Canton Repository History and 1949 circulation note
The Canton Repository traces its origins to The Ohio Repository founded March 30, 1815 and details mergers and name changes through The Canton Daily Repository and The Canton Daily News acquisition in 1930. It lists staff offices in multiple cities, AP and newspaper associations, and subscription rates including daily, Sunday, and mail options as of July 1949.
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Iy Brush - Moore Newspapers Inc
Market Avenue
Fifth Street
Canton
Ohio
Congress
Ohio Repository
Stark County Republican
Canton Repositor Reublican
Theanton Repository
Canton Daily Repository
Evening Repository
Canton Report
Canton Daily News
Stark County Democrat
Associated Press
Story
Brooks
Winter
New York
Wee Daily
Sun
Stark
Tuscarawas
Carroll
Columbiana
Portage
Summit
Wayne
Holmes
Sony Grrr
Congress Can't Save Money on Military Budget
President Truman criticizes Congress for failing to cut nearly a billion dollars from the military budget. The House shifted most of eight hundred million to the air force, driven by popular support and political gain. The piece argues lawmakers prioritize popular causes over economy, risking national finances amid Cold War pressures.
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Congress
President Truman
Europe
Truman
United States
Taft rebuff shows rift over North Atlantic aid stance
The Senate debates Taft’s blunt refusal to accept an illusion of a North Atlantic Alliance without U S military help. Proponents tie the pact to the Marshall Plan and lend-lease history, while critics push for reasonable arms program costs and wary taxpayers seek savings. The issue links European security to U S foreign aid obligations and Monroe Doctrine restatement.
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Taft
United States
Senate
Wendell Willkie
Europe
Blue-Fairy Reform Proposal Stirs Debate in Lodge Plan
A Massachusetts Senator Lodge proposal to fund national campaigns from the U S treasury faces criticism for failing to address how votes are traded in politics. Critics argue that money follows votes and treasury funding would not curb pressure blocs. it would simply drain public wealth.
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Senator Lodge
Massachusetts
U. S. Treasury
Treasury
United States
Crisis policy and the Atlantic Pact amid European recovery
A critique of Truman policy and the Marshall Plan in the face of a looming European Recovery Program crisis. It urges a joint inquiry with Britain on exchange rates to stabilize dollar and pound, warns of tightened world trade, and calls for clear, brave decisions to avert panic and further economic collapse.
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Sir Stafford Cripps
Free World
Britain
Europe
Commonwealth and Empire
Paris
Congress
Belgium
France
Germany
Sterling
Ithin
Truman
Treasury
State Department
ECA
Atlantic
America
Famous Last Words For Drivers In A Road Fatalism
A vivid selection of imagined last words from vehicle wrecks conveys a grim portrait of fatalism on the road. The piece notes that most accidents end with silence rather than final phrases, as honks, brakes, and engines fill the scene while drivers pursue speed and distraction with little regard for danger.
Target Practice By H V Wade
A witty column by H V Wade comments on social display and etiquette. It mocks Mae West and Beulahs grape peeling scene while noting the impracticality of flaunting wealth with a power lawnmower for a small lawn. Luxembourg and Perle Mesta are alluded to in a satirical tone.
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Mae West
Beulah
Pensions debated for former presidents Taft votes aid
President Truman learns he will not get retirement pay, reviving a push by Senator Taft for a lifetime annuity of about 25000 and honorary non voting Senate seats. The piece traces past presidents earnings, Civil Service history, and current average annuity payments of about 3238 yearly.
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Truman
Taft
White House
Congress
Senate
Yale
Herbert Hoover
Mr. Truman
Calvin Coolidge
Ulysses Grant
Jerry Kluttz
Washington Post
Kluttz
Civil Service
Clark praised in 39 page Justice Department tribute
The 39 page statement from the Department of Justice extols Attorney General C. Clark of Dallas as the nation’s top legal official. Highlights cover war frauds, anti trust actions, veterans affairs, land acquisitions, tax enforcement, and immigration. The piece notes 55 mentions of Clark and questions whether he seeks the presidency.
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OM C. Clark
Dallas
Tex
United States
Department of Justice
Clark
Francis Biddle
Mr. Clark
Claims Division
Veterans’ Affairs
Department
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Immigration and Naturalization Service
Thoughts for Today Quote on Patience and Mercy
A devotional line cites Shakespeare and Sir William Davenant, urging patience and mercy as essential to enduring hardship and sustaining the world. The aphorism emphasizes gradual healing and tempered power.
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Sir W. Davenant
Camp Sendoff From Precocious Children
Eight year old Magnolia and Aloysius Twitchell supervise sending their parents to summer camp. The kids nag about shaving, packing, hygiene, and etiquette while at the crowded station crowds of parents head to the camp. The scene captures playful family dynamics and the kids insistence on readying the grownups for the trip.
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Magnolia Twitchell
Aloysius
Popper
Mommer Twitchell
Daddy
Magnolia
Mom
Mrs. Twitchell
Mr. Twitchell
Lenin Death Echoes Hint at Stalin Succession
Editorial notes compare Lenin's 1924 death and Stalin's looming end to illustrate potential power struggles. It recounts Stalin consolidating control after Lenin, sidelining Trotsky, then purging Zinoviev and Kamenev, with Trotsky’s expulsion and eventual fate, to suggest a similar pattern could unfold after Stalin's death.
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State Department
Josef Stalin
Mussolini
Hitler
Stalin
Lenin
Trotsky
Soviet Union
Zinoviev
Kamenev
Communist Party
Moscow
Caucasus
Mexico City
Century-Old Rail Rush to Link Michigan and Ohio
A retrospective item notes 100 years ago preparations to rush the Southern Railroad in Michigan and the Erie and Kalamazoo railroad in Ohio to completion, joining at Adrian with termini at Toledo and Monroe. It also recalls a 40-year-ago local option win in Stark County and related results across Canton Massillon Alliance Plain Township.
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Southern Railroad
Michigan
Erie and Kalamazoo
Ohio
Adrian
Toledo
Monroe
Stark County
Canton
Massillon
Alliance
Plain Township
Emory Koontz
Navarrest
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The
Air Force
By Walter Lippmann
Washington
Marshall Plan
By Truman Twill
H V. Wade
Luxembourg
Perle Mesta
E. A. Morehead
Bers
Barkley
Peter Edson
By Galbraith
Shakespeare
H. I. Phillips
Mom Twitchell
Pop Twitchell
Russia
Albert J. Bowley
Ft. Bragg
N. C
World
Constantinople
Pacific
Asia
Paul V. McNutt
Indiana
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Federal Security Administration
Security Administration
Social Security
Public Health
Civilian Conservation Corps
Bureau of Education
National Youth Administration
McNutt
Philippines
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