Canton Repository history and subscription details
A historical notice reproduces the Canton Repository lineage, its mergers, name changes, and dates from 1868 through 1930, plus AP and publisher associations. It lists special representatives, press affiliations, and current subscription rates for daily and Sunday editions, including carrier and mail rates within several Ohio counties.
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Brush -Moore Newspapers Inc
Foceteek
Market Avenue
Fifth + Sch
Canton 2
Ohio
Postoffice
Canton
Canton Dai Yepository
Evening Repository
Canton Repository
Canton Daily News
Stark Coasts Democrat
Associated
Associated Press
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Story
Brooks & Hoases
New York
Philadelphia
Fidelity-Philadelhia
Chicago
Nichigan Avenue
Cleveland
Euclid Avenue
Boston
Statler
Los Angeles
American Newspaper’ Publishers Association
Audit Bureau OF Circulation
Inland Daily Press Association
Stark
Tuscarawas
Carroll
Columbiana
Portage
Summit
Wayne
Holmes
Uninhibited Demand and Confidence in U S Business
The piece argues that post election fear hampered business decisions, creating a recession lull despite existing demand. It calls for restored confidence and political cooperation, citing the New Dealers’ conflicting attempts to calm and mobilize the economy.
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U. S
United States
Britain and US Credit Crisis Echoes Past Wars
The piece argues that Britain's credit crisis forces the United States to face international economic shock. It links the crisis to two world wars and warns the US cannot isolate itself from the fallout or from financing Britain’s system. It stresses changing reactions once Britain’s panic subsides.
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United States
Britain
France
Davis Jr. outlines Communist appeal to Black Americans
In Judge Medina's court Benjamin J. Davis Jr. argues that Communist agitators exploit discrimination to lure colored people into the party. He warns that blaming government for all wrongs misreads social patterns and risks self harm while most Negroes reject the Communist trap.
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Medina
Benjamin J. Davis Jr
New York City
Communist Party
United States
Government by Law in Hiss Retrial Feud
The piece calls the Hiss case a disappointment yet a proper application of law. It argues that the jury dismissal and automatic retrial on perjury charges demonstrate the American legal system honoring due process, with public patience for justice regardless of outcome. It also notes similar trust in the cases of Judith Coplon and other Communist conspiracy defendants.
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Alger Hiss
U. S
Whittaker
Judith Coplon
Taft Leadership and Taft Hartley’s Enduring Impact
Senator Taft of Ohio has held Senate leadership for two Congresses and blocked repeal of the Taft Hartley Act, shaping Republicans' fate ahead of 1952. His tolerance for view variation and focus on core principles amid domestic and foreign uncertainties mark his distinct political trajectory.
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Taft
Ohio
Senate
Britain
Europe
Congress
Truman
Mr. Taft
House
Shorts Cause Grand Plan in Odd Uncle Letter
In a humorous letter, Uncle George explains his aunt has bought him knee length shorts and plans to test her fashion choice by sending funny pictures of men in shorts to sway her. He plots discreetly to spark doubts, hoping she will return the shorts. He mentions nettles, itching, and a planned visit.
All Quiet on Berlin Front by Lionel Shapiro
Berlin, since the Paris accord on a modus vivendi, a new spirit edges toward acceptance of the quartered status as permanent. Soviets stop stirring confrontations, Allies stop overreading moves, Berlin dulls into a frontier town. The city shifts from pawn to principal with food and fuel securing a stable, quiet coexistence.
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Berlin Front
Lionel Shapiro
Paris
Berlin
Europe
Germany
North American Newspaper Alliance
Pound of Flesh in Politics Sparks Reform Debate
The piece argues a clean government agenda to end private campaign contributions and lobby influence. Senator Lodge of Massachusetts urges public financing to curb corruption, citing past presidents and the need to free the presidency from financial pressure and favors. It discusses campaign fund reliance, party neutrality, and historical examples including Truman and Roosevelt.
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Congress
Senator Lodge
Massachusetts
Lodge
Washington
United States
Truman
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Communism as the catfish in the western herring pond
Arnold J. Toynbee uses a North Sea fishing metaphor to argue that communism acts as a catfish keeping Western herrings lively. He asserts the cold war offers a chance to improve Western conditions, inspiring a gradual shift toward one world influenced by the Soviet bloc over future generations.
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Arnold J. Toynbee
England
Independent Day Carnage Surpasses Historic Toll
The Independence Day weekend set a record for fatalities with the death toll reported between 741 and 818, far exceeding past battles and traffic were the main killers. The national Safety Council condemned the results as shameful and urged motorists to adopt a safety code to curb fatalities.
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Bunker Hill
Yorktown
National Safety Council
Auto
Ohio
Safety Council
My Busy Day By Frank Tripp
A leisurely Glenora day unfolds through Frank Tripp's vivid sketches of morning light, wildlife, and family interruptions. From robins and deer to gardeners and a noisy beach community, the narrator chronicles a beautiful yet chaotic day ending with calm on the porch swing amid a rabbit surge.
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Frank Tripp
Peach Orchard
Old Seneca
Clare Hawke
Glen
Glenora
Papa
Mama Red Breast
Rascal
Will Gardner
Seneca
Fanny
Eleanor
Mary
Dad
Turk
Nancy
Frank
Anna
Himrod
Century, decades past listed in Canton notes
A century ago the Mississippi River flooded plantations including Zachary Taylor’s. Forty years ago Canton drained creek flow for mains and eyed Meyers Lake water, with boil-water warnings and a fire emergency water-use halt. Twenty-five years ago Ohio Bell built a Canton office project at Cleveland and 4th streets costing 1 025 000. Calvin Coolidge Jr funeral services were held in Northampton and burial at Plymouth, Vermont.
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Zachary Taylor
Canton
Meyers Lake
Ohliger
James W. Gutherie
Alliance
John W. Zeller
Gutherie
Ohio Bell Telephone Co
Crowell & Little Co
Cleveland
Cleveland Ave
4Th St
Calvin Coolidge Jr
Northampton
Mass
Coolidges
Plymouth
Explosion at Blue Arrow Club disrupts Meyers Lake bingo
Ten years ago an explosion at the Blue Arrow Club near Meyers Lake disrupted a bingo session of about 100 players. Authorities labeled the blast as part of ongoing conflicts between rival gambling interests. Darwin S. Luntz was appointed general chairman of Canton's 1939 Community Fund campaign.
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Blue Arrow Club
Meyers Lake
Darwin S. Luntz
Canton
Target Practice By H V Wade
A fragmented prose piece muses on locating a coal industry czar likened to John L. Lewis and contrasts high pay for actresses with Betty Grable. It notes resentment over excise taxes and a 20 percent powder tax, then lightly mocks hot weather fare and watercress sandwiches as lazily indulgent.
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John L. Lewis
Lewis
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James Forrestal
Forrestal
University of London
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Jack Adams
Ant
By H. V. Wade
Betty Grable
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