Bata Gt The Canton Repository Established March 30 1815
The Canton Repository newspaper notes its founding date of March 30 1815 in a brief item dated Friday December 22 1950. The fragment highlights the long history of the paper.
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Canton
Brush-Moore Newspapers, Inc
Repository
Market Avenue
Fifth Street
Ohio
Postoffice
Congress
Insee
Ohio Repository
Stark County Republican
Canton Repository & Republican
Canton Repository
Canton Daily Repository
Evening Repository
Canton Daily News
Stark County Democrat
Eeanne
Associated Press
Apews
Hoover Defies Dewey On Defense In Uglier Truth
The piece argues Herbert Hoover’s defense policy rests on deterrence and air and sea power rather than mass armies, contrasting with Thomas E. Dewey’s stance. It notes Korea’s losses and the need for European resistance, framing Hoover’s realism as more credible amid Red threats and evolving global power.
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Herbert Hoover
Thomas E. Dewey
Mr. Hoover
Mr. Dewey
United States
Hoover
Europe
U. S
Korea
America
Atlantic
Pacific
Asia
Survival by Arithmetic in War Time
A wartime style meditation argues that strict balance in economic interests fails to ensure survival. It says inflation and devaluation require sacrifice beyond pure numbers, noting how war experiences show arithmetic alone cannot secure stability and that some must bear costs for collective resilience.
Senate House panel aims for bug free excess profits tax
The conference committee seeks a near flawless excess profits tax though critics call it bad. Passage by the Senate of a finance committee version shows public opposition to taxes on profits, while warning against a path toward socialism and poverty.
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Senate
House Conference Committee
Finance Committee
House
Congress
United States
England
Eisenhower Can Do It With Growing American Power
Since the Atlantic ministers met in New York, two favorable developments bolster Eisenhower. American mobilization plus European unity on German rearmament create a deterrent power stronger than Russia’s. Bruling Brussels diplomacy aims to delay German rearament until allied plans are in place, maintaining balance and avoiding provocative actions.
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New York
Eisenhower
Brussels
United States
Europe
America
Russia
Western
Germany
Kremlin
New York Herald-Tribune
Remorse By Truman Twill A Goat Tale From The Twillery
In a lighthearted column, the author apologizes for prior insults toward two goats Olsen and Johnson. One twin, Johnson, dies after illness, while Olsen survives and mourns. The piece frames remorse as a moral reflection on speaking ill of even deserving barnyard creatures, noting the goat in the basement as a holiday reminder. The tone is dryly affectionate and self critical.
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Olsen and Johnson
Olsen
Johnson
New Yorker
R.F.D
Wilson Leads Defense Mobilization Office
Charles E. Wilson of General Electric is named director of defense mobilization under Truman. He will run price and wage controls and direct production, procurement, and transportation, reporting only to the President, with authority over all other agencies. Wilson previously chaired the War Production Board and advocated national unity and industrial responsibility amid wartime mobilization.
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Charles E. Wilson
General Electric
Defense Mobilization
Battle of Washington
War Production Board
Army
Navy
Ferdinand Eberstadt
Wilson
Washington
Truman
ODM
Office of Defense Mobilization
Pearl Harbor
National Association of Manufacturers
America
Commission On Civil Rights
United States
Congress
Debate over draft fairness fuels Washington letters
Across the nation letters to the capital challenge army picks in the draft. Officials argue the army seeks the most valuable soldiers, not merely rejecting football players, while increasing intelligence testing and age considerations.
No Room at the Inn Parallels In Korea Christmas Reflections
A wartime Christmas letter contrasts a home manger scene with displaced South Korean mothers and children. The writer notes refugee anguish at beachhead evacuations, likens sorrowful gazes to the Babe, and urges brighter lights on the manger while recalling family at home. He ends with holiday wishes and a joke about a dog.
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Korea
G.I
Bethlehem
Mom
Pop
Sis
Vanishing Americanisms Highlight Gift Confusion
The Associated Newspapers piece quotes old timey family lines about gift giving. It notes phrases like “We can afford to give father two shirts” and “Let’s give Junior an auto” reflecting changing economic attitudes during holiday seasons and the fading of classic American expressions.
Century of growth and transit notes from local history
A 100 year look shows nation expanding from 17 to 31 states with 3.9 to 21.7 million people. 40 years ago Wheeling & Lake Erie planned a $50,000 Brewster station. Taft sought to alter New Mexico Texas boundary. Local clerks named in Ohio House. 25 years back: buses replacing streetcars eyed. Gibbs avenue dispute over lawns. Mayor-elect Swarts appoints secretary Estelle Lehmis.
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Wheeling & Lake Erie Railroad
Brewster
William H. Taft
Congress
New Mexico
Texas
Harold Rebrassier
Nimishillen Township
Alvin Schott
Massillon
Ohio House
Northern Ohio Traction Co
Gibbs Ave
19Th St
Youngstown
S. M. Swarts
Estelle Lehmis
8Th St
Board of Control
Cunningham comet faintly visible in western sky at night
Ten years ago observers noted Cunningham's comet was faint in the western night sky and hard to spot without aid. Separately, Marshal Edward Smigly-Ridz, once with the Polish army, was reported to have escaped internment in Romania.
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Cunningham
Edward Smigly-Ridz
Romania
Target Practice By H. V. WADE
In the West a disheartened girl unable to end her life alone because she is a skilled swimmer faces troubles that linger beyond alcohol. A 14 year old baton twirler drops her baton as spectators watch, likely outgrowing the neurosis to avoid a later beauty contest setback. Monogrammed skis appear as a humorous outdoor living novelty for easy identification in emergencies.
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New York Central
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Nichigan Avenue
Cleveland
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Statler
Los Ageles
Guaranty Building
American Newspaper Publishers Association
Audit Bureau OF Circulation
Inland Daily Press Association
Stark
Tuscarawas
Carroll
Columbiana Portage
Summit
Wayne
Holmes
By Walter Lippmann
Soviet Union
Yalta
Red Army
Hitler
By Truman Twill
By Galbraith
Peter Edson
NEA Service, Inc
By Martin S. Hayden
Maine
Willie Jones
Johnny Smith
Lewis B. Hershey
Selective Service
Hershey
Aids
Air Force
Marines
Pentagon
North American Newspaper Alliance
James
H. I. Phillips
G. I. and
Mary
Jesus
Joe
P. S
Andrei Vishinsky
Neptune
Acheson
Dulles
Austin
Barbara Stanwyck
Robert Taylor
Bob
Italy
Isabel Bigley
Junior
The
Associated Newspapers
H. V. Wade
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