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Newspaper
The Canton Repository
Location
Canton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1951
Page
6
Public notice style text from the Canton Repository dated Sunday January 14 1951 includes masthead history pricing and subscription details for daily Sunday and mail delivery across multiple Ohio counties with carrier and year rates and instructions for publication submissions.
The 1951 Economic Report relayed under the Employment Act of 1946 reflects a political view of economics as an inexact science. It argues Congress and the President will favor inflation and tax increases to manage wartime needs, while warning the act itself may be a dud due to politics over mathematics.
The piece urges President Truman and Congress to seek mutual understanding on the war powers issue. It notes Congress has a right to review executive actions, and warns that Truman's cooperation would ease disputes, while resistance would complicate but not block decisions amid concerns from Korea and other events.
The writer argues the UN cannot deter aggression without military agreements among members. Such pre-commitments would define each nation's duties and expected force size, preventing surprise moves. The Soviet Union blocked development, and U.S. action highlighted UN weaknesses rather than solving them.
A Washington memo cites a congressional clash over favors given to a local constituent and shifts to a plea for national defense. It contrasts two views on Korea policy and urges selecting defense over foreign spending, urging readers to contact their reps about building aircraft and radar at home.
Assist ant Secretary of Defense McNeil outlines how 1940 41 lessons shape current mobilization. He notes expanded navy shipyards private yards capacity and fewer steel shortages, with modernization of hulls electronics and aircraft carriers. Deployment timing and procurement schedules spark Washington debate on war prep versus economic stability.
In a reflective column, UNCLE GEORGE debates how nations balance strength through shifting alliances and past collaborations with Britain, France, Japan, Russia, and others. He notes words mask actions, praises a rare busy winter, and jokes about drafts, taxes, and Christmas gifts.
Question and answer explain that the amendment to the Railway Labor Act allows a union shop where unions and management negotiate contracts in rail and air industries. If a union shop contract is signed, workers would have 60 days to join after employment under it.
Analyzes how low public confidence in the Truman administration and in Secretary of State Acheson hampers decisive policy. Criticizes past China policy, notes congressional calls for Acheson’s dismissal, and discusses Chiang Kai-shek’s shifting stance and Chiang’s offers to aid Korea. Highlights indecision affecting U S action in China and Korea amid a hostile political climate.
An assessment of Soviet armed forces citing 350–370 submarines and 1500 undersea vessels planned, a 3 million man land army with full reserves, and high officer pay. The piece notes Zhukov's Korea role, WWII commanders Budenny Voroshilov and Timoshenko, elite officers, and higher morale and discipline, including historical penal battalions.
A devotional note cites John Angel James urging growth in grace through constant worship. The reflection highlights loving the habitation of God's house and being planted in the courts of the Lord to flourish.
Reflection on old time jokers and cartoonists Eugene Zimmerman Thomas Nast and Richard Outcault, contrasting enduring humor with modern quick hits. Notes on Zim’s craft, the shift from lithography to mass production, and the lingering value of genuine wit versus fleeting wisecracks.
A century-old item notes William Wise of Lancaster plans a congressional request to fund aerial navigation in a balloon. He promises to rise over the Capitol in a 16-ton flying machine and demonstrate how missiles could destroy a fort or city.
Faculty at Wooster College voted to end the institution's long opposition to old-time dances. A Chicago man burned his $4,000 savings to prevent heirs from fighting over it and then killed himself, ending his life.
Ten years ago John W. Bricker took the oath for a second term as Ohio Governor becoming the first Republican to be re elected as chief executive in forty years. John C Garand demonstrated his new semiautomatic rifle for top army ordnance officers at the Winchester Arms Plant in New Haven Connecticut.
A fragmented column from a historical page mixes satire on divorce lawsuits and social mores with stray notes about a western suitor and a Midwestern hamburger magnate ending a long career. Nebulous reflections on fashion, prehistoric cave drawings, and future artifacts fill the drift.
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