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The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-08-07
CENSORSHIP I5 (LAMpED
 ON RESULTS
Nipponese City of 318,OOO May Be Completely
 Destroyed

GUAM, Aug. 7---Iron censorship was clamped on details of the atom bombing of Hiroshima by the U. s. Strategic Air Forces today, but from the stunned enemy came ad- mission that the terrific new weapon had done great damage.
 Pending full reconnaissance re- ports, however, it is believed in Washington that the Japanese city, which had a pre-war population of 3l8,O00, may be largely, if not com pletely, wiped out.
 A Japanese Imperial communique broadcast by Radio Tokyo hinted the Nipponese war lords were scurrying about, trying to deter mine what hit the Hiroshima Army Base.
 While meager u. s. disclosures said one bcmb had hit with such devastating force that the city was an impenotrable cloud of dust. the Japanese talked of new bombs" Their use of the plural indicated the blast was so shattering they could not believe only one bomb had struck.
 The Nipponesc communique said number of B-29's made the at tack with considerable destruc- tion. The admission was typical of the Japanese habit of underesti- mating damage. because U. s. sources indicated the great cloud of dust that rose from Hiroshima might have contained vaporizod buildings. Several hours before the enemy communique was issued, tho Osaka radio had given some suggestion of the extent of the damage when it made matter-of-fac announce ment that various trains in Hiro- shima Prefecture had been can- celed..
 1 The imperial headquarters com munique was amplificd later by Domei News Agency dispatch quot ing Tokyo uniformed quarters" as saying that the bomb was para chuted and exploded before reach ing the ground.
 The dispatch warned the Japa- nese people that its destructive power cannot be slight It re- peated the cornrnunique's state ment that more than one bomb had been used, declaring few. had been dropped.
 Marianas-based B-29's today kept up the continual pounding of the enemy empire with monday i25- plane strike at the big Toyokawa Navel Arsenal, 37 miles southeast of Nagoya Castle.
 i Their missiles were high ex- plosives," the Twentieth Air Force said-presumably not atomic bombs. The Twentieth Air Force com munique today also reported broad sweep across the Tokyo area yesterday by 97 Iwo-based Mus tangS which smashed at nine enemy airfields. rail yards, and shipping. and destroyed or dam aged g grounded aircraft.
 More than 400 Far East Air Force fighters and bombers con- verted the Kyushu port of Taruni into a vast swirl of flame Sunday with two-hour hammering with fire bombs, rockets and bullets, Gen. MacArthur reported today.
 Eyewitness reports of the historic blow struck at Hiroshima by the single, small atomic bomb were withheld pending their release by l the War Department in Washing | fon
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-08-07
ATOMIC BOMB
 |STIRS MUCH DISCUSSION
Com mments Heard from Tokyo 10 Vatican City
 on Weapon

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. - The Japanese warned the homeland to- day to brace itself for new atomic bomb attacks as they probed the ruins of Hiroshima to learn the havoc wrought by the first blow from the "diabolic weapon"
 Since it is presumed that the enemy planes will continue to use this new bomb" the Osaka radio said in domestic broadcast, "the authorities will point out measures to cope with it immediately.
 Japanese accounts said several bombs" fell on the big military base Monday, coming from the bombays of only few Superforts, and Osaka added: Even if the enemy does raid with small number of planes we must be care- full not to look at the raids lightly.
 Another broadcast beamed to, the United States declared that the use of the atomic bomb branded the enemy for ages to come as de- stroyer of justice and mankind"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-08-07
TOKYO MAY BE TARGET
 TAKEN NEXT
Use of New Weapon Be- eureIy Tied Up by Big
 Three Powers
By John M. Hightower

