Canton Repository Historic Name Changes and Rates Folio
The Canton Repository records its lineage from 1815 through 1951, noting mergers, name changes, and editions. It details postal matters, Associated Press affiliation, special representatives, and circulation rates for daily, Sunday, and mail subscriptions across multiple counties. The date noted is Wednesday, July 25, 1951.
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Meee
Ohio Repository
Stark County Republican
Canton Repository & Reublican
Theanton Repository
Canton Ily Repository
Evening Rceae
Canton Repository
Canton Daily News
Stark Socaty Democrat
Associated Soeas
Associated Press
single flag army for europe defense praised by eisenhower
The piece argues Eisenhower favors a single flag multinational army for Europe, citing Korea as evidence that diverse nationalities can fight under one banner. It emphasizes cooperative security over nationalism, noting Germans French English and others would be united against aggression rather than divided by language.
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EN. Eisenhower
Korea
Europe
Asia
Hidden frictions behind the iron curtain in Asia
In the Kaesong talks the most neglected issue is friction within the Communist bloc. Moscow Pekin ties strain as Mao faces pressures not to bow to Moscow. Chinese nationalism and North Korean resistance threaten Soviet control, and the Kremlin must explain its Asiatic allies. The iron curtain cannot hide such tensions.
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Kaesong
Korea
Moscow
Peiping
Mao Tse-tung
Chiang Kai-shek
Kremlin
Tito
Yugoslavia
Worry as Usual by Durant on normal world concerns
The piece argues Durant’s view that current world affairs are normal is misleading. It contends some worry is prudent to prevent chaos, noting worry fuels preparedness and effort. It warns against excessive optimism and suggests monitoring Durant if he grows too carefree.
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Ywjill Durant
Durant
Will Durant
Seasonal Improbabilities Hint at Seasonal Change
In a busy North Dakota town the piece notes early signs of autumn with wheat and oat harvests, corn tassels, coal dealer prompts to prebuy, and robins and blue jays tunes. It also hints at the coming preholiday rush as merchants urge early Christmas shopping ahead of 1951’s end.
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North Dakota
Henderson inflationary gap compared 1943 and 1952 in politics
Raymond Moley recalls Leon Henderson and the inflationary gap as price controls loom. He compares fiscal 1943 net production and 1952 figures, showing a predicted gap of 18 billion in 1943 and near zero to negative in 1952, urging tax, savings, or budget cuts over controls.
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Leon Henderson
Office of Price Administration
Henderson
Congress
OPA
Eric Johnston
Michael DiSalle
Truman
Associated Newspapers
The Register-Pajaronian Name Sparks Laughter
In a June 15 editorial Frank F. Orr explains the Register-Pajaronian’s unusual name, tracing its origin to the Pajaro river and valley. He notes how locals and out‑of‑town readers react, and cites a list by Daniel Francis Clancy showing common and odd newspaper names.
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Frank F. Orr
The
Register - Pajaronian
Portolo
J. A. Cottle
United States
Daniel Francis Clancy
Springfield
Senate roll calls compel votes on issues
A standing rule requires each senator to declare assent or dissent when a roll call is ordered unless excused by the Senate. In a June long session, Senators Herbert H. Lehman of New York and William Benton of Connecticut attempted to answer present to the roll call on the controls bill, but the presiding officer refused to excuse them after two votes.
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Senate
Herbert H. Lehman
New York
William Benton
Connecticut
Defense Chiefs Overwork Threatens Naval Power
The New York Herald Tribune notes Admiral Sherman’s death at 54 and argues the Joint Chiefs of Staff must be restructured. It proposes a clear split between operating duties and policy making, with each service chief commanding his forces and the Joint Chiefs focusing on strategy and advisement. The piece criticizes top‑heavy committees and calls for a permanent, well staffed planning body to prevent overload and improve national defense planning.
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Navy
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Army
Air Force
Joint Chiefs
Secretary of Defense
Armed Services
Sherman
Defense Department
National Military Establishment
Supreme Court
Gen. Collins
Admiral Sherman
Mediterranean
Congress
New York Herald Tribune
Stick Out Your Tongue A Vision Of Medical Vending
The piece imagines vending machines expanding beyond groceries to medical uses. It envisions machines offering consultations, bandages, sedatives, placebos, and medical literature for small coins, plus health tests and advice, while critiquing depersonalization and overreliance on automation.
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America
Readers vent on payroll tax and street conditions
In letters to The Repository readers Irene White and Harley L Heintzelman express concern over payroll taxes and rising street condition complaints. The editor notes Canton may face a referendum on time changes amid a broader debate about daylight saving and local convictions.
