Atomic energy unleashed on Japan marks turning point in war
President Truman announced the first atomic bomb had been dropped on Hiroshima. Los Alamos tests on July 16 demonstrated immense power. The blast is expected to shorten the war and reshape military and political calculations as Allied leaders pledge continued development of this new energy.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
Japan
United States
Truman
White House
Hiroshima
Cane City
Los Alamos
N. M
Forest Rangers
Stimson
Potsdam
Earth
Far East
Hirohito
Attlee
London
Churchill
First Atomic Blast Felt 250 Miles From Test Site
The first man made atomic explosion occurred July 16 at Alamogordo New Mexico drawing quake like tremors 250 miles away. The blast produced a fireball brighter than the sun and a cloud rising to the stratosphere in minutes. Officials described a massive shock wave and a mushrooming cloud with dramatic light.
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Los Alamos
N. M
Japan
New Mexico Desert
Alamogores
Albuquerque
War Department
Groves
Thomas F. Farrell
Evrey Peak
End of Earth Not Yet Seen In New Bomb
The atomic bomb marks the opening wedge of a new science and its unknown limits. Uranium reactions release enormous energy, with chain reactions proven by Meitner Bohr and tests at Columbia, Carnegie, Johns Hopkins and others. Destruction scales exceed simple comparisons, and distant effects remain uncertain.
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Howard W. Blakeslee
Associated Press
New York
Italy
Enrico Fermi
Columbia University
Rome
Lize Meitner
Niels Bohr
England
United States
Dr. Meitner
Carnegie Institute
Washington
Johns Hopkins
France
T.N.T
Truck Driver Hurt In Rain Crash Near Airport
Vier Glessner 43 of Stoystown road, veteran H W Walker milk truck driver, was critically injured when his vehicle skidded in heavy rain, struck a culvert, rolled over, and dumped milk bottles onto him near Route 53 airport site. He is married to Alice Kimmel fund a they, no children.
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Vier Glessner
Stoystown Road
H. W. Walker Company
Glessner
Mr. Glessner
Acosta
Harrison
Boswell
Stoystown
Harry Young
Windber
Alice Kimmel
CIO seeks secret ballot at Weirton to choose bargaining agent
The CIO United Steelworkers asks Weirton Steel to hold a secret ballot at its Weirton West Virginia and Steubenville Ohio plants to decide if employees want USWA or the Weirton Independent Union as their bargaining agency. Philip Murray says a majority chose USWA and urges exclusive bargaining with that union.
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Pittsburgh
Cio-United Steelworkers
Weirton Steel Co
Weirton
W. Va
Steubenville
Ohio
USWA
Weirton Independent Union, Inc
Philip Murray
Thomsa Milsop
Spangler Posts Bond After Lamp Crash in Som erset
Avery Spangler of Stoystown Road crashed into a lamp standard on the public square near the Dean Phipps store about 1 30 Monday morning. He posted 150 cash bond for appearance before Burgess H Everett Musser on Tuesday August 14 in Somerset. The lamp standard with flower bowl fell to the sidewalk after the collision. Police took Spangler into custody and released him after bond. Replacement cost for the standard and labor is about 125 and covered by the bond.
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Avery Spangler
Stoystown Road
Dean Phipps
Burgess H. Everett Musser
Somerset
Spangler
East Main Street
Richard Pile
Arrests Made In Library Cigaret Burglary Case
Pittsburgh report states 11 men were held for court in a 4 percent $2,500 cigarette burglary at the Feders Supply Co. warehouse in Library last week. Stowe Township Commissioner Frank Mapnelli, among the 11, was held on a charge of receiving stolen goods.
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Abbery Pittsburgh
Squire Hannah O'Rourke
Feders Supply Co
Stowe Township
Frank Mapnelli
Major Bong Killed In Jet Crash At Lockheed Field
Maj. Richard Ira Bong America's leading fighter ace in the Pacific was killed when his jet propelled P-80 crashed near Lockheed field in California. Witnesses described a violent explosion as parts scattered over miles after takeoff from the airport. Bong, 24, had 40 Japanese planes to his credit and recently returned from overseas to test fly the Swift shooting star jets. He was married February 10 to Marjorie Ann Vattendahl.
