Canton Repository historical masthead and rate card
The Canton Repository published in Canton Ohio in July 1951 lists its historic merger history from The Ohio Repository to The Canton Repository and outlines Associated Press membership, regional circulation areas, and subscription rates for daily and Sunday editions with carrier and mail options. The issue is dated Friday July 13 1951 and includes instructions for submitting communications with name and address.
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Rush Moore Newspapers, Inc
Repository
Market Avenue
Fifth Street
Canton
Ohio
Postoffice
Congress
Ohio Repository
Stark County Republican
Canton Repository & Reblican
Theanton Repository
Canton Daily Repository
Canton Daily News
Stark County Democrat
Associated Press
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 Associaton
Stark
Tuscarawas
Carroll
Columbiana
Portage
Summit
Wayne
Holmes Counties
Eca
Record on postwar price controls and OPA legacy
The piece argues against linking today's price controls to wartime measures. It recalls 1946 actions by Truman, vetoes, and eventual lapse of controls, noting political blame on free enterprise rather than policy choices. It warns against comparing eras and stresses restrained authority over prices.
Government Pay Boost Sparks a Taxpayer Debate
The piece argues a 7 percent raise for civil service and postal workers to match inflation, warning it could strain a 70 billion budget. It notes the public sector’s inefficiency and suggests trimming federal staff to ease the cost-of-living increase, while urging government workers to counter perceptions of overstaffing.
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President Truman
Civil Service
Truman
Kaesong Talks Turn Into Propaganda Skirmish
The Kaesong dispute centers on access for Allied correspondents and the Reds demand to negotiate from within their lines. Vice Admiral Joy pressed for press access as UN negotiators came under a flag of truce. The episode hints at a protracted stalemate shaped by propaganda aims.
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Kaesong
United Nations
Asia
C. Turner Joy
U.N
Price controls debated as war economy shifts edge
In a 1951 Herald Tribune editorial, defense mobilizer Charles E. Wilson notes price controls can hinder production and orders relaxation for machine tools to speed defense output. He urges flexible, incentive mindful policy, warning against broad power to curb inflation while protecting the armament program.
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Defense
Charles E. Wilson
Wilson
U. S
Congress
United States
Organized Labor
N. Y
A Dog's Life in Heat By a Droll Observer
A humorous essay on dogs adapting to sultry weather. It details a bower of unpruned branches, cool earth and shade where dogs dig, lie, and bask in the creek, enjoying sunless spots and carefree, irresponsible summer days. The piece ends with a biblical verse about shared hardship.
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U. S
G.I
Truman prices fight sparks broader economic tangle
The piece argues Congress should resist Truman administration pressure to extend price controls, noting prices are actually falling. It highlights the clash between Office of Price Stabilization efforts to hold prices down and Agriculture price supports that push prices up, with farm crop subsidies seen as a core inflation driver and politically untouchable in Congress.
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Congress
Truman
Defense
Wilson
Mr. Truman
Walcott
Michigan
Office of
Department of Agriculture
Debating the Defense Production Act Extension
The Defense Production Act DPA extended government controls on prices wages and materials. Congress wrestled over keeping the act beyond June 30 1951 with Senate proposing an eight month extension and the House seeking a longer measure. The final result would likely extend DPA while weakening price control rollbacks and delaying a unified bill until late July.
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Truman
OPA
United States
House
Senate
White House
Congress
Democratic Party
Mr. Truman
The
Associated Press
Letters Proud of the 987th Armored Field Artillery
Marvel Chaney from 713 Dental SW defends the 987th Armored Field Artillery Battalion, insisting that soldiers show resilience and morale amid war and that minor complaints are a normal outlet for stress rather than signs of neglect or low spirit.
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987Th
987Th Armored Field Artillery Battalion
G.I
Marvel Chaney
Messy habits observed in city crowd at Meyers Lake
The writer notes trash around Nimisilla Park Zoo and uptown sidewalks, recalling Monkey Island at Meyers Lake. He suggests posting No Spitting signs, questions why people are messy, and attributes the mess to outsiders, not residents, in Canton.
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Nimisilla Park Zoo
Monkey Island
Meyers Lake
Jefferson Mossgrove RD
Canton
Verse Reflection Marks Loyalty to Heaven
A short biblical quotation from Deuteronomy 32:4 asserts enduring faith in God. The line emphasizes divine perfection and unchanging truth as a testament of strength and righteousness.
Once Over By H I Phillips in Korea
In a satirical diary from Korea, H I Phillips or "I" recounts cease-fire talks and diplomatic performances. The piece weaves humor about Dewey, Truman, and volunteers amid the Kaesong huddle while noting losses of face, G I casualties, and odd trivialities such as a volunteer cook. Remarks touch on Jacob Malik, Eric Johnston, and Kefauver probes shaping a strained postwar mood.
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Korea
Babe
Tom Dewey
Mooney
Checker
Century-Old Pioneers Face Hardship on Emigrant Road
A Osceola Independent excerpt from a century ago reveals pioneer hardship on Emigrant Road with a writer recounting families living in luxury eating carcasses of dead oxen and himself killing a faithful dog to share meat among twenty men.
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Osceola Independent
Truckee River
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U.S
By David Lawrence
Frese
By Truman Twill
Jim
By Mark Sullivan
New York Herald Tribune
By James Marlow
H. I. Phillips
Emil
Dewey
China
Russia
America
Yale
Harvard
Princeton
Yanks
Brooklyn
Deweys
Harry Truman
P.S
Jacob Malik
Eric Johnston
Kefauver
Associated News
Canada
Canton City Bottling Co
Market Ave
E. H. Dever
W. J. Piero
J. F. Weiss
J. Schubach
John Burkhardt
W. H. Swihart
F. A. Zink
Amer
Tuscara
Denmark Lake Naval Arsenal
Dover
N. J
Hugh Drum
C. c. Dowling
William J. Donovan
Franklin D. Government
Simeon Timoshenko
Klementi Voroshilov
Leningrad
Simeon Budenny
Ukraine
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