Stimson Reveals Decision to Use First Atomic Bomb
Former Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson recounts in Harper’s Magazine the nine men who chose to deploy the atomic bomb against Japan. He says the act saved a million American lives, ended the war, and signaled that future wars must be avoided. The panel included Truman, Byrnes, Bush, Compton, Conant, and Oppenheimer, among others, with a scientific advisory group backing them. The June 1 1945 conclusions urged use at once, targeting a military site amid surrounding homes, without warning.
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New York
Japan
Henry L. Stimson
Stimson
Harpers Magazine
Truman
James F. Byrnes
George L Harrison
Stimsons
Ralph A. Bard
Navy
Wiliam L Clayton
Vannevar Bush
Carnegie Institution of Washington
Karl T. Compton
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
James B. Conant
Harvard University
H. Compton
Enrico Fermi
E. O. Lawrence
R. Oppenheimer
Kenosha Building and Loan Reports Growth in 1946
The Kenosha Building and Loan Association reported assets of 1.897 million dollars for 1946, a 260 thousand rise from the prior year. Loans totaled 775 thousand, including 400 thousand to veterans under the GI act and 375 thousand to non veterans, with officers re elected at the annual meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenosha
Kenosha Building and Loan Association
R. S. Kingsley
Kingsley
Russell H. Jones
Fred W. Hermans
James W. Blair
Donald Carr
A. B. McCall
Charles Nash Miller
R. Y. Cooper
L. T. Hannahs
R. P. Cavanagh
A. C. Grosvenor
Philip Harmon III
Association
Forth
U S Criticizes Polish Election After Pledges Fail
The United States accuses Poland s provisional government of failing to hold free elections on January 19. The State Department states no break in relations but warns of coercion and intimidation against Democrats while preserving ambassador Bliss Lane and staff in Warsaw to monitor developments.
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Washington
United States
Poland
State Department
Marshall
Bliss Lane
Warsaw
Price controls lifted on blackstrap and beet molasses
John R. Steelman announces revocation of price controls on domestic and imported blackstrap and beet molasses. Allocation controls on domestically produced molasses will also be removed, taking effect at midnight tonight.
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Washington
John R. Steelman
Bender urges 25 percent cut in normal government spending
Rep. Bender of Ohio urged Congress to slash spending for normal government functions 25 percent below the 1932 outlay. He said he aims to implement this economy plan and cited President Roosevelt’s first campaign promise. He did not specify potential savings from the proposal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Bender
Ohio
Congress
Roosevelt
Fortunato Fratto Recruited by Army, Denied Duty at 85
Fortunato Fratto, 85, urged by army recruiters to enlist in a letter and applied as a drillmaster. The recruiting officer refused him. Fratto listed service with the Italian army in Africa during World War I.
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Philadelphia
Fortunato Fratto
Fratto
Africa
Rental Housing Session Planned in Kenosha for Vets
Kenosha hosts a rental housing conference to spur new dwellings for World War II veterans and families. Richard Hansen and Robert Fetherston announce a 7 30 p m February 6 1947 meeting at Norwegian Hall to outline Truman FHA rental housing plans and Title VI provisions with participation invited from nearby Wisconsin communities.
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Kenosha
Richard Hansen
Building Contractors’ Association
Robert L. Fetherston
Federal Housing Administration
Fetherston
Truman
FHA
Norwegian Hall
Sixty-third Street
Milwaukee
Thomas R. King
W. W. Gates
Hansen
Kenoshans
Wisconsin
Approve New Schedules For Teachers Pay In Kenosha
The Kenosha city council approved the plan to raise teacher pay schedules with higher ranges and faster increments starting September 1, funding to come from an additional $21,000 in 1947-48. The plan, earlier tentatively adopted by the board of education, would raise minimums and maximums and shorten the time to reach the top bracket to ten years, with an anticipated $44,000 budget increase for 1948.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenosha
Board of Education
Joseph Hamelink
Judge Orders OPA to Halt Industrial Sugar Rationing
Indiana wreck not accidental, detective says. State police and FBI investigate derailment of a Pennsylvania Railroad passenger train near Walton killing four or more as a large bale of wire is found near the track. Authorities call sabotage or larceny likely while rail crews and rescuers work amid crowded spots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OPA
Chicago
Fisher
Ralph Gates
Federal Bureau of Investigation
John R. Fisher
N. J. Lamertine
Richmond
Ind
Walton
Lamertine
Bride-to-Be Abandons Groom During Honeymoon Stop
Arnold Buesing, a Nebraska veteran, watched his English fiancée Aileen Edwards vanish after a rushed wedding plan in Yadkinville North Carolina. She slipped away on a walk and later rode to Winston Salem then Bluefield West Virginia, with stops in Superior and London concerns on her mind, leaving Buesing to search for her.
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Yadkinville
N. C
U.P
Arnold Buesing
Waterloo
Neb
G. L
West Virginia
Buesing
Aileen Edwards
London
Aileen
New York
Arnold
Spencer Bowman
Winston-Salem
Bluefield
W. Va
Superior
G. I
England
Shanghai Students Rally Against United States Marking War Anniversary
A 1500 strong anti American demonstration drew mainly students from national Ciaotung and Chinan universities in Shanghai. Bitter leaflets accused Americans of stealing Chinese fruits of victory over Japan as they marched on the fifteenth anniversary of the 1932 Sino Japanese conflict.
