Tokyo Reports Hiroshima Residents Seared to Death by Atomic Bomb
AP dispatch describes the Hiroshima raid with survivors burned beyond recognition by extreme heat and pressure. Officials note open city status but military importance, with fires, destroyed bridges, and disrupted relief as Japan convenes a cabinet session to assess the disaster.
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Hiroshima
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SBE
Kumar
Waz Cn
Kamara Suzuki
F Tune Sekomizu
City
Toko
United States
Carl A. Spears
Pacific
Bad
Atomic raid witnesses recall Hiroshima blast and plans
Eyewitnesses Cro Tibbets Jr Nees Captain William Persons and others described the Hiroshima raid and the B 29 that dropped the bomb. Spaatz and LeMay said other Superfortresses were ready to carry more atomic bombs to Japan. Secret warnings of impending doom were prepared and the blast left a 40,000 foot smoke column. My God was the exclamation from the crew as Hiroshima burned at 3 a.m. Monday due to the strike.
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Spaaiz
Japan
Heth Spauts
Staf
Curtis le
Yanks and Filipinos Mopping Up on Luzon
American and Filipino troops push to clear pockets near the Agno River Valley in northern Luzon. A substantial Japanese force defends a ridge about 55 miles north of Baguio as Maj. Paul J. Pearishs F Company and a Filipino battalion led the initial assault on August 4.
Nightmarish dawn over Hiroshima seen by bomber crew
Eyewitnesses recount the Enola Gay dropping the atomic bomb over Hiroshima. The B‑29 crew describe a blazing city skyline, a rising black mushroom cloud, and intense heat and blast as fires spread and buildings crumble. Only senior officers knew the full scope of the mission and its date had long been set for August 5.
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Albany
Lestie R. Groves
Pasadena
Cat
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Farrell
Groves
Einstein Declines Comment on Bomb Discusses Military Implications
Nobel physicist Albert Einstein declines to discuss the atomic bomb citing military expediency and possible political implications. He remains at lower Saranac Lake and provided the remark to reporters through his secretaries.
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Albert Einstein
Perispupermien Opesderies
Lower
Saranac Lake
East Side PTA Plans Year Start At Home Of President
An executive meeting of School 15 Parent Teacher Association set the year’s program and budget at president Mrs Y D Carbon’s home on Pawling Avenue. A membership tea is planned for Sept 11 at 3 pm with official board hostesses to be announced. Members of the Timberwolves Division leaving for Fort Dix after a thirty day home leave.
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Y. D. Carbon
Pawling Avenue
Reginald
Joana H. Courchaine
Jack
Gail
Excelsior Avenue
Burden Lake
Leonard C. Johnson
Marines
Henning J
Berg
Hamilton
Lioyd A. Austin
UY 3
Naval Dispensary
Grand Trunk Pier
Portland
Charles Mealy
Charles Aid Ted
Des‘son Avenue
Donald
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Shirley Juedes
Forest Juedes
Kingston Point
Edward A. Fitzgerald
Dessom Avenue
Tech
Wiliam J. Etvue
Frederick C. Pfeiffer
John, M. Walsh
Bouton Road
Tthe
Timberwolves
Fort Dix
X. J
Yawata Bombed Again as U S Air Force Strikes Japan
Reports say Yawata suffered another incendiary assault with nearly 160 suspect Fortresses dropping incendiaries. The main actions targeted Fukuyama and nearby plants in a around the clock offensive. Tokyo Radio cited air operations near Tanashi and eastern Tokyo with several bombers damaged.
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Rome
Pukuyama
Wih Air Force
Rikez
Yokyo
You
Geo Carl A. Spaatz
U.S
Strategic Air Force
Afig
Nakajima
Tokyo Arsenal
Tanashi
Radio Tokyo
Boso
Bomb raid on Yawata eyed as major air strike
Reports from Tokyo describe more than 225 Superfortresses bombing Yawata in a dawn attack aimed at crippling Japan's steel industry. Initial notes claim extensive damage to Nippon steel works and related plants, with weather delaying a climactic raid.
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Bonstiu
Tokyo
Yawata
Pintsburg
Japan
Japan Lon and Steel Works
Bokura Steel Ca. Fh Tachi, Ltd
Nippon Symphette Industry
Yayziaws Co. Pai Thunderbouts
Vity
Egs
Carl A. Spaats
Istratexic
Paci
Cage tolines and seven hills named in ancient cities
The text lists Palatine Aventine Quirinal Viminal Esquiline and Capitoline Criths among hills and cites a cage like structure. It mentions sever hills and a Sirat built, but overall unclear.
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Aventine
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