Odessa American front matter and masthead from 1952
The Odessa American publishes daily except Saturday from 222 East Fourth Street Odessa Texas. It lists subscription rates by carrier and mail options, with a note on moral guides and a date column showing Sunday August 31 1952.
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Odessa American
East Fourth St
Odessa Post Office
Odessa
Texas
Compromise! Tideland issue and federal power grab
The writer rails against compromising on tidelands as a federal overreach that would strip states of revenue and title. They condemn Stevenson for aligning with Truman, warn of a Supreme Court bent to one side, and accuse federal planners of a “paramount interest” philosophy eroding state rights.
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Adlai Stevenson Gogges
Texas
Tidelands
Supreme Court
United States
Navy Department
Navy
California
Washington
Interior Department
Stevenson
Allan Shivers
Truman
Harry the Horrible
Haberdarker
Harry
Adlai Stevenson
Quotes and notes from wartime figures on morals and phenomena
The record quotes Gen Douglas MacArthur on war’s crude roots and spiritual beauty, Army chaplain Lisse Bartholo on clean living and speech, Arthur Sherry on gambling tax impact, and Gen Hoyt Vandenberg on beliefs about flying saucers.
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Lisse Bartholomeow
Hoyt Vandenberg
Air Force Chief of Staff
Puzzle style word list and clue fragments
A garbled set of crossword like clues and partial answers across and down. It includes entries such as “Meat of swine,” “Heron,” “Roman emperor,” and “English river,” with scattered words like Be a, Pigeon, Pigeon Artist's stand, and various misprints. The text reads as a mixed clue grid or dictionary scraps rather than a cohesive article.
The Welfare State and Private Property
Frank Chodorov argues against the Welfare State as a denial of individual property rights. He contrasts socialist and Christian charity theories with the dignity of the individual and calls taxation the tool that channels private wealth into a central pool for state benevolence.
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Libertarian
Bombay
Inaia
Frank Chodorov
Chodorov
Whitional Whirlgig Will Stevenson Change Up
A Wausington columnist answers reader questions on national policy and Washington changes. The piece explains how presidents influence senior officials, cites Coolidge and Truman shifts, and notes Milton Eisenhower's rise in farm policy under the Roosevelt era.
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Stevenson
Washington
T. F
Brooklyn
N. Y
Chapman
Brannan
Coolidge
Harding
Truman
Supreme Courts
Milton Eisenhower
Penn State College
Milton
Agriculture
Coolidse
Kansas
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Wallace
Tugwell
Notable World War II Quotes On Healing And Democracy
General Douglas MacArthur speaks of switching from destruction to construction late in life while Sister Kenny notes early treatment reduces scarring. William O Dwyer warns discrimination undermines democratic institutions and calls for equality.
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U. S
Mexico
William O'Dwyer
Ques and Answers on Gems and Words
The excerpt presents a Q and A format with questions about Colombian emeralds the meaning of umbrella and the distinction between ambassador and minister. It notes emeralds are mined in Colombia and explains umbrella derives from a Latin term meaning little shadow while defining an ambassador as a high ranking minister and a minister as a representative below an ambassador.
McCormick Leads Call for New American Party
In a dramatic move Colonel Robert R. McCormick advocates a new party name The American Party as a response to deep Republican splits. He argues Dewey Eisenhower Lodge McCarthy and others symbolize the party’s divisions and warns many traditional Republicans may abandon the G.O.P. in 1952.
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Robert R. McCormick
Chicago Tribune
Washington “Times - Herald
Eisenhower
Stevenson
Byrd
Byrnes
Truman Democratic Party
Colonel McCormick
McCarthy
Robert A. Taft
Herbert Hoover
Everett Dirksen
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Dewey
Wall Street
Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr
McCormick
Pointment
Joe McCarthy
Republican Party
Lodge
Isenhower
Republcan
Truman
Hisenhower
MacArthur
Richard Nixon
Tom Dewey
General Eisenhower
Nixon
Institute of Pacific Relations
Inflation and political deceit drive rising costs and distrust
The author argues inflation will worsen under a future administration and laments government controls. He claims profit funds wages and capital goods, opposes bureaucratic ownership, and urges restoring a gold redeemable currency to curb inflation and restore public purse power.
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White House
Congress
United States
Europe
White Sulphur Springs
West Virginia
Princeton University
World Speculates On Stalin Call Of All-Union Party
The piece examines expectations for the 19th All-Union Party Congress, Stalin's plans to push the Fifth Five-Year Plan, expand irrigation, aluminum and electric output, and the potential military and political aims behind rapid industrial growth and propaganda. It discusses public sentiment, wartime preparations, and the harsh realities of labor under Soviet rule.
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John Fisher
Stalin
Soviet Union
Crimea
Ukraine
Ural
Volga
Kazakhstan
Moscow
Russia
Trud Wails
Europe
United States
America
MVD
Iron Curtain
Prussia
Caimp
Bids for a Smile
A humorous dialogue features a dress seller and a cautious customer debating color fastness. Two pretty girls walk past as two soldiers whistle, prompting the girl to comment on nerve before payday. A judge notes a domestic dispute between a man and his wife.
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