Canton Repository History and Rates Snapshot
A historical Canton newspaper record outlines its origins from The Ohio Repository in 1815, mergers, name changes, and the 1930 acquisitions. It lists headquarters, AP affiliation, special representatives, offices, and subscription rates for daily, Sunday, and mail delivery across multiple counties.
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Can‘ton Daily Repository
Canton
Canton Daily News
Stark County Democrat
Associated Press
Story
Brooks & Finley
New York
New York Central
Philadelphia
Fidelity-Philadelhia Trust
Chicago
Niichigan Avenue
Cleveland
Euclid Avenue
Boston
Statler
Los
American Newspaper Publishers Association
Audit Bureau OF Circulation
Inland Daily Press Association
Stark
Tuscarawas
Carroll
Columbiana
Portage
Summit
Wayne
Holmes
Census survey to study consumer spending in 91 cities
The U S Department of Labor selects Canton for a 12 week consumer spending survey with 15 local interviewers under bureau supervision. The project will use office space for three months to measure costs of living in the U S A amid a report on street sign hiring debates and local finances.
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U. S. Department of Labor
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Canton
U.S.A
Nehru as Asiatic Realist Challenger to Western Views
A voice from Asia portrays Prime Minister Nehru as asserting Asia’s primacy and recognizing Peiping China as a major power. The piece compares his stance to Roosevelt and Churchill on China, noting the clash with Western assumptions while stressing his Asiatic perspective and realism.
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Nehru
India
Asia
China
Peiping
Chiang Kai-shek
United Nations Security Council
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Winston Churchill
Baruch Predicted Mobilization Yet US Won’t Act
ERNARD M. BARUCH warned six months ago that the United States should begin all out mobilization with a national economy ceiling and higher taxes. He clashed with the Council of Economic Advisers and Truman’s call for modest tax increases. Baruch’s warnings, though prescient, are dismissed as unlikely to be acted upon until crisis looms.
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Ernard M. Baruch
Senate Banking Committee
United States
Mr. Baruch
Washington
Ohio to issue two license plates this year
The Ohio Senate may follow the governor's lead to issue both two license plates for 1951 rather than withholding one. Governor Lausche suggested withholding one plate and issuing it later, but its value is uncertain. Perishable plates require care and could be made to last three to four years with maintenance. a permanent plate system is recommended after the current emergency.
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Ohio Senate
Ilausche
Ohio
Inflation era reshapes economy under war pressures
The article traces seven months of wartime economic turmoil from Korea’s outbreak to the 1949 push for controls. It notes inflation outpacing stabilizers, the agency’s limited farm price ceilings, and a contentious agricultural immunity. Wage raises fueled by war accelerate price hikes, while debt and funding policy shift under Truman’s administration shape the fiscal outlook.
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Korea
Truman
Congress
Economic Stabilization Agency
Seed catalogs and the man who would not garden
An ironic sketch traces the arrival of a seed catalog in a household. The husband moans at chores and fantasizes about avoiding gardening, while the wife champions soil work as a noble duty. The piece contrasts frugal labor with professional gardening and questions traditional rural pride.
Thoughtful maxims on curiosity and compassion
An 18th century style reflection quotes Colton on pursuing inquiry over imagination. It cautions against imagining causes and warns against trivializing pain or cruelty, echoing Blair’s insistence on humane conduct in amusements and treatment of even small creatures.
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Blair
Voice of America and McMahon call for Soviet friendship
The essay argues that defense must be paired with genuine diplomacy to avert war. It praises Senator McMahon’s resolution promoting friendship with the Russian people and calls for a high level, independent Voice of America program reporting to the President to reach Soviet citizens beyond propaganda. Word of mouth remains the most effective channel for ideas across the iron curtain.
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Soviet
Russia
United States
Voice of America
Congress
ODAY
Department of State
Department
McMahon
Free World
New York Herald Tribune
Great Debate Over Europe Asia Policy Divides Senators
The piece surveys sharp splits among U S lawmakers on how to handle Europe and Asia. It contrasts isolationist Taft with internationalist Kefauver, debates over U N reform and Formosa, and questions who should direct military policy versus Congress. It notes evolving opinions on aid to Europe and President powers, warning against Congress vetoing military strategy.
