Japanese Secret Report On Hiroshima Bomb Details 1945
A hitherto unpublished Japanese official report on the Hiroshima bombing describes survivors dropping as they fled the city and notes early detection that uranium powered the attack. The document, begun on August 6 1945 and later hidden by the high command, survived in part through a saved copy and photographs. The report cites stunned antiaircraft crews, fires in the center, and strange sickness among those fleeing the blast.
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Frank L. White
Tokyo
Hiroshima
Kure
High Command
Nations push UN action to end Dutch Indonesian conflict
Australia and India pressed the United Nations Security Council at Lake Success to halt fighting between Dutch and Indonesian forces. India handed its complaint to council president Dr Oscar Lange and acting secretary-general Adrian Pelt, with Australia planning a separate filing. Dutch forces announced new landings and advances in Sumatra as Canberra seeks a swift ceasefire. Funeral services, attended by
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Australia
India
United Nations Security Council
Lake Success
N. Y
Oscar Lange
Poland
Adrian Pelt
U. N
Samarendanath Sen
Canberra
Joseph B. Chifley
Security Council
the Hague
Netherlands Foreign Office
Netherlands
Sumatra
Loeboekpakam
Medan
Agidha
Lawang
Malang
Attlee Plans Rapid Britons Troop Withdrawals in Europe
A Socialist source said Prime Minister Attlee told labor MPs Britain would slash military commitments in Germany Italy and Greece soon due to an economic crisis. He outlined troop withdrawals from Venezia Giulia northeast Italy and Greece, and large cuts in Germany.
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London
Attlee
Britain
Germany
Italy
Greece
Venezia Giulia
Labor Party
M.p.’S
Palestine
Mandate
Ernest Bevin
Chevrolet Raises Prices on Wagons and Convertibles
Detroit January Chevrolet Motors division of General Motors announced price increases of about 100 dollars on station wagons and 75 dollars on convertibles. All other Chevrolet models keep current prices.
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Detroit
Chevrolet Motor Division
General Motors Corp
Chevrolet
Judge Spares Prison Time in Slavery Case
Mrs. Fred Wesley Ingalls escapes prison with a suspended three year sentence after paying 3000 dollars to Dora Jones the maid of nearly forty years. Judge Jacob Weinberger cites illness and publicity for mercy and imposes a 2500 dollar fine and rehabilitation treatment.
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Fred Wesley Ingalls
Dora Jones
En Diego
Calif
Town Sinking Into Pit in West Virginia Coal Town
The West Virginia town of Welce cannot explain a subsurface slip that has many downtown buildings cracked and sinking. Mayor L E Rogers suspects an underground stream or old coal mining underpins the widespread ground movement. Nine downtown structures show widening cracks as sidewalks rupture and pavements buckle.
Photographers Plan Air Images For Pocatello Tourism
J. L. Craig chamber of commerce secretary and Arthur Schultz shot photos of Atello from an airplane. The images will be used in a new tourist folder Mr Craig plans to publish soon to update publicity material for Pocatello.
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J. L. Craig
Chamber of Commerce
Arthur Schultz
Atello
Cra
Pocatello
U S Protest Over Soviet Removal of Assets in Balkans
Washington protests to Moscow over Soviet seizure of former German Italian assets in Hungary Bulgaria and Romania. Undersecretary Lovett says note seeks full information on transfers and asserts removals before peace treaties take effect are provisional and Austrian assets cannot be seized as German assets pending allied definitions. British note reported.
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Washington P
United States
Russia
Hungary
Bulgaria
Romania
Robert Lovett
Molotov
Moscow
Lovett
State Department
Iczal
London
Vic e B rigad would aid Pocatello range fires
Vic e Brigad leader Henry Jensen and J L Craig discuss forming a volunteer fire brigade near Pocatello to combat range fires. They cite the west benchland blaze and flood-control vegetation loss as motivation and plan talks with A A Girard, city fire chief, and soil conservation officials.
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Henry Jensen
Tyhee
J. L. Craig
Chamber of Commerce
Pocatello
Jensen
Craig
Soil Conservation Service
Bac
CCC
Portneuf
A. A. Girard
Rail Official Dies in Salt Lake Hospital
MAGNA Utah 7 Eugene Culleton 40 assistant supervisor of the Bingham and Garfield railroad died yesterday evening in a Salt Lake hospital. He had been with the railroad for 23 years.