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Burbank
Calif
Richard Ira Bong
America
South Pacific
United States
Bong
Army
Lockheed Air Terminal
J. B. Villarino
Technical Command
Poplar Wis
Air Technical Command
Lockheed Aircraft Factory
Marjorie Ann Vattendahl
Superior
Wis
Hollywood
Eddie Rickenbacker
Bong Farm
Poplar
Ira Bong
Dead Ace Bong Commended by Luke Field Leader
Major Richard I. Bong, famed South Pacific fighter ace, was killed in a California plane crash. He earned his wings at Luke Field in January 1942 and was praised by Col. G. M. Bates as a great soldier, pilot, and American. The field mourns the loss of an officer who built an enviable record as cadet and instructor before his fame.
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Luke Field
Ariz
Richard I. Bong
South Pacific
California
Luke Fields
G. M. Bates
Lake Field
Bong
Army Air Forces
Four Teachers Resign From Somerset High School
The borough school board accepted four resignations at Somerset High School on Monday night. The teachers leaving are Helen Bittner Korns, music. Donald George, English. Roy M. Schrock, social studies. and Chester Stineman, band and orchestra director. No replacements yet. coal bids discussed but winter fuel awards not made. Lighting for night football was considered, with doubts about timing. Board supports hiring a vocational shop coordinator. physician and dentist appointments under state health regulations to continue. All board members were present.
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Somerset High School
Helen Bittner Korns
Donald George
Roy M. Schrock
Chester Stineman
Somerset
H. W. Hay
J. T. Bowman
W. C. Foltz
Stalin Molotov Return From Potsdam Conference
Premier Stalin and Foreign Commissar Molotov arrived back in Moscow from the Potsdam conference, according to Radio Moscow.
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London
Stalin
V. M. Molotov
Moscow
Radio Moscow
Bank of Japan VP Taniguchi Confirmed Dead
San Francisco reports Tsuneji Taniguchi? vice president of the Bank of Japan was confirmed killed in a Superfortress raid on Tokyo May 26. The Jap Domei agency released the confirmation today.
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San Francisco
Jap Domei Agency
Tsuneji Taniguchi
Bank of Japan
Tokio
B 29s Hit Toyokawa Naval Arsenal In Aug 7 Raid
About 125 B 29s struck Toyokawa naval arsenal with high explosives around noon. Spaatz’s communique offered no details and confirmed earlier 97 plane Mustang raid on Tokyo area. Final Aug 6 report noted 572 bombers striking primary targets with several mines and a repaired crew rescue.
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Guam
Toyokawa Naval Arsenal
Spaatz
Tokio
Hiroshima
War Department
Washington
Ube
Osaka radio cancels trains around Hiroshima area
San Francisco reports that Osaka radio canceled various trains in Hiroshima prefecture, the district where President Truman announced the first atomic bomb. No broadcast mentioned the bomb or any damage, and earlier Japanese reports spoke only of raids by a small number of American B 29s with incendiaries and explosives.
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San Francisco
Osaka
Hiroshima
Truman
Hirooishima
Honshu Army Center
Tarumizu Blasted as Fortress Island Attacked
General MacArthur announced Allied forces bombed Tarumizu on Kyushu island burning the waterfront and factories with incendiaries and demolitions. Bomber night patrols sank an enemy transport and a medium freighter near Shimabara Strait while Seventh Fleet planes sank a subchaser and damaged eight cargo ships off Formosa.
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Manila
Tarumizu
Kyushu
MacArthur
Fortress
Tsushima Strait
Seventh Fleet
Formosa
Chennault Predicts Strong China Air Force After War
Maj. Gen. Claire L. Chennault retiring commander of the U S 14th Air Force predicted China will have a very strong air force after the war. The forecast was made during a farewell tour of Chinese cities where he was received with great honor as the tour continued.
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Chungking
China
Claire L. Chennault
U. S. 14Th Air Force
Chennault
Atomic bombs unleash fury as Japan faces new blows
Allied reports describe massive air strikes on Japan from Okinawa and Saipan with 400 fighters and bombers targeting Tarumi, Hiroshima and other cities. The U S announces an atomic bomb on Hiroshima as waves of Superfortresses scorch four more urban targets, while Stimson notes the blast’s precision remains hard to gauge amid dust and smoke.
