Canton Repository history and circulation details
A historical notice from the Canton Repository publisher outlines the paper’s lineage from The Ohio Repository to The Canton Repository and Evening Repository, notes on mergers and name changes, Sunday edition start, and acquisition of The Canton Daily News assets. It lists AP affiliation, special representatives, and membership in press associations, along with detailed subscription rates and mail delivery areas.
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Brush - Moore Newspapers Inc
Repository
Market Avenue
Fifth Street
Canton
Ohio
Congress
Ohio Repository
Stark Deanty
Anablican
Canton Repository & Reublican
Theanton Repository
Canton Daily Repository
Evening Repository
Canton Repository
Canton Daily News
Stark County Democrat
Associated Press
AP News
Story
Brooks & Finley
New York
New York Central
Philadelphia
Fidelity-Philadelhia Trust
Chicago
Nichigan Avenue
Cleveland
Euclid Avenue
Boston
Staller
Losangeles
Guaranty
ERS Association
Audit Bureau ‘of Circulation
Inland Daily ‘Press Association
Stark
Wascarawas
Carroll
Columbiana
Portage
Summit
Wayne
Holmes
Agebie
Coal operators press for industry wide bargaining
A United Mine Workers push to shut coal production to curb surpluses leads Northern operators to seek a unified bargaining agency. They want one representative to bargain with John L. Lewis, arguing this mirrors socialist monopolies and tightens control over miners and prices. Hinz, a Birmingham small-mine operator, recalls the clash between vertical unionism and competition.
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United Mine Workers
John L. Lewis
Mr.Lewis
United States
Lewis
Birmingham
Ala
Hinz
France on Strike Shows Public Employees Defy Government
A Paris work stoppage saw about a million civil servants called out with roughly three-fourths obeying. Government operations halted, communications cut, and public policy weakness highlighted as a collective action framed as a revolutionary strike. The piece questions civil rights arguments used for public employee labor actions.
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France
Republic of France
United States
Deficit Looms As U S Budget Advisers See Red Ink
The piece notes a $600 million deficit projected by January and fears it will double by June 30 due to government spending. It argues taxpayers fund Washington’s outlays, contrasts wartime taxes with peacetime levels, and warns posterity will bear the debt. The critique labels the practice as long-standing squandering.
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United States
Major Blunder By David Lawrence
In a discussion on the Judith Coplon trial, the piece argues the FBI would have avoided public files if the case had been in England. It notes the DOJ chose to disclose notes, risking informants and sources, and suggests dropping the Coplon case might have protected FBI files and informants. It reflects on espionage as a defensive need during the cold war.
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Judith Coplon
England
FBI
Department of Justice
Bureau
United States
Executive
Hawaii
Japan
Pearl Harbor
Federal Communications Commission
Washington
Japanese Navy Department
Tokyo
Coplan
The Tall Tales Of Ground Up Fish Length Stretchers
An anecdotal piece humorously chronicles fishermen who exaggerate catch sizes using ground level measurements and mouse eye views. It mocks long stories, gear, and the urge to boast, closing with a bold jab urging grand lies like Hitler.
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Betty ‘Grabel
Fellows
Adolf Hitler
Thoughts for Today from Ovid and Timothy
A compact reflection notes that the past cannot be recalled and warns against chasing unhelpful fables and genealogies. It urges focus on faith and edifying wisdom, aligning with a Bible verse from First Timothy.
Politics of class appeal drives 1950 election bets
The piece argues the Truman administration uses labor and farming blocs to win the 1950 congressional elections. It details battles over Taft Hartley repeal, farm price supports, storage facilities, and Brannan’s subsidy plan, framing it as political strategy to secure farm and labor votes amid rising prices and government intervention.
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Truman
Washington
Senate
Des Moines
Iowa
United States
Democratic Party
Mr. Truman
Congress
House
Brannan
Hended
Paris conference signals shift toward Western trade in Eastern Europe
Diplomats acknowledge a quiet policy shift toward Russia, focusing on expanding Western influence through trade with Poland Yugoslavia Hungary Czechoslovakia and Romania. The piece notes Russia’s limited stake in foreign trade and highlights openness to revived trade zones in eastern Germany and broader eastern Europe, with Belgrade already moving to liquidate Soviet joint ventures.
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Russia
China
Kremlin
Paris
Poland
Yugoslavia
Hungary
Czechoslovakia
Bulgaria
Romania
Believe It or Not Founder Ripley’s Remarkable Firsts
Robert L Ripley listed his key achievements including the first cartoon sent by radio from London to New York in 1927 and the first Atlantic air drawing. He also noted early TV and world broadcasts from Chicago to New York and Buenos Aires to New York, plus Hiroshima in 1948. He admitted a later moment when he drew a man walking across the United States backward after nearly being fired.
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Robert L. Ripley
London
New York
Atlantic Ocean
Chicago
Mid Ocean
Buenos Aires
Sydney
Australia
Hiroshima
Ripley
United States
Target Practice By H. V. Wade
A witty column by H. V. Wade notes the machine making an idiot of man as a Western divorce case emerges. A woman seeks divorce after a kiss given for money, suggesting a comical moral on motive and affection.
The Chapel of Prayer at the UN: A Sunlit Marble Cornerstone
H I Phillips reflects on a sunlit rooftop chapel at the United Nations that will have no altar or windows yet serve as a universal temple for all faiths. A single marble slab honors the war dead as envoys seek truth, charity, and shared reverence beyond symbols.
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Chapel of Prayer
United Nations
Universal Temple
Cathedral of the Earth
Five House Members Sent as Moral Rearmament Observers
The New York Herald Tribune questions the logic and cost of sending five House observers to the Moral Rearmament conference in Switzerland. It notes a rushed resolution, a $5200 transport, and unclear funding for other expenses, with critics urging stricter scrutiny before future dispatches.
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House
Switzerland
Congress
Martin
John Taber
Treasury
Inventions cut cloth with new machine in New York
A century ago a machine in New York to cut cloth for clothing replaced hand shears. Two workers with the machine could equal fifty with the old method, boosting efficiency dramatically.
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New York
Army fliers land in Saigon while rail chief rails at La Follette
Twenty five years ago three American army planes touring the world landed at Saigon in French Indochina. W R Cole of the Nashville Chattanooga and St Louis Railway criticized Senator La Follette and allies in Congress for allegedly seeking railroad bankruptcy and private property nationalization. Powder puffs shielded pilots' ears inside helmets to mute engine noise.
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Saigon
Indo-China
la Follette
Congress
Russia
W. R. Cole
Nashville
Chattanooga & St. Louis
Ohio National Guard Battery F Defends Cities in Mock Attack
Ten years ago New Philadelphia and Dover faced a warlike weekend as 62 members of Battery F of the 136th Field Artillery, Ohio National Guard, defended the cities in a staged mock attack.
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New
Philadelphia
Dover
136Th Field Artillery
Ohio National Guard
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David Lawrence
Coplon
By Truman Twill
Ovid
By Mark Sullivan
By Raymond Moley
LE P
Belgrade
Moscow
Justa
Jus
Pad
Germany
Europe
H. V. Wade
H. I. Phillips
Bethlehem
Moses
Mohammed
Sri Ramakrishna
Kalighat
NEW York Herald Tribune
W. H. Martin
Morris Park Race Track
New York City
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