Canton Repository fronts 1950 subscription details and masthead
The Canton Repository listing shows publication history, ownership, and rate card including dates of name changes, offices, AP affiliation, and private phone exchange. It notes daily and Sunday editions, carrier and mail rates, and the Saturday date December 9, 1950.
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Stark
Tuscarawas
Carroll
Columbiana
Portage
Summit
Wayne
Holmes Counties
Ree
One for the Lawyers Alger Hiss Perjury Case
Alger Hiss was convicted of perjury by a federal jury in New York on January 21. He received a five year sentence four days later, was released on ten thousand dollar bail, and his conviction was upheld by the U S Circuit Court of Appeals in New York last Thursday. The case hinges on Hiss denying passing secret State Department documents to Whittaker Chambers and meeting him after 1937.
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Alger Hiss
New York
Hiss
U.S
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Whittaker Chambers
Chambers
State Department
Fouled Up as Usual on Pearl Harbor Anniversary
The piece argues the United States repeats failures in national security across world wars and the Korean conflict. It claims nine years after Pearl Harbor the military is stretched thin and unprepared for World War III, with administrations faulted for mismanagement and a lack of reliable allies.
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United States
Pearl Harbor
Washington
Wendell L. Willkie
Britain
Dunkirk
Russia
Free Nations
Rights With Reservations On Human Rights Day
Dec 10 was aimed to showcase the Universal Declaration of Human Rights adopted by the UN two years ago. The article argues that rights can be guaranteed only by strength to counter opposition, noting the threat from dictatorship and the need for freedom to answer the dictatorial challenge.
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NCS
United Nations
U. N. General Assembly
Total War Now and the Case for Immediate Mobilization
The article argues for direct government honesty and total mobilization as a defense against Soviet aggression. It compares current danger to World War II, predicts a rushed timetable for Moscow, and warns that the atomic bomb will exist in two years.
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Korea
Moscow
United Nations
Russia
Free Nations
N. Y
Busy Bees Buried Alive in a Snowstorm Reflection
A reflective piece argues that a major snowstorm offered a rare pause from daily obligations. It notes families huddled together, schedules canceled, and the urge to resist routines resurfacing. It recalls the 1950-51 snow event as an oddly enjoyable break from modern duties.
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America
The Real Conflict in the Far East
An analysis arguing the clash in Asia is between West and East, not ideologies. It emphasizes face as central in Oriental thought, warns American misreadings have cost influence in Korea and China, praises MacArthur for understanding the East, and cautions against compromising with Mao or appeasing Red China to avoid losing face and influence in Japan and Asia.
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East
Far East
Korea
China
Russia
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Japan
Douglas MacArthur
Orient
Mao Tse-tung
Red China
United Nations
North American Newspaper Alliance
Letters to the Editor on politics and public service
From Our Readers voices critique calls for impeachment talk against Truman and disbarment for alleged attorney misconduct. Readers Irvin Herold and Carl W Peirce urge action, discuss government spending, and question voter intelligence amid calls for sane leadership and farm parity program scrutiny.
Better Than Impeachment to the Repository
A Canton citizen objects to impeachment efforts by two locals and urges constructive support for the American way. The writer argues against harming national unity and favors peaceful resistance, praising the actions of those defending freedom and opposing aggressors. Dolores La Ella Warren lists her address in Canton.
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Truman
Daily Worker
Pravda
Irvin Herold
Logan
Communist Party
Farm aid program scaled back by Brannan officials
Secretary Brannan virtually scrapped the 15 year old farm support program amid producer and consumer uproar after last month’s elections. Government purchases now support only butter cheese honey and milk while subsidies end for eggs after January 1 hogs turkeys chickens and potatoes. The department plans to halt subsidies for noncultivated land and to reduce storage grabs while ceasing competition with other government buying.
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Brannan
Agriculture Department
Yugoslavia
Citizens urged to write letters on arena to council
A reader pleads for Canton residents to write to the city council, urging citizens to share views and desires about the new arena. The letter encourages openness, asserts council will not be harmed, and stresses public input guides decisions.
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Canton
City Council
Council
Letters Urge Peace and Prayer Over Impeachment
Mrs. John Gilbert of 5040 2nd St NW urges unity and prayers for peace rather than petitions for impeaching President Truman. She argues Truman acts with Senate and House approval and warns against public confusion during crisis.
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John Gilbert
2Nd St
War by Declaration Only Supports Constitutional Rule
The Canton Repository argues that any US war must be authorized by Congress through a formal declaration. It states war is decided by the people’s representatives, not by the executive or military. It warns that constitutional amendments require state ratification and foreign pacts cannot override the Constitution.
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Canton
United States
Congress
America the real thing rises as a call to duty
In an impassioned monologue by H I Phillips the piece contrasts commercial culture with a mobilizing spirit. It portrays John Q Citizen answering a summons to courage, sacrifice, and unity, casting the jackpot era as secondary to national resolve and the enduring symbol of freedom. The piece culminates in a rallying view of America as unconquerable.
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Joe
America
Air m c benediction among oddities in verse
A quirky line from a poem notes a benediction delivered by an air m c and the speaker’s urge to flee from all things strange. The fragment hints at a playful or surreal moment within a larger literary item.
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Air m. c
Disenchanted tops bestseller list amid quirky notes
A quirky roundup notes Budd Schulberg's The Disenchanted taking first on the best seller list, while Hemingway’s Across the River remains absent. The column fills with snappy asides on prices, beauty schools, a phone book mislisting a doctor, and hints of local theater memories and Miami gambling crackdowns.
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Hemingway
Gotham
Toledo
Michael di Salle
Howard Kyle
Reed
Bunnell’s
Century of Stark County Lyceum Refocus Promoted
A historical notice reviews decades of local activity from the Stark County Lyceum and related events. It cites secretary Louis Schaefer inviting former members to revive the association to discuss questioned laws and other topics.
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Stark County Lyceum
Lyceum
Louis Schaefer
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