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Spencer Davis
Manila
Tarumi
Far East Air Forces
General MacArthur
Okinawa
Kyushu
Kagoshima Bay
Associated Press
Guam
United States
Washington
Stimson
Hiroshima
Japan
War Department
Toyokawa Naval Arsenal
Nagoya
Honshu Island
Saipan
Hawaii
San Francisco
Potsdam
20Th Air Force
Nishinomiya
Maebashi
Imabari
Saga
Spaatz
Toyama
Canadians Mobilize for Pacific War Under American Command
About 30,000 Canadian troops destined for the Pacific have reached advanced bases as part of the American army. The Royal Canadian Air Force squadrons and a Canadian navy fleet of 60 ships including two aircraft carriers and cruisers will follow. Col. Richard Malone stated troops, veterans of European battles, were furloughed 30 days and trained at Camp Breckenridge Kentucky in U S weapons and tactics.
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Guam
Pacific
Royal Canadian Air Force
Richard S. Malone
Breckenridge
Kentucky
Malone
Allied patrols cross Sittang River near Rangoon
Allied patrols thrust the old Sittang channel 60 miles northeast of Rangoon as forces battle to wipe out Japanese remnants west of the river. Southeast Asia command said the Burma fighting has cost the enemy more than 10,000 dead in recent weeks and virtually destroyed the Japanese 28th Army.
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Chungking
South China
Yeungkong
Hong Kong
Chiang Kai-Shek
Canton
Tinpak
Luichow
South China Sea
Tte
Luichow Peninsula
Indo China
Hainan Island
Nanchang
Hankow
Kan River
U. S. 14Th Air Force
Kiangsi
Siang River
Changsha
U. S
Kanhsien
OWI
David Chandler
Kweilin
Kwangsi Province
Carthage
Rotterdam
Lidice
Calcutta
Sittang
Rangoon
Burma
Southeast Asia Command
Abya
Pittsburgh Man Killed on Turnpike Collision Report
Pittsburgh Aug 6 Jack Mates of Pittsburgh was killed when the car carrying him collided on the Pennsylvania Turnpike near Carlisle with a car driven by Alphonse Moore of Pittsburgh. Celia Sclarsky drove Mates’s car and two others related to Mates were hospitalized.
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Pittsburgh
Jack Mates
Pennsylvania Turnpike
Carlisle
Alphonse Moore
Mates
Celia Sclarsky
Sadie Mates
Edward
Eideen Mates
Carlisle Hospital
Wind And Waves Damage Hornet In Pacific Typhoon
A 120 knot gale battered the aircraft carrier Hornet 150 miles off Okinawa during a June typhoon. The ship reached Hunter's Point, San Francisco for repairs after 52 days under Japanese attack. Behind it, 1,270,000 tons of enemy shipping were sunk or damaged and 1,410 enemy planes ruined.
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Washington
Okinawa
Hunter’s Point
San Francisco Bay
Japan May Be Served Ultimatum
London Daily Mail cites a Washington dispatch claiming Japan could receive an ultimatum to surrender within 48 hours or face obliteration by the atomic bomb. The report notes no official confirmation and suggests the 48 hour window to maximize psychological impact after President Truman announced the bomb.
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London
London Daily Mail
Washington Dispatch
Japan
Washington
Truman
Daily Mail
Spain Avers Stalin Boss Of Big Three
Lisbon editorials say Truman and Attlee yielded to Stalin at Potsdam and conceded all to Russia while ignoring small nations. A Voz notes Franco’s exclusion from the league and UN and warns Russia may treat Turkey as a protected state.
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Spain
Stalin
Lisbon
A Voz
Truman
Attlee
Potsdam
Russia
Japan
League
United Nations
Germany
Poland
Turkey
Auto kills girl on highway near Studa
Eleanor Ghelfi aged 17 of Studa was struck and killed by a car while walking along the highway. She worked in Colliers West Virginia and was spending the weekend at her home.
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Washington
Eleanor Ghelfi
Studa
Colliers
W. Va
Weather Outlook for Pennsylvania and West Virginia
Weather forecast notes a mixed pattern with brief showers and moderate temperatures in western regions. Eastern areas remain warm and humid with scattered afternoon thundershowers, then fair and cooler by midweek.
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Pennsyvania
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Maryland
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