Atomic bomb era reshapes war and policy
Washington officials foresee Tokyo or another Japanese city as the next target for atomic destruction while Truman signals control of atomic energy. The weapon promises radical shifts in defense, industry, and peacetime security as nations race to harness its power.
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Hiroshima
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Post Office Clerks To Honor Virginia Solon
CINCINNATI Congress man Thomas G. Burch of Virginia will be guest of honor at the nineteenth biennial conference of the Ohio Federation of Post Office Clerks in Cincinnati August 24 25 and 26 local officials announced yesterday They said Burch has been invited to the conference so that we may show him our appreciation for his aid in obtaining salary increases for us POLITICIAN DIES
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Congress
Thomas G. Burch
Virginia
Ohio Federation of Post Office Clerks
Burch
Congress Poised to Fund Atomic Energy Development
Washington AP reports elated lawmakers expect rapid funding for peacetime atomic energy research and a government controlled commission to oversee production and use. Senate leaders say funds will be provided and a commission established to govern atomic energy’s development for peaceful purposes as wartime secrecy ends. A Columbus Ohio note adds Frank Coppock of Greenville named to the Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society.
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Japan
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White House
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Military Committee
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D-Wye
Lausche
Columbus
Frank Coppock
Greenville
William E.levis
Toledo
Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society
Bombing Ace Major Richard Bong Dies in Jet Explosion
Maj. Richard Bong, famed American air ace with 40 confirmed kills and 26 decorations, including the Medal of Honor, was killed yesterday when a Shooting Star jet plane exploded after takeoff on a test flight near Burbank California. His body will be transported to Superior as his family awaits.
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Richard Ira Bong
America
Wisconsin
George
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South Pacific
New Guinea
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Richard Bong
Isonsis
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Ea Tae
Superior
Ire Bong
Ickes Seeks Coal Miners in Army Names
The Solid Fuels Administration asks coal mine owners to identify miners now in military service. The move aims to release about 30,000 workers to avert a potential fuel year shortage as Ickes presses for prioritizing fuel production.
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Washington
Solid Fuels Administration
Solid Fuels
Ickes
War Plant Strikers in Cincinnati Still Out
Federal conciliators renewed efforts to settle the Wright Aero nautical Corp strike in Cincinnati after company officials said most of the 23,000 idle workers want to work on B 25 engines for the atomic bomb project. Local 674 CIO charged management with ceasing to bargain in good faith and contract violations.
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Small Group of Atomic Bombers May Replace Huge Air Armadas
Washington reports on tactics shifts if atomic bombs can be delivered by a few fast bombers with fighter protection. Describes B-32 advantages, weight concerns, and the need for precision drops and rapid retreat after detonation, referencing tests in New Mexico and comparisons to Hiroshima.
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Pacific
Missed Huns Had Terrible Wire Guided Rocket
The German wire guided rocket, more accurate than the V-2, was described as ready for production when the war ended in Europe. Martin Fleischman of Timken Roller Bearing Co noted its 11 mile range and mid flight course change capability. He visited German factories and labs recently.
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Canton
Martin Fleischman
Timken Roller Bearing Co
Europe
Fleischman
Britain's Reds Are Inspiring American Pals
Former Presidential Candidate Alf Landon told the Topeka Kiwanis Club that Britain’s Labour victory could embolden American New Dealers. He warned Truman may face a leftist split or a PAC backed third party, possibly reshaping 1948 electoral strategies.
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Woman Atom Worker Driven From Germany
Dr. Lize Meitner, a key physicist in atomic bomb theory, was forced to flee Germany due to her Jewish identity. Now in Stockholm, she and her sister Dr. Fride Meitner note her work helped resolve a decade long deadlock by proposing uranium atom fission into two parts.
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Stockholm
Fride Meitnner
Meitner
Federal Aid Announced For Hocking Schools
Federal Works Agency announces postwar construction loans in Ohio for Logan and Enterprise school facilities. Funding supports planning and facilities expansion as part of federal aid program to improve education infrastructure in the region.
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Washington
Federal Works Agency
Ohio
Logan
Enterprise
New Ultimatum To Japan Threat of Obliteration
AP reports tremors of a bomb strike on Hiroshima overshadowing 128 B-29 raids on Toyokawa arsenal. Allies forecast a new ultimatum with atomic power, potential 48 hour surrender window, and threat to target Tokyo or another enemy city. Destruction described as vast with ambiguous casualty counts and propaganda warfare continuing.
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Washington
British Think Bomb Will Force Japs To Surrender
London reports a surrender ultimatum backed by the atomic bomb, with a 48 hour deadline. Allied propagandists trumpet the weapon’s potential while newspapers debate its peacekeeping power. Barbara Wace discloses a 1942 Nazi heavy water plant at Rhyskan Norway was sabotaged by Norwegian underground youths aided by Britain.
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Japan
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U. S
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Daily Telegraph
Barbara Wace
Associated Press
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Rhykan
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Bomb Details Not Divulged In Plant Area
In Richland Washington workers at a secret government plant near KeffKe where the atomic bomb is assembled were unaware of the exact product. They operated complex dials from behind thick concrete walls as processes were remotely controlled. The plant area is a guarded 400 acre site thirty miles from the city, subdivided into three large zones with further sub-sections.
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KeFfe
Truman
Naxere
Nomura warns Japan of surrender terms after Potsdam row
In San Francisco Kichisa buro Nomura urged resilience amid Potsdam terms while calling Americans hot tempered. He emphasized a stiff national stance and did not reference the newly released atomic bomb. In Elyria, War Manpower controls over women workers paused due to a surplus of applicants in Lorain-Elyria.
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Kichisaburo Nomura
Washington
Potsdam
Japan
Elyria
Comsni
Lorain-Elyria
Robby Veach Dies Detroit Tiger Outfielder
Robert Bobby Veach former Detroit Tigers outfielder died at his home today after a fangulness.
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Detroit
Robert
Bobby) Veach
Detroit Tiger
Civilian Goods Production To Be Very Hardy
Washington reports that war cutbacks are easing into civilian goods production with expected small quantities of sewing machines vacuum cleaners washing machines and selectric irons entering retail outlets in the fall and alarm clocks by then. Frederick M Mitchell cautions that volume will be limited and delays persist into spring and summer 1946 before full relief.
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Washington
WPB
Frederick M. Mitchell
Consumers
Mitchell
Halifax Explosion Dwarfed in Japan
A June 6 1917 munitions ship collision in Halifax killed about 1500 people and left 4000 injured. Two and a half square miles of the city were devastated as the TNT cargo towered in impact, while Japanese observers noted the blast’s extraordinary power.
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