Canton Repository history and 1949 edition details
The Canton Repository date line notes Thursday June 23 1949 and outlines its long history from The Ohio Repository founded 1815 through mergers and name changes to The Canton Repository. It lists publishing milestones, Associated Press affiliation and circulation practices, plus subscription and mail rates.
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Market Avenue
Fifth Street
Canton
Ohio
Postoffice
Evening Repository
Canton Daily News
Stark County Democrat
Associated Press
AP News
Story
Brooks & Qulley
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
Brush-Moore Newspapers
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Walter Lippmann on Congress and the limits of investigations
Walter Lippmann and others debate how to answer his critique of congressional investigations. He argues such probes are essential yet flawed tools, likening them to a dull instrument for truth seeking. The piece contends there is no alternative to Congress’s investigative power in a representative democracy.
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Walter Lippmann
Congressional
Lippmann
Congress
Global economies under strain prompt Cripps critique
The piece contrasts Britain and Russia with US aid shaping postwar balance of trade. Sir Stafford Cripps criticizes Britain's dependence on dollars from the United States and Canada as evidence of unresolved issues. It notes Russia's reliance on US support for military and economic gaps since World War II and argues US planners miss a key truth in praising American-system outcomes.
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Great Britain
Russia
Sir Stafford Cripps
Britain
United States
Canada
North America
Sir Stafford
Cabinet post for welfare reshapes federal power outlook
The Hoover commission and President Truman urge creating a cabinet level secretary of welfare. A department of welfare would centralize welfare activities, challenge existing agencies, and potentially outshine other big cabinet roles, leaving only the secretary of defense as a rival in power.
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United States Secretary of Welfare
Hoover Commission On Executive Organization
Truman
Hoover Commission
Social Security Administration
Department of Welfare
Washington
Defense
Commerce
Labor
Labor, Agriculture
Interior
Post Office, Treasury and
State
Truman’s Deficit of Trust and Byrnes Economic Plan
The piece argues President Truman failed to present a balanced, truthful economic program and warns that without disinterested leadership and real cuts, the nation risks a welfare state and statism. James Byrnes calls for reducing expenditures and living within income to restore a sound economy.
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Truman
James F. Byrnes
Washington and Lee University
House
Senate
Supreme Court of the United States
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Mr. Byrnes
United States
Congress
Mr. Truman
Harry 8. Truman
Time to Go Home for Congress This Summer
The piece notes the public tires of ongoing congressional tinkering and argues there is a time to stop, comparing politics to repair work. It suggests lawmakers should return home for a break to let citizens let the country be for a while before resuming work next winter.
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Congress
United States
Washington
Canada Votes on Men Over Issues in June Election
Canada will vote on June 27 with Prime Minister Louis St Laurent leading the Liberals seeking another term. The opposition is George Drew's Progressive Conservatives, while the CCF and Social Credit trail. Quebec remains the decisive unknown in a Parliament with Liberals at 124 seats and PCs at 67.
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Canada
Quebec
Louis St. Laurent
W. L. McKenzie King
Liberal Party
George Drew
Ontario
Progressive Conservatives
Tory
Socialistic Cooperative Commonwealth Federation
Saskatchewan
Social Credit Party
Alberta
St. Laurent
Liberals
Dominion House of Commons
Social Credit
Maurice Duplessis
Drew
Duplessis
Nova Scotia
Newfoundland
British Columbia
M. J. Caldwell
Liberal
They're in Love With Farmers
Organized labor leaders push to win farmer support for union political aims. The Des Moines conference showcased cross ties between farmers and urban labor, stressing Brannan program aid and political alliances. Canada concerns note Quebec, Duplessis, and party shifts shaping next federal election dynamics.
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Des Moines
Brannan
Jack Kroll
P.A.C
Jim Carey
Joe Keenan
A.F.L. Labor League For Political Education
A. F. Whitney
Cy Anderson
Railway Brotherhoods
Farmers’ Union
C.N.O
U. S
National Association of Manufacturers
Congress
United States
U. S. Senate
Police group lauds Canton story on police and youth
A Canton reader letter from A F Hieronomus Jr state secretary of the Fraternal Order of Police Associates praises The Repository for portraying police and a boy and dog last Sunday. It urges newspapers to support police welfare efforts and juvenile delinquency reduction through programs like Little League and Outings for Deserving Juveniles.
