Canton Repository historical publication notice and data
The Canton Repository dates and lineage are noted from its 1949 issue, listing origins from The Ohio Repository in 1815, mergers to The Canton Repository and Republican, various name changes, the Sunday edition, and asset acquisition of The Canton Daily News in 1939. It also lists Associated Press affiliation, bureaus, memberships, and subscription rates. Date: Saturday, June 4, 1949.
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Brush - Moore Newspapers Inc
Market Avenue
Fifth Street
Canton
Ohio
Congress
Ohio Repository
Stark County Republican
Canton Repository & Republican
Canton Repository
Canton Dailyepository
Evening Repository
Canton Daily News
Stark County Democrat
Associated Press
AP News
Brooks & Finley
New York
New York Central
Philadelphia
Fidelity-Philadelhia Trust
Chicago
Nichigan 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
Oblique Thinking on Federal Aid to Education Policy
A critique argues against making federal aid to education easier to obtain by letting states withhold income tax shares. It contends such ploys mask federal control, burden high tax states, and reduce states’ autonomy. If the federal share were smaller, states could fund education themselves as the federal system originally intended.
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Washington
Bomb fuse in Atomic Energy Commission under Lilienthal
The piece argues a congressional look in on the Atomic Energy Commission and chairman David Lilienthal may expose weaknesses in hiring competent staff and ideological conflicts. It notes public trust for political appointees complicates security and policy and questions whether a public commission can effectively manage a task ultimately handled by private enterprise.
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Atomic Energy Commission
David Lilienthal
Public Commission
Lilienthal
Ohio toll road plan moves toward first express highway
Big Step ahead of LAUSCHE signing a bill authorizing toll road construction in Ohio with private investor funds. A turnpike modeled after Pennsylvania’s project could solve traffic without burdening state budgets. Investors must be convinced the commission will manage funds without graft, and bonds will be project debt, not state obligation.
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Lausche
Ohio
Pennsylvania
It Takes Work for Graduates to Succeed
A reflective editorial argues that all advice boils down to the need to work. It notes some people excel by directing effort toward a special goal, yielding satisfaction if not always money. It warns that avoiding work leads to hard times and salutes the 320,000 graduates and 1,200,000 high school students entering the workforce.
Charges gun for Truman defense chiefs ethics dispute
Representative James E. Van Zandt charges ethics questions about President Truman and Defense Secretary Louis Johnson. He cites Consolidated Vultee ties, B-36 contracts, and fund-raising links involving Floyd Odlum, demanding congressional inquiry into contract cancellations, transfers, and political contributions related to the defense industry.
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Truman
Louis Johnson
James E. van Zandt
Pennsylvania
House Armed Services Committee
van Zandt
House of Representatives
Consolidated Vultee Corp
Johnson
Washington
Northrup
Consolidated Vultee
Curtiss-Wright
Curtiss
Floyd Odlum
Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corp
Chase
Air Force
Defense
Mr. Forrestal
Forrestal
Consolidated
Congress
Air Symington
Odlum
Front Teeth Fables Spur Dentists To Measure Misfortune
A satirical survey notes seven of ten Americans lose a front tooth by maturity. Falls on the face cause most damage, followed by collisions with doors and furniture, then injuries from others in sports or striking actions. A humorous call favors a bumper to protect teeth until adulthood.
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United States
Thoughts for Today and Blessings on the Hill
The excerpt presents a devotional tone citing Ezekiel 34 26 about showers of blessing the eye like honor as a precious stone from Bossuet on the cost of flaw and Hunt noting two worlds one measurable and one felt by heart and imagination.
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Ezekiel
Bossuet
Storage bill clash over farm aid and Ag secretaries power
Truman promised farm storage facilities if elected but Congress split. Senate defeated the adjusted storage bill by 47 to 33 amid battles over Commodity Credit Corp powers. Debates centered on secretary of agriculture control and potential government storage expansion affecting farmers ahead of 1950 elections.