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Utah
Eugene Culleton
Bingham and Garfield Railroad
Salt Lake
Railroad
Weather Brews Cold Morning with 7 O'clock Chill
Morning air turns frigid as basement breeze opens furnace door amid cold forecast. Highs reach 93 in past 24 hours, with a 74 average and trace precipitation. Sunset 7:54, sunrise 5:19. Forecast shows partly cloudy skies with afternoon showers, highs around 90 tomorrow.
Fire erases 1500 acres near Pocatello south east of city
Sheriff Alma Marley reports about 1500 acres burned southeast of Pocatello from a Tuesday blaze starting near the old CCC camp south of town. Fire spread to ridge tops along the east side of the highway, aided by tall grass. Deputies and local men fought the flames. no indication the fire began along the highway.
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Alma Marley
Pocatello
CCC
Id CCC
Portneuf
Sheriff Department
Sam Dunn
Troy Slader
Charles Ayres
Fast Halliday
Golf Club
George Katsilometes
Conrete
Girl Gets Warning About Testifying in Hughes Inquiry
Judy Cook a blonde dancer swimmer under subpoena by a senate war contracts committee said a man with a British accent warned her not to testify in the Howard Hughes inquiry. She reported a late night phone warning after receiving a committee wire directing her not to come to Washington awaiting further instructions.
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Hollywood
Judy Cook
Senate
Howard Hughes
Miss Cook
Washington
Truman OKs Aid and Office Bills After Missouri Trip
President Truman rapidly signed and sent bills through Congress before adjournment on his return from Missouri. He vetoed a security power measure for the Pullman company and made recess appointments to the National Labor Relations Board and its general counsel. Signings included over 5.48 billion for the Army and 8.19 billion for independent offices funding numerous federal agencies.
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Truman
Congress
Missouri
Martha Truman
Charles G. Ross
National Labor Relations Board
NLRB
Senate
J. Copeland Gray
Buffalo
N. Y
Abe Murdock
Utah
Robert Denham
Interstate Commerce Commission
Pullman (Sleeping Car
Army
Britain Draws Down US Loan To 1.9 Billion
The treasury reports Britain has drawn another 300 million of the 83.75 billion loan from the United States, leaving 1.9 billion of the fund originally expected to last three years. Greek Foreign Minister Tsaldaris decries Russia veto as endangering world peace amid UN surveillance talks. Floyed G. Eyre named president of the Canadian mission for the Latter-day Saints, with Toronton HQ. Dutch envoy Van Kleffens says Indonesian issue lies outside UN jurisdiction.
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Great Britain
United States
Treasury
Britain
Washington
Constantine Tsaldaris
Russia
Security Council
U.N
Border Commission
Salt Lake City
G. Eyre
Ogden Seminary
Latter-Day Saints Church
Toronto
Grain Aphis Appears Near Pomeroy Washington
Washington State College entomologist Dr. R L Webster reports the first recorded grain aphis outbreak in the state. Found in the Mayview district northeast of Pomeroy the small green insect may reduce wheat yields but is not deemed immediately dangerous. No reliable control exists and DDT results vary. Webster notes prior outbreaks in the Midwest and says the pests have long been dormant here, with a favorable set of conditions triggering emergence.
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Pullman. Wash
Washington State College
R. L. Webster
Mayview
Pomeroy
Britain Considers Using Gold Reserve In Hard Winter
Western European economies face hardship as Britain weighs tapping its 2.56 billion dollar gold and dollar reserves to weather a severe next winter. France and other distressed states look to Marshall plan benefits while Russia negotiates over food supplies.
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Britain
France
Europe
London
England
Radiocaster Chandler Sentenced to Life for Treason
Douglas Chandler, an 8 year old former Bailanore writer, was sentenced to life in prison and fined $10,000 for treason for serving as a Nazi radio mouthpiece during the war. Judge Francis J. Ford rejected insanity pleas and noted Chandler spoke for his beliefs as he proclaimed freedom of speech. The prosecution, led by Oscar R. Ewing, urged the death penalty as a deterrent to traitors.
