Canton Repository history and 1949 July 5 edition intro
The Canton Repository detailed its long history from the Ohio Repository founded in 1815 through mergers and name changes ending as The Canton Repository by 1949. It lists ownership, AP affiliation, bureau representatives, and broad circulation areas with subscription rates and delivery options as of July 5, 1949.
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Brush - Moore Newspapers Inc
Market Avenue
Fifth Street
Canton
Ohio
Congress
Elec Rese
Ohio Repository
Stark County Republican
Canton Repository & Rea
Theanton Repository
Ublication
Neen Ee Aerate Perennial
Stark
Tuscarawas
Carroll
Columbiana
Portage
Summit
Wayne
Holmes
Deficit hit as spending soars in peacetime year
The federal deficit for the year ending June 31 reached 1.811 billion dollars, far surpassing estimates. Spending rose 18.5 percent while income fell 9.4 percent, prompting warnings that ongoing deficits threaten national finances and require spending cuts despite political pressure and untouchable programs.
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United States
How low is low in the price boom era
The piece argues there is no reliable formula for the absolute turning point of consumer prices. It notes that people still want to buy and have savings, but many items may drop further. When buyers fear future price increases they rush to purchase now, while shoppers slow on items likely to fall further. It emphasizes psychology over statistics in timing consumption.
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United States
Rocky Mountains
Pacific Ocean
Half a Billion To Start Proposed Ohio debt amendment
A proposed Ohio constitutional amendment would raise the state indebtedness limit from 750 thousand to 500 million dollars to fund highway improvements grade crossing elimination school building repairs and other public works. The plan also calls for a one cent gas tax increase truck and trailer taxes and sales tax restoration for small purchases. Senator Ferguson filed it on June 21 and the Senate committee on public works and state buildings reported it favorably on June 29. A public vote would be required to approve the change.
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Ohio
Ferguson
Guernsey County
Senate Committee On Public Works
Knee Deep in Summer Lite 7) By Day and Week
The piece notes summer ripening into reality with Fourth of July peak. Farm labor sees wheat harvested by combines and hay baled, corn knee high, potatoes dusted, oats nearing ripeness, and fruit crops swelling. Town life also busies with summer goods and pending seasonal changes toward Labor Day and frost.
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Minnesota
Big politics and the perilous path of 1950s power
A strong editorial warns that union and corporate powers threaten democracy through selective enforcement and biased legislation. It laments congressional inertia, fiscal deficits, and the danger of political profit—calling for principled leaders to safeguard the public interest amid global pressures.
The Pop Bottle: A Backbone of Modern Life
It Fizzed By TRUMAN TWILL OP, once a kid drink, is now a basic commodity like petroleum and steel. Pop bottles appear everywhere from deserts to skyscrapers as progress follows their reach. Governments, engineers, and industries shape society around soda, with dreams of pop vending in every living room and water losing favor for beverages.
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France
Thoughts for Today from Pollok on Heaven and wisdom
A devotional line reflects on Heaven as ever new and daily more discoveries of God's wisdom power and love. It emphasizes enlarging understanding and swelling praise as insights grow.
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Heaven
Psalm Verse Forgives Yet Resists Wrath Across Israel
A quotation from Psalms 78 38 notes God forgives iniquity with compassion and withholds full wrath often turning away anger rather than destroying. The verse emphasizes mercy over judgment and repeated restraint in response to Israel's faults.
Economy's Fine But Let George Do It
A Senate resolution by McClellan aims to force a 5 to 10 percent cut in federal expenditures, but its practicality is doubtful and unlikely to pass both chambers. The piece traces a history of similar efforts, notes the allocation constraints, and explains that most fixed commitments and debt interest cannot be cut, limiting potential savings to a fraction of the budget.
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duPont
General Motors
United States Rubber
Congress
Senate
Truman
House
Senator Tydings
Maryland
Tydings
Bridges
New Hampshire
Wherry
Nebraska
McC
McClellan
Washington
Budget Bureau
Army Corps of Engineers
The
Economist
Germany
Unemployment and Economic Health Debate From The Economist
The article argues a healthy level of unemployment may boost the economy while excessive joblessness harms growth. It cites England and The Economist, noting 5 percent as a potential target and warning that Britain’s welfare state and socialist policies may erode productive capacity and global competitiveness as American dollars decline.
Hollywood Circus Western Script Proposal Revealed
A proposed Barnum and Bailey film blends a western angle with a circus plot. It features Nellie the tattooed lady teaching in Cheyenne, a cowboy foreman, a cattle thief’s daughter, a circus cast of oddities, Illicit探, a dramatic chase, Indians, and a romantic rescue ending in a Roman chariot wedding.
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Nellie
Cheyenne
Chet” Jones
Merit Should Be Recognized In The Repository
A reader argues against racial superiority and warns that freedom is incomplete for minorities in the United States. The letter condemns discrimination, praises equal human dignity, and notes Robeson’s views and Soviet praise, urging end to prejudice and universal respect for worthy actions. Mrs Laura M Shaulis, 2621 35th St NW.
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Russia
Mr. Robeson
Thore
New York
Laura M. Shaulis
35Th St
Luncheon Routine Cited As Time Waster
The Clinton Courier quotes a letter lampooning the lunch meeting habit cited by Alger Hiss testimony. It ridicules the idea of saving time by meeting for lunch and mocks lengthy meals that end with unclear results. An advertisement note mentions a for sale sign for a bulldog puppy priced at 75 dollars and comments on cramped modern bungalows.
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Alger Hiss
Hiss
America
John L Lewis backs three day week plan claim
The statement says John L Lewis favors a three day week while arguing the policy overreaches on unemployment and burdens workers. The brief notes opposition to the plan as a remedy for unemployment concerns.
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John L. Lewis
Century of snapshots from local history timeline
A compact retrospective item traces moments from 100, 40, 25 and 10 years ago. It recalls a pistol near Queen Victoria, Rev. Rutledge and prohibition debates, balloon flights, a third party push in Cleveland, Calvin Coolidge Jr.’s illness, an 84 year old air ride with Eli Lehman, a Veterans of Foreign Wars post cornerstone and remarks by Rep. James Seccombe.
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Queen Victoria
London
First Presbyterian Church
J. S. Rutledge
Chicago
Ohio
G. T. Wingerter
Malvern
Canton
Dr. Thompson
Salem
W. E. Mast
Harry Naugle
Conference For Progressive
Cleveland
Robert M. la Follette
Wisconsin
Calvin Coolidge Jr
White House
Eli Lehman
Martin Airfield
Raymond Schumaker
Glenn
Thurman Lehman
Lehman
Charles Mathias
29Th St
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Floyd Hughes
Walnut Ave
U. S
James Seccombe
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