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Truman
Congress
House
Senate
Department of Agriculture
Secretary of Agriculture
Commodity Credit Corp
Byrd
Walcott
Michigan
United States
Anderson
New Mexico
The Library of Congress A World of Knowledge
A North American Newspaper Alliance feature examines the Library of Congress with 400 miles of shelves 8 to 9 million books and 1.5 million maps. It notes daily demand about 2 750 readers and 6 500 books processed, 1 850 staff, and the 1948 year adding over 1.3 million items. It highlights uncatalogued value in older works used for warfare and a planned shift to microcard technology to cope with growth.
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Washington
Library of Congress
London
Vollbehr
OSS
Admirality Islands
North
Africa
North American Newspaper Alliance
Charity and Pride Aims in Charity and Pride
Quotation reflecting on charity feeding the poor and building a hospital, contrasting charity giving glory to God with pride taking glory from man. The saying emphasizes charity as virtue tied to divine acknowledgement versus pride seeking self glory.
Once Over By H I Phillips
Poem contrasts early carefree youth with modern global anxieties. The speaker recalls simpler times and laments current worries, from family scares to world crises, ending with nostalgia for an era of fewer headaches and friendlier days.
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Dardanelles
Pravda
Europe
Africa
Asia
Randmn
Prince Aly to be Boss Over Rita in Odd Tale
A quirky newspaper item notes Prince Aly would preside over Rita as if by an Indian sign and mocks a poll ranking stamp collecting as America's top hobby. It also hints glassware collecting rising oddly in popularity. Oscar Hammerstein and Dick Rodgers received Eisenhower medals at Columbia graduation for wartime triumphs.
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Prince Aly
Rita
Oscar Hammerstein
Dick Rodgers
General Eisenhower
Columbia
North Atlantic
South Pacific
British jurist questions Eisler loan from America
The jurist appears to view Eisler as a loan from the United States and not worthy of further consideration, suggesting a cautious approach to the matter.
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Eisler
America
Century of floods and cholera hit New Orleans
Up Through a Century From Repository Files recalls 100 years ago New Orleans suffered a major flood as a levee failed with water 2 to 4 feet in streets and distant outskirts fourteens miles from dry ground. Cholera rose in the city while 40 years earlier James Eads How, a famed unemployment activist, was arrested in New York for holding a street meeting without a permit. The magistrate commended his concern and dismissed the case as Edward Payson Weston completed a 100 day walk from New York to San Francisco, reaching Laramie, Wyoming.
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New Orleans
James Eads How
New York
National Committee For
Edward Payson Weston
San Francisco
Laramie
Wyo
Canton Building Co Plans Two Story Brick Block
Canton Building Co announced plans to build a two story brick building on the southwest corner of Market Ave and 2nd St SW. Clarence Darrow, famed labor lawyer, was retained to defend Richard Loeb and Nathan Leopold Jr. charged with the murder of 13 year old Robert Franks in Chicago. The parents of the two accused students were prepared to spend 15,000,000 for their defense.
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Canton Building Co
Market Ave
2Nd St
Clarence Darrow
Richard Loeb
Nathan Leopold Jr
Robert Franks
Chicago
Colege
Couple from 803 15th St NW tour Europe and Madeira
Ten years ago Mr. and Mrs. Walter Jones returned from a six week European trip sharing experiences including a visit to Funchal the capital of Madeira. William S. Knudsen told the Society of Automotive Engineers world congress in Detroit that prosperity was returning as views shifted right and opposition to regimentation grew weaker.
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Walter Jones
15Th St NW
Europe
Funchal
Madeira
Morocco
General Motors
William S. Knudsen
Society of Automotive Engineers World Congress
Detroit
Target Practice By H. V. WADE
A compilation of short quips notes varied topics from a 25 cent haircut to a Washington agency refunds. It mentions hooliganism in Russia, a link to Happy Hooligan, insurance actuaries sizing safe ages, hurricanes versus atomic bombs, and a West court tale of blocked eyes on wedding night.
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