The Canton Repository History and Rates Notice
The Canton Repository traces its lineage from The Ohio Repository founded in 1815 and notes mergers, name changes, and daily editions. It lists subscription rates for daily, Sunday, and mail orders in Stark and surrounding counties along with policy on communications and office details.
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Brush- Moore Newspapers Inc
Repository
Market Avenue
Fifth Street
Canton
Ohio
Congress
Ohio Repository
Stark County Republicar
Canton Repository & Reublican
Thenton Repository
Canton Daily Repository
Evening Repository
Canton Reository
Bet
Canton Daily News
Stark County Democrat
Associated Press
AP News
Story
Brooks & Finley
New York
New York Central
Philadelphia
Fidelity-Philadelhia Trust
Chicago
Nichigan Avenue
Cleveland
Euclid Avenue
Boston
Statler
Los Angeles
Guaranty Building
American Newspaper Publishers Association
Audit Bureau OF Circulation
Inland Daily Press Association
Stark
Tuscarawas
Carroll
Columbiana
Portage
Summit
Wayne
Holmes
Beboe
New Management By John L Lewis Shifts Coal Industry
An analysis argues that a three day work week ordered east of the Mississippi by John L. Lewis marks a milestone in 20th century economic history. It suggests Lewis’s plan to keep coal prices and miners' wages high, potentially extending to further curtail production. It warns of a method resembling a strike without a formal stoppage.
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United Mine Workers
Mississippi
John L. Lewis
Miners’ Union
Lewis
United Automobile Workers
Unbudgeable Budget Narrowly Defines 1950 Finance
The federal budget faces an unbudgeable structure as FY1950 looms, with 75 percent of outlays fixed on defense, veterans, debt interest, and foreign aid. Despite high peacetime taxes, deficits rise from FY1949 to FY1950, threatening heavier tax burdens and possible return to deficit financing.
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United States
It Could Kill Someone Causes for holiday safety on highways
The National Safety Council warns that the holiday weekend raises unusual danger on highways and at beaches due to careless behavior. People forget consequences of risky driving on curves, overexertion at beaches, or mishandling fireworks. being slightly more cautious could prevent deaths and injuries.
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AEE
National Safety Council
Casper Milquetoast
Bill aims to fix economy via expansion act of 1949
A draft economic expansion act proposed by Senator James E. Murray of Montana and seven other Democrats outlines six titles to boost private investment, aid small business, and develop underdeveloped areas. It calls for a national economic cooperation board, targeted expansion areas, wage studies, a 10 year $15 trillion public works shelf, andgovernment loan and grant mechanisms with Related agencies empowered to form new corporations.
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James E. Murray
Montana
United States
National Economic Cooperation Board
Council of Economic Advisers
Congress
Federal Works Administration
FWA
Department of Labor
Reconstruction Finance Corp
Congress Budget Override Petition Sparks Debate
A Senate petition signed by 37 of 42 Republicans and 24 of 54 Democrats seeks to direct the President to cut 5 to 10 percent from total appropriations for the coming fiscal year, a move that could pass by a simple majority if treated as independent action but would require a two thirds vote if attached to a final money bill.
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Lucas
Congress
Senate
House
Truman
Legislative Branch
Senate Appropriations Committee
Vandenberg
Michigan
Two Coed Visitors Highlight Ancient Plato Study
A UNC professors textbook on Latin draws a parallel between 4th century Athens and contemporary campus life. It notes two ancient girls Lasthencia of Maninea and Axiothea of Philus were invited by Plato to sit on the academy benches while suggesting campus parallels to modern students.
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University of North Carolina
Plato
B. C
Lasthencia
Maninea
Axiothea
Philus
B. L. Ulman
Norman E. Henry
Virgil
Gag Rule Protest Over Concentration of Military Authority
The Jiggen Citizens Committee attacks the House Armed Services Committee for not reporting the Tydings bill which aims to centralize military power in a single non elected figure. The piece argues peacetime authority should rest with the president and urges full testimony from army navy and air force officers before any rushed passage.
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Jiggen Citizens Committee
House Armed Services Committee
Tydings
Army
Navy
Air Force
United States
Congress
Walter Winchell
Collier’s
Air Forces
Carl Vinson
R. Vinson
House of Representatives
Secretary of Defense
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Truman
West Point
Joint Chiefs
Annapolis
Buyers' Market by Truman Twill
In wartime and postwar commerce customers faced hard times with hard sell tactics. Clerks and tradespeople changed to friendly service, restoring politeness and good will. Now buyers fear a new “buyers market” where the seller’s power shifts and the customer’s revenge may be thwarted.
Elephant Cupid Aids Ceylon Couple In Reconciliation
The New York Sun reports from Colombo that an estranged wife was won back by her husband with help from a family elephant named Hurathali. The bride fed the elephant daily and shared confidences, prompting the animal to seek the wife when quarrels drove her away. The reunion delighted the villagers and halted tensions, offering a comforting tale amid world discord.
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Colombo
London Times
Hurathali
Ceylon
Cupid
Once Over By H I Phillips On a Big City Cow
A humorous meditation on New York's heat and noise from a cow’s view. The city lacks pastures and rivers, making Farm life distant. The cow laments subway crowds, airless theaters, ferry rides, and constant traffic as Gotham robs her of bucolic peace. The piece ends with a wry note on billboards and urban uncontentment.
Fragmented reflections on political wit and media credibility
A collage of quips and asides on Washington influence and politics. It references a typewriter from the Chambers-Hiss case, questions about independence, and advice on navigating regulatory bodies. The piece also mentions Mendicant scams, and a remark on Olsen and Johnson performing Funzapoppin in Madison Square Garden.
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Chambers-Hiss
Washington
Olsen & Johnson
Madison Square Garden
The Disappearance of the Old Porch Hammock
A quirky local note reports that the old fashioned porch hammock has vanished, leaving residents puzzled about its fate and the world’s mood shifting since its disappearance.
Century Ago and Earlier: Notable Events Across Centuries
A retrospective column recalls events from 100 to 10 years ago. Slavery victims in a DC seizure were fined, iron in Canton water sparking tests, a plot to assassinate the Russian emperor, a new Masonic Temple excavation, a Canton restaurant manager visiting China, and a 1940s UK cabinet reshuffle context with Churchill and Eden considered for roles.
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Canton
Columbus
Water Works
Louis B. Ohlinger
Nicholas
Sweden
Stockholm
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The
E. A. Morehead
Executive
White House
Roosevelt
Cinternational News Service
U.S
By David Lawrence
Georgia
Missouri
Truman Twill
New York Sun
H. I. Phillips
City of
Coney
Staten Island
Parks
L’envoi
Meadows
Gotham
Sutton Place
Petty Cash
Drayton
Sears
District of Columbia
Market Area
Garaux Brothers
Harvey F. Ake
Masonic Association
Fred Wong
Chiertal
China
Robert S. Beightler
Claire Springer
Washington and Ottumwa
Walter Reed Memorial Chapel
John W. Bricker
Winston Churchill
Anthony Eden
Chamberlain
Hitler
Germany
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