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Europe
Asia
United Nations
Formosa
Korea
H. Alexander Smith
New Jersey
James O. Eastland
Mississippi
United States
U.N
Department of Defense and Foreign Affairs
Taft
Ohio
Kefauver
Congress
Republican Party
Wayne Morse
Oregon
Harold Stassen
Minnesota
Morse
Stassen
George Washington
Eisenhower
Washington
State Acheson
National Press Club
U. S
Pacific
South Korea
Acheson
Keep the Boys at Home Letter to the Repository
A letter from Mrs Hazel Clark argues for keeping American boys on home soil and urges mothers to speak up. She calls for collective action, the defense of freedom of speech, and a passionate stance against sending youths abroad, saying Americans should die at home if needed and that England should fight its own battles.
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Russia
Hazel Clark
Dover Ave
How a Senator or Representative Joins Key Committees
In the start of a new Congress, committee assignments are made by the standing committees of each party in both House and Senate. These committees also pick replacements for vacancies. Because committee size is limited, members often seek seats by seniority, and not all desires can be fulfilled.
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82Nd
House
Senate
Sarge
Korea
Lake Success
Malik
Cease-yelling protest from soldier amid Korean War tactics
The writer reports a dispute with a top sergeant over wartime orders in a foxhole. He outlines a counterproposal with conditions, cites a plan to hold talks with a committee, and notes being placed in a guardhouse awaiting release. He requests chocolate doughnuts and law books in a closing postscript.
Real News Reels: Godfrey, Barkley, and wartime thoughts
Arthur Godfrey trains with jet fighters in Pensacola for possible air force duty and says he wants to use his wings to help. Alben Barkley abandons a TV program idea, warning against turning crisis action into showmanship. A former psychiatrist urges one expert per 20,000 people and sofa makers weigh in on fouls. Government dumps 67 million pounds of dried eggs after price support, sold at 1.39 per pound on open market. beer in paper cups prompts a quip from Guzzling Gus.
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Arthur Godfrey
Pensacola
Alben Barkley
American Psychiatric Association
Gus
Dean Acheson Sees U N Diplomats Debating Freely
The Chinese rejection forces a sober face for the facts as Dean Acheson notes U N diplomats debate, perhaps with a cocktail bar ambience, reflecting the unsettled state of international discussions reported by The Associated Press.
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Dean Acheson
U.N
The
Associated Press
Century-old notes from Canton and California deaths
A century ago Jp Through a Century notes report Benjamin J. Bixby and Isaac Clayton, once of Canton, died in California as cholera raged. A Brewster crowd sought ballot inclusion for dry laws, and vandals shattered C R Carys office windows in Millerstown with bloodhounds used to track culprits. A Col William Mitchell resignation looms after aviation policy criticisms. A Canton boxing commission is named by Mayor Swarts.
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O. P. Stidger
Marysville
Yuba County
Calif
Benjamin J. Bixby
Isaac Clayton
Canton
California
Stidger
Fogle
Court of Sessions
Brewster
C. R. Cary
Millersburg
Cary
Col
William Mitchell
Army
Canton Boxing Commission
S. M. Swarts
Tom Lennon
Oscar E. Pfouts
O. F. Banker
G. T. Parsons
Joseph A. O'Reilly
L. D. Blanchard
Burton Bids to Add Northern Ohio Judgeship
Ten years ago Ohio's new U S Senator Harold H Burton former Cleveland mayor introduced his first bill proposing another judgeship for the northern district of Ohio. Winthrop Rockefeller son of John D Rockefeller Jr was shown in private's uniform at Fort Dix New Jersey after enlisting in the army.
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Ohio
U. S
Harold H. Burton
Cleveland
Winthrop Rockefeller
John D. Rockefeller Jr
Fort Dix
N. J
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