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Newspaper

Odessa American

Location

Odessa, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jun 11, 1952

Page

11

Odessa American June 11 1952 front page brief

The Odessa American daily newspaper publication details for June 11 1952 note location Odessa Texas and address 222 East Fourth Street. It lists telephone contact and subscription rates including 30 cents weekly in city, 15 dollars yearly, eight dollars half year and one dollar fifty monthly.

Odessa American East Fourth St Odessa Post Office Odessa Texas

Tax Exemptions Spark Senate Debate Over House Proposal

Senate reports indicate a House backed plan to grant Congress tax exemptions for Washington living costs may pass. Critics argue it amounts to a tax free salary boost, raised during an election year, and worry it mirrors a sneaky tactic with little public scrutiny. Voters remember money issues in elections.

Senate Congress House Washington Washington Home

Call to End Price Controls Prompts Free Market Appeal

The Fed suspended Regulation W citing ample consumer goods and urges Congress to drop all price and wage controls. Proponents argue controls hinder growth, burden small businesses, and replace market forces with bureaucrats. They cite Defense Production Act hearings and urge elimination of the Office of Price Stabilization.

Federal Reserve Board Congress Office of Price Statfscation

Across A Greenland Settlement And A Word Puzzle List

A scrambled puzzle page lists clues and answers across topics from Greenland settlements to generic terms. The long word game includes geography, biology, and classical references with numbered items and cross clues.

Tuna Tariffs and Trade Fueling Global Conflicts

The article argues tariffs and immigration quotas spark wars, citing U S tuna import bills as evidence. It asserts Japanese tuna efficiency undercuts American producers, denying dumping claims, and urges free trade to maintain world peace while condemning protectionism. It warns U S action harms Japan and global stability.

Frederic Bastiat Oriental Economist Tokyo Iee Trader London United States House of Representatives Senate Senate Internal Revenue Committee House Japan Free Nations Jess

Acheson policy shift redefines U S foreign stance

The article argues Dean Acheson secretly altered U S policy by engaging with Bonn and backing European allies, undermining the Atlantic Charter. It contends Washington now favors a hands off Britain, expands presidential power in the UN, and seeks to limit Congress on foreign commitments.

Ray Tucker Washington Dean Acheson Britain France Germany European Defense Community Bonn Roosevelt Churchill Truman United States Acheson Capitol Hill Roosevelt - Truman Netherlands Far East China Israel Middle East Philippines Japan Paris Sudan London Woodrow Wilson Korea United Nations Tunisia Egypt Eden Schuman Bricker Ohioan U. N Congress

BIDS FOR A SMILE Bewildered-Gee seeks love advice

A puzzled speaker laments unrequited love and conflicted affections. He wants marriage with the beautiful girl but feels unable to win her. A home-loving woman also backs him, yet his heart leans elsewhere and he asks what to do. Solomon offers pragmatic counsel.

Solomon

Jokes and Letters Highlight Odd Business Manners

A collage of humorous exchanges shows a wholesale dealer threatening a retailer over unpaid bills, a banter about hat budgeting to pay debts, and a quip on keeping promises. Other bits include a casual golf club borrow and General Putnam urging loyalty with a command to step six paces forward, then a threat to shoot.

Putnam Revolutionary Army General Putnam

Bookkeeping and taxes fuel a Housewife’s pushback

A Marshall Texas housewife movement echoes Vivien Kellems resisting involuntary unpaid bookkeeping for government tax work. The column riffs on dual ledgers for utilities and IRS rules, laments costly compliance, and jokes about accountants and refunds as it sketches small business strains and clever evasion temptations.

Marshall Tex Vivien Kellems Treasury Internal Revenue Bureau Truman Kansas City Power and Light Co Harry Truman King Features Syndicate, Inc

Russell and FEPC split over civil rights program

WESTBROOK PEGLER reports Tom Blake for Senator Richard Russell of Georgia confirms Russell would back the Democratic ticket even if the nominee supports a compulsory fair employment practice law and other civil rights measures. The piece contrasts constitutional concerns with party loyalty and speculates on Ike’s fit with GOP factions.

Westbrook Pegler Tom Blake Richard Russell Georgia Russell FEPC Blake Hugh Peterson Washington Democratic Party al Smith Smith Aaron Ford Sen. Russell Dwight Eisenhower Chinaboy Luce New York Times The Herald-Tribune Roosevelt New York Ike Ikear Paris Hollywood Alben Barkley State Department Democrats Civil Rights Committee David K. Niles National Association For the Advancement of Colored People South F. D. Roosevelt Alger Hiss Leon Pressman Nathan Witt King Features Syndicate, Inc

Radio on Public Transit Sparks Supreme Court Debate

A columnist rails against a 7 to 1 Supreme Court ruling allowing transit systems to install radios in buses and streetcars. He argues it enforces unwanted noise on riders, noting the lack of choice and suggesting radio-free cars as a public relations gimmick and priced deterrent.

Supreme Court of Grand Central T - Minal New York Transportation Corpations Supreme Court

Quotes from leaders and entertainers on gender, war, and culture

A compilation of modern era sentiments from Helen G. Douglas Truman and others. It includes remarks on respect for women’s abilities, concerns about the Cold War, clothing poverty, and provocative statements attributed to figures like Lili St. Cyr and Yvonne De Carlo.

Storm injures Illinois artist amid garden bond talk

A tree fell on an Illinois artist during a storm, dislocating his shoulder. The column blends local humor on timing, marriage licenses for June, and garden bond slogans with light social observations.

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Greenland Sun God Beast New Mexico Queen of the Gods Ree Manning Don Juan Jones Lil Bookkeeping USA Helen G. Douglas President Truman FL. Wilson Stalin and Company Secretary of the Navy Dan A. Kimball Lili St. Cyr Yvonne de Carlo Mason Wright
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