WASHINGTON, Aug 7.-Tokyo or one of Japan's other great war in- dustry cities is believed here today to be next on the list for atomic bomb destruction.
 This i3 the view of officials try ing to evaluate the possible effects of the terrifying new weapon-both on bringing this war to an early end on shaping the world of tomorrow
 From what has been announced publicly by President Truman and ott CT American and British officials it is clear that old ideas of nation al defense and security-based even on weapons as modern as the rockets Hitler used against London-are due to undergo radical changes.
 In it's impact on peaceful pur- suits, the newly harnessed energy still is some years from practical use, according to official reports, but 1t may revolutionize industry and trade of the future. A Evidently with this in mind, President Truman made clear in his announcement of the new bomb yes terday that the development of atomic power in this country is to be kept under tight government con- trol.
 Developments 1 Because of its enormous poten- tialities for both war and peace, the iuse of atomic energy is two-sided problem N Here are principal points of both sides as developed in off cial statements and interpreted by those qualified to do so: Effect on the war with Japan Dropping of the first atomic bomb on the Japanese army base at Hir- oshima Sunday night was mainly a warning to the enemy. Pending full reconnaissance reports, 1t is belived here that the city. which had pre- war population of 318,000, was largo ly if not completely wiped out.
 The Japanese have no adequate defense against this weapon any more than against regular aerial bombardment. They can only sur render or face destruction.
 Few top officials here expect a surrender at once, and MT. Truman himsalf said the United States is fully prepared to 60 ahead with the bombings.
 Moreover, future attacks shortly may be intensified for MT. Truman disclosed that new and even more powerful atomic bombs are in the making.
 Little Detail
 The President and Secretary oi War Stimson gave little detail of the new weapon except that the size oi the explosive is exceedingly small
 Effects of atomic energy use ir pcacetime--
 At the moment the use of this new weapon Is securely in the hands of the allies. Stimson said the War Department is certain the Japanese
 aunot match it. But 1t is expected that in future years every great in- du5trial nation will develop it.
 Military authorities already arc talking of the possibility that the United States could be attacked by atomic rockets launched either from Europe or Asia. Some expect tc use this as new and dramatic argu- ment, when Congress returns. fol enactment of national gervice legis- lation.
 One of the most common com ments heard in the capital after 1 release of the news about the atomic bomb was that it greatly increases l the responsibilities of governments to work together for world peace Many persons said success of the United Nations organization now be- comes more important than ever be- fore.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-08-07
. VATICAN COMMENT

/, VATICAN CITY, Aug. 2 - The Vatican City newspaper O'Osser- vatore Romano, today called the new atomic bomb dropped on . Japan "a catastrophe conclusion to the wars apocalyptic surprises" !" 1 It compared the invention of the atomic bomb with the. invention of submarine by Leonardo Da Vinci, l the Sixteenth Century Italian artist and inventor.
 It expressed regret that the bombs inventors did not, like Da Vinci, destroy their creation in the interest of humanity.
 "Da Vinci wanted to defeat death by thought O'Osservatore said, but the road of men who have not his Christian charity must de- feat death with death. This in- credible destructive instrument re- mains a temptation, if not for mortified contemporaries, then for posterity, to whom little is taught by history"
 (The Encyclopaedia Brittanica says that Leonardo knew of a method of remaining long time under water, but he refused to tell of it because of the evil nature of man."
 SUGGESTION CHICAGO, Aug. Tone atomic bomb dropped smack on Emperor Hirohito's Tokyo palace would do more, psychGlogically, to end the war than anything else. Dr. Alter Dill Scott, President Emeritus of Northwestern University, said to- day.
 WALL STREET
 NEW YORK, Aug. 2 After appraising the atomic bomb attack Ton Japan for almost "A hours, Wall 1 Street decided today that the amazing new development might mean quicker than expected peace, and ensuing selling drove down stock market prices points and more.
 Biggest retreats appeared in the heavy war-rated stocks like rail, utilities, steelS, aircraftS and metals
 EFFECT ON NEWS | PORTLAND, Ore. Aug. 7-Palmer Hoyt, Portland newspaper publisher and former domestic director of the Office of War Information, said in speech today that development of the atomic bomb makes manda- tory unhampered worldwide dis .semination of news.
 E .Talk of Third World War now is equivalent to discussion of race { suicide" Hoyt told a luncheon club. Certainly there can be but one more war, because mankind now has control of a force sufficient either to establish dictatorship over the world, or, failing that, to destroy it.
 When we entered yesterday into the atomic age, it became vital that the peoples of the earth be given the immediate opportunity to understand each other through the medium of the worldwide flow of free information.
 There is only one thing that can save civilization and that is the unhampered release of objective news-American style-among the / nations. It will no longer be pos sible for part of the world to be informed, part kept in ignorance"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-08-07
yAcATIoNING IN CALIFORNIA

