
House
Priest
White House
Averell Harriman
Joint Board of Secretaries of the Army, Navy and
Air Force
Army
Frank Pace
Defense
Acheson
Johnson
New York Herald Tribune
Bear Swamp and bears shape Alliance history
Extending eastward from the current railroad station in Alliance, a damp tangled lowland known as Bear Swamp housed black bears. The area’s early geography influenced settlement and development patterns around the railroad hub.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alliance
Defense Plan Signals Middle Course in Korean War Debate
President Truman faces critique that his defense program is too moderate, not taxing or spending enough, while supporters warn against overreach. The plan aims to deter inflation, expand capacity for later defense needs, and reduce unemployment, framed as a stop gap ahead of future tax increases and stricter controls after the election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perna
Truman
Congress
House
Martin
Massachusetts
Taft
Ohio
Bernard Baruch
Washington
Dear Congressmen Letter From Cotton Corners Uncle George
An uncle in Cotton Corners vents frustration with government and Voice of America in a satirical letter. He would write to a congressman to demand transparency, oppose curbs on information, and criticize political labels while urging more direct voter influence and accountability. He ends with warm regards from Cotton Corners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cotton Corners
George
Family Car Trends and Postwar Production Outlook
A historical analysis notes rising car mileage and aging fleets in 1947 49, with 1949 average age 8.4 years. Cadillac tank production may not block civilian cars. wartime rationing and postwar reconversion plans shaped output. US factories rebounded to 8 million unit forecasts, prices surged, and Americans hold 70 percent of world motor vehicles, while used-car markets tighten.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearl Harbor
Korea
Cadillac
Russia
Thoughts for Today Fes a) Peace in Christian temper
A devotional note presents a quotation from I Corinthians 14 33 affirming that God is not the author of confusion but of peace. It reflects on peace as the proper fruit of the Christian temper and the kindness of religion bringing settled minds and inner consistency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bishot Patrick
War weary voices and hard sayings flood daily life
A collage of quotes reflects wartime strain from rationing fears and taxes to the brutality of combat. Citizens vent about government edicts, gasoline limits, and losses from North Korea, while cultural notes poke fun at radio programs and Amityville’s centennial. The piece ends noting Maine’s first night race at Scarborough Downs amid contrasts of pacifism and stubborn resilience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Scarborough Downs
Associated Newspapers
The Pentagon GHQ Through a National Geographic Lens
A National Geographic bulletin tours the Pentagon revealing its wartime scale and design. It notes the 34 acre fortress housing all military branches, five-sided structure with five floors and five sections, 17 miles of hallways, color coded floors, and 70 million dollars in construction and landscaping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Geographic Bulletin
Pentagon
U. S. Defense
War Department
Empire State Building
Capitol
United States
Washington
Potomac
Virginia
Pentagonia
Defense Headquarters
Century ago Cuba revolution promises and failure
A century-old record notes revolutionists in Cuba were promised much women plunder rum and cords of tobacco, but the uprising failed. Four decades ago steam and electric lines carried crowds to the Maccabees district picnic at Meyers Lake in Canton, with about 10,000 attendees. A leprosy germ was isolated in Honolulu by Doctors Brinckerhoff Curry and Hallman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuba
the Maccabees
Meyers Lake
George Weldman
Canton
Honolulu
Brinckerhoff, Curry and
Hallman
Canton Armory Debut Possible in 1927 Report
Secretary Harry W. Leuthi of the Canton Chamber of Commerce said the earliest use of a new Canton armory would be 1927 and that construction was to start in a year. Mary Louise Spas, 16, an immigrant girl, rose from poverty after being adopted by New York millionaire realtor Edward W Browning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canton
Harry W. Leuthi
Canton Chamber of Commerce
Mary Louise Spas
New York
Edward W
Daddy) Browning
Miss Sylvia Nan Returns Home After 10,000 Mile War Journey
Ten years ago Miss Sylvia Nan, age 19, arrived at her parents home at 300 Cherry Ave SE after a 10,000 mile trip through war ridden areas from Romania. She had visited her grandmother in Sibiu. Germany announced a new secret weapon ready for use in an invasion of Britain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sylvia Nan
Nick Nan
Cherry Ave SE
Romania
Sibiu
Germany
Britain
Also Mentioned on This Page
Associated Press
AP News
Story
Brooks & Finley
New York Central Building
Philadelphia
Fidelity-Philadelhia Trust
Chicago
Michigan Avenue
Cleveland
Euclid Avenue
Boston
Statler
Los Angeles
Guaranty Building
American* Newspaper Publishers Association
Audit Bureau OF Circulation
Inland Daily Press Association
Kremlin
Francos
Thomases
Combine
Raymond Moley
U.S
By David Lawrence
Senate
Department of State
Department of Defense
By Dennis R. Smith
Lian
Morea
King Features Syndicate, Inc
Peter Edson
Democratic Party
FEPC
Thomas E. Dewey
OPA
NEA Service, Inc
By Truman Twill
Richard Spong
Fes
H. I. Phillips
G.I
Maloney
Crute
Koroloff
Gluck
Harrigan
Jones
Dominez
Carboni
Bradley
Jack
Elmer Twitchell
Amityville, L. I
Uncle Sam
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!