Hydrogen bomb plans seen as impractical by officials
Congressional sources say the United States may not mass produce or stockpile the hydrogen bomb. An official report cautions that development of super bombs could boomerang, with experts noting the A bomb remains more versatile and the H bomb offers limited strategic value.
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Washington
U. S
Atomic Scientists
Truman
Joint
Congressional Atomic Energy Committee
Foreign Policy Association
Hans A. Bethe
Los Alamos Atomic Laboratory
U.S
Cornell
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Heelth
Russia
Hydrogen Bomb Fast Schedule Set Up
New York reports the hydrogen bomb may be developed faster than the A bomb with DuPont involvement. Tritium production is central, possibly as a catalyst to enable cheaper hydrogen forms. The article notes high costs and uncertainty, with technical details on fusion, reactors, and historical context.
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New York
DuPont Co
DuFonts
Truman
DuPonts
Medical Team Rushed to Fight Influenza Outbreak
A medical team from Goose Bay Labrador is flown to Ft. Chimo to combat an influenza epidemic affecting 200 people with three deaths. The report notes the urgency as aid arrives to the isolated settlement in Halifax area.
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Halifax
N.S
Goose Bay
Labrador
Ft. Chimo
AEC Instructs Citizens II Atom Bomb Strikes
Washington dispatch summarizes a new book by the Atomic Energy Commission offering practical citizen guidance after a nuclear blast. It details immediate sheltering actions, heat protection, inside responses, building resilience, and methods to combat contamination, with procedural tips for skin cleaning, street washing, soil treatment, food protection, water purification, and surface decontamination.
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Washington
Atomic Energy Commission
ABG
Repons
AEC
Bikini
Pre Attack Hours Tense on Korean Front
The piece centers on Maj. Gen. William B. Kean and U S troops planning and launching the first major American attack of the Korean War. It describes the nerve jangling hours before dawn at 6:30 am, the decision to attack after a period of retreat, and the brutal shelling and infantry advance across Korean hills as planes dive and artillery roars.
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Non Whitehead
Mal Boyle
U.S
Korea
William B. Kean
23Th Infantry Division
Kean
American First Army
Europe
Talk of Nuclear War in Air Again
Washington reports raise the idea of radiological warfare using radioactive materials to render enemy territory uninhabitable. Government officials say current practical war is with atomic bombs, while Sen. McMahon hints at more capable bombs than those used in World War II. The Atomic Energy Commission releases The Effect of Atomic Weapons detailing radiological warfare concepts.
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Hool
Washington
Japan
Sen. McMahon
Dconn
Congressional Committee On Atomic Energy
McMahon
NBC
Lold
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Atomic, Enéray Commission
Sale Passes for North Koreans Stimulated by Leaflet Drop
North Korean surrender leaflets printed in English and Korean were dropped to encourage defections. General MacArthur’s psychological warfare unit announced the plan, with bold MN emblem featured on both sides of the leaflets.
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Tokyo
North Koresh
MacArthur
Greek Urges Unified Army Plan Gaining European Support
Constantin Tsaldaris urged Western European governments to begin immediate talks on a Unified army and asked the seated council to entrust President Paul-Henri Spaak with leading preliminary steps. Spaak endorsed the plan as Churchill warned there is not a day to lose to arm against Soviet aggression.
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Strasbourg
France
Constantin Tsaldayis
Pleuropan Council
Consultative Assembly
Paul-Henri Spaak
Belgium
Tsaldyris
Winston Churchill
Spaak
Churchill
Britain
Western Europe
Armour Pay Boost Ends Nationwide Wage Increase
A two year contract raising hourly wages by 1 cent for over 30,000 Armour & Co. production and maintenance employees nationwide was signed in Chicago today.
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Chicago
Armour & Co
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