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Toledo
Irene White
6Th St SE
Canton
Time Issue Debate Sparks Caller Letter to The Repository
A reader criticizes editorial comments on Daylight Saving time and urges neutrality in coverage. The letter argues the election on the topic was inconclusive and should involve all Stark County residents, especially farmers, before forming editorial stance.
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Stark County
Thoughts for Today Spirit and scripture quotes
A compact devotional note cites D L Moody on the Spirit bringing life hope liberty and guidance. Bible verses Hosea 11 9 and 1 Corinthians 12 7 are quoted to emphasize divine mercy restraint and the distribution of spiritual gifts.
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Christ
D. L. Moody
A Worldly Critic Reviews Kefauver Book
An underworld critic offers a satirical review of Kefauver's tome noting size and style, questions its literary merit, and jests about legal peril. He cites characters, suspense, and crime themes while sparring over whether the book moves him and how it compares to Shaw, Ibsen, Saroyan, and Hemingway.
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Kefauver
Estes
Mr. Kefauver
Shaw
Ibsen
Saroyan
Hemingway
Vanishing Americanisms in Daily Life
Readable fragments reveal worn phrases about weather and simple meals. Bathhouses charged 25 cents each, while common expressions like It is too hot to go anywhere appear in casual speech, illustrating everyday language from a past era.
The Man of the Year Nominee for Motorists’ Prayers
A fragmented clipping mentions various topics including probation and a bank balance, a landlord knocking, and a detective trailing, then lauds an automatic car jack invention. It also hails an inventor as a year’s genius, while Ima Dodo mocks June Havoc and Moscow’s dove bayonet notion, attributed to The Associated Newspap.
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Killer Mac
Century Old Miser’s Coffin Plan In Auburn
A rich old miser of Auburn New York prepared a stone coffin and arranged a contract to give a farm to a neighbor for hauling him to Lake Owasco. He would sink the coffin in the lake middle as a final resting place. The tale is part of a century old local memory.
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Auburn
N. Y
Lake Owasco
Bank director elected after director dies in Massillon
Twenty five years ago F J Griffiths of Massillon joined the board of George D Harter Bank to fill the vacancy left by the death of R E Bebb. Police hunted for the gunman believed to have killed Canton Daily News Publisher Don R Mellett as a front page drawing showed the gunman location and bullet path.
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F. J. Griffiths
Massillon
George D. Harter Bank
R. E. Bebb
Canton Daily News
Don R. Mellett
Repository
Crescent Gardens named for defense housing project site
Ten years ago Crescent Gardens was selected as the name for a 200 unit defense housing project on the Lynch farm along the Canton Massillon road. Chris Dorn, project manager, noted the name reflected the site’s former Crescent Farm. Capt. H A Spanagel and Capt. David F. Ducey of the Washington naval ordnance bureau inspected the new Raffid SW plant. Some of the still-wanted inventions include a postage stamp perforated down the middle for tearing.
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Crescent Gardens
Lynch Farm
Canton-Massillon
Chris Dorn
Crescent Farm
H. A. Spanagel
Canton
David F. Ducey
Naval Ordnance Bureau
Washington
Naval Ordnance Plant
Raffid
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Brush-Moore Newspapers, Inc
Market Avenue
Fifth Street South
Canton 2
Ohio
Story
Brooks & Finley
New York Central
Philadelphia
Fidelity-Philadeles Trust
Chicago
Michigan Avenue
Cleveland
Euclid Avenue
Boston
Statler
Los Angeles
Guaranty
American Newspaper Publishers Association
Audit Bureau OF Circulation
Inland Daily Press Association
Stark
Tuscarawas
Carroll
Columbiana
Portage
Summit
Wayne
Holmes
Tate
Brotherhood of Arms
INCE
By Raymond Moley
California
Azusa
Coachella
Taft
Watsonville
Santa Cruz County
Publishers Auxiliary
Clancy
Anian
Register - Paporonian
Mt. Lassen
Lassen
By Galbraith
By David Lawrence
By Truman Twill
EWEST
Harley L. Heintzelman
Bellflower
Ephraim
God
H. I. Phillips
Kefauver Book Review
Frankie Erickson
Shakespeare
Tobey
O’conor
FBI
Coppers
Ima Dodo
Associated Newspap
Liberty St
10Th St
Lawerace Ave
Joliat
Shriver’s Run
Pennsylvania Railroad
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