Tennessee Eastman played part in wartime bomb work
The Tennessee Eastman Corporation disclosed that it helped produce the atomic bomb and operated two large government plants near Kingsport and Holston Ordnance Works. The Kodak group noted expanded war production in 1944, with safety photos and new acetate products shaping wartime readiness. Details remain restricted for security.
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Tennessee Eastman Corporation
Hiroshima
Oak Ridge
Tennessee Eastman
Kingsport
Tennessee Hastman Corporation
Eastman Kodak Company
Kodak
Puble
Thomas J. Hargrave
Frank W. Lovejoy
Tennessee
Holston Ordnance
Hingsport
Bagan
Tennasses Lastman Corporation
Alan
Rights Of Way For New Road Almost Complete
Kingsport boards report all rights of way secured for the extension of the state highway through Area A to the Bristol Highway except one tract owned by Kingsport Corporation. Deeds were made to the State and city officials plan widening the railway and changing the grade. The Board re leases City Hall for two years at 4500 a year and approves malaria prevention spraying with Sullivan County Health Department. Authority given to purchase two cars of pipe for water line expansions. A fire hydrant at Bristol Highway and Fuller Street is approved with a $75 first payment.
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Kingsport Corporation
J. E. Armitage
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W. L. Holyoke
Clinchfield
Sullivan County Health Department
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Holyoke
Riverview
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Army Denies Far Reaching Atomic Bomb Radioactivity Reports
War Department rejects claims that areas hit by atomic bombs retain deadly radioactivity for years. Officials quote J. R. Oppenheimer saying ground radioactivity at Hiroshima was negligible and decayed rapidly. They counter Harold Jacobson's 70 year death claim and reference New Mexico crater tests. President Truman signs instrument ratifying UN Charter.
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Washington
War Department Today
Department
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Hiroshima
Harold Jacobson
Columbia Unity
Japan
War Department
New Mexico
Virginia Demos Nominate Tuck For Top Office
Virginia Democrats nominate William M. Tuck of South Boston for governor as he leads Moss Plunkett of Roanoke by more than two to one. The tally shows 80,684 for Tuck and 80,842 for Plunkett with many precincts still uncounted. lieutenant governor race tight between Charles R. Fenwick and Lewis Preston Collins. Leonard G. Muse trails in third with Muse seen as relatively independent.
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William M. Tuck
Boston
U. S
Harry & Byrd
Virginia
Tuck
Moss Plunkett
Roanoke
Byrd
Charles R. Fenwick
Arlington
Lewis Preston Collina
Marion
Leonard G. Muse
Imen
Fenwick
Collins
Muse
Plunkett
Colling
Senators Seek UN Oversight Of New Atomic Force
Senators from both parties urged the United Nations to supervise development and use of atomic energy after the war with Japan. Some warned against sharing the secret. others predicted foreign scientists would replicate it. The issue tied to peacekeeping aims and a proposed world league or agency within the UN framework.
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Westington
United Nations
Japan
United States
Great Britain
Wiley
R-Wis
Truman
O’mahoney
D-Wye
Chungxing
United Nations Organization
High Command
Kukiang Island
Min
Fao
Chow
O'Mahoney
Fukien
United
Island Nations Organization
Burton
Ohio
Nomie and Social Council
World League
Atomic
Foochow
Luzon Mop-Up Battle Rages With Japanese Hold
American and Filipino troops press a bloody ridge assault 65 miles north of Baguio as rain and mud slow progress. Maj. Paul J. Porniah leads F Company and a Filipino battalion against entrenched Japanese positions along Highway No. 11 near Bugutns, with heavy enemy casualties reported in Sitang River fighting across Burma.
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Baguio
Agno River
Luzon
Paul J. Porniah
Au-gust
Kabayan
Buguias
Military Leaders Forecast Talks On Atomic Bomb
London reports forecast new consultations among American Russian and British readers on the strategic implications and methods of control of the revolutionary atomic bomb. Experts say its development may have outdated Potsdam decisions and pressures new considerations of frontiers ports rivers and mountains in overall security and strategy. The British cabinet held a lengthy war effort meeting with military chiefs as it discussed the impact of dropping the first atomic bomb on Japan.
