The Canton Repository History and Telegraphed Rates
The Canton Repository began as The Ohio Repository in 1815, merged with The Stark County Republican in 1868, and evolved through multiple name changes including The Canton Daily Repository and The Evening Repository, with a Sunday edition since 1892 and acquisition of The Canton Daily News assets in 1930. Subscription rates cover daily, Sunday, and combination deliveries by carrier within Stark and surrounding counties, with mail options and address requirements.
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Latein
Ob Brush - Moore Newspapers Inc
Market Avenue
Fifthtreet South
Canton
Ohio
Postoffice
Congress
Ohio Repository
Stark County Republcan
Canton Repository & Reublican
Theanton Repository
Canton Dailyepository
Canton Repository
Canton Daily News
Stark County Democrat
Associated Press
AP News
Story
Brooks & Gilney
New York
Daii
Stark
Tuscarawas
Carroll
Columbiana
Portage
Summit
Wayne
Holmes
One-sided Senate vote on North Atlantic Pact
The piece argues doubts remain about the North Atlantic Pact and the forthcoming arms bill. It notes U S experience with treaties, the limits of diplomatic guarantees, and that the pact commits the United States to act under certain circumstances while other signatories face feasibility constraints.
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Senate
Congress
United States
Europe
Psychology of Opposition in American Politics
This piece argues that opposition is inherent in all governments and that the ruling party tends to suppress dissent. It cites Roosevelt Truman Hopkins and cites dangers of spend-and-spend politics, urging the opposition to resist runaway spending, broken faith in securities, and government by unelected officials. It warns Republicans to articulate a clear alternative and oppose misuse of power.
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White House
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Harry Truman
United States
Hitler
Stalin
Harry Hopkins
Taft
Let Us Unite Departments Under One Civilian Head
An editorial argues for broad unification of the federal government to a single secretary model. It endorses combining the armed services under a Secretary of Defense and suggests extending consolidation to Commerce Labor Interior Agriculture and Justice plus finance related agencies. It warns about overunification and contrasts with Goering's centralized regime.
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Congress
United States
Commerce
Labor
Interior
Agriculture
Department of Interior
Departments of Labor, Commerce and Agriculture
Department of Justice
Department of Injustice
Department of Law Enforcement
Reconstruction Finance Corp
Housing and Home Finance Agency
Federal Reserve System
Export- Import Bank
Army
Navy
Air Force
Postoffice
Johnson
Armed Services
Hitler
Hermann Goering
Washington
Cotton Corners by Uncle George and TRUMAN TWILL
The columnist muses on town versus country identities as rural residents move to cities, arguing such mixing lowers political strife and expands agricultural capital. He recalls a family reunion, jokes about Letty Beeson’s pressed chicken, notes a rough winter ahead, and closes with holiday warmth for kin.
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Letty Beeson
Letty
Cotton
George
Who's Who in Britain edition signals quirky reprints
The new British Who's Who edition of 3 080 pages appears to mix Britons and Americans with uneven criteria. It highlights Sitwells and Shaw while noting irregular updates and a haphazard selection process that allows only cabinet members, high judges, and university heads consistent inclusion.
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Britain
Island
the Sitwells
George Sitwell
Edith Sitwell
Sir George
Osbert Sitwell
Who's Who
Eton
George Bernard Shaw
The
If We Love One Another We Cannot Be Harmed Quote
A reflective maxim attributed to Long fellow urging that love for others provides safety from harm despite misfortunes. The line emphasizes moral resilience and mutual care as protection against adversity.
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Longfellow
Two Years In Unification Of U S Armed Forces
The United States marks two years of military unification under civilian control. Progress includes a single budget and cross training, with disputes over a naval carrier and a push for stronger defense leadership. President Truman issued an order to implement reforms if Congress delays.
