Canton Repository History and 1949 Friday Edition Note
History of the Canton Repository from 1815 through 1930 with name changes and acquisitions. Includes Associated Press membership, office locations, and circulation rates. Friday, June 24, 1949.
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Brush-Moore Newspapers Repository
Market Avenue
Fink Street
Canton
Ohio
Ohio Repository
Seack ‘Kattaelican
Canton Reposito & Ress
Theanton Repository
Canton Daily Repository
Evening Repository
Canton Reository
Canton Daily News
Stark County Democrat
Associated Press
AP News
Story
Brooks & Finley
New York
New York Central
Philadelphia
Fidelity-Philadelhia Trust Building
Chicago
N. Michigan Avenue
Cleveland
Euclid Avenue
Boston
Statler
Los Angeles
Guaranty Building
American Newspaper Publishers Association
Audit Bureau OF Circulation
Inland Daily Press Association
Canton Celebrates Marble Champions Emma Miller Denny Smith
Canton honors Emma Miller and Denny Smith as national marble champions from the month. The town sees pride in the two titleholders, a Canton monogram shirt, and coverage by pictures and news reels. The piece extols the community’s diligence faith and achievement on a national stage.
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APPY
Emma Miller
Denny Smith
Canton
Mrs. Perle Mesta Named First Full-Time U S Minister to Luxemburg
The appointment of Mrs. Perle Mesta as the United States minister to Luxemburg sparks debate about sex and qualifications. Advocates argue her social experience and friendship with the Trumans suit diplomacy, while eyebrows rise at the novelty of a woman in a full-time ambassadorial role.
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Truman
Perle Mesta
United States
Luxemburg
Mrs. Mesta
Ohio stalls on compulsory fair employment law in Ohio Senate
The Ohio General Assembly failed to pass a compulsory or educational fair employment law as the conference report was rejected. The issue remains alive in public sentiment with progress seen in states on discrimination. Advocates of tolerance may learn to avoid intolerance, potentially strengthening the case for a compelled code in Ohio later.
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Ohio General Assembly
Senate
98Th General Assembly
Ohio
Wimbledon lace on tennis skirts sparks nostalgic note
The piece recalls Gertrude Moran at Wimbledon wearing an abbreviated skirt with lace stitched by a London designer to catch the eye. It links Moran’s bold attire to Suzanne Lenglen’s postwar fashion impact and notes ongoing use of abbreviated costumes in women’s tennis through history.
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Wimbledon
Britain
America
Gertrude Moran
U.S
Miss Moran
London
Suzanne Lenglen
Suzanne
Byrnes Opposition to Welfare State Sparks congressional clash
Analysis of James F Byrnes denouncing Truman era welfare state proposals. The retired public figure challenges centralization, arguing two party balance and conservative strength. Eisenhower voices concern about paternalism while urging youth to resist overreach.
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Byrnes
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Columbia University
Eisenhower
Manville Rejects Suburb Move In Personal Essay
Aly Khat also known as Manville comments on moving to the suburbs in a humorous essay. He living in town values changing scenes, street life, and urban dog chases, while resisting family push to relocate. He vows to stay in the current neighborhood and endure with his cats and lifestyle.
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Manville
Aly Khat
Twill
T. Manville
Western plans need new coalitions beyond Marshall and Pact
The essay argues the Marshall Plan and Atlantic Pact are unfinished and inadequate for today. It warns that completing dollar-gap goals by 1952 requires bold new measures, with a need for a supplementary Atlantic Pact, and warns of rising economic separation and the risk of renewed German militarism if Western allies fail to unite.
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Germany
Europe
Congress
London
Thomas K. Finletter
Finletter
Washington
Hoffman
Senate
Japan
Red Army
Austria
France
Low Countries
Britain
United States
Western Europe
Council of Foreign Ministers
Military Unity Now Even More Remote
The piece criticizes Secretary of Defense Johnson for overruling two joint chiefs on carrier modernization to carry heavier planes armed with atomic bombs. It argues the decision undermines Key West Newport unity, stresses civilian control, and warns of ongoing disunity unless Congress and proper budgeting govern service needs and funding allocations.
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HILE
Navy
Secretary of Defense
Johnson
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Gen. Bradley
Army
Gen
Vandenberg
Air Force
National War College
Key West
Newport
Joint Chiefs
Budget Bureau
Congress
War College
Thoughts for Today Blessings and forgiveness in daily life
Mrs. L. M. Child expresses gratitude to Heavenly Father for all manifestations of human love and every experience, sweet or bitter, that help forgive and bless the world.
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Mrs. L. M. Child
God forbid: for then how shall God judge the world Romans 3:6
Bible verse reference paraphrase noting the theological claim that judgment of the world rests with God as implied by Romans 3 6.
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God
Elmer Twitchell's Shooting Paroled by Psychiatric Talks
A mock confession humor piece shows Elmer Twitchell questioned by a doctor after shooting a first baseman. The dialogue ponders psychopathic motives, baseball lore, and a light mockery of postwar public figures like President Truman and Milton Berle. The piece ends with a wedding note about Milton Berle and Joyce Matthews’s 1947 separation and remarriage.
All I Need Is Steady Work And A Good Bank Account
A newspaper-like item presents brief quotes on money and budget living. It contrasts steady employment with frugal choices, including free rent offers during remodeling and affordable clothing sales. The tone mirrors a social column urging prudent finances.
100 Years Ago and 40 Years Ago News Snippets
A century back recommended sowing buckwheat and serving buckwheat cakes in winter. Vote totals rose in northwestern states from 1840 to 1848 with Ohio 273000 to 329000, Indiana 117000 to 153000, Illinois 93000 to 125000, Michigan 44068 to 65000, Wisconsin 6363 to 39000, Iowa rising from 0 to 24293. Four decades ago Brewster team members faced Probate Court for Sunday baseball. Names include Benjamin Fairless, future US Steel president. A Boston couple honeymooned in a balloon for 4 hours.
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Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Michigan
Wisconsin
Iowa
Brewster
Benjamin Fairless
United States Steel Corp
William Roderick
James Forrest
Thomas Price
Thomas Price Jr
George Aston
Fred Hershey
Abe Cartwright
John Rothmeyer
Roger Burnham
Boston
Mass
Dawn to dusk flight marks 25 years since dawn assault
Twenty five years ago Army Lt Russell L Maughan completed a cross country dawn to dusk flight from Mitchell Field New York to San Francisco California landing at 945 p m President Coolidge and other government leaders sent congratulatory messages The Democratic national convention in New York City debated a resolution condemning the Ku Klux Klan with northern delegates pushing it and southern delegates opposing it while northern delegations were split on the issue.
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Army
Russell L. Maughan
Mitchell Field
N. Y
San Francisco
Coolidge
New York City
Chamberlain vows Britain’s unmatched air force and navy
Ten years ago Prime Minister Chamberlain delivered a fighting speech at a Conservative rally boasting Britain’s air force unexcelled by any nation and the world’s most powerful navy. German spring maneuvers near the French border and Japan lifting an embargo on British shipping at Swate in China followed. Foreigners awaited food and mail arrival there.
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Chamberlain
Conservative Party
Germany
Japan
Britain
Swate
China
Target Practice By H V Wade
The legendary patron who bought the hotel that refused him accommodations aims to buy New York theaters hosting smash hits. A new electric brain for translating foreign languages may solve the Grade 9 B French mystery about Raoul's aunt penwiper. Groucho Marx, not Karl, quips about a man either dead or a stopped watch. The patient is not Europe.
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New York
Raoul
Groucho Marx
Karl
Europe
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Stark
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Carroll
Columbiana
Portage
Summit
Wayne
Holmes
Eel
Mark Sullivan
Welfare State
Roosevelt
James F. Byrnes
Supreme Court
White House
House
Mr. Truman
By Truman Twill
By Galbraith
George
Yaris
By Walter Lippmann
Argentina
Matic
Paris
M. Vishinsky
Potsdam
Mr. Acheson
By David Lawrence
H. I. Phillips
Elmer Twitchell
Elmer
Brooklyn
Goody
Milton Berle
Joyce Matthews
Texaco
Berle
Bill Collins
H V. Wade
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