Canton Repository anniversary and masthead notes December 12 1950
Canton Repository announces publication details including history, editors, and circulation figures. The 1950 notice outlines daily and Sunday editions, special representatives, and carrier and mail rates across multiple counties, with policy on named authors and submissions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stark
Tuscarawas
Carroll
Columbiana
Portage
Summit
Wayne
Holmes
Truman Seen Likely To Declare National Emergency
The record suggests President Truman will declare a national emergency and move quickly to a war footing. Public opinion favors rapid government action and reflects a broad desire to shift the nation to wartime footing after voters rebuked the ruling party at the polls.
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Truman
United States
Must We Do It Tod
The piece argues that deception has not been an American government policy, but warns of growing domestic denial and mounting total truths. It emphasizes US strategic risks, limited allies, and the need to uphold freedom as the nation’s core safeguard against internal forces.
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Russia
Hitler
Mussolini
United States
Asia
Red Army
United Nations
America
Korea
Great Britain
Attlee
Far East
Red China
U.N
North Korea
Labor Factions Demand Excess Profits Tax Fallout
The CIO and AFL press for a business excess profits tax from the 81st Congress as it ends, while labor groups backed defeated candidates. Senate rebuffs, House passes an administration backed tax bill aimed at funding defense without harming enterprise or war production.
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Congress
C.I.O
A.F.L
Senate
House
United States
Insanity Plea Casts Shadow Over Koch Trial
Circumstantial Insanity LSE KOCH, wife of the Buchenwald commander, is reported to show signs of insanity during cruelty trial. Experts warn a ruling of insanity could affect civil proceedings and complicate punishment for crimes at the camp. Authorities insist on her guilt despite potential defense slants.
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Lse Koch
Buchenwald
Frau Koch
Need for Unity in America Shaped Lame-Duck Session
In the Congressional Record appendix a retiring North Carolina senator urged national unity after the election. The piece critiques early lame-duck discord, notes Taft’s shifts on isolationism, Acheson’s rebuttals, and warns that partisan fights threaten morale amid wartime. It argues five Biden–Truman era priorities deserve consideration despite opposition.
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Congressional
America
Frank P. Graham
North Carolina
Congress
Washington
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Taft
GOP
Truman
Dean Acheson
When mechanization wins and people become spare parts
The essay foresees a future where machines replace most work and well meaning reformers propose reemployment for retirees. As clerical tasks vanish to gears and electronic brains, millions will find jobs in ensuring others stay busy, creating a society of constant activity with little actual labor.
Congress Answer on Expired Programs Before 1951
Question asks if programs end without new action. Answer: most federal activities needing Congress action already funded. However rent controls end December 31 without extension and potato price supports end this year unless marketing quota is extended.
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Congress
Britain at a Crossroads Over War Aims and Idealism
A New York Herald Tribune analysis argues Britain falters in Korea era diplomacy. Attlee’s stance risks alienating the United States, undermining United Nations principles, and inviting aggression. It warns that appeasement signals could erode resolve and widen the war’s reach in Europe and Asia.
Letter poems and strike debate on bus drivers hiring
A reader questions why a company cannot hire substitute drivers during a strike while bus drivers work other jobs. The letter argues unions push for longer strikes, suggests unions pay wages, and contrasts implications with workers who fill in. It ends with a provocative wartime rhetorical note attributed to William A. Frease.
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A columnist argues massive Chinese forces in Korea complicate U.N. policy and that talks with Mao are useless since China serves Moscow. The piece proposes threatening Russia with atomic strikes on key cities to force Kremlin compliance, acknowledging the risk of World War III but suggesting a bluff might delay momentum for a broader effort.
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U.N
Korea
China
Russia
Moscow
Mao Tse-tung
Mao
Kremlin
The Source of Communism and Lenin’s Call to Action
An analysis of communism’s appeal and Lenin’s 1917 appeal from a Swiss-sealed journey to St. Petersburg. It argues the masses in abject misery embrace Marxist rhetoric and proposes counter propaganda as a method to counter revolutionary movements.
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Lenin
Switzerland
St. Petersburg
Orient
Balkans
Middle East
Dinner diplomacy and the U.N. in wartime A critique
In a pointed column, H I Phillips mocks U.N. receptions for Gen Wu and his allies on Long Island and in New York. He argues Americans in Korea suffer while leaders dine with the enemy, questions procedural rules, and urges restraint yet urges peace through tough talk. He closes with casual affection for a close ally amid war.
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Babe
G.I
United Nations
Gen. Wu
Asia
Long Island
U.N
Korea
G.i.’S
New York
Lake Success
Forest Hills
Trygve Lie
Mr. Jebb
Rockefeller Plaza Tree Reflects City Spirit Amid Busy Season
A festive Rockefeller Plaza Christmas Tree stands in a bustling metropolis as lyrics recall holiday cheer. The piece notes new instruction books on domestic help and Elmer Twitchell’s wife now needs full-time aid, while physicians of the year are named nationwide. A cherished memory recalls a rural doctor who walked five miles at 1 a.m. to tend a patient, charging two dollars and bringing wood from the cellar.
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Elmer Twitchell
Associated Newspapers
Fire Devastates Medford Homes In Hundred-Year-Old Record
A century ago a Medford Massachusetts fire destroyed 25 houses leaving 30 families homeless and penniless, with losses totaling $100000. Other items note New York City's population at 600000 and Taft era Supreme Court nominations including Edward White, Willis Van Devanter, and Joseph Rucker Lamar. A Canton man, Alexander Heimgartner, revealed Russia’s 1909 vodka sales net profit of $271000000 via consular records.
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Medford
Mass
New York City
William H. Taft
Edward D. White
Louisiana
Supreme Court
United States
Senate
Taft
Willis van de Vanter
Wyoming
Joseph Rucker Lamar
Georgia
Russia
Alexander Heimgartner
Canton
Batum
Black Sea
Canton History Notes: City Officials and War Drive
Twenty five years ago Canton elected S M Swarts as mayor and named James A Rice safety director Joseph A Gossett service director and Lucy C Alexander secretary. The auto license bureau became a separate Stark County auditor department on the courthouse first floor in space formerly used by the Farm Bureau.
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Canton
S. M. Swarts
James A. Rice
Joseph A. Gossett
Lucy C. Alexander
Auto License Bureau
Stark County Auditor’s Office
Farm Bureau
Target Practice By H. V. Wade
Extraordinary for Washington is the latest burst of speed. Aid for Yugoslavia deal is put through while there is still a Yugoslavia. Tomorrow's thrilling installment of the world situation promises surprises. Five minutes, no coaching from audience. Miss America name teased. A chilling note on public-school hockey bans at 25 below zero on Great Slave Lake in the Canadian Northwest.
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Washington
Yugoslavia
Great Slave Lake
Canadian Northwest
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