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Chase
United States
Truman
National Military Establishment
NME
Secretary of Defense
Congress
Defense
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Army
Navy
Air Force
Wun
Stephen T. Early
Roosevelt
Louis Johnson
Joint Chiefs
House Committee
Senate
House
Armed Forces
John L. Sullivan
Johnson
James Forrestal
Forrestal
Marines
Sense
More Money for China? Senate eyes more military aid
Entiment grows in the U S Senate to provide additional military assistance to China. An accounting shows the last 125 million dollars approved in June 1948, with about 50 million spent on arms and ammunition and most goods delivered or en route. The piece details allocations by ground, aviation and naval supplies, transfers, shipments, and shifts in delivery ports as U S aid flowed to Chiang Kai-shek's government amid postwar tensions.
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the Treasury
The
Treasury
Fort Knox
Kentucky
Department of Finance
Treasury Department
U. S.S. Senate
China
Chiang Kai-shek
Washington
Signal Corps
U. S
Nanking
U.S
U. S. Air Force
Drama of the Road Belasco Pony Act Ends in Tragic Farewell
Jean Belasco, a pony act performer in vaudeville, faced hard luck and dwindling funds until a kind editor helped publicize his show. He died when his truck stalled at a Virginia crossing as a train approached, triggering a roadside rescue effort led by Tex Sherman. Funds from performers funded a funeral, a minister, and a final curtain at the graveside.
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Belasco
Jean
Charlie Barber
O Jean
Charlie
Virginia
Potters’ Field
Samaritan
Tex Sherman
Carnival
Rodeo
Tex
Jean Belasco
Pony Act
Parson
French Troops Occupy Rome Amid Garibaldi Armistice
A century-old report notes French troops occupying Rome after the Constituent Assembly concluded further resistance was futile. A French correspondent claimed Rome welcomed the French, which The Repository mocked as untrue. Garibaldi's army was set to surrender.
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Repository
Rome
Giuseppe Garibaldi
Legless man survives Galveston flood with cork legs
Forty years ago William Davis a 29 year old without legs rode floodwaters in Galveston Texas aided by cork legs that floated him. In France Aristide Briand formed a new cabinet after the Clemenceau ministry resigned.
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William Davis
Galveston
Tex
Aristide Briand
France
Clemenceau
Shenandoah test flight links New Jersey and Pennsylvania
Twenty five years ago the navy dirigible Shenandoah completed a test flight from Lakehurst New Jersey to Scranton Pennsylvania and Binghamton New York. Palmer Cox aged 84, author of the Brownie stories for children, died at his Granby Quebec home.
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Lakehurst
N. J
Scranton
Binghampton
N. Y
Palmer Cox
Granby, Que
Canton City Lines Deploys Seven New 30-Passenger Buses
Ten years ago Canton City Lines Inc. began operation of seven new 30 passenger twin-type buses with center exits. An appeal sought to free Rev. Gerould R. Goldner from Arab kidnapers in Palestine through a ransom installment of $5,000. Goldner, a Megadore Ohio student pastor, followed by his father Rev. Jacob Goldner of Euclid Avenue Christian Church in Cleveland, who had been seized but released.
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Canton City Lines Inc
Gerould R. Goldner
Palestine
Goldner
Jacob Goldner
Euclid Avenue Christian Church
Cleveland
Target Practice From H V Wade On Politics And Art
Walter Lippman questions Senate showmanship while Brannan farm plan faces doubt. An abstract art analogy flares up. a grad should start small, Ted Williams hunting is asked, and occupational accident rates are tied to farming. A klansman nuisance haunts Alabama families amid debate.
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Ted Williams
Man of Distinction Calls By Full Name On The Phone
A caller identifies himself with full name when greeting with a formal tone, using the listener's surname and clearly stating his own full name. The exchange centers on polite formality and precise self-identification.
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Atlantic
By David Lawrence
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New York City
Hiss
Supreme Court
William Green
John L. Lewis
Philip Murray
O'Dwyer
Senator Taft
Charles P. Taft
Ezra Pound
Pound
Italy
America
By Elton C. Fay
National Guard
Capitol Hill
Research and Development Board
Peter Edson
U.S. Treasury
K. V. Wellington Koo
U. S. Army
Shanghai
Tsingtao
Tientsin
Keelung
Formosa
Frank Tripp
H. V. Wade
Walter Lippman
W. C. Fields
Sheriff
Alabama
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