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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1952
Page
5
Editor notes the fourth of 18 NEA Tax Primer articles guiding the average taxpayer on handling every item of a return with ease and accuracy. Rich Mullens and A Mullens are identified as Washington tax authorities and graduates of a federal training course.
The record lists 50 overnight trips away from home with 1951 travel costs. It itemizes railroad airplane and taxi fares 276.50 meals lodging and hotel 335.00 telephone telegraph 1094.35 depreciation registration repairs insurance and parking.
A Washington report notes the anti Truman movement among Southern Democrats is slowing as nominating conven tion developments unfold. Leaders push loyalty to country, consider a rump convention and potential bolting to oppose the regular ticket, with figures like Senator Richard Russell and Governor James Byrnes shaping the debate ahead of the July GOP convention.
The article surveys stage talent and box office, noting Winchell and Sophie Tucker’s stalls, Durante and Martha Raye in Miami, Joey Adams at the Five O'Clock Club, and high earnings of Bob Hope and Bing Crosby. It contrasts Palace’s limited capacity and dwindling draws, with various celebrity romances and publicized idle gossip.
A State Department analysis notes claims of rising unrest behind the Iron Curtain but finds no basis for mass revolt in the Soviet Union. It cites internal reports of both resistance and Kremlin propaganda while highlighting Moscow’s high living standards for many party members and limited access to luxuries for others.
The United Nations Commission for Europe says Russia dedicates a larger share of its national income to defense than the United States. The 1951 Soviet budget allocates rubles for defense per 100 rubles of capital goods, while U.S. spending runs at 66 percent as large in relation to capital investment. American defense spending reached 37 billion dollars, versus the Soviet 8.5 billion, due to the U.S. having about five times the national income.
The passage contrasts living standards between the Soviet Union and its satellites. It suggests Russian living standards are rising while satellite economies lag, though the fragmentary text lacks precise figures or dates to confirm specifics.
In Peoria Illinois five young girls crossing a street were struck when four year old Violet Trammell darted into the path of a car. Her twin Viola and three other sisters were pulled from danger by the others as the vehicle hit them. Violet and Viola are in critical condition.
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