Canton Repository announces history and rates in 1950
A 1950 Canton Repository masthead snippet outlines publication history from 1815, mergers and name changes, Associated Press membership, special representatives, and circulation rates. Details include daily evening editions, Sunday morning debut, carrier and mail rates, and service areas across multiple counties.
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Rush Moore Newspapers, Inc
Repository Buildier
Market Avenue
Fifth Street South
Cann 2
Ohio
Postoffice
Canton
Congress
Ohio Repository
Stark County Republican
Canton Repository & Reublican
Theanton Repository
Canton Daily Repository
Evening Repository
Canton Repository
Canton Daily News
Stark County Democrat
Stark
Tuscarawas
Carroll
Columbiana Portage
Summit
Wayne
Holmes
Priceless Tradition of Unity in Face of Korea Crisis
The piece argues that American self-government hinges on unity in national danger. It asserts government and opposition must meet halfway during Korea's war escalation, preserving national security over irreconcilable conflicts. The message recalls past Allied unity against tyranny and extols enduring liberty.
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Truman
Korea
Free Nations
Communist Bloc
Kremlin
United States
Germany
Japan
Wartime controls rely on American self restraint
In coming days Washington will decide on wartime controls and the public will see familiar faults. Chiseling, black marketeering, gouging and favoritism may appear, yet such acts are not the rule. The burden rests on each citizen to act with honesty and fairness, otherwise mobilization and alliance efforts could fail.
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Washington
United States
Caldwell to Lead New Civil Defense Agency for U S
The article notes Governor Willard F. Caldwell Jr of Florida, named by President Truman to head a proposed independent civil defense administration, must mobilize local resources and public cooperation. It criticizes prior coordination under the National Security Resources Board and urges a tougher, nationwide effort with strong presidential oversight.
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Willard F. Caldwell Jr
Florida
Truman
Civil Defense Administration
United States
Caldwell
National Security Resources Board
White House
Truman Attlee Talk on Korea War and Nuclear Dilemmas
Imagined dialogue from 1950 discusses United Nations cease fire in Korea, Chinese intervention, and potential atom bombs. Truman and Attlee debate armistice terms, buffer zones, and maintaining posture in Asia and Europe, stressing public opinion and global stakes while considering Stalin’s role.
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Truman
Clement Attlee
Great Britain
Attlee
U.N
North Korea
India
Europe
Russia
United States
China
Hitler
Dunkirk
Far East
Japan
Philippines
Asia
Alaska
Pacific
Atlantic
Korea
Moscow
Stalin
N. Y
Simmer Over a Slow Fire By TRUMAN TWILL HAT
In this column a defense of applying Christian ethics to daily life via the Christophers. Father Keller urges using shared goodness to counter oppression and urges everyone to act on their principles. The piece promotes practical virtue over organization and calls for action rather than cynicism.
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Father Keller
The
Christophers
Break Out the Bandannas To The Repository
A letter by Frederica M. Weitlauf calls for public action to ease getting rides downtown by pedestrians. She suggests improvised signals like armbands or cardboard hands and proposes banners at collection spots reading street names to attract motorists.
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N. Cleveland Ave
W. Tuscaranas
Frederica M. Weitlauf
Woodland Ave
German rearmament and the Western defense plan
A travel writer reports on West German attitudes toward rearmament, arguing that Germans reject a defensive war in central Europe and demand large American forces in Germany to ensure swift victory against the Soviet threat. The piece notes Berlin and Paris acknowledge the link between German arms and unification, while Washington and London misread German aims.
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Ince
Europe
Britain
Germany
France
Washington
West Germany
London
Bonn
Berlin
Paris
Japan
Hey
North America
West German
Dr. Schumacher
United States
Asia
Russia
America
East Germany
West
Koenigsburg
Warsaw
Once Over includes a sea of wreckage from a Connecticut shoreline
A humorous collage describes the lingering wreckage from a major East Coast storm. Trees, roofs, boats, a gulf beach sign, and mismatched objects litter waterfronts around Connecticut, with the Yacht Club, Charles Island, and Indian River area oddly rearranged. Electricity returns, but the scene remains chaotic and comic.
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Woolson
Bob Barnes
Yacht Club
Charles Island
Reed
Welch’s Point
Love for God Shown in Obedience, Gates Quote
The quote defines piety as a blend of reverence and love for God and the practical obedience to Divine will. It states that theory and practice together form the richest treasure on earth, namely love expressed through obedience.
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God
D. W. Gates
Churchill Opinion on Breakfasting Together Sparks Wit
The article quotes Winston Churchill voicing opposition to man and wife breakfasting together. He recalls trying it during his 40 years of marriage, finding it disagreeable and saying they stopped to avoid harming their marriage. The piece carries Associated Newspapers' humorous framing.
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Winston Churchill
Associated Newspapers
Century of railroad dreams and Curie’s academy bid
A 100 year glimpse notes Ohio and Pennsylvania Railroad aims to finish the eastern division linking Pittsburgh with Cleveland Columbus and Cincinnati with 2000 tons of iron shipped from Wales and labor needs. A 40 year ago snapshot shows Champ Clark and Joe Cannon in a witty politics moment with Mme Curie seeking election to the French Academy of Science.
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Ohio and Pennsylvania Railroad
Pittsburgh
Cleveland
Columbus
Cincinnati
Wales
Champ Clark
Joe Cannon
Missouri
Mme. Curie
French Academy of Science
Bombing Suspicions in Dennison Mayor's Home Third Time
Twenty five years ago bootleggers were suspected as the perpetrators of the bombing of Mayor Jeffrey’s Dennison home for the third time. He actively enforced prohibition laws. A proposal to consolidate Barberton Kenmore and Cuyahoga Falls with Akron was advanced by President Steiner of the Akron Real Estate Board.
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Jeffrey
Dennison
Barberton
Kenmore
Cuyahoga Falls
Akron
Steiner
Akron Real Estate Board
Timken launches $3 million expansion for defense work
Ten years ago Timken Roller Bearing Co announced a $3,000,000 expansion to boost defense production. Meanwhile New York rose as the world’s diamond-cutting hub, overtaking Antwerp after its occupation by German forces.
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Timken Roller Bearing Co
New York
Antwerp
Belgium
Target Practice by H V Wade
The piece blends colorful vignettes from military life and politics with sharp asides. It notes a six aces seven card hand from an old sarge, mentions an independent soap maker, mocks inflation discussion, and humorously critiques a hunter mistaken for a squirrel.
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Sarge
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