The Canton Repository History and Rates Note
History of The Canton Repository newspaper from its beginnings as The Ohio Repository to its daily edition The Canton Repository and related mergers and name changes. Includes associations memberships and illustrated office locations. Subscription rates shown for daily Sunday and mail delivery within Stark and nearby counties.
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Ohio Repository
Loeely Marchican
Canton Repository & Republican
Canton Repository
Canepository
Evening Repository
Canton Daily News
Stark County Democrat
Ee Eat
Boston
Statler
Los Angeles
Guaranty
Emaiomanina Dinnin Tome Ee
American Newspaper Publishers Association
Audit Bureau OF Circulation
Inland Daily Press Association
Stark
Tuscarawas
Carroll
Columbiana Portage
Summit
Wayne
Holmes Counties
Pever
DiSalle Named Price Stabilization Chief Amid Fallout
The community doubts Michael DiSalle’s wartime wage and price controls. Mayors and officials fear public anger will target him as scapegoat for tough economic measures. The appointment sparks sympathy toward DiSalle, yet resentment grows as controls bite.
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Michael V. DiSalle
Toledo
Steel wage hike risks inflation despite theory
The piece argues that a 5 percent steel price increase to cover a moderate wage rise may not raise auto and appliance prices, but the prior pattern shows inflation. It claims the industry, forced by United Steelworkers threats, chose inflation over a crippling strike, a Hobson’s choice the U S steel unionists imposed.
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Pene Steel Industry
U. S. Steel
United States
United Steelworkers
United Nations and Cold War Pressures Across the Atlantic
The piece argues the United Nations evolved into an anti Russia alliance by 1950. It cites Soviet influence behind global tension, calls for direct talks between Britain and the United States, and notes Attlee’s Washington visit to align against the Communist bloc. The section also mentions a Hollywood wife seeking support and a British perspective on U.S. political mood.
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United Nations
U.N
Soviet Union
Asia
Europe
U. N
Hus
Communist Bloc
Attlee
Washington
Great Britain
Truman
A Gloomy Situation By DeWitt MacKenzie
Western powers seek a peaceful path to the Korean crisis while fearing Moscow and Peiping. Bevin argues for cooperation under UN principles to resist aggression, but Russia may seek a broader war or distraction in Europe. The columnist notes the mood is grim, with Moscow driving the crisis and a “big stick” approach favored.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Bevin
Washington
United Nations
China
Peiping
Moscow
Russia
United States
Europe
Manville By TRUMAN TWILL Tomcat Reflects On Blizzard Emergency
The famed tomcat expresses how the blizzard brought him sympathy, comfort, and shifts in attention from barn dwellers. He notes neighbors treated his companions well, birds fed by winter seeds, and he rejects being a “higher animal.” He ends by asking for his usual compensation plus a bit extra to warm his heart.
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V. Manville
Animal Kingdom
U.N. Korea Policy Duel Over Chinese Intervention
Editorial review traces U.S. push for U.N. policy on Chinese Communist forces in Korea from September through November. It notes Truman’s statements on Lake Success, the General Assembly decisions, MacArthur’s actions crossing the 38th parallel, and China’s formal responses regarding volunteers and legitimacy in the conflict.
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United States
United Nations
North Korea
Truman
U.N
U.S
38Th Parallel
Lake Success
U.N. General Assembly
Korea
MacArthur
General Assembly
Far East
Security Council
China
Soviet Union
Curity Council
Formosa
Korea War
Peiping
Asia
Yalu River
Congress reshuffle questions and women in 82nd Congress
The piece notes that California Florida Maryland Michigan Texas Virginia and Washington gain a total of nine new seats after the 1950 census while Pennsylvania Missouri New York Oklahoma Arkansas Illinois Kentucky Mississippi and Tennessee lose seats. It states nine women will serve in the 82nd Congress eight in the House and one senator Margaret Chase Smith of Maine. It explains the Senate margin is not record slim, citing three Republican-led periods with one-vote control between 1919 and 1933.
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California
Florida
Maryland
Michigan
Texas
Virginia
Washington
Pennsylvania
Missouri
New York
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Illinois
Kentucky
Mississippi
Tennessee
House
Margaret Chase Smith
Maine
Senate
MacArthur's War Worries In Tokyo Amid Cold War Tensions
In Tokyo General MacArthur faces a tense, uncertain war as diplomacy and weather slow Allied plans. European critics loom, but U.N. backing remains strong. Officers note unanswered questions about the Manchurian border and the Christmastime homeward remark while the frontline battles continue under looming crisis.
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MacArthur
Tokyo
From Our Readers Bus Strike Questions To The Repository
Reader questions raise issues on bus franchise income city treasuries and driver pay across comparable cities. The letter cites National City Bus Lines and seeks details on franchise payments, revenue shares, and fares, arguing a neutral view could clarify Canton’s local picture amid seven weeks without bus service and political bungling.
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Canton
Sions Incorporated
National City Bus Lines
City Treasuries
Canton Bus Drivers Deserve Higher Pay Now
Citizen M. E. Biles of 108 Cherry St SE urges Canton to restore bus service and raise driver wages, offering to fund 10 cents per ride while criticizing the company for prioritizing profit over public welfare. He highlights his own $1.60 hourly wage and calls for worker action to ensure transit remains affordable and available.
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Canton
Are Three R,s Knowledge Tests For American Education
A Pontiac era critique questions educators on television’s impact and the value of traditional learning. It laments apathy among colleges and asks if deans recognize education as a medium, listing humor and media figures as benchmarks while urging wakefulness about the airwaves and TV’s role.
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FCC
Washington
Rochester
Rasslin
Faye Emerson
Maggi McNellis
Milton Berle
Aristotle
Uncle Miltie
Homer
Morcy Amsterdam
Prof
Einstein
Arthur Godfrey
Demosthenes
National Lawyers Guild Denies Red Front Charges
The National Lawyers Guild rebuts congressional charges that it is a Red front. If the charges persist it may consult a lawyer. The era’s chatter ties in with public figures and events, mentioning Ray Benson of Ducks Unlimited and other contemporary notes with a mix of gossip and political phrasing.
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National Lawyers Guild
Congressional Committee
Ray Benson
Ducks Unlimited
National Organization For Wild Fowl Conservation
The
Waldorf
Moscow
Lowell Thomas Jr
Damon Runyon
Bob Hope
Storm Woes Amid Gale and Flood Strike Miami
The poem recalls a cold wave hitting Miami with roofs docks and power failing. Oscar Potts laments the loss of ice cubes for drinks while households endure outages and rely on wood stoves and fires for warmth.
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Oscar Potts
Miami
Tornado devastates Cape Girardeau Missouri
A century back a tornado wrecked Cape Girardeau destroying 70 buildings including Baptist and Catholic churches and a convent. It left many dead or injured and caused extensive damage across the city.
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Cape Girardeau, Mo
Target Practice by H V Wade Nostalgia in wartime housing view
The column frames World War II as a catalyst that may fix the housing shortage by reducing population. It also laments lost old pleasures, contrasting a grim prophecy with a longing for simpler times as the Miami Herald questions what happened to sarsaparilla.
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Prophet of
The
Miami Herald
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Casle
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Isms
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T. Manville
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Red
Bertram Benedict
Russell Brines
General MacArthur
Manchuria
Siberian
By Galbraith
H. I. Phillips
YE Gotham Bugle & Banner
Associated Newspapers
City Hall
Diaz
Mexico
Chile
Peru
League of Nations
Geneva
Mary van Kirk
Metropolitan Opera
Berlin
Switzerland
By H. V. Wade
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