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Newspaper
The Canton Repository
Location
Canton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1950
Page
15
The Radio Writers Guild faces a split as James A. Stabile resigns on Aug 17 amid disputes over a pro country wartime service pledge. Daisy Amaury also quits council, arguing actions and policies diverge from the group’s aims while the corps of writers remains central to American broadcasting and education.
The column questions why American radio favors murder and sensationalism over heroic public life for children. It recalls Elizabeth Winston Todd’s un‑answered HUAC questions, her TVA background, and a shift from AFL to CIO unions. It warns advertisers fuel entertainment that can manipulate young minds.
An American army in Korea finds itself slowly won over by local children who offer gum chocolate and smiles. The writer notes GIs came to fulfill a hard duty and seek departure, but Korean children win their affection through small gifts and polite greetings amid a harsher daily life than in Japan.
Hal Boyle portrays French children scarred by war living in cities and begging at dusk near billets. The ragged youngsters, sores and patched hair, share apples and candy with G I s who nickname some as mascots, learning people differ little in hardship.
The navy reports the Benevolence sinking may total 23 deaths with 18 confirmed and five missing. Rescue figures rose to 505 from 492 as coast guard investigators probe the Mary Luckenbach collision in dense fog off shore.
In Cleveland area Aug 31 AP reports 21-year-old Baldwin Wallace student Carl Bayreuther died from pistol wounds ruled accidental. His parents, Frank and (name) Bayreuther, traveling from New Bedford Mass., reached Berea where an aunt and uncle informed them of the death as college authorities and Berea Police Chief August L. Yanke indicated the shooting appeared unintentional.
Anna R. Hendrickson, 57, of 143 Bellflower Ave NW, suffered a fractured right kneecap when her car collided with a vehicle driven by Jean F. Arnold, 21, of Madisonville KY, at 15th St and Logan Ave NW. Hendrickson was taken to Mercy Hospital. Arnold was arrested on a stop sign charge. The crash was among 33 reported that day, with 25 in the city.
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