Canton Repository history and 1949 subscription note
A brief note traces the Canton Repository’s lineage from The Ohio Repository through mergers and name changes to The Canton Repository by 1949. It lists circulation details, Associated Press membership, special representatives, and subscription rates, with address and contact conventions for mail and carrier delivery as of July 21, 1949.
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Brush-Moore Newspapers Inc
Market Avenue
Fifth Feet South
Canton
Ohio
Postoffice
Congress
Ohio Repository
Stark County Repubican
Canton Poeenetz & Reublican
Theanton Repository
Canton Daily Repository
Evening Repository
Canton Reository
Bet
Canton Daily News
Stark County Democrat
Associated Press
AP News
Story
Brooks & Finley
New York
New York Central Building
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 Association
Pressure mounts over Truman Supreme Court pick
The piece analyzes how political factors shape President Truman’s forthcoming Supreme Court appointment to replace the late Justice Murphy. It notes the tension among factions, including religion, region, party, and New Deal affinity, as crucial determinants alongside qualifications.
Truman and Kremlin gamble on internal turmoil
The piece notes President Truman’s belief that the Soviet Union is strained by internal problems while the Kremlin hopes to unsettle the United States from within. It argues Russians and Americans alike doubt a collapse, citing past false alarms and historical foibles in both nations.
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Truman
Soviet Union
Kremlin
United States
Russia
Mr. Truman
The Rise and Fall of Luciano in Lercara Friddi
Sicily born gangster and vice lord Luciano, famed for his U S ties and bold connections, faces a doomed bid for mayor of Lercara Friddi. His aggressive rise in crime contrasts with his hometown’s view of a gifted but misdirected entrepreneur.
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Luciano
United States
Lercara
al Capone
Lercara Friddi
Lucky
Frost on the Pumpkin and the Gridiron Preseason Hype
Editorial observes the early football practice among professionals amid an overlapping sports calendar and summer heat. It predicts crowded grandstands, nine cheers, drum majorettes, and a looming fall slate with frost on the pumpkin as autumn night skies outline geese.
Babies versus bombs, a physician warns of danger
A famed physician states that babies matter more than atomic bombs and that the worst has happened to babies as they are not secret to the Russians.
Report From the Country on the Recession
A travelogue from Spokane notes recession in the nation with Montana oil, wheat drought, and rising tourist numbers. It criticizes President Truman and his advisers for blaming consumers, details how lower prices spurred savings, inventories, and a drop in profits, and questions political talks versus enacted measures. The piece argues public confidence waned as prices fell and savings rose, amid debates over anti inflation and anti deflation policies.
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Spokane
New York
Cut Bank
Montana
Truman
Council of Economic Advisers
Congress
Nothing Else Makes Sense in Peale Column Context
The piece cites Norman Vincent Peale praising calm living while noting the unsettling front page headlines. It argues readers must choose deliberate poise to handle a world of mishaps and constant news, concluding Peale’s message remains sensible and essential.
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Norman Vincent Peale
Dr. Peale
Letting George Do It In American Life
A dated column satirizes Proxyitis to describe Americans outsourcing tasks to others. From fixing leaks to planning leisure, the piece argues modern life shifts responsibility to professionals and institutions leading to shorter work hours but greater worry, ending with a mock fatal ultimate reliance.
Truman Can Save Supreme Court Balance
The article discusses the rare Supreme Court vacancy and the likely nomination by President Truman of a Democrat to replace the late Justice Murphy. It notes the 6 to 3 balance and the historical 6-3 dynamic, the roles of party, religion, and geography, and mentions potential candidates including Senator O'Mahoney and Chief Justice Harold Stephens, with Attorney General Clark as another possibility.
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Supreme
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Supreme Court
Hoover
Justice Cardozo
Charles Evans Hughes
Cardozo
Taft
White
Butler
Murphy
Adge Stephens
America
Truman
Clark
James C. McReynolds
Harlan Fiske Stone
Frank Murphy
Robert H. Jackson
Price supports and tariffs spark reader debate
In letters from Revell Yarger and E W Dykes, readers argue that price supports distort markets, tariffs worsen surpluses, and government meddling harms the economy. They urge correcting terminology in public policy and caution against escalating unemployment benefits and "dole" during hard times.
Village Smithy in the Modern Pattern of Government
A playful verse touring a 1949 pattern of bureaucracy where the village smithy becomes a government clerk. The smith writes forms, answers yes or no, and faces endless paperwork as children look on, notes of toil and progress fading into bureaucratic noise.
He Started Retiring Today Caption in Uncle Sam Ad
The piece critiques a magazine ad showing a 15 year old lad with a song on his lips and feet in the clouds. It argues the ad promotes immediate retirement from work over long term thrift and effort. Tito is urged to reject Western loans in a sardonic aside.
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Uncle Sam
FCC Eyes Color TV Soon to Cut Snow On Air
The FCC is expected to approve color television soon as a solution to snowy pictures. A commentator notes the red flickering toward green and yellow bleeding into purple, describing the current display imperfections.
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FCC
Mommer
Century of anniversaries and early flight feats noted
A Dayton Presbyterian, Rev William Anderson, was named Miami University president with Rev Thomas S Stockton declining. American papers were asked to send Fourth of July copies to a Paris library founded by M Wattemore. Forty years ago a Galveston hurricane flooded areas to seven feet. Orville Wright set a 70 mile flight lasting 1 hour 20 minutes while Wilbur watched. Twenty five years ago Red Mack staged a melodrama at Meyers Lake Park Theatre and Gov Donahey defended pardons amid prison overcrowding.
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William Anderson
Dayton
Miami University
Thomas S&s. Stockton
Paris
M. Wattemore
Galveston
Texas
Orville Wright
Wilbur
Fort Myers
Washington
Orville
Red” Mack
Meyers Lake Park Theater
Vic Donahey
Akron
Timken Roller Bearing Co Outing At Idora Park
Ten years ago Stark County residents joined the Timken Roller Bearing Co annual outing at Idora Park Youngstown with thousands traveling on 12 company chartered buses. Rev Gerould R Goldner, then held by Arabs in Palestine, sent a ransom note to his father Rev Jacob Goldner urging payment. The elder Goldner, pastor at Euclid Avenue Christian Church Cleveland, had been released earlier. Gerould was a student pastor at Mogadore Ohio.
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Stark County
Timken Roller Bearing Co
Idora Park
Youngstown
Gerould R. Goldner
Palestine
Jacob Goldner
Goldner
Euclid Avenue Christian Church
Cleveland
Nothing Is Nothing In This Wordless Brief
A paradoxical gloss on the idea of nothingness, noting how language makes nothing into something. The piece playfully argues that even voids and valueless thoughts become matter when written or read, ending with the note that you have read something about nothing.
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Webster
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United States Senate
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Utah
Stephens
Roosevelt
Justice Rutledge
Department of Justice
Revell Yarger
Stark County Agriculture Conservation Association
E. W. Dykes
Grandview
Hitler
Bureau of Unemployment Compensation
Bureau of Unemployment Taxation
Dole
H. I. Phillips
Longfellow
Efigen
Smith
Evermore
Marshal Tito
Tito
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