Making Of A Bomb Masterpiece Of Secrecy
AP story details the Manhattan Project at Oak Ridge Tennessee with Gen Leslie Groves as the go boss. It notes a 500000 person secret army, three main parts science industry and military, and multiple code names and secretaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard W. Blakeslee
Edito Science
Oakridge
Tenn
Panama Canal
Mapj
Leslie R. Groves
Kenneth D. Nichols
Virginia Olsson
Callas
Maine
Gen. Marshall
Col. Nichols
Jean O'Leary
Groves
General Groves
Gus
Lone Ranger
Gen
L.G
Kilmer’s Swamp Root touted for bladder relief
Advertised herbal kidney medicine claims to ease bladder irritation from excess acidity by increasing urine flow. It promises a free sample and asks readers to mail name and address to Kilmer & Co. with product available at druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Kilmer & Co., Inc
Stamford
Conn
From where I sit a note on home and belonging
The writer recalls Bill Larkin's son home from overseas and notes European languages lack a word for home as a concept. He contrasts other countries with America where home is seen as a tolerant, loyal haven where differences yield to love and understanding. Ne Mash
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Larkin
Bill
Hidden Mail Carrier and the Atomic Project
Col. Nichols led a vast, secret wartime effort in Oak Ridge and Hanford guiding nonmilitary tasks and guarding morale. He traveled 100000 miles yearly, coordinated with Dr. Henry T. Wensel, and accepted instrumental yet unwritten authorizations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Col. Nichols
Dlo
New York
Groves
Nichols
Henry T. Wensel
National Bureau of Standards
Army
Wensel
Weasel
Oak Ridge
Stimson
Radio Schedule Highlights A Busy Monday Lineup
Monday October 8 listings show a dense prime time with soap opera serials Sparrow and The Hawk James Tennessee Jed and Tom Mix repeats, music by Eileen Farrell Jack Armstrong and Jimmie Carroll, news from Quincy Howe Walter Kiernan and Lowell Thomas, and various dramas and variety programs across ABC CBS and NBC networks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farrell
The
Cbs
Tennessee Jed
Abc-East
Hop Harrigan
Abc
Tom Mix
Abe Quincy Howe
Walter Kiernan
Terry
Abce
West
Howe
Mbs-West
Abe Jimmie Carroll
Cba
Dick Tracy
Abe
Mbs
Eileen Farrell
Jack Armstrong
Midnight
Lowell Thomas
Basic
Tennessee
Jed
Vic and Sade
Cbs Raymond
Carolyn Gilbert
Bob Boont
Ute Shaw
Cecil
Woman Kills Husband After 26 Years of Abuse in Miami
In Miami Florida on October 8 a 40 year old woman Inez Louise Cooper said she shot her husband Frank W. Cooper 44 after years of abuse. She telephoned police confessing I just shot my husband and pointed to a revolver on the dining room table. The couple wed in Columbia South Carolina 26 years ago when she was 14 and had lived in Miami since.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Fla
Frank W. Cooper
Inez Louise Cooper
Roy Potters
W. Hall
Bryan Howard
Cooper
Eddie Melchen
Coopers
Columbia
S. C
Inner-Aid remedy touted for bowel cleansing and health
An advertisement boasts INNER-AID with 12 herbs that supposedly cleanses the bowels stomach and liver easing headaches pimples and rheumatic pains. The copy invites readers to buy the product at local drug stores and then shifts to a public notice listing a Board of Adjustments meeting on October 18 1945 to discuss permits for automobile service stations with various locations and living quarters for employees.
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High Point
R. B. Gantt
W. Green and
Oak Streets
N. Main St
Kelly and
State Sts
East Green St
Walnut and
Whiteoak Sts
Burber Purniture Co
Willowbrook
West Russell Sts
Lexington
Centennial Avenues
East Washington and
Fourth Sts
Montheu Ave
Gordon St
Board of
K. Ingram
Pire
Jos. D. Cox
Physician Ends His Life in Love Triangle Tragedy
Dr. John Mansfeldt, a 48 year old San Francisco physician, was found dead in his car after a three day disappearance. His wife Annie Irene Mansfeldt, 45, had been charged with murder in the death of rival Vada Martin and later collapsed in jail upon learning of her husband's death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
John
Mensteat
Ida M. Laswell
Annie Irene
Vada Martin
Mansfeldt
Mr. Mansfeldt
Furlough for Pvt Isenhour and Discharge of Felix McCain
Pvt Marion James Isenhour Jr stationed at Fort McClellan Ala has a 26 day furlough with his parents and will report to Camp Pickett Va for overseas assignment. Felix McCain son of Dr and Mrs W R McCain 211 Louise Ave received honorable discharge from Ft Bragg replacement center after 32 months overseas service and multiple campaigns.
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Pvt
Marion James Isenhour, Jr
Fort McClellan
Ala
Ralph Stanton Davis
Grimes Street
Camp Pickett
M’cain
Felix McCain
W. R. McCain
Louise Avenue
Ft. Brage
High Point
McCain
States
Naples-Foggia
Rome-Arno
France
North
Appenines
Rhineland
Central European
Weapons in WWII battlefront shift by 1944
By July 1944 G I Joes used scarcely a single weapon unchanged from those used at Pearl Harbor, according to the 1945 Britannica Book of the War.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. I. Joes
Pearl Harbor
War II Ration Roundup for October 8 1945
The ration calendar lists stamps Al Bi Cl D1 El Gi H1 J1 K1 L1 M1 N1 Fi Q1 Si Tl Al V1 with validity through late October to January and notes Sugar Stamp No 38 and Airplane shoe stamps 1 2 3 4 now valid. Regular updates reflect expiration dates: Al through V1 expire from October to January.
Soldier Banks Granted Honorable Discharge at Seymour Johnson Field
Pfc. Ralph H. Banks of High Point transferred from Seymour Johnson Field to a separation center for an honorable discharge from the Army Air Forces. He enlisted February 10, 1943, went overseas January 18, 1944 as a truck driver, returned August 21, and earned the European Theater ribbon with four battle stars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seymour Johnson Field
Ralph H. Banks
J. T. Banks
Kennedy Street
High Point
Three Days Cough Warns of Dangers to Health
An old advertisement warns that a persistent cough signals risk of chronic bronchitis if untreated. It touts Creomulsion as a potent remedy that reaches the lungs, loosens phlegm, and aids healing, claiming satisfaction or money back.
North China Daily News Resumes Publication in Shanghai
The influential anti-Japan North China Daily News resumed publication with a four page edition in Shanghai. Pre war editor R. T. Peyton-Griffin returned to the post on the British owned morning paper, which had been shut by the Japanese during the early occupation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shanghai
North China Daily News
Orient
R. T. Peyton-Griffin
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Washington
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Bonnie Blair
Wilmington
Del
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Pacific
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Vox
Ainger
Corom
Bill Brarrica
Parks and Warry
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Rte
Iewall
H Joan
Sherlock Holmes
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Abe Gabriel Ieatter
Abe Rex Maupin
Orenax
Ore Screen Guild Players
Dave Filman
Nob Hawk
USA
Rade Tern
He-Mbem
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Greece
ICE Delivery Company
West Broad Street
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Duke Power Co
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