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Shanghai
Japan
Ciaotung
Naturalist Sam Campbell to Speak in Kenosha
Sam Campbell known as the Philosopher of the Forest will headline Kenosha County Garden club’s program at Lincoln Junior High School auditorium on February 4. He will present a Great North Woods lecture with color films at 8 p.m. open to the public.
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Sam Campbell
Kenosha County
Campbell
Great North Woods
North Country
Wisconsin
Forest Philosopher's Island
Chicago and North Western
America
Evacuation Plan Explored for British Women from Palestine
Colonial Secretary Arthur Creech Jones stated in Commons that the government was considering evacuating British women and children from Palestine. Civil personnel would be concentrated in a security area within the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Arthur Creech Jones
Commons Today
Palestine
County Fair reorganized into Kenosha County Fair Association Co-Operative
The old West Kenosha County Fair association dissolved at Wilmot High School and a new Kenosha County Fair Association Co-Operative was formed to take over assets and liabilities. About 30 members approved a new constitution and by-laws, electing a 15 member board for one and two year terms led by Robert Van Liere and others. Continued on page eleven.
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Old West Kenosha County Fair Association
Wilmot High School
Old Fair Association
Wisconsin
Kenoshe County Fair Association Co-Operative
Association
Robert van Liere
Glenn Pacey
Grace Carey
E. V. Ryall
George B. Price
M. M. Schnurr
Fred A. Baysinger
Otto Schenning
Mannie E. Frey
George B. Molinaro
Louis Gandt
Roger Sherman
Robert Pringle
Soviet criticizes Britain U S ties in harsh note
Tass urges Britain to honor the Soviet alliance while criticizing its close links with the United States. The agency cited lapses in policy toward the USSR after a meeting between Soviet Ambassador Georgi Zarubin and Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin regarding reservations seen as weakening the 20 year friendship pact.
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London
Tass
Britain
Soviet Union
United States
Georgi Zarubin
Ernest Bevin
Stalin
March of Dimes Well Smashes in Downtown Crash
In Oakland California a March of Dimes Wishing Well trailer collapsed last night, robbing the charity of an estimated 30 to 40 dollars as greedy bystanders took funds. The incident occurred in a downtown street and involved a smashed Wishing Well.
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Oakland
Calif
Britons Freed In Jerusalem After Kidnaping
Two Britons held by an underground group in Jerusalem were reported released. Judge Ralph Windham of Tel Aviv district court and banker H A S Collins were freed in Jerusalem area and Tel Aviv respectively. Police hunted for them as curfew and searches continued.
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Jerusalem
H. A. S. Collins
Jeruaslem
Tel Aviv
Ralph Windham
District Court of
Windham
Irgun Zvai Leumi
Irgun
Dov Bela Gruner
Jewish Agency
Collins
Jewish Underground
Bull Inka Undergoes Operation for Metal in Stomach
Freeport Illinois reports Inka a prize bull valued at $15,000 had two pounds of metal and stones removed from his four stomachs by Dr. T H Ferguson of Lake Geneva Wisconsin. The operation followed a weight drop from 2000 to 1700 pounds and included penicillin for a liver ailment.
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Freeport
Ill
U.P
Inka
T. H. Ferguson
Lake Geneva
Wis
W. T. Rawleigh
Ferguson
Judge Letts halts sugar rationing under historical use formula
Federal District Judge F Dickinson Letts ordered the OPA to stop sugar allocations to industrial users based on the historical use formula, ruling it illegal. The decision, effective immediately, was made in a suit by Moberly Milk Products Company of Missouri. Carl Auerbach pledged an appeal and warned of major program disruption.
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Washington
F. Dickinson Letts
OPA
Letts
Carl Auerbach
Circuit Court of Appeals
Auerbach
Moberly Milk Products Company
Moberly, Mo
Secretary of Agriculture
GPA
Congress
Court of Appeals
Eleven Dead in Crash of B 29 at Kirtland Field
At Albuquerque New Mexico a B 29 Superfortress crashed after engine trouble killing eleven crewmen. One survivor was rescued by GI firefighters. medals were considered for two rescuers. Captain Robert F Bledsoe of El Paso Texas died in the crash which occurred near the field's main runway.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Kirtland Field
Cpl
Isabel Guzman
Laredo
Texas
Eldon C. Hawkins
Oxnard
Calif
Perry M. Hoisington
Kirtland
Robert F. Bledsoe
el Paso
Bledsoe
20Th Bomber Command
India
China
Japan
British Reach Agreement on Burma Independence
The British government announced a deal with Burma allowing independence. An interim government similar to India’s will govern during the transitory period for the 262,000 square mile region and its 17 million inhabitants, as stated by Lord Pethick-Lawrence.
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London
Burma
Pethick-Lawrence
India
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Bard
U. S
Royal Dutch Airlines
Kastrup Airfield
Copenhagen
Denmark
Stockholm
Grace Moore
Gustaf Adolf
Sweden
Fortunato
Council
Morton C. Frost
Manufacturers Association
Hartwick C. Dahl
Trades and Labor Council
William G. Kult
CIO
William Sheldon
Kenosha Chamber of Commerce
John Murray
Independent Good Government Committee
Felix Olkives
Indiana
Empire State Building
Frances Coover
Ames
34Th Street
David H. Gordon, Jr
Elect Directors
Missouri
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