History and masthead notes of The Canton Repository 1949
A brief publication history and masthead details for The Canton Repository, tracing origins from 1815 through 1949, including name changes, mergers, and daily and Sunday editions. Lists press associations, special representatives, and subscription rates, with publication date March 19, 1949.
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Brushository
Sackee Powspayers
Evening Repository
Canton Repository
Canton Daily News
Stark County Democrat
Associated Press
SOS _SISDALON
Story
Brooks & Finley
New York
New York Central
Philadelphia
Fidelity-Philadel- Enis Ust
Chicago
Richigan Avenue
Cleveland
Euclid Avenue
Boston
Statler
Los Angeles
Guaranty Building
BEA American
Vane. Association
Audit Bureau OF Circulation
Inland Daily Press Association
Stark
Tuscarawas
Carroll
Columbiana
Portage
Summit
Wayne
Holmes
Ee Ee Ee
Atlantic pact reflects long standing North Atlantic security aims
The article argues the Atlantic pact formalizes a truth long understood in history that no single power should dominate the North Atlantic. It notes U S and Britain actions from the Monroe Doctrine to WWII, and asserts the pact serves to deter Soviet expansion while linking European defenses to American guarantees.
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United States
Great Britain
New World
Atlantic
Germany
Soviet Union
Kremlin
North Atlantic
North Pacific
Russia
Asia
Europe
They Cheat Themselves in Classroom Cheating Issue
The piece argues classroom cheating harms students by affecting their education and future. It notes teachers care for students but cheaters self-sabotage, as real life rewards go to those who rely on their own ability. It warns of a fringe of habitual cheaters.
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Robert Stripling
K. N. Roth
Greentown
No Objections hats reflect spring fashion balance
An editor notes spring hats strike a compromise between fuss and flattery. They appear pretty without extremes, often featuring veils that catch a zephyr, amusing men and recalling playful flirtations of earlier times.
Senate Coalition Forms to Block Leftist Policies
A bipartisan Republican Democratic coalition asserts independence of Congress toward Truman’s agenda. It supports a two thirds cloture rule, targets civil rights and federal spending, opposes Taft Hartley reforms, and signals temporary, issue driven alignment rather than a new party.
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Truman
Congress
Mr. Truman
Lucas
Senate
Taft
Ohio
The Truth About Dogs by Truman Twil
A humorous essay by Truman Twil argues dogs are misunderstood and mistreated by human dietary choices. It describes dogs in captivity choosing varied foods from a cupboard, showing noted tastes and learning to identify labels, with caution against feeding boned chicken.
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Truman Twil
Why Not a Compromise on Civil Rights
Raymond Moley argues for a slower, negotiated approach to civil rights, urging debate and a long truce. He favors removing white primaries and poll taxes, questions the anti-lynching bill, and calls for southern leadership conferences to study and resolve discrimination without federal coercion.
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Tuskegee Institute
South
House Committee Reopens Postage Talks On Second Class Rates
AHouse post office committee resumes hearings on proposed second class rate increases for newspapers magazines and other publications amid a 500 million annual postal deficit. Proponents seek 75 million revenue first year and 50 million second year with total adds 253 million overall while opponents warn widespread closures and higher costs for readers.
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House Post Office Committee
Donaldson
Police response questioned after neighborhood fire
A reader reports seven or eight boys started a large smoky fire that lasted over four hours. Despite calling the police, they did not respond or intervene, the writer says, leaving flames to threaten homes in Greentown.
Homegrown Escapees to the Repository
A reader comments on Russians and refugees and expands on Arrigo’s view of escapes from behind the iron curtain. The letter argues broader implications in the current climate and calls for consideration of additional factors.
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Harry Arrigo
Correction to Mrs Werner letter on oleo law stance
An editorial correction notes a transcription error in a March 12 letter from Mrs A W Werner. The corrected text clarifies her support for restricting the sale of colored oleo and opposes loosening farm land protections.
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A. W. Werner
Target Practice By H. V. WADE
The piece hints at prohibition enforcement in Quebec and mocks police interrogation. It notes oleo ban enforcement and jokes about a suspect squeezed until yellow. It mentions mold secreting cures and criticizes bread quality over the years.
