Canton Repository May 9 1949 front notice
The Canton Repository published May 9 1949 details its lineage as The Ohio Repository The Stark County Republican and later Canton Repository The Evening Repository Canton Daily Repository and The Canton Repository. It lists offices and AP affiliation with subscription and mailing rates for Stark Tuscarawas Carroll Columbiana Portage Summit Wayne Holmes counties and general publication notes.
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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 Daily Repository
Evening Repository
Canton Reposes
Canton Daily News
Stark County Democrat
Associated Press
AP News
Story
Brooks & Finley
New York
New York Central
Philadelphia
Fidelity-Philadelhia Trust
Chicago
Nichigan Avenue
Cleveland
Euclid Avenue
Boston
Statler
Los Angeles
Guaranty Building
Ee Ee
Ieee
American Newspaper Publishers Association
Audit Bureau OF Circulation
Inland Daily Press Association
MAI
Stark
Tuscarawas
Carroll
Columbiana
Portage
Summit
Wayne
Holmes
Security in Congress on labor law stays firm in crisis power
The 81st Congress maintains injunction power over national emergencies whether Taft Hartley remains in force or is revised. President Truman seeks decisive emergency authority, but Congress prefers a prearranged method to avoid political guesswork as unions gain political clout and fear Communist influence.
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Congress
Truman
Mr. Truman
Probing Worker Pace in Auto Assembly Lines
The passage argues for an objective standard to measure worker pace on automobile assembly lines. It suggests test groups of production workers set a proper speed, then compare their standard to a management standard to shed light on long debated union concerns.
Battle over radio transmitters fuels Cold War fever
The piece labels the U S British push to jam Soviet radio as a peak of political insanity. It argues Moscow fears VOA and BBC broadcasts, plans a Kremlin Maginot line of interference, and acknowledges the cycle of more transmitters leading to more jammers as the iron curtain tightens to keep Russians uninformed.
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United States
Great Britain
Soviet Union
Berlin
Britain
Kremlin
Russia
U. S
Voice of America
British Broadcasting Co
No Progress To Report On Summer Fashion Debate
The piece laments no change in male summer attire as fashion pushes feminine plunging necklines. It mocks men’s restrictive dress codes, noting shirts collars ties and coats remain the norm while women’s styles add pressure for airier wear. The writer pleads for equal comfort in hot weather.
Rebuke to Truman on labor law trend and elections
The piece argues that a modified Taft Hartley Act may emerge, not repeal. It notes Republicans and many Democrats favored changes, while Truman faced defeat in efforts to erase the act. The analysis links labor policy shifts to expected outcomes in 1952 elections and future congressional dynamics.
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Congress
Truman
Labor Law Debate Echoes Over Taft Hartley Act
The piece argues the Taft Hartley Act can be amended or renamed but not repealed. It weighs the 1935 Wagner Act against full employment, noting shifts in bargaining power during war and postwar, and warns Truman risks pushing unions beyond New Deal gains. It highlights congressional votes and calls for a compromise to avoid deep labor strife amid rising unemployment.
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Congress
House
Senate
Truman
Franklin D. Roosevelt
John L. Lewis
Mr. Truman
Mr. Roosevelt
Stranger’s letter cites hostility to newcomers in the community
A new resident recounts harsh barriers faced after moving from the West, detailing high rents for unfurnished housing, excessive vehicle and license fees, work and paycheck difficulties, a car washroom theft, social shunning, and pressure from a newspaper carrier. The editor notes this is the second such unsigned critique and suggests communal improvement.
Manville's Essay On Cats And Tests Of Smarts
A black tomcat columnist questions the famous predigested magazine that claims cats are dumb along with dogs. He argues comparisons of animals are silly and defends cats by noting abilities apes lack and vice versa. He riffs on tests to rank smarts, scoffs at such quizzes, and muses about clever cats resisting proofs of inferiority.
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Mr. Twill
Spelling Bee Dinner Prompted for Timken contestants
In the April 17 edition the spelling bee note cites a dinner in the Timken High cafeteria for the contestants with two guests each. A reader argues the pronoun and possessive should agree in number, suggesting “his or her own choosing” to reflect both genders.
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Timken High
Dennis R. Smith
Robert
It Seems an Art to Eat Popcorn and Breathe
A playful aside on savoring popcorn while watching B movies, pondering whether film buffs can truly breathe while engrossed. The line blends humor with cinema fandom observations and light self awareness.
Elephants for a Cigaret Swap Falls Flat in Assam Tale
A humorous dispatch imagines Natives in Assam attempting to trade three elephants for a cigarette in America. A storekeeper resists, noting cigarets are scarce and elephants are not a fair exchange. The dialogue mocks slogans and consumer cravings with comic exaggeration.
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Calcutta
India
Mr Wallace and the Myths in Cold War Talk
A satirical piece mocks Henry Wallace and Soviet policy claims labeling Russia as nonaggressive and open to peace. It parodies the myth of the iron curtain and Kremlin secrecy while referencing Gromyko Molotov and policy stereotypes. The column weaves in a baseball riot note and Judith Coplon case, hinting at FBI testimony and cultural song references.
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MR. Wallace
Henry Wallace
Russia
The Company Executive Behind His Oaken Doors
A fragment notes a company executive who paid income tax and then went home to scrub the floors. The brief vignette hints at personal routine following financial duty, set behind his office entrance.
John L Lewis Hopes to Avoid Strife
A newspaper blurb notes President Truman's cabinet changes prompt talk of numbering players or ending the two platoon system in government. It captioned as John L Lewis Hopes to Avoid Strife.
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Truman
John L. Lewis
Century Pride and Balloon Tricks in Old Dispatches
A century ago a letter from Independence Missouri listed Canton men bound for California gold fields as O P Stidger George W Evans Robert Gillespie K Gillmore Joseph Vouchey George Hampson and Benjamin J Bixby with two thousand men waiting for prairie grass to rise to feed horses. A balloon demonstration keeps pace with 40 years prior noting Boston dropping eggs midflight to illustrate aerial bombs with a Rochester to Fitchburg flight. Theodore Roosevelt was floated as a New York City mayoral candidate by Gen. Stewart L Woodford citing his public administration experience value.
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Independence
California
Canton
O. P. Stidger
George W. Evans
Robert Gillespie
K. Gillmore
Joseph Vouchey
George Hampson
Benjamin J. Bixby
Boston
Fitchburg
Mass
Petersboro
N. H
Theodore Roosevelt
New York City
Stewart L. Woodford
Pick and Pen elects Rawson Koontz from Magno lia
Twenty five years ago Rawson Koontz of Magno lia won election to the honorary junior men's society Pick and Pen at Wittenberg College Springfield. William J Burns, world famed detective, resigned as chief of the FBI after being appointed by former Attorney General Daugh erty who stepped down at the request of President Coolidge amid a Senate probe into the Justice Department during the Teapot Dome scandal.
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Rawson Koontz
Magnolia
Men’s Society
Wittenberg College
Springfield
William J. Burns
Justice Department
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Daugherty
President Coolidge
Senate
Teapot Dome
Fire destroys garage near United Electrical plant
A grass fire near the United Electrical Co plant at 1518 8th st NE ignited two frame garages, destroying one. Separately, Dave Carr, former McKinley Times manager, was named advertising manager of the Green and White at Ohio University in Athens.
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United Electrical Co
8Th St
Dave Carr
McKinley Times
Green and White
Ohio University At
Athens
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