No School Today host Big Jon draws parental ire over guidance
A Cincinnati ABC program hosted by Jon Arthur known as Big Jon sparked nationwide parental concern after a broadcast instructing children to raise their hands and not lower them, prompting calls from frustrated parents. The column warns of rising influence of radio and TV on children and critiques overindulgent parenting and the era’s media figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
TRSBE
Cincinnati
ABC
Jon Arthur
Big Jon
Evening Radio Schedule Highlights Crime Drama and Music
Radio tonight features Virgil Wessner of the Ford team at 5:30 on WCMwWw, mystery theater at 8 on CBS-WGAR, a Berlin tribute at 8:30 on NBC-WTAM, and detective thrillers across MBS-WHK ABC-WHBC and more. Tomorrow Dr. E Leroy Dakin of CARE speaks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WHBC
WTAM
WGAR
American National Mutual Columbia
Mert
Arthur Godfrey
Portia
Curt Massey
Space Patrol
Farrell
Bryan Wade
Don Hyde
Henry J. Taylor
Tex Beneke
Robert Harleigh
Garry Moore
Gabriel Heatter
Larry Lesueur
Chas. Boyer
Chas Boyer
Mysterious Traveler
Frank Edwards
Xavier Cugat
Guy Lombardo
3215
Gems For
Virgil Wessner
Ford Motor Co
Irving Berlin
Starlight
Nbc-Wtam
Mbs-Whk
Satan
Cbs-Wgar
Germany
Gentlemen of the Press
Abc-Whbc
Hubert H. Humphrey
Henry Hazlitt
Abc-Wakr
America
CBS
Cleveland Indians
St. Louis Browns
MBS
WHK
Lorelei
NBC
TV guide brief highlights from Massillon and nearby stations
Television listings cover 9:30 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. across WAND ABC-WHBGC WwCMW CBS-WGAR WNBK WXEL WEWS and WEWS programs include Magazine of the Air Little Red Riding Hood The Story Lady Second Mrs Burton Cinema Play house Court of Current Issues Cavalcade of Bands Circle Theater Heaven Ran Last The Web and more. Notable items mention Mrs. Abbiss stand‑in for Lauren Bacall and Massillon Community Day picnic details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth Abbiss
Lauren Bacall
Abc-Whbgc
W. H. Myer
Massillon
WAND
Little Red Riding Hood
Lady
Wwcmw
Karl Compton
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Stage Door Canteen
Cinema Playhouse
WNBK
WXEL
Ralph Flanagan
Circle Theater
John McQuade
Dort Clark
Rita Lynn
WEWS
Web
Night baseball debut year and related trivia
Answers provide specific facts: Major leagues began night baseball in 1938 in Cincinnati. Soil degradation means wearing down by erosion. Esther Cleveland was the president’s only child born in the White House in 1893. Average pay raises over ten years ran about 130 percent. Bantamweight maximum weight is 118 pounds. Also notes over half the nation’s mushroom supply comes from Chester and Delaware counties in Pennsylvania.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White House
Cincinnati
Esther Cleveland
New York Reports Color TV Test From Capital
A color television test broadcast was sent yesterday from Washington to New York, 200 miles apart, to test coaxial cables. WNBW produced the color signal, routed to WNBT and broadcast from New York, with black and white reception for standard sets. RCA noted test labs in Bridgeport and Princeton aided the experiment. Six contagions were reported by the city health department last week: two whooping cough, two mumps, one chickenpox, one scarlet fever.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Washington, D.C
Radio Corp. of America
WNBW
Washington
WNBT
Bridgeport
City Health Department
W. A. Scott
Food Trading Probed by U S Agriculture on Speculation
Washington reports the Department of Agriculture is probing farm commodity price surges to root out possible unlawful speculation. Attention centers on soybeans with traders handling up to 1,000,000 bushels daily. Brannan calls current speculation excessive and unrestrained as officials pursue a preliminary report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Department of Agriculture
J. M. Mehl
Department
Commodity Exchange Authority
Mehl
Brannan
DEA
Betty and Benny Fox In Dance Scare Crowd
