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Newspaper
The Canton Repository
Location
Canton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1949
Page
6
A compact 1949 masthead note outlines The Canton Repository's lineage from The Ohio Repository to The Canton Repository, including mergers, name changes, and publication shifts. It lists Associated Press membership, office presence, and circulation policies and dates, with a July 20, 1949 dateline.
The piece uses a church metaphor to explain how political parties hire and fire chairmen to balance factional power. It notes Rep Hugh D Scott Jr will resign under pressure to allow a Dewey faction successor and argues such reshuffles reflect party harmony aims amid internal strife.
RNEST BEVIN, Britain's foreign minister, argues welfare state subsidies boost British costs and hurt exports. He warns that dollar and pound values fall as welfare-state experiments erode purchasing power. He, Cripps, and other socialists face fuel for the steam of politics amid dwindling U.S. dollars.
Mr Justice Murphy a former Detroit mayor and Roosevelt appointee who governed the Philippines and Michigan rose to the Supreme Court. His most noted act as governor was allowing sit down strikers to take precedence over the law, a decision that sparked lasting controversy.
William W. Irwin, a Canton steel industry pioneer who started the sheet steel business in the 1890s, died Tuesday at an advanced age. The obituary praises his entrepreneurial spirit and the free enterprise system that enabled his achievements and shaped the nation’s industrial growth.
The piece warns that Britain and western Germany face a deep political and economic strain. It argues a bigger American subsidy or reduced living standards are on the table, risking democratic unity and Western solidarity as markets tighten and social tensions rise.
Truman Twill muses on pedal pushers as a knee length compromise between shorts and dungarees. He notes their practical appeal for concealing the knee bulge while revealing calves, and recalls a bank line sighting. The tone is jaded and humorous about fashion’s staying power in hot weather.
A reflective note cites I Timothy 6 19 urging readers to build a lasting spiritual foundation so they may grasp eternal life. The passage emphasizes prudent living and future readiness as a providential guide for faith and conduct.
The Attorney General states that antitrust action targets only bigness that restrains trade or fixes prices. He notes civil suits with consent decrees may follow if negotiations fail, and explains why criminal indictments do not alone define permissible conduct under antitrust law. He also mentions the United States Rubber, Du Pont, and General Motors case and interlocking ownership as a factor in competition.
Washington readers see a debate over postwar economics as the Murray bill pushes new plan ideas. Supporters say extended loans, tax reform, public works, and underdeveloped-area investment could curb unemployment. Critics warn of rising job losses and possible socialism and Congress may adjourn before action.
The write up notes a statesman avoiding admission of foresight while maneuvering amid new trends. It mentions London reports on royal family impact from austerity and denies any rumor of a hemstitching sign appearing in the palace window.
In a drought wary neighborhood Miss Arabella Pridgett is hailed as the Great Lawn Lover her devotion to keeping every blade green. She tends dawn to night with two hoses and a full sprinkler setup while rain or shine she proclaims the hose must go on.
The piece ridicules sensational media and entertainment excesses from film to radio to pulp fiction. Tom Weatherly mocks glamorous myths of power and laments the era’s shift away from high culture. It ends by noting the American Association of University Professors defends teachers' rights to hold communist beliefs outside classrooms.
A Madison Square Garden event prompts questions about when Henry Wallace will perform on the program. The reply places him between a horse show and a chariot race in the lineup. The source notes various political and cultural jabs tied to sports and entertainment.
A Bronx Zoo hippopotamus celebrates 46 years, attributing a long life to a steady pace and a steady diet of four bales of hay daily.
A San Francisco naval officer offered $2 to a ragged man to carry a trunk to a tavern and was refused. The man demanded an ounce of gold to carry it himself. A loaf er dressed a stolen chicken and found $30 in gold. A Hoosier arrived at Sutter's Fort with pins and needles worth $5 and sold $500 worth, still holding $2,000. Forty years ago local water mains shifted from creek to wells as supplies rose. A. R. Lauffer warned on fire risk and noted Navarre road paving was finished.
A snapshot of 25 years ago notes Canton population size ranking by Census Bureau and 750 attendees at the fifth annual Ohio Power Co outing in Tuscora Park New Philadelphia. Ten years prior recalls Rev. Jacob H. Goldner freed after Arab captivity in Palestine. his son Gerould Goldner remained held. Walter D. Gray of Wooster is shown as re elected president of the Ohio Rural Letter Carriers Association at a Columbus convention.
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