Canton Repository history and 1949 subscription notice
The Canton Repository traces its lineage from 1815 and lists merger history, name changes, and publication shifts up to 1930, with notes on Associated Press affiliation and special representatives. It then details subscription rates, carrier and mail pricing for districts in Ohio and surrounding counties, and submission guidelines, ending with the Monday, June 13, 1949 date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brush- Moore Newspapers Inc
Repositoryuilding
Market Avenue
Fifth Street
Canton
Ohio
Congress
Ohio Repository
Stark County Republican
Canton Repository & Republican
Canton Repository
Canton Daily Repository
Er. 2S
Canton Daily News
Stark County Democrat
Stark
Tuscarawas
Carroll
Columbiana
Portage
Summit
Wayne
Holmes
Ty Able
Unemployment Totals Questioned By Statisticians
The piece argues there may never be a reliable unemployment total due to three problems: vast geographic scope causing incomplete canvasses, lack of consensus on who counts as employed or unemployed, and political use of figures. It notes historical discrepancies in the thirties and predicts similar issues after postwar readjustment.
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United States
Hoover commission reforms eyed by citizens bloc
A citizens committee forms to press for Hoover commission reorganization of the executive branch. It adopts slogans Better government at a better price and Waste not, want not to spur action against Congressional inertia and create a pressure bloc to curb waste and boost accountability. The effort emphasizes reducing government costs and aligning policy with the will of the people.
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Hoover Commission
United States
Congress
Citizens’ Committee
Tucker car debate hinges on management and enterprise
The piece defends American enterprise by stressing management's role in turning ideas into reality. It notes Tucker and his associates face mail fraud and securities charges from a federal grand jury, complicating the car's merit with business execution issues.
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Tucker
Preston Tucker
Not Funny Any More A Ohio Move To Study Alcoholism
The Ohio General Assembly approved funding from the liquor department for a commission to study alcoholism, with nine members and one dissenting vote. Alcoholics Anonymous has pushed progress, recognizing alcoholism as a serious social problem and a personal tragedy for many. The plan aligns with the monopoly system’s goal to curb abuse while permitting use.
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Ohio General Assembly
Assembly
Alcoholics Anonymous
Ohio
Federal Police Power and Lynching Threat Across States
The Senate judiciary panel reports a bill to punish state police for failing to protect crime suspects, risking expanded federal power. The measure defines lynch mobs broadly, potentially covering picket-line violence, raising questions about constitutional limits and the role of local authorities. The piece warns that federal backing of local law enforcement could alter established power balances and provoke Supreme Court scrutiny.
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U. S. Supreme Court
Senate Committee On the Judiciary
South
Congress
Senate
United States
National Labor Relations Board
Supreme Court
Lullaby HE contains odd cures for insomnia
A sleepless man tests bizarre remedies from numbers to Britannica to want ads and dreamlike scenarios. He ponders stunts such as doubling 109, catalog entries, or a bubble gum secret police probe, finally deciding mental suggestion helps him sleep again.
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Encyclopedia Britannica
Vasc
Secret Police
Mother Darling
South Sea
Recession Threatens European Aid And Recovery
Hoff man argues against deeper cuts in European aid as the American recession worsens. The piece cites British fears of a national standard of life decline and discusses how Marshall Plan aid bought time but now faces shortened duration amid deflation. It warns future problems from a widening North American to global power and wealth disparity.
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Hoffman
Senate Appropriations Committee
Great Britain
Congress
America
Europe
Mr. Hoffman
Hickenlooper
McCarran
North American
Congress Should Share In 5 Percent Budget Cut
Congressional cost trails in stubborn contrast to calls for a 5 percent reduction. Senator Tydings and Representative Hoffman urge cuts for all lawmakers while Congress recently added clerks and tech fees. Despite calls, overall outlays remain tiny relative to the federal budget, with many costs hidden in libraries, printing, free mail, and benefits.
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Congress
Tydings
Truman
Hoffman
Mich
House
Treasury
Library of Congress
Government Printing Office
Army and Navy
Washington
Congressional
Letter Supporting Migration Over Marshall Plan
A reader argues the Marshall Plan harms the United States and Europe. They propose resettling five million Europeans in Western Hemisphere countries like Canada Australia New Zealand and Brazil to ease overcrowding and reduce unemployment and taxes. The letter calls for slum clearance highway building and tax relief instead of continuing aid to Europe.
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No. 10
Downing Street
Charley McCarthys
Pentagon
Canada
Australia
New Zealand
Brazil
Italy
Germany
Belgium
Europe
Hitler
Mussolini
Neville Chamberlain
Once Over or Mayor Bill O'Dwyer and the rise of a hod carrier
A vivid profile traces Bohola Ireland born Bill O'Dwyer from a $25 start to a New York City ascent through jobs as a coal passer, fireman, hod carrier, bartender, cop, lawyer, judge, district attorney, general, diplomat, and mayor. The piece blends humor and history, noting his climbing path from plasterer's helper to the mayor, with digressions on Broadway shows, ticket brokers, Liz Taylor marriage rumors, and Branch Rickey’s return of $25,000.
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Bill O’dwyer
Bohola
Ireland
New York City
Horatio Alger
Broadway Bugle and Banner
James M. Flagg
Red Skelton
George White
Gloria Blue
Liz Taylor
Bill Pawley Jr
Glenn Davis
West Point Grid
Liz
Glenn
Branch Rickey
Pittsburgh
Rickey
Through a Century From Repository Files
100 YEARS AGO the new postal rate for letters not exceeding half an ounce was 5 cents up to 300 miles and 10 cents beyond. Gold from California and foreign countries was being coined daily at the Philadelphia Mint. 40 YEARS AGO half a million dollars in construction work employed many tradesmen with projects including Mercy Hospital addition and several city and company expansions. Queensboro bridge opened in New York with 30 000 attendees. Manhattan terminal at E 59th St.
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California
Philadelphia
Mercy Hospital
George D. Harter Bank
Canton Stamping & Enameling Co
Bucher & Gibbs Plow Co
Berger Manufacturing Co
Aultman Hospital
Queensboro Bridge
New York
Manhattan
E. 59Th St
Dawes Nominated for VP by Republicans in 1924
Twenty five years ago Brig. Gen. Charles G. Dawes of Chicago was nominated for vice president at Cleveland as running mate for President Calvin Coolidge. A sign of summer was boys swimming in the lagoon at the foot of McKinley Monument.
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Charles G. Dawes
Chicago
Cleveland
Calvin Coolidge
McKinley Monument
King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Visit Canada and New York
Ten years ago the British monarchs returned to Canada after visits to Washington and New York where they toured the World Fair. They met President Roosevelt and Mrs. Roosevelt at Hyde Park. Norman Thomas used a Supreme Court ruling to resume speaking in Jersey City without interference from Mayor Hague, whose ban on the Socialist street meeting was ruled unconstitutional.
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King George VI
Queen Elizabeth
Britain
Canada
Washington
New York
Roosevelt
Hyde Park
Norman Thomas
Supreme Court
Jersey City
N. J
Frank Hague
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Euclid Avenue
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Statler
Los Angeles
Guaranty Building
American Newspaper Publishers Association
Audit Bureau OF
Inland Daily Press Association
By David Lawrence
By Truman Twill
By Galbraith
Nae
Cerra
United Kingdom
Economist
London Times
By Walter Lippmann
Soviet Union
Japan
Bertram Benedict
Hawaii
Alaska
West
H. I. Phillips
Horatio’ O’ Dwyer
Bill
Woolworth
McAlpin
Vanderbilt
Sullivan
Fordham
Brooklyn Bridge
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