The Canton Repository history and 1950 masthead
The Canton Repository dates and ownership details tracing origins from 1815 through 1950, including mergers, name changes, daily and Sunday editions, and postal classifications. It lists Associated Press affiliations, bureaus, and subscription rates, with a Thursday, August 10, 1950 date.
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Ohio Repository
Stark County Republican
Canton Repository & Republican
Canton Repository
Canton Daily Repository
Evening Repository
Canton Daily News
Stark County Democrat
Associated Press
MATL
Stark
Tuscarawas
Carroll
Columbiana
Portage
Summit
Wayne
Holmes
Record of Truman and party blame over Communist control
The piece argues that Truman seeks political credit in debates on federal measures against Communists, alleging Republicans wake voters to danger while Democrats are accused of past appeasement. It claims voters know party control during communist infiltration and laments delays before communists gained access to government power.
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Republican Party
Democratic Party
Communist Party of the
United States
U. S
Take It Easy Generalissimo on Formosa’s Unsettled Aid
The piece notes Chiang Kai-shek waiting on Formosa with remnants of his Nationalist army for a Communist onslaught and U S aid. It contrasts past American pressure and current reversals, questioning critics who flip stance on recognizing Chinese Communists and praising continuity as Korea tests alliances.
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Formosa
Chiang Kai-shek
China
Chiang
Truman
Gen. MacArthur
U. S
State Acheson
Henry Wallace's hybrid crops and politics clash in thought piece
A reflective column argues Henry A Wallace ranked among the world’s top hybrid corn breeders and a successful breeder of chickens. It mocks his political role with a call for aptitude tests for would be politicians and critiques postwar party splits. The piece ends with a blend of satirical and social commentary.
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Henry A. Wallace
Wallace
Henry Wallace
America
United States
Locking the Barn Door on Communist Influence in U S Politics
A New York Herald Tribune Syndicated piece argues for registration of individuals who received instruction from foreign governments or parties in espionage. It discusses bills by Mundt Ferguson and Nixon, President Truman’s opposition as broad and vague, and a view that Communists act as a fifth column. The piece cites Hoover interviews and the courts' stance on restricting Communist political activity as necessary for national security.
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Truman
Mundt
S. Dakota
Ferguson
Michigan
Nixon
California
Mr. Truman
Congress
America
Communist Party
New York Herald Tribune
Universal Training Bill Moves Through Congress
A White House backed universal military training plan would place about 800,000 eighteen year olds in six months of basic training outside the armed forces and six months inactive duty. The program costs about 1.5 billion dollars yearly and would register youths at seventeen with deferments possible until graduation or age 26. Trainees receive monthly pay and allowances, choose a service branch, and face national security training camps under a three member National Security Training Commission with a broad advisory board and strict military code.
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White House
Congress
United States
U. S
Selective Service Board
NSTC
National Guard
Organized Reserve
Enlisted Reserve Corps
West Point
Annapolis
Coast Guard Academy
Naval
Marine Corps
Merchant Marine Academy
Defense Services
National Security Training Commission
NEA Service, Inc
Thoughts for Today Frederic Saunders Quote on beauty and character
An aphorism from Frederic Saunders notes that true beauty lies in the mind and is shaped more by moral nature than people commonly realize. It emphasizes inner character over outward features.
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Frederic Saunders
Look Who's Talking About Hoarding
The piece surveys post Korea price controls debate in Congress. It notes Truman and Baruch plans, farm price supports, and the government’s vast food stock affecting meat and overall prices. It argues Congress drags its feet due to political concerns and farm-vote considerations.
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Korea
Truman
Congress
Bernard M. Baruch
House
It's No Shack By the Rising Generation at Twillery
TRUMAN TWILL LIVER argues a summer dwelling project by youth at Twillery is moving from make do shacks to a real estate venture. Using salvaged materials, the 8 by 12 structure may cost hundreds less than new wood, possibly renting for $30 a month with water supplied. He frames it as a net addition to housing capacity, not a mere shack.
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Twillery
Forward March Debate in a Mock Military Meeting
A playful wartime dialogue unfolds as GIs argue over the word forward and the act of marching. The group frets about agenda, legality, and cover, while shells and fatigue frame a surreal parliamentary jam session with interrupted voting and a suggested adjournment.
Aggressor Riddle Involves Foster Dulles In Korea
A playful item questions who started the war and who is the aggressor. It cites Mr. Malik showing Foster Dulles in Korea, lampooning his role with a homburg hat. The note touches on speed and modern consumption, mentioning Quick magazine and an escalator reader.
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Malik
Foster Dulles
Korea
Quick
Jebbs and Malik clash in planned exchange
The piece notes Sir Gladwyn Jebbs and J Malik trading light jabs while Jebbs’ hits land. It references a New York Times headline about beer for war and criticizes U S intelligence pundits who doubted Korea’s tank capability, via Associated Newspapers.
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Jebbs
J. Malik
America
Korea
Associated Newspapers
Century Old and Modern Threads in Canton News
A nostalgia segment traces 100 40 25 and 10 years ago highlights from Canton including former Ohio governor Bebb visit and land deal, a mass picnic from Rock Springs Park, a Welsh church marriage authority episode, a China Co. leadership move, Alla Nazimova divorce, Wendell Willkie Roosevelt talks, a reference to a 1933 preinaugural mood, and the Dakar listening post near North Africa operations.
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Bebb
Ohio
Illinois
Chicago
Galena
Toledo
Canton
Canton Business Men’s Association
Rock Springs Park
W. Va
Morris S. Jones
Methodist Church of
Alliance
C. W. Foreman
12Th St NW
Owen China Co
Minerva
Alla Nazimova
Charles Bryant
Paris
Wendell L. Willkin
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Britain
Mr. Willkie
Roosevelt
Herbert Hoover
Mr. Roosevelt
United States
Dakar
Africa
North Africa
South Europe
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Story
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Michigan Avenue
Cleveland
Euclid Avenue
Boston
Statler
Los Angeles
Guaranty
American Newspaper Publishers Association
Audit Bureau OF Circulation
Inland Daily Press Association
United Nations
Korean Peninsula
By David Lawrence
U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
J. Edgar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
U. S. News & World Report
Hoover
Soviet Russia
Moscow
Communist Fifth Columns
Peter Edson
By Mark Sullivan
Department of Agriculture
By Truman Twill
Liver Wendell Holmes Jr
Holmes Sr
By Galbraith
H. I. Phillips
U. N
G.il
G.I
Dogface
Webster
Ulysses S. Grant
Mr. Dulles and
Homburg Hat
Sir Gladwyn Jebbs
N. Y
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