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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1945
Page
2
Washington reports intensified U S Britain effort to keep atomic bomb details secret amid debates over peace time use. Scientists warn energy could power machines and aid medicine, but control and safety hurdles persist as research continues.
A London based exclusive presents a Wellsian forecast by Lord Van Sittark, via Jeremiah Van Siltert, imagining 20 years after Potsdam. The piece critiques disunity, nuclear advances, and Germany’s future role, suggesting decentralization and continued German power struggles amid shifting postwar order.
Fragmented notes discuss Potsdam aims to purge German officials, supervise occupation, and shape reform. Warnings about decentralization, enduring German drive for power, and the challenge of demilitarization under Allied zones. References to American occupation length, Soviet influence, and the need for a cleaner sweep to prevent chaos.
MARTANAS CASE Aug 11 brief reports that experts noted the Nagasaki bomb was a more powerful type than the Hiroshima device. Navy rep Rear Admiral Wilam Purnell said the Nagasaki bomb made the Hiroshima bomb obsoleted. Five bomb types reportedly used. B-29 crew and scientists credited, with Nagasaki's Mitsubishi steel works as a target. Trinity University to hire Gilbert Sharpe as tax and business law instructor for fall term.
Karl H. Von Wiegand argues in Madrid dispatch that Soviet Russia aims to dominate Manchuria after Potsdam, with Stalin waiting until Japan nears capitulation. He outlines Manchuria’s geography and population, notes similarities to Nebraska, and questions regional concessions to Moscow by Truman, Attlee, and Soong.
Los Alamos reports Dr. J Robert Oppenheimer leads American British and Canadian scientists at the secretly run atomic bomb laboratory as Allied surrender nears. He says it would be inappropriate to overemphasize the group’s role in the Japan decision and the team will continue work until official news.
Fragmentary text notes an ice free coastal park south of Vladivostok with partial development. Mentions a port concession concept tied to Sakhalin and Sino allied leaders including Truman Attlee and Chiang Kai-shek. References Soviet claims and waiving them in a wartime profile, unclear specifics.
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