The Canton Repository History and Key Details
The Canton Repository is an established Ohio daily with roots dating to 1815 as The Ohio Repository. It merged with The Stark County Republican in 1868 and underwent multiple name changes, including The Canton Daily Repository and The Evening Repository, before becoming The Canton Repository in 1920. It is a member of AP and other associations with various circulation and subscription details.
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Market Avenue
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Congress
Ohio Repository
Stark County Repulican
Canton Repositors & Republican
Theanton Repository
Canton Daily Repository
Canton Daily News
Stark County Democrat
Associated Press
AP News
Perenue
Story
Brooks & Senior
New York
New York Central Building
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Fidelity-Philadelphia Trust
Chicago
Michigan Avenue
Cleveland
Euclid Avenue
Boston
Statler Building
Los Angeles
Guaranty
American Newspaper Publishers Association
Audit Bureau OF Circulation
Inland Daily Press Association
Canton Auditorium Bid Sets Stage for New Halls
Canton officials consider a firm bid on a new auditorium using funds from the old sale and existing reserves. Mayor Klein seeks a year end decision to move forward if the new bid does not exceed 234 567 dollars plus 700 000 dollars. If approved, council and board of control may begin work this year.
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Canton
Klein
Board of Control
Weber
Fabry
Tobin Says Featherbedding Is Management's Issue
Secretary of Labor Tobin tells reporters that featherbedding is the fault of railroad management and that if they choose to pay for unnecessary work that is their business. He suggests strikes could clear the air and notes the Philadelphia transit strike ended with a two year backpay concession.
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Tobin
Philadelphia
United States Secretary of Labor
Labor
Off the Record: Truman urged non political info from leaders
In a post conference view, President Truman reportedly urged visitors from business finance agriculture and labor to drop politics and focus on practical economic realities. A wealth producer voices call for less ideology and more action to support American ideals through economic means.
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Truman
Julius Krug
White House
Aid for Socialists and the Marshall Plan Debate
An official of Britain's Labour government argues that recovery is not enough and Britain needs renewed social and economic experiments aided by the Marshall Plan. Sir Stafford Cripps contends recovery is incomplete, while Paul Hoffman supports continuing nearly a billion dollars in aid to Britain to sustain imports and balance of payments. Churchill warns that Britain's nationalizing steel signals a clash with U S subsidies, raising future choices for the Western alliance.
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Britain
Europe
Christopher P. Mayhew
United Nations Economic and Social Council
Congress
Sir Stafford Cripps
Sir Stafford
United Kingdom
Paul Hoffman
Winston Churchill
House of Commons
United States
Hurchill
British Labor Party
Uncle Sam's vehicle empire size and cost revealed
Government fleets include about 237000 noncombat vehicles with 180000 in the U S and 57000 overseas. 80000 vehicles are tracked for uniform cost accounting, costing nearly 40 million dollars annually in gas oil tires and repairs. Average car mileage about 8900 miles yearly with 14.4 mpg while trucks average 3.5 to 12.7 mpg.
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Sam
Uncle Sam
U. S
Budget Bureau
Motor Vehicle
United States
Agriculture
Interior
Post Office
Treasury
Justice
Bureau of Reclamation
West
Washington
D. C
Bureau of Supplies
The
TVA
Department of Commerce
Thought for Today on cheerful endurance and progress
A short inspirational note attributes Carlyle on cheerfulness boosting strength and perseverance. It asserts a cheerful person accomplishes more, works better, and endures longer than a sad or sullen counterpart.
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Carlyle
Truman Rewards Johnson with Cabinet Post After Campaign Cash
President Truman assigns Louis A. Johnson to a key defense post after acknowledging a large campaign debt repaid by fundraising. The piece notes defense spending reaching about 15 billion annually and discusses political entanglements in the transition, Forrestal’s resignation, and Johnson’s need to win Senate and party confidence.
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Truman
Louis A. Johnson
Department of National Defense
Armed Services
Finance Committee
Democratic National Committee
Louis Johnson
United States
Mr. Truman
White House
National Defense
Secretary of Defense
Forrestal
Hand Me That Gun a Bold Defense of Gun Ownership
The author argues Americans have a right to keep and bear arms, citing the Second Amendment and distrust of government gun control. He dismisses hoodlums and calls for responsible ownership, insisting laws should not infringe on gun rights and urging readiness against alleged tyranny.
Target Practice by H. V. Wadt Nudism Cult Leader
A Chicago cult leader touts Nudism as preventing war. a note on child labor cites four boys in Columbus Ohio tasting candy. The piece muses on A-bombs idle and hints at alternative weapons while warning about the danger of older war memories.
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Chicago
Columbus, O
First lunar voyager to be snapped by press photographer
A press photographer waits hours for the first moon voyager to arrive. A nuclear scientist warns that only a lunatic would start a war now, expressing grave concern about the atomic age.
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Moon
Misconception Sparks Battle Over Salary for Harry
The remark criticizes Congress for assuming that raising Harry's pay would quiet him and he would retreat. The line signals broader political friction and the expectation of political pressure resolving without further conflict.
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Congress
Harry
The Opry House Express Drama Train Debuts
A dream train called The Opry House Express travels to big show world hits with on board snacks. Conductors sing and dance as passengers ride in a Broadway like setting while the train rehearses for its first night and awaits critics reviews.
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American Railroad
Opry House
Friars
The
Lambs
Shudda Haddim on Vulcan's Forge Santa Anita loss
Shudda Haddim laments failing to ride Vulcan's Forge winner of the $100,000 Santa Anita Handicap. He recalls a premonition about the horse and mentions an obstruction on the way to the race. Reports note housing market slowdowns across the nation as buyers resist purchases without oil wealth.
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Shudda Haddim
Vanishing Americanisms in Everyday Speech
Examples show phrases reflecting everyday restraint and economic concerns. Dialogues touch on pricing a dollar cap at a drugstore, a $1000 car fund, job scarcity, and urging calm in debate.
Century and Decades in a Canton Chronicle Highlights
A digest of notes from 100, 40, 25 and 10 years ago. It recalls Taylor meeting Polk cabinet, Richland County railroad stock, Taft and Roosevelt moves, Cheswick Co. sale, African fever prediction, a Minerva panther scare, liquor raids limits, Coolidge tax returns, Canton Chamber of Commerce founders, Roosevelt's stance on Germany, and Benes advocating a European federation.
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Gen
Zachary Taylor
President Polk
Richland County
New York
Philadelphia
William Howard Taft
Theodore Roosevelt
Oyster Bay
N. Y
Cheswick Manufacturing Co
Urban Werner
Frederick Starr
University of Chicago
Congo Free State
Minerva
Justices of the Peace
Canton
Alliance
Massillon
Coolidge
Senate
Dilman Doheny
Teapot Dome
Congress
Internal Revenue
Canton Chamber of Commerce
W. G. Saxton
E. A. McCuskey
H. C. Pontius
L. R. Zollars
C. W. Keplinger
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Germany
Roosevelt
America
Eduard Benes
Czechoslovakia
Chicago
Europe
United States
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Palestine
Saudi Arabia
Department of State
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Johnson
War Department
Navy
Capitol Hill
By Truman Twill
H. V. Wadt
H. S. Phillips
Opry House Express
Jefferson
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Benton
Harry Truman
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