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Quebec
Kremlin Shakeup Sparks Debate on Timing and Strategy
A Kremlin leadership reshuffle triggers early commentary on timing and political strategy. Analysts weigh potential implications for policy direction and internal power balance within Russia's ruling circle.
Western plains snowmelt overwhelms drainage systems
Heavy western plains snowfall melts into flood waters with limited drainage capacity. Authorities warn that draining excess water risks geysers and damage while seeking containment options amid constant runoff.
Gift subscription remains after filibuster in unread magazine
A witty note compares the stubbornness of a filibuster to a stubborn gift subscription. The line implies readers keep an unread magazine despite political maneuvering. The phrasing highlights satire on political and media consumption.
Couple’s Hidden Habits Revealed in Spendthrift Tale
No one knew how they burned through money until investigators uncovered that he drank heavily and she amassed antiques. The lifestyle explained the rapid depletion of funds and mounting debt.
Phone Line Intrigue at City Hall Sparks The Wire Tangle
A fragmentary dialogue riffs on wire tapping and private calls amid a city hall scandal. Characters joke about scrutiny and a public line used as a broadcast with an unseen audience. The piece hints at mid March blues and deductible woes as background to the intrigue.
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City Hall
New York
Vanishing Americanisms
The article catalogues expressions that fell out of use such as lines about the roof, private lines, tax votes, and postwar peace. It notes how the language of everyday speech shifts with time and social change.
Portrait of John L. Lewis and political satire
A satirical portrait mocks John L. Lewis and Labor leaders. It jokes about Truman’s tax free expense allowance of 90 000 dollars and two Florida trips in one winter. It questions war risk between Russia and Key West and notes stockholders fear record quarterly earnings.
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Harry Truman
Florida
Tory
Russia
Key West
Tow to Philadelphia Navy Yard Warship
A tub is en route to tow the warship to the Philadelphia Navy Yard. The skipper will resent that crack deeply as sore as the kid whose father favors censorship of comic books.
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Philadelphia Navy Yard
California gold exam and arms for emigrants report
A French engineer was sent to study gold finds in California. Congress approved 50 000 dollars for better Colt repeating pistols and ordered the War Department to supply arms to emigrants to California at government cost.
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California
Congress
Conegress
War Department
County clerk orders bobbed hair for office girls
Sum mit County Clerk A C Bachtel orders bobbed hair for all female employees. Many girls welcome the change as a shield against protests from relatives over their hairstyle.
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Summit County
A. C. Bachtel
North Canton H S Captures State Class B Title
Ten years ago North Canton High School won the state Class B basketball championship in Columbus by beating Sandusky St Marys 24 to 23. Canal Fulton had won the prior year. Five hundred WPA workers restored the Ohio Canal over a 12 mile park stretch between Massillon and Canal Fulton.
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North Canton High School
Columbus
Sandusky St. Mary’s
Canal Fulton
WPA
Ohio Canal
Massillon
Nevada weighs new divorce rule with casino style judge signals
The idea proposes replacing traditional court rituals with a casino themed judge who lights up in five colors and rings bells to signal rulings. Critics call it theatrical and impractical while supporters see it as public engagement.
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Nevada
Kremlin Claims Penicillin Mystery Sparks Online Banter
Russians dismiss penicillin as a Russian discovery while online chatter links vodka to stymieing German contact and evoking song, reflecting playful propaganda and cultural flexing in social media.
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Kremlin
Imagined Rivers Flowing to Pacific and Key West
A Washington editor muses on improbable engineering feats, suggesting the upper Mississippi draining to the Pacific and the Potomac diverted to Key West with a floating White House atop the project.
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Washington
Upper Mississippi
Pacific
Potomac
Key West
White House
End of Filibuster Brings Relief to Patent Office
The end of the filibuster is described as a vast relief to the U.S. Patent Office which has maintained that perpetual motion is impossible.
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U.S. Patent Office
Youth Grows Through Afflictions From Campus Grime
A clipped remark notes that youth endures many pains of immaturity and cites campus influence as a source of communist ideas and acne as a symbol of youthful struggle.
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