The Canton Repository Established March 30 1815
The Canton Repository marks its long history since March 30 1815 as a traditional local newspaper. It lists membership in the American Newspaper Publishers Association and the Audit Bureau of Circulation. The notice notes a private phone exchange for all departments at 5101.
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Audit Bureau OF Circulation
America’s Air Power Rise Through Navy and War Shakeups
A sweeping navy department reorganization parallels the war department’s recent changes to place aviation on equal footing with the services. The moves aim to mass produce planes and assign aviation its proper role, signaling the U S is preparing to contest air supremacy in future conflict.
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War Department
United States
Air
Stimson
Department
Air Corps
Navy
War Relics Forge New Purpose In Victory Souvenirs
The article argues that public war relics once symbols of Union triumphs and Allied victories should be repurposed. It envisions melting down cannons and converting weapons to serve WWII efforts, with relics becoming local mementos and airplane propeller keepsakes as wartime souvenirs upon victory.
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Canton
Spain
America
Europe
United States
Complacency Now Unofficial driges in public address
President Roosevelt argues that national complacency is unofficial and that newspapers have misrepresented the facts. He asserts the public fears government misrepresentation yet seeks action, comparing the stance to Coolidge against sin and calling for the defeat of complacency and dam foolishness.
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Driges
Washington
Pearl Harbor
Mr. Roosevelt
Calvin Coolidge
One More Familiar Character in a New York Scandal
The New York Herald Tribune likens the Flynn case to a familiar political farce with roles for Flynn, Kern, Foley, LaGuardia and Ellis. It notes Ellis billed $197,968 for the investigation that led to Kern’s ouster from the civil service commission presidency.
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New York Herald Tribune
Edward J. Flynn
Mr. Flynn
Paul J. Kern
Samuel J. Foley
Fiorello LaGuardia
the Herald Tribune
Emil K. Ellis
New York City
Kern
Civil Service Commission
Congress Friction Over Morgenthau Tax Plans and War Effort
A King Features Syndicate column critiques Congress for slow handling of the Morgenthau tax program with high proposed corporate rates and public mood concerns. It notes stock market roping, government reliance on patriotism, and questions whether personal incentives remain strong amid nonmilitary war efforts. It also reports delays in establishing new air fields due to red tape between the air corps and engineers, listing sites like Rapid City and Fort Worth and noting political processes in site selection.
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Klamath Falls
Richmond
Topeka
Lampoc Maria
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S.C
Hattiesburg
Miss
Forth Worth
Spokane
Army
Engineers
Vero Beach
Fla
Navy
Ft. Pierce
King Features Syndicate, Inc
King Features Syndicate
Mud and memory in spring country visits
A humorous meditation on spring mud as a city man returns to the country. The piece contrasts muddy fields, animals, and farm life with urban streets, warning that thawing mud stirs lasting memories, even of wartime enemies, and ends with a reversal: cities lie in mud while roads remain hard.
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Russia
Resignations and Local Changes Mark Canton Chronicle
A century ago Henry Clay resigned from the U S senate with Crittenden elected to fill the vacancy. Four decades earlier workers at J H Eller Roofing Co walked out over women workers. Reports note maple sap running for farmers entering Canton and a cave‑in on Graham Ave sewer causing injuries. Eugene Davis dies at his West Tuscarawas home. George Holmes named district manager for Stark Wayne Holmes counties affecting Canton spring style show. Attorney Russell E Ake joins J J McCall law office. Meyers Lake fire destroys 70 wooden horses for city recreation use.
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Kentucky
United States Senate
J. J. Crittenden
Canton
Graham Ave
Eugene Davis
Canton Roll & Machine Co
West Tuscarawas St
Russell E. Ake
J. J. McCall
Meyers Lake
Canton News Briefs: Wilson backs armed ships and autos fair
Twenty five years ago President Wilson announced government support for armed vessels while Canton hosted its first automobile show drawing 17 000 attendees. Canton contractors projected multi million home construction spending that year as the Eighth Ohio returned home after eight months on the border news flows from the prior era.
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Wilson
Canton
Eighth Ohio
Patrolman Knoble’s birthday noted amid snow and wind
Ten years ago a patrolman named Lee Knoble marked his birthday yesterday as a snowstorm raged with biting winds. The fragment notes cold weather and the officer’s birthday observation amid harsh conditions.
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Lee Knoble
Corcoran Testifies He Built Government Mouse Traps
Former RFC employee and White House entertainer Thomas Corcoran tells the Truman committee he accepts no lobbying fees under 5000 dollars, received 100000 dollars in cash fees and stock in 1941, and served in government while avoiding publicity. He implies he was crafting advantageous arrangements in federal departments beyond entertainment. Jesse Jones recalls no service Corcoran performed for the RFC.
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Truman Committee
Corcoran
Jesse Jones
Voluntary Censorship Appraised After Trial
NEA News Analyst Peter Edson surveys wartime voluntary censorship after two months, noting officials like Byron Price acknowledge its flaws yet deem it a wartime necessity. Public checks create democracy in action as readers and listeners flag possible enemy aids, while law limits apply to print but not radio.
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Roosevelt
Office of Censorship
Byron Price
Censorship Tangles in Wartime Government Agencies
Side Glances analyzes wartime censorship across federal agencies, noting the lack of a single tell-all policy while detailing navy and army control over cables, mail, and industrial news. It cites an interdepartmental supervision plan and lists extensive rules restricting military news publication. The piece also mentions Andre Maurois on postwar French liberation.
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Creel
Army
Navy
NEA Inc
Thought For Today Quote on Generosity and Virtue
A succinct reflection from Victor Hugo notes that God gives gifts freely to all who seek them and asks only that individuals choose goodness in return, a timeless call to virtue.
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Victor Hugo
Black Markets Theyre Bad In Britain But Will Be Worse Here
A commentary warns that illegal markets flourish where governments fail to regulate and cautions that similar conditions could arise domestically if policy remains lax. It frames Britain as a cautionary example and urges prudent economic oversight.
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France
Europe
Germany
Britain and American black markets warn of wartime illicit trade
Damon Runyon reports from London that British black markets move as much as 500 million dollars annually, with potential for U.S. racketeers to reach billions. He warns government care must curb pirate traders before they start, comparing to bootlegging era abuses and noting wartime restrictions fuel such illicit traffic.
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London
Britain
Out Of The Rut By Ruth Millett
An observer notes how war jolts ordinary people from dull routines. A college trained boy becomes an airplane mechanic, a young couple gains independence and work, and a son leaves his family store job, with the war acting as the catalyst for change.
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