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Ralph K. Spencer
Order of Police Associates
Canton
Little League
Ohio
McKinley Lodge No. 11
State Lodge
A. F. Hieronomus JR
Fraternal Order of Police Associates
Junior Roosevelt Sparks Debate On Possible Presidential Run
A vivid look at Franklin Roosevelt Jr and the Roosevelt likeness as a campaign asset. Citizens from various walks weigh in with humorous and pointed reactions, debating whether the younger Roosevelt could become president and how much the shadow of the original may help or hinder.
Vanishing Americanisms in a Restau rant Night Out
A quirky look at slipping Americanisms in casual speech with phrases about cooks, traffic, laundry and a repeated Sonia Honie robbery headline. The fragment hints at a lexicon shift and a sensational micro-item.
Strawberry plants offered to readers by S C Frey
A century ago S C Frey announced giveaways of strawberry plants from The Repository. Varieties included Hovey's Seedling and Old Haut Boy, with advice on planting soon in gravel or sand soil rich in manure and drainage. He noted Burr's Mammoth plants would be offered next year at a charge due to high cost.
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S. C. Frey
Hovey
Burr
Chicken thefts strike Limerick Canton area
Forty years ago chickens were stolen from residents in Canton’s Limerick division. G W Mellett at 800 Union Street lost three, J Freeman at 814 Raynolds Street five, Homer Lerch at 942 Union Street three, and Mrs Daily at 816 Union Street rear five. Washington officials believed Robert E Peary had reached the North Pole or would report his failure. his last message was August 17 from Etah north of Greenland.
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Limerick
Canton
G. W. Mellett
Union St
J. Freeman
Raynolds St
Homer Lerch
Mrs. Daily
Washington
Robert E. Peary
North Pole
Etah
Greenland
Airplane crash injures Straus family in Dover
A plane crash at Dover left A. Straus and his daughter Helen with minor injuries after a wing buckled at about 100 feet during a passenger flight. In South Africa, Jan Christiaan Smuts resigned as premier following his party's electoral defeat.
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A. Straus
Helen
Dover
Jan Christiaan Smuts
Union of South Africa
Local Eagles leader elected state president at Akron convention
Ten years ago O Lee Thomas, then assistant city solicitor, won the state presidency of the Fraternal Order of Eagles at a Akron convention. Jimmy Aiken, ex McKinley High basketball coach, resigned as Akron University athletic director and accepted a coaching post at the same university.
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O. Lee Thomas
Fraternal
Order of Eagles
Akron
Jimmy Aiken
McKinley H
University of Akron
Thee University
Target Practice By H. V. WADE
Corn flakes in the American style have taken hold in Russia. It is but a step from this to offering a junior OGPU-man badge for 10 ko pecks and a box top. Why dwell on the primitive lot of the early settler as compared to ours.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
Junior
Pepper
Popper
Franklin Junior
Russia
Arkansas Test Probes Barkeep Drunkenness Claim
A Frisco bartender argues a customer only appears drunk after collapsing on the floor. The Arkansas test continues with whether the patron can maintain balance and sobriety under scrutiny.
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Portage
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Wayne
Holmes
Sam
Parad
By David Lawrence
Harry Truman
By Truman Twill
Peter Edson
Farm Bureau
Allen Kline
The
Agricultural Service
Iowa
Kansas
Colorado
Republican Party
Northwest
Democratic Party
H. I. Phillips
Roosevelt
Daddy
Elmer Twitchell
F. D. Roosevelt Jr
McSheedy
Jabez Z
Housepainter
Hemstitch
Rudolph
G.O.P
Grummett
Alonzo
Bob
Peezle
Hemingway D
National Republican Club
Raviola
Antonio F
Steukle
Arabella H
Women’s New Dealer Club
Sonia Honie
H. V. Wade
Indiana
Happy Chandler
Townsend
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