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London
Potsdam
Japan
President Truman Directs Atomics Campaign Drive
President Truman moves to personally direct the atomic bombing effort against Japan, summoning Secretary Stimson for a first hand report as White House vows limit on bomb timing. Japan denies surrender while Hiroshima reports claim 60 percent destroyed, triggering debate over propaganda versus imminent surrender. Truman hails the weapon as the most powerful ever devised and hints at peacetime uses, with psychological warfare filling the page.
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Truman
Japan
War Stimson
White House
High Command
Potsdam
Charles G. Rosas
Hiroshima
United States
Berlin
Memphis
Petains Defense to Wrap Up as Key Pact Testimony Ends
Paris reports Marshal Petain's defense, after two high officials testified to a secret London-Vichy pact, plans to finish witness testimony by Friday and begin summations on Saturday. A 24 member jury will hear closing points next week as Laval testimony raises duel claims over a German victory broadcast.
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Paris
Marshal Petain
de Yenge
Jacques Isoray
Petain
Vichy
Jacqueau Chevallier
Jean Fernet
Marcel Peyrouton
Foreign Office
Pierre Laval
Laval
WPB OPA Clash Over Price Reconversion Policy
Washington reports a sharp split between the War Production Board and the OPA on price and reconversion policy. The agencies argue whether controls on scarce materials should stay to curb living costs or be eased as supplies improve. The dispute, headed to President Truman, concerns cloth ing and broader price policy.
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OPA
Washington
War Production Board
Truman
CPA
WPE
Big Three Plan To Split Austrian Territory Under Allied Occupation
The Big Three and France announced plans to detach Austria from Germany and set up four military zones governed by commissioners. An Allied Council would oversee the four zones while Dr. Karl Renner’s government operates under Allied supervision. General Mark Clark heads the American military mission with John G. Erhardt as political adviser. Austrian forces are not yet there.
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Spaats
Oughness
Hiroshima
Washington
France
Austria
Germany
Velina
Karl Renner
European Advisory Commission
London
State Department
Mark Clark
Italy
John G. Erhardt
Io Clark
Street Scene Sailor Draws Women with Gold Curl Accent
Office workers endure a second day of river music while remodeling. An amateur gardener along bean rows discovers bugs with wings. only two remain on the plants as the rest resettle.
Army Units Set To Arrive Today
The United States expects incoming army units from Europe today. In New York aboard the William H. Jackson, 652 casual troops arrive. Boston sees the Examiner bringing 3rd Signal Company and several detachments totaling 458th to 472nd MP detachments plus 700th Hospital Ship Platoon. Hampton Roads receives 604th and 603th Field Artillery battalions and the 75th Field Artillery battalion minua. Nine liberated prisoners accompany the nine.
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Associates Rres
United States
Europe
New York
Wiliam H. Jackson
Paul Hayne
Santa Marta
Boston
Examiner
19Stir
C” Nd
Hampton, Roads
Marion M. Bovard
75Th Field Artillery
Minua
Truman to address nation on Potsdam conference radio
President Truman will speak for about 30 minutes at 10 p.m. Eastern War Time Thursday over all networks and shortwave abroad to detail the Potsdam discussions. The address may reference the atomic bomb and Stimson’s conference, with possible notes on the Pacific war and a cabinet meeting planned for Friday.
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Washington
Trueman
Sndia
Charles G. Ross
Truman
Hatch
D-Nm
Kilgore
D-W
Stimson
Japan
Russia
Lehman Proposes New UNRRA Levy Against Nations
Herbert H. Lehman, UNRRA director general, urged a new levy of 1,526,906,150 on participating nations, excluding Russia’s 700,000,000 request. He warned of a grim winter and said UNRRA would have 175,000,000 uncommitted by year end unless donors boost aid, stressing the United Nations name could become a mockery in Europe. The US has funded about 72 percent of the original 1,862,687,598 pledge, with no financing plan change proposed.
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Herbert H. Lehman
Relief Organization
Lehman
UNRRA
United Nations
Europe
United States
Congress
V E Day Unemployment Predictions Revised By Government
Washington government officials stated that 2,000,000 jobless forecasts for V E Day were overly pessimistic by at least 30 percent. The War Manpower Commission said only about one unemployed person per ten seeking work remains, with June employment at 1,100,000 and March at 630,000. The delay in munitions cutbacks and labor absorption into agriculture, trade, and services explain the brighter employment picture.
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Imenpower Comission
WMC
WEE
J. & Koug
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