Betty and Benny Fox, a brother and sister duo, thrilled Chicago fair crowds with a free act atop an 18 inch platform 110 feet high. They performed rope jumping, rhumba, waltz, and Charleston solo and together, provoking cries of don t do it as they dodged acrobatics on the tiny sky spot. The daring routine, sans safety devices, is billed four times daily in Frontiers of Freedom before the grandstand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Betty
Benny Fox
Benny
Frontiers of Freedom
Babcock Union Picnic Set for Sunday at Taylor Lake
The A F L union at the Waynesburg road SE plant of Babcock Printing Press Corp will host its annual family picnic Sunday at Taylor Lake east of Malvern. An all day event features a softball game, tug of war between departments, children’s contests, and free refreshments. Committee includes Chester Rose chairman Joseph Van Sickle W C Summers Mell Boyd William George Gordon Gero and Richard Dine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. F. L. Federal Labor Union
Waynesburg Rd SE
Babcock Printing Press Corp
Taylor Lake
Malvern
Chester Rose
Joseph van Sickle
W. C. Summers
Mell Boyd
William George
Gordon Gero
Richard Dine
Husband jailed after domestic quarrel leads to beating
Mrs. Marjorie Werner of 206 30th St SW was treated and released from Mercy Hospital Monday for back chest and spine injuries suffered last Wednesday in a domestic quarrel with her husband Carl Werner. The sheriff's office reports the husband was arrested on assault and battery, fined $25 plus costs, and sentenced to 30 days in jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marjorie Werner
Mercy Hospital
Carl Werner
Sheriff’s Office
Also Mentioned on This Page
Radio
Crosby
Oscar
Milton Berle
Berle
Mummy
Daddy
Uncle Don
Sol
Fulton Lew
Hill-Sports
Paul Whitem
Gentlemen of Press
al Henderson
Rob Reea
Bob Reed
News Downhomers
Johnny Olsen
Edward Wallace
Linda’s
Vincent Lopes
Hannibal Cobb
Melody Matinee
Melody
Funhouse
News Today
Sports Ohio
Melody Ranch
Hill
The
Lone Ranger
the Falcon
Richard Diamond
Tom Manning
Mindy Carson
St. Louis Browns News
Canton
Farm Front
Benny Strong
Mickey Katz
Eddie le Mar
Paul Weston
Carr
Cole Porter
WCMW
Lee
Alvino Rey
Bing Crosby
Cuyahoga Falls
the Sportsmen
George Trpine
Joe Peron
Ray Anthony
Robert Q. Lewis
Rosemary
Wendy Warren
Jenny Helen Trent
Our Gal
Big Sister
Ma Perkins
Dr. Malone
Guiding Light
Bob Smiley
Church of God
Canton Baptist
Capitol Classics
Telefunken
Cleveland
St. Louis
Fom Manning Morton Downey
1100 Club
Toni Spaulding
Toni Morgan’s Inn
Spaulding Morgan’s Inn
Morgan’s Inn
Bill Mayer
Jim Martin
Bill Gordon
Bill Gordon Bill Mayer
Breakfast Club
145
Haskell & Co
Jack Berch
David Harum
Altres
Nancy Dixon
Love & Learn
World News
Rudy Valee
Carol
Art Baker
Hollywood
Showtime
Showtime Revue
Cedric Foster
Bing
Vaughn Monroe
Road of Life
Bruce Charles Pepper Young
Bruce Charles
Farrel
Mella Dallas Bruce Charles Lorenzo Jones
Bruce Charles Young Widder Brown
Star Time News
Ohio
Three Star Extra
One Man’s Family
News of the World
New Frontier
Jack Elton
Iseo St Louis Browns
Robert Hurleigh
T Loves
Mystery
Hidden Truth
Press Club
Candlelight
Family Theater
Bob Allen
Wed
Tip Top Tynes
Rial
Ana Oe
Mert’s
Challenge
Yukon
Bill Mayer Bill Mayer Bill Mayer
Ten O’clock Tunes
Mrs. Burton
Perry Mason
Norah Drake the Brichter Day
Nona From Nowhere
Hilltop House
Columbia Pops
Larry Lesener
Chameleon
Christian
Aaly Ry Mae
Abc’s
Abc's
Shep Fields
Radio Tonight
Mystery Theater
E. Leroy Dakin
C.A.R.E
Burns
Allen
Jack Paar
Cactus Jim
Jim Chapman
Ransom Sherman
John Conte
Unk
Andy
Sdip
Three’s Company
Alan Douglas
Ed Wallace
Bob's Inn
Paige Palmer
Exeh
Linn Sheldon
Hazel Scotts
Alan Freed
A. C. Gordon
Pennsylvania Counties
Chester and
Delaware
Capital
Rogers
East Tuscarawas
WAR News Huddle
Wells Church
CBS News
Robert Bendick
Edmund A. Chester
Chester
Paramount
DIAL
Bryant’s
H. G. Zimmer Plmg. CO
Motorola
Wilco TV
W. Tusc
U.S
Betty and
Babcock Union
Genuine
Bryant
A. W. Baum Plumbing and Heating
Clarendon Ave
East Ohio Gas
Canton Hardware
Frigidaire
Selagree
North Canton
Carling
pttamnPremsins
Aration
Amfrica
Clevv
Eland, Ohio
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!