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Ralph FE. Spence
8Th Air Force
Frances Gwendolyn Miller
Bedford
England
David
Columbus
Ohio
Boston
Douglas Chandler
Aew
Francis J. W Ford
Chandler
Counsell
Nari Chender
Patrick Henry
Oscar R. Ewing
Parlor Blast Fatal to 10 in Harrisonburg Va
Ten women died and at least 30 were injured in a fatal explosion at a one story beauty shop and school in Harrisonburg Virginia. Dorothy Gail Bowman of Mount Jackson died later at Rockingham Memorial Hospital. The blast shattered nearby businesses and homes, was felt four miles away, and investigators discounted an early boiler theory. Coal was being unloaded into the basement at the time.
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Harrisonburg
Dorothy Gail Bowman
Mount Jackson
Rockingham Memorial Hospital
Liquor-by-the-Drink License Applications Filed
Two license applications were filed Tuesday with city clerk Bert Reese. Danny Pullos of the Denver Bar at 325 E. Center seeks a liquor-by-the-drink license, as does D. B. Williams of the Porters and Waiters Club at 122 South First.
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Bert Reese
Danny Pullos
Denver
E. Center
D. B. Williams
Porters and Waiters Club
South First
Underground Hangs Two British Sergeants After Military Trial
The Irgun Zvai Leumi says it hanged two kidnapped British sergeants in reprisal for three member executions. A large search by Welsh guards, Palestine police, and reporters found no bodies along the coast near Natanya. Authorities in Palestine and Britain offered no confirmation of the killings or their locations.
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Associated Press
Irgun Zvai Leumi
Palestine Police
Irgun
Natanya
Port-de-Bove
France
Palestine
Cyprus
Poland
Piance
London
Clifford Martin
Nervin Paice
Irgun Zvai
Paice
Idaho Phosphate Goes to Japan
Olympia port officials report more than 500000 tons of rock phosphate have been shipped since December 20 under Sixth Army supervision. The mineral from Idaho and Montana is sent to Japan and Korea to rehabilitate farms under a contract for 600900 tons, with potential for additional work.
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Olympta
Wash
Olympia
Sixth Army
Idaho
Montana
Japa
Korea
Barney Merchants vs Pocatello Blues Tonight Canceled at Halliwell Park
Harold Foss, a Legion official, said the Wednesday night game in Halliwell Park between the Barney Merchants and the Pocatello Blues cannot be played. The notice came today, leaving schedule uncertainty for local baseball fans.
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Barney Merchants
Pocatello Legion Blues
Halliwell Park
Harold Foss
Legion
Explosion on Ocean Liberty kills 18 and injures 400
A Tuesday report says the freighter Ocean Liberty was hit by an ammonium nitrate explosion and fire Monday, leaving the ship a mangled ruin. Eighteen people died and more than four hundred were injured as rescuers explored the damaged vessel.
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Brest
Brittany
Ocean Liberty
Roosevelt ordered continuation of Hughes flying boat project
Senate war inquiry heard Jesse Jones testify that President Roosevelt told him in 1944 not to abandon the $20 million Hughes flying boat project, with about $13.5 million spent and no flight yet. Jones described pressure from officials to drop the program and noted he signed a wartime contract under directions from the War Production Board.
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Washington
Jesse Jonees
Roosevelt
Howard Hughes
Jones
Commercce
Senate
Hughes
Henry J. Kaiser
War Production Board
Army
Navy
Baltimore
Kaiser
Martin
Hollywood hearings set on communism in film industry
Washington reports the House Committee on Un American Activities plans a September 23 start to examine Communist influence in Hollywood. Rep. Nixon predicts naming witnesses and identifying stars with pink rather than red associations while stressing broader aims of preventing Communist influence in government, education, and labor.
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Hollywood
First Dimension
Nixon
Californian
Cobb Returns With Record Car for Utah Salt Flats Run
English speed racer John Cobb arrived in New York aboard the Queen Elizabeth with his $100,000 2,600 horsepower car to chase a return to the Bonneville salt flats in Utah. He previously set a world speed record of 369.7 mph on August 2, 1939 at the salt flats.
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New York
John Cobb
Bonneville Salt Flats
Utah
Cobb
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