Canton Repository 1951 Publication Details and Rates
The Canton Repository founded 1815 merged with Stark County Republican in 1868 and evolved through several names. This July 16, 1951 issue lists ownership, AP affiliation, offices, and subscription rates for daily and Sunday editions, with mail rates for multiple Ohio counties and carrier options.
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Ohio Repository
Stark County Republican
Canton Repository & Re-pogress
Theanton Repository
Canton Daily Eaositors
Evening Repository
Canton Reository
Ct. 2
Eee
Canton Daily News
Stark County Democrat
Associated Press
AP News
Story
Brooks & Iney
New York
New York Central
Philadelphia
Fidelity-Philadelhia Just
Chicago
Nichigan 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
East and West clash over norms in Korea talks
The piece argues that Western insistence on Occidental patterns of conduct hinders talks with Asia. It notes the Korean war actors hold fast to power, fear, and force, with Kremlin-backed sponsors seeking armistice under their own guns, challenging basic Christian civility.
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Asia
Korea
Kremlin
Goose Grease A Speech On Public Transport Reform
Col S H Bingham, a top expert on public transit, warns that politicians and taxes have ruined public transportation. He proposes public corporations buy out private carriers with revenue bonds, retain management, and retire bonds from operating income to remove taxes and political interference.
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Col. Bingham
New York City
Remorse in Cicero Riots Echo National Debate
The Cicero Illinois riots prompt reflections on national racial tensions and the struggle for equality. The piece defends progress toward citizenship for African Americans while condemning the violence as the work of a few hoodlums, urging Americans to resist bigotry and uphold human equality.
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Cicero
Ill
United States
America
Dust Bowl floods test imagination in Kansas and Missouri
A reflective note argues that the current flood disasters in Kansas and Missouri feel extraordinary yet are ordinary in perspective. The piece compares past droughts and dust bowls to future expectations, noting New York City's water supply returned to normal after a summer drouth.
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American “Desert
Kansas
New York City
Consumer finances shape 1951 buying outlook
A Federal Reserve Board survey shows 32 percent of American families feel better off, 31 percent say about the same, and 37 percent worse off. High prices restrain purchases of cars, homes, and appliances while wage and price controls loom as Congress debates how to curb inflation.
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Federal Reserve Board
University of Michigan
United States
Irving Schweiger
Congress
Iigmae
U. S
Consumers’ Price Index
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Bean Bearers Beware in Twillery’s Beanery
An old theme returns as Twillery residents pledge no unsolicited beans. The piece mocks charitable giving of surplus produce, noting beans flood neighbors and livestock alike, and insists beans only go to solicitations. The offer may be canceled with relatives arriving.
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India
Twillery
Socialist clash looms in 1952 campaign for freedom
Senator Dirksen outlines a high stakes 1952 race centering on economic freedom versus soft socialism. He explains the Republican senatorial committee’s role in fundraising, research, and strategy to seize a Senate majority in 1953, amid a national push on taxes, spending, debt, and bureaucratic power.
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America
Congress
Senate Republicans
Illinois
Scott Lucas
Dirksen
Senate
Republican Campaign Committee
Inflation Cause And Government Spending Debate
In a reader letter Mrs Ray Legoer of Louisville argues inflation stems from poor family spending and criticizes government actions such as costly travel for officials and veterans hospitals. She mocks tax strategies and defense spending while urging readjustments to shrink inflation and reflect Marshall Plan aims.
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Inphlashun
Sun Valley
Representative Mason
Illinois
Milady
Hamburg
Washington
Ray L. Legoer
RD 2
Louisville
Wild Life in Canton Describes Deer Sighting Near Home
Mrs. Thurman Keller reports seeing a half grown deer near her Canton home on West Tuscarawas. The animal moved toward a nearby swamp after she stepped outside to distract it, marking the second deer spotted around her residence.
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Canton
West Tuscarawas
Public School Teachers Urged to Cross Picket Lines
National Education Association reports condemn crossing picket lines by teachers including union members at Oglesby Illinois. It condemns strikes as unprofessional and asserts teachers must prioritize children over any organization. The AFL affiliated American Federation of Teachers is cited on refusing strikes to close schools. Severe censure is directed at tactics like those in Oglesby.
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National Education Association
A. F. K. Union of
N. E. A.’s Commission For the Defense of Democracy Through Education
Oglesby
Ill
Ers
American Federation of Teachers
American Federation of Labor
A.F.L
North American Newspaper Alliance
Invitation to color television party sparks cautious humor
A tongue in cheek letter from George Phillips inviting friends to view a new color TV, asking guests to be temperate, avoid loud critique, and not bring children. It jokes about color, drinks, and expressions of support or critique, noting limited seating and asking guests to specify a night.
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FCC
C.bs
Rainbow
Jumbled Newsnotes Blend Pop Culture and Headlines
A collage of items spans Truman and Dewey in Korea, RCA color TV, Mickey Cohen’s 5 year sentence, Utopia gardening in October, New York bakers strike, and old songs by E A Van Alstyne. Includes light quips comparing leaders to Shriners conventions and a nod to classic tunes.
Local Advertiser Sells Buffalo Robes And Low Cash Prices
A 100 year old ad by David J. Begges notes receipt of 20 bales of buffalo robes for sale with lower prices for cash buyers. A Canton library bid to open a museum recalls McKinley era items. Five men sail from New York to cross the Atlantic in the 50 foot Romance. Captain John Weller leads the voyage.
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David J. Begges
Canton Public Library
William McKinley
New York
Atlantic Ocean
Romance
John Wel<ler
Murder of Canton Publisher At His Home In 25 Years Ago Case
Don R. Mellett 36 publisher of the Canton Daily News was shot to death at the rear door of his home on 3137 Tuscarawas st W. Canton police hunted a killer as rewards totaling 11000 were posted by H. H. Timken Scripps-Howard League newspapers of Ohio and Judge Hubert Pontius. Detectives found no witnesses or car noise and suspected revenge for attacks on the local underworld. Mellett sat on his front porch with wife and guests Walter Vail and others before the fatal act when he went to park his car.
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Don R. Mellett
Canton Daily News
Tuscarawas St
Canton
H. H. Timken
Scripps-Howard League
Ohio
Hubert Pontius
Mellett
Walter Vail
12Th St
Broad Ave
Draft army urged by Marshall with unlimited size
Ten years ago General George C Marshall, army chief of staff, asked Congress to authorize a draft army of unlimited size but denied the War Department planned another American Expeditionary Force like World War I. Roy D Moore, Brush Moore Newspapers official, accepted Treasury Secretary Morgenthau Jr invitation to chair Ohio Defense Savings Committee.
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George C. Marshall
Army
Congress
War Department
United States
Europe
Roy D. Moore
Brush-Moore Newspapers, Inc
Secretary of the Treasury
Henry Morgenthau Jr
Defense Savings Committee
Ohio
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Market Avenue
Fifth Street South
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Col
S. H. Bingham
Peter Edson
By Truman Twill
Bixby
By Everett M. Dirksen
Republican Senatorial Committee
Vandenberg
Michigan
Children First
By Harrison W. Fry
H. S. Phillips
George
Truman
Tom Dewey
Gen. MacArthur
Shriners
RCA
CBS
Mickey Cohen
Utopia
E. A. van Alstyne
Father
Grandpa
The
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