Mrs. Chester Zimmerman is on a vacation trip to Oakland, Calf, where she will visit her mother, Mrs. Freda Swanson and other members of her family, and plans to be away about six or seven weeks.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-08-07
ALASKA CONSTR. WINS CONTRACT,
 LOCAL pR0JECT
Thirty-Unit Housing Prof. eet Here Bid in at
 S157,5OO

SEATTLE, Aug. 7--Award of a $157.5O0 contract to the Alaska Construction Company to build a 30-unit housing project at Juneau was announced today by Jesse Ep- stein, Regional Director of the Fed eral Public Housing Authority.
 Construction will start August 20, with the project to house gov ernment workers.
 Epstein also reported a $551, ,00O project at Hoonah, Alaska, to re- place an Indian village which burned last year, was SO per cent completed. The project. handled in cooperation with the Indian Ser vice, will furnish 80 family units. The Alaska Construction Com- pany, of Juneau, is now engaged , in re-constructing the Goldstein Building here. It also holds the contract on the FPHA project at Hoonah which was announced as 60 per cent completed.
 Rock filling on the Willoughby Avenue tidelands site of the three building housing project, for which the general construction contract was today awarded, is being pushed to completion by the Territorial Construction Company.
 The entire project. to be erected under the emergency war housing program, is scheduled for compile tion before the end of 1945. The H. B. Foss Company of Juneau is the architectural firm in charge of the project. ifIn
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-08-07
RECEpTI0N FOR CON- RESSIOMAL
 PARTY TOMORROW

Honoring the members of the Congressional party arriving to- morrow afternoon. the Juneau Chamber of Commerce will hold reception from g to 10 o'clock tomorrow evening in the Gold Room of the Baranof Hotel
 All Chamber members are in- vited and urged to attend.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-08-07
SHOCK QUOTATIONS

NEW YORK, Aug. T Closing quotation of Alaska-Juneau Mine stock today is 6%, American Can 97, Anaconda g. Curtiss- Wright 6A, International Harvester 82 Kennecott 367s, New York Central 24A, Northern Pacific 27h. U. S. Steel 66A, Pound $4.027s.
 Sales today totaled 980,000 shares
 Dow. Jones averages today are as follows: Industrials, l6l.55, rails 56.29; utilities, 32.11.
 SULLIVAN IN TOWN
 Alfred Sullivan. of Skagway, Is guest at the Gastineau Hotel.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-08-07
HAYNES HERE

H. A. Hawcs arrived in Juneau yesterday on an Alaska Airlines plane from Anchorage, and is guest at the Baranof Hotel
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MRS. TRUMAN SHADOWED
 When Mrs. Bess Truman and her daughter, Margaret, first arrived at
Detroit evening times., 1945-05-28

-p' i44f kns Fr1rurrl sYudcirs. nSb ss,ersed
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-22
.USS New Jersey
In Battle Fleet

WASHINGTON July 2l (UP)
The USS New Jersey one OF the
biggest battleships in the world
participated IN the hrst MAJOR
carrier strike against Japan last
February, the navy disclosed
iodaN
TINS action took place shortly
after the New Jersey had Cele-
hrated her fTst anniversary IN the
Paclhc feet. She lolned IL At
tunafuti on Jan. - l944 m
company with her sister shlp the
Iowa
From that date 10 now the
New Jerseys log reads like a
diary of the Pacific var, the
navy said. She has participated
in every major INVASION operation
and taken part IN most Of the
strikes against Japan proper.
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-22

phatIc i'm endorsing the Windsor
site. lie declared It would give
Detroit the most convenient air
port of any large American city.
Mrs. William Dryden of 630
Merrick, favored the tord-Gulley
road site, recently picked by en-
.glneers.
1t is nearer To downtown
than any of the other sites
she SAID, land access Ia down
town areas IL good.
Frank Wood, O., of 1863 Bur-
ingame, a taxicab driver, favors
the Eight and a