The Canton Repository Established March 30 1815
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Ohio Repository
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Holmes Counties
Union Shop Debate Highlights Varied Forms and Effects
The Union Shop resolution urges employers to accept union shop principles for harmony but avoids defining the exact form. It notes closed shop extremes, common nonmembership on hire with immediate or delayed joining, and cites coal mines and Ford as examples. The Railway Labor Act 1934 hints at ban on a closed shop, yet rail unions’ strength makes membership nearly universal.
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United Mine Workers
Ford Motor Co
United States
Railroad Brotherhood
Specifications for a General in the British High Command
The piece imagines an ideal general replacing Dill with Brooke, outlining a paragon who is aged for experience yet energetic, disciplined yet loved, learned yet retains the old, trusted by the people, decisive without costly battles, alert yet selective, a theorist who acts, a diplomat to army welfare, selfless and ready to yield prominence, forever serving the greatest good, and notes there has never been a perfect general.
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John Dill
Alan Francis Brooke
Paragon
The Christmas Spirit and Its Complex Gleam
The text reflects on the multifaceted holiday spirit in the United States, noting impulses to give, family gatherings, decorations, cards, shopping bustle, parties, lights, toys, curiosity about presents, music, and wrapping paper. It acknowledge skeptics who doubt authenticity but argues a lingering, incandescent quality peaks in December.
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United States
Britain Eyes Tunisia Invasion To Break Axis Hold
Washington reports British Libya forces outnumber German Italian units in tanks planes and manpower. If they push to Tunisia and invade Italy it could mark a turning point in World War II. British hammer strategy targets Cyrenaica and coastal strongholds while planning for Sicilian operation.
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Ashington
Libya
Churchill
Caucasus
Hitler
Tunisia
Italy
Gulf of Sidra
Wavell
Tripoli
Russia
France
Night football proves hardy customers seek discomfort
The column argues night football survives by drawing fans willing to endure cold and sleet for sports under lights. It compares this to night baseball and notes sponsors push expansion, while readers pay for a workout in unheated darkness, proving customers crave challenge over comfort.
Century of news remembered in local column
A collage of past events notes 100 40 25 and 10 years ago. John Q Adams declined another congressional run while Henry Clay was said to resign his Senate seat as the state legislature met next January. Fortunes and misfortunes trace gold thefts 20000 and a fire that destroyed Zahner Metal Sash and Door Co. near Navarre road SW. Other items include an increase in Canton milk prices, a proposed Massillon overhead bridge, and retirements and honors from Yale and B&O railway service.
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John Q. Adams
Congress
Henry Clay
el Paso
Canton
Stark Electric Railway Co
Pennsylvania
Louisville
Massillon
Zahner Metal Sash and Door Co
Navarre Rd SW
Rufus S. Day
Yale University
Teddie
Mathilda Walther
Wilden Pl
Chicago
We’ll Fly Through The Air With Ease
Washington Correspondent notes civil aviation growth as more people become pilots and Doane College reports CPTP outcomes. Civil air patrol gains momentum, parachute jumping revives, and experts foresee civilian aviation shaping postwar transport.
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National Aeronautic Association
United States
Army
Navy
Armed Services
Little Doane College
Crete
Neb
Army Aviation Corps
Ethel's Uncle Ben Remembers Poker Skill Near Heroic Moment
Ben recalls how poker skill shaped a near heroic episode in the other war. He describes tense decisions at the table that mirrored battlefield choices, highlighting courage, luck, and timing under pressure. The account ties personal memory to broader wartime experiences and family history.
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Ethel
Ben
Uncle Ben War Tale in Brooklyn Letters
Damon Runyon writes from Brooklyn about Joe Turp and Ethel recounting Uncle Ben. Ben shuts off radios mocks newspapers and radios as war overload. He fights and gambles to win prisoners via poker, hopes for a medal but Miller receives it, Ben nearly ends in jail.
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Ethel
Joe
Ben
Ethel Ses
Ben Ses
Kate Smith
France
Miller
Light of reports on Caucasus threat outlined
Geographic study by the National Geographic Society maps the Caucasus isthmus as two regions with northern oil targets near Maikop and Grozny vulnerable to a German advance. It notes Baku fields on the Caspian, routes running parallel to mountains, and limited passes like the Georgian Military Highway, all amid rugged terrain and strategic oil significance.
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Caucasus
National Geographic Society
Black and Caspian
Caucasus Isthmus
North Caucasus
Maikop
Grozny
Crimean Peninsula
Soviet Union
Hranscaucasus
Baku
Caspian Sea
Isthmus
Kerch
Crimea
Cacasus
Greater Caucasus
Caucasian Alps
Mont Blanc
Europe
Business leader backs work norms during national emergency
Albert W. Hawkes, president of the U S Chamber of Commerce, says the right to refuse work and the right to strike exist but urges against action during the current national emergency when demands or causes are deemed unreasonable or debatable.
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Albert W. Hawkes
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
Thought For Today from Job 15 31
A reflective verse inviting readers not to trust vanity as it becomes one’s recompense. Presents a moral admonition drawn from Job 15 31.
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Job
Notable wartime dispatches from leaders of wartime Britain and allies
Excerpts quote King George VI Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin and Austin Hopkinson on wartime unity and the US Britain alliance. The comments reflect the era’s mood and warnings about the Nazi threat. The text juxtaposes praise for the wartime coalition with caution about the supposed new order.
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