Canton Repository date and history summary
Brief history of The Canton Repository detailing origins from 1815, mergers with The Stark County Republican, name changes, daily and Sunday editions, acquisitions in 1930, AP affiliation, and circulation terms as of Tuesday July 19, 1949. Includes address and service areas in Ohio.
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Evening Repository
Canton Repository
Canton Daily News
Stark County Democrat
Associated Press
Brooks & Finley
New York
New York Central Building
Philadelphia
Fidelity-Philadelhia Trust
Chicago
Michigan Avenue
Cleveland
Euclid Avenue
Boston
Statler
Los Angeles
Guaranty
American Newspaper Publishers Association
Audit Bureau OF Circulation
Inland Daily Press Association
Ares
Wee
Sun
Stark
Tuscarawas
Carroll
Columbiana
Portage
Summit
Wayne
Holmes
Origh Iy
End of 52-20 club looms as unemployment relief ends
Announcement shows more than 3.5 billion dollars distributed under the G I Bill unemployment relief for World War II veterans. Critics say Congress may end the program, erasing the 52-20 club benefit of 20 dollars weekly for up to 52 weeks and leaving veterans with limited aid. The piece notes relief was as much about easing congressional fear as veteran need, with unemployment largely avoided after demobilization.
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Congress
House
Senate
Fact finding in steel industry faces tough truths
The text argues there are no absolute facts in the large steel industry and stresses the difficulty of objective conclusions. It notes the appointed commission will study conditions of employment and may propose recommendations. It questions how the United Steel Workers would respond if wage and pension demands were dropped.
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United Steel Workers
Presidential Commission
Oakland trip costs for Stark County officials disclosed
Stark County officials including Commissioner Joseph T. Nist and Clerk Hilda Schrantz attend a national convention in Oakland California. Expenses for the trip will be paid at 300 to 400 dollars per person under a state law allowing counties to fund travel for county business related conventions.
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Apeieeia
Stark
Oakland
Calif
Joseph T. Nist
Hilda Schrantz
Reuben Z. Wise
George N. Graham
J. J. Newcomer
C. Frank Sherrard
Frank A. Hoffman
S. S. Senter
Board of Commissioners
Mississippi
Treasuries
Influence and graft in purchases at government level
The piece argues the federal government, as the largest US purchaser of commodities, is vulnerable to influence and corruption. It asserts that influence is common in all sales, noting that graft exists on both sides of a transaction, and urges cleanup where corruption is found.
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United States
Truman
Waiting on Truman steel strike’s dampening economic echo
The 60 day steel strike truce under President Truman slows postwar recovery as economists attribute the slump to falling prices. With steel prices likely to steer wages and inflation, buyers and unions watch Philip Murray and John Lewis to set a national cue.
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Truman
John Lewis
Philip Murray
National City Bank Bulletin
North American Newspaper Alliance
England's Real Peril by Raymond Moley
The piece argues England could drift toward dictatorship as Labour’s failures undercut faith in liberal democracy. It weighs Churchill’s potential, Conservative weakness, and the lure of strong rule amid nationalization and economic decline, warning that such shifts threaten democratic freedoms.
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England
Raymond Moley
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Congress
Germany
United States
Labor
Fact Finding Board Could Shape Labor Precedent
A Truman appointed steel fact finding board faces a 60 day study to resolve the CN C and steel companies dispute. If impartial and acceptable to both sides, it could curb inflationary pressures, influence injunction debates in Congress, and set a lasting precedent for resolving major industry labor conflicts. The panel, seen as nonpartisan, must avoid mere expressions of opinion and deliver recommendations that earn broad buy in.
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America
Truman
C.N.C
Steel
Congress
Washington
C.I.O. Steelworkers
Remembering Calvin Byers A Farmer's Diary columnist dies
A tribute to Calvin A Byers, former Mansfield high school teacher and writer of A Farmer's Diary, recalling his serene life on a Bellville farm near Mansfield. The piece notes his barefoot walks, love of trees and stars, and the happiness he shared with readers and friends.
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Calvin A. Byers
Calvin Byers
Bellville
Mansfield
Louis Bromfield
Byers
Byerses
Ohio General Assembly 1949 House praised for defraud law
A letter lauding the Ohio General Assembly in 1949 notes the House’s hard work and honor. It mentions a July 14 1949 bill increasing penalties for defrauding a livery stablekeeper and urges other states to copy this measure. M C Wolfe 1306 Iowa pf NE
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Ohio General Assembly
House of Representatives
Ohio
Truman pushes fact finding boards to settle labor disputes
President Truman first proposed 30 day truces and empowered fact finding boards to compel witnesses and subpoenas. Despite recommendations and several strikes, Congress trimmed the proposal. He later vetoed measures limiting boards and pressed for boards with broad powers in a national emergency setup.
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Truman
Congress
House Labor Committee
Auto Workers
General Motors
Devoted to business folly as a national risk
A satirical rant rails at businessmen who curtail supply and fear debt, arguing against government meddling and praising ordinary arithmetic. It mocks speculation, urges prudent caution, and laments the downturn mindset while defending profit, solvency, and the old American commercial prudence.
No Justice and a Playboy Louser Tom Weatherly
Poem-like ditty notes a weekday grind and a Sunday longing ends with a claim the author’s beloved has run off with a playboy named Tom Weatherly claiming the house is empty and no justice in love.
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John van Druten
Tom Weatherly
Vanishing Americanisms in Funny Money Dialogues
A set of clipped lines reflecting old time spending and wagers shows class and era. Remarks include gas money and movie nickels, a five cent world series, two pairs of pants with a suit, and a quip about Dempsey. The note ends with a playful jab at a National League versus American League ball game.
Century of milestones in Minnesota history and oddities
A century of notes recalls Minnesota’s early statehood promises cheap living and healthy climate per the Pittsburgh Gazette, plus 40 years ago a Cook Park bathhouse and playground equipment for children, a late night kitchen intrusion, then 25 years past political and technological curiosities including Burton Wheeler’s vice presidential bid and H Grindell Matthews’ death ray claim with British tests deeming it harmless.
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Repository
Minnesota
Pittsburgh Gazette
United States
Cook Park
Carrie A. Daniels
North St
Burton K. Wheeler
Montana
Robert M. LaFollette
Wisconsin
H. Grindell Matthews
New York
England
Britain
Ohio dentist first to cross Atlantic via Pan American Clippers
Dr A L Joliet of 1245 11th St NW became the first Ohioan to fly the Atlantic on Pan American Clippers. He practiced dentistry in Cleveland and commuted from Canton by car. He attended European dental association meetings before. a related photo shows Hiram Johnson and William Borah from 20 years earlier, amid their stance against Roosevelt's neutrality law changes.
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A. L. Joliet
11Th St NW
Atlantic
Pan American Clippers
Cleveland
Canton
Europe
Dental Association
Hiram Johnson
California
William Borah
Idaho
Woodrow Wilson
League of Nations
Franklin Roosevelt
United States
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