Canton Repository heritage and circulation notes dated July 16 1949
The Canton Repository details its founding in 1815 as The Ohio Repository and subsequent mergers and name changes through 1930, including daily publication starts, Sunday edition, and acquisition of The Canton Daily News assets. It lists Associated Press membership, representative offices, and circulation rates for various regions and formats.
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Brush-Moore Newspapers Inc
Market Avenue
Fifth Street
Canton
Ohio
Congress
TSU
Ohio Repository
Stark County Republican
Canton Reposito & Reublican
Theanton Repository
Canton Daily Repository
Evening Repository
Canton Repository
Canton Daily News
Stark County Democrat
Associated Press
Story
Brooks & Finley
New York
New York Central
Philadelphia
Fidelity-Philadelhia Trust
Chicago
Niichigan 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
Peace
Truman's Whim Shapes Steel Crisis Endgame
The article argues President Truman used political leverage to avert a steel strike, shaping a fact finding board with power to interpret and select facts. It warns the White House favors union leadership and questions long term adherence to labor law, fearing executive whim over law.
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Truman
Mr. Truman
United States
White Houses
White House
Ohio 98th General Assembly Reaches Long Session
The 98th General Assembly has adjourned after 28 weeks, shaping Ohio law and a budget totaling 1,066,000,000. Despite public preoccupation with national issues, state debates on long term policy and the budget drew limited attention as legislators left Columbus.
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Bean
United States Congress
Columbus
Ohio
General Assembly
Too Honest for Comfort Taft on North Atlantic Pact and aid
The prose lauds Senator Taft for his clear eyed critique of the North Atlantic Pact. It credits him with honesty in voicing doubts about obligations under the pact, while noting Vandenberg and Dulles leaned toward supporting the treaty. The piece argues Taft’s courage clarifies the issue before the Senate vote and may help the pact succeed if its meaning is understood.
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Taft
U. S. Senate
Senate
Vandenberg
Senator Dulles
New York
Corrections on Truman’s postwar debt claim highlighted
The piece analyzes Truman’s radio address criticizing the 80th Congress, debunking his claim that postwar receipts exceeded expenditures and debt was reduced beyond World War I levels. It notes ghost writers’ involvement, tax cut misstatements, and the broader budget outlook, arguing deficits and inflation risks.
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Truman
80Th Congress
R. Truman
The Auction World A State of Mind and Market Force
An expansive meditation on auctions, arguing they lubricate supply and demand and function as a trance like state. It ties auctions to the U S economy, antique and second hand trade, and the cultural role of auctioneers in moving goods through American life.
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Wall Street
United States
U.S.A
Minnie
Philip Murray
C.I.0
Foster
1919 Steel Strike and Labor Era Change
Editorial Research Reports notes the 1919 steel strike as a turning point in labor relations. It contrasts 1919 demands for collective bargaining and rights with postwar goals such as pensions and social insurance.
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Eee
United Steelworkers
C.I.U
Foster
Wilson
Chicago
When the Buggy Ride Is Over
The essay argues that Britain’s postwar fiscal crisis shows a nation living beyond its means, saddled by deficit financing and fake gains. It warns Americans to watch England, as the same harms from unbalanced budgets and debt could come home to roost.
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Treasuries
England
Britain
Limehouse
Labor
Micawber
U. S
Fact-Finders and Farm Prices in The Nation's Economy
Letters discuss the independence of fact finding boards amid pro union influence, the long lead time needed to study steel, and Philip Murray’s alleged control. A concurrent view explains farm surplus costs, price supports, and wasted fertility, arguing broader economic damage from excess production and weak farmer buying power on the economy. Revell Yarger comments on agricultural concerns.
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Philip Murray
Murray
Revell Yarger, Ch
Stark County Agr. Conservation Assoc
Cost of Farm Subsidies to the Repository
Crop reports show production of major commodities may exceed demand. Questions arise about the cost of surplus farm commodities and who bears that burden. Production costs include soil fertility factors as part of the overall expense.
Target Practice By H Vy. Wade
Secretary of the treasury embarks on a brief tour of the Old World with a ready quip for reporters saying he is unavailable. The remark frames a light moment amid official travel.
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H VY. Wade
the Treasury
Senate bill sparks attack by Bill Green over John L. Lewis likeness
The U S Senate approved a labor bill that Bill Green calls totally unacceptable. Critics wonder if Green compares himself to John L. Lewis, signaling a confrontational stance and possible labor leadership parallels.
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U.S. Senate
Bill Green
Green
John L. Lewis
Tractors Surpass Horses in Pennsylvania
For the first time the number of tractors in Pennsylvania exceeds horses. The $2 plunger questions where the fun lies in tracing the blood line of plow.
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Pennsylvania
Education goes to video in quirky satire
Humorous critique of televised courses and puppets replacing diplomas erupts as Ira Hirschbaum announces Hunter College will test video education. History tops the first telecast, with synchronized lectures and a cash prize, while critics warn of eyestrain and fuses misfiring on the big screen.
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Ira Hirschbaum
Hunter College
Theatre Caricature and Oddities From a Tangled Memoir
A mixed, readable fragment notes Dale Carnegie’s actor roots in Polly of the Circus along with Howard Lindsay and Billy Burke revealings. Flo Ziegfeld’s courtship at Grant’s Tomb, and travel stories contrast with theatre royalty from Hawtry to Otis Skinner era. A partisan Iowa wingless chicken and a joke about a three sleeve shirt close the clump.
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Dale Carnegie
Polly
Howard Lindsay
Billy Burke
Billy
Flo Ziegfeld
Grant
Hollywood
Charles Hawtry
London
Charles Frohman
John Drew
Otis Skinner
Anna Held
Edna May
Mary Maddern Fiske
Dave Warfield
Donald Brian
Olsen & Johnson
Coin-slot TV sets bring hour of entertainment
Coin-slot television sets are installed in homes enabling an hour of video entertainment per quarter. The coming dispute may be whether a thrifty subscriber endures a three hour ball game that drags on beyond the quick round one finish.
Truman bullish on market after recent gains
President Truman expresses optimism about the stock market amid rising activity noting gains as a sign of confidence. He jokes about watching the market from his yacht with the engine in reverse, suggesting a humorous misread of the situation.
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Truman
Century Ago in Pest Kossuth Welcomed as Hungarian Leader
A century back, Louis Kossuth arrived in Pest and was welcomed as president of the Hungarian republic. In southern Hungary fighting persisted between Hungarian forces and remnants of the Austrian army aided by Russia.
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Louis Kossuth
Pest
Hungary
Canton Seeks Scottish Clans Chapter Formation
Twenty five years ago Canton began steps to organize a local chapter of the Order of the Scottish Clans. Author Zane Grey, famed for westerns, caught a 450 pound swordfish, the season’s largest near Catalina off Los Angeles. W B Galligher chaired arrangements for a Canton Grocers Association picnic.
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Canton
Order of the
Fawcett Stadium Ready for 1939 Grid Season
Ten years had passed since construction began on Fawcett Stadium, now completed after two years with minor landscaping remaining before the 1939 football season. The $500,000 venue was set for opening, while Stark Electric Railroad’s No. 42 interurban car ran from Canton to Alliance at 1 a.m. the last scheduled trip, operated by F. L. Snyder of Alliance RD, with tracks slated for removal in a couple of days.
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R. Truman
Truman
Fawcett Stadium
Stark Electric Railroad Co
Canton
Alliance
F. L. Snyder
Rd, Alliance
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