The Canton Repository March 2, 1949 edition overview
The Canton Repository listing outlines publication history from 1815, noting mergers and name changes, Associated Press membership, offices in major cities, and subscription rates for daily and Sunday editions. Includes policy on letters to the editor and mail delivery areas.
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Brush-Moore Newspapers Inc
Repository
Market Avenue
Fifth Street
Canton
Ohio
Congress
Ohio Repository
Stark County Republican
Canton Repository & Reublican
Theanton Repository
Canton Dailyepository
Canton Repostag
Canton Daily News
Stark County Democrat
Associated Press
Stark
Tuscarawas
Carroll
Columbiana
Portage
Summit
Wayne
Holmes
Government by Common Consent and the filibuster debate
An editorial argues that the filibuster protects minority rights and preserves government by common consent. It cautions against replacing it with party decree, noting bipartisan respect and limited deadlocks, while recalling La Follette’s 1917 warning about eroding liberty if the majority silences opposition.
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United States
Truman
la Follette
Life in the U S A Attacks From Pravda On Russia And U S
A satirical recount mocks Pravda for praising a Kremlin price decree while claiming U S misery. It counters with claims of rising production and declining inflation, arguing workers’ purchasing power improves and unemployment is not dire. The piece warns readers against Soviet propaganda and portrays Russia as chaotic rather than utopian.
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Communist Party
Kremlin
United States
Pravda
Ohio Welfare Chief Urges Mental Hygiene and Corrections Plan
Judge J. H. Lamneck, director of the Ohio Department of Public Welfare, calls for a new division of mental hygiene and a division of corrections. He urges improved juvenile research classification and training to raise Ohio’s standing in mental health and penology through better prisons hospitals and procedures.
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Ohio Department of Public Welfare
Ohio
J. H. Lamneck
Truman's Gamble and the 81st Congress Clash
The piece argues President Truman risks losing control over the economic dispute as he battles Congress over disinflation and tax policy. It contends Rankin's pension bill risks amplifying partisan power plays and threatens the delicate balance needed to manage a recession without triggering a larger boom and bust.
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Truman
80Th Congress
Congress
Rankin
House
Senate
Rules Committee
Legislative Freedom
Mr. Truman
In Defense of March by Truman Twill
A tribute to March praising its balance of storms and sunshine. The piece notes March births, spring awakenings, and seasonal rituals from sap boiling to kids playing, trees houses and baseball mitts, ending with a defiant defense of March as a mighty fine month.
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Bluebirds
Cardinals
Target Practice By H. V. Wade
A satirical piece riffs on a $1,000 prize poem written in a mental hospital. In Seattle a amnesiac bride fails to recall her husband while millions track her progress. A Mississippi congressman's pension reform is debated with a proposal to pay $90 a month in Confederate money.
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H. V. Wade
Ezra Pound
Seattle
Mississippi
Production of radio sets accelerates in India
Production of radio sets is stepped up in India. The fellow who has been torturing himself on a bed of spikes now can listen to women with real troubles.
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India
One Man Defense: A Debate Over Unified Military Command
The Hoover Commission proposal to abolish separate army navy and air force secretaries and place power under a single defense secretary faces questions of unity and accountability. It risks a figurehead president and centralized power, while neglecting input from joint chiefs and civilian oversight.
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Hoover Commission
Army
Navy
Air Force
Secretary of Defense
Armed Services
Forrestal
Congress
Department of National Defense
Joint Chiefs
Joint Chiefs of Staff
United States
Public letters urge halt to old auditorium sale and liquor licenses
Readers criticize city plans on selling the old auditorium for about 234 567 dollars and urge remodeling for parking. Others protest expanded liquor licenses, calling for fewer outlets and state stores, while debating economic remedies and Soviet comparisons.
Keep Cool With Coolidge Sparks Censorship Debate
A Missouri reader chides President Truman for using profane language in public remarks. The letter warns about the impact of raw words on print, children, and after dinner speeches, proposing careful phrasing while noting the era's political nicknames and loyalty dynamics.
Fritz Kuhn Freed by German Court in Citizenship Bid
Fritz Kuhn former Bund leader in America is freed after a German court cuts his sentence to two years and orders confiscation of his property though he has none. He says Justice did not protect him and plans to attempt regaining American citizenship. He offers to be a good sport and pardon.
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Fritz Kuhn
Bund
America
Justice
Fritz
Fritzie Kuhn Attacks and Then Reconsiders Bundist Views
A fragment questions Fritzie Kuhn's shifts in Bundist sympathy and anti US stance. It notes his past loud praise of Hitler era crowds and his current desire to be forgiven and forgotten by supporters of the United States.
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O.c.p.’S
White House
H.O.T.U.S
United States
Potomac
Lincoln
Teddy Roosevelt
Fritzie Kuhn
der Fuehrer
Worthless Twenty Dollar Bills In Circulation
A satirical note reports on inflation talk and political commentary about disinflation, deflation, and national mood. The piece suggests economic jargon masks deeper concerns as the adviser comments on the dis decline in spirits.
Unclear notes hint at racing contenders and potential upsets
Fragmentary lines mention several contenders such as Northern Deb and Florida Farmer with notes on form and warm up. References to a tense finish, possible momentum shifts, and a sleeper still may rise later.
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Florida
Editorial backs railroad from Mississippi to Pacific
A Baltimore American reprint urges Congress to build a transcontinental railroad proposed by Senator Benton. It calls the plan national in scope and promising vast connections and results across the nation. The excerpt follows a Century ago note and a 40 years ago item about fatigue and leadership changes.
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Baltimore American
Mississippi
Pacific
Benton
Stark Dry Goods to Rise at 209 219 Tuscarawas St
A Stark Dry Goods Co store site clearance began for brick two story building with 74 feet frontage on Tuscarawas St and 2nd St NE. Senate committee led by Senator Brookhart of Iowa to probe Attorney General Daugherty and DOJ administration, with Teapot Dome scale expectations. Brookhart allied with La Follette insurgents.
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Stark Dry Goods Co
Tuscarawas St
Tuscarawas
2Nd St
Senate
Brookhart
Iowa
Daugherty
Justice Department
Teapot Dome
la Follette
Election of Eugenio Pacelli as Pope Pius XII
Ten years ago Eugenio Pacelli, secretary of state under Pope Pius XI, was elected the 262nd pope head of the Catholic Church and chose the name Pope Pius XII. At 62 he was an Italian, with white smoke signaling the decision after the third ballot by 62 cardinals in Rome. Canton authorities urged general smallpox vaccination after two cases were reported, the first since 1930, says Dr. F Sayre.
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Eugenio Cardinal Pacelli
Pope Pius XI
Pope Pius XII
Rome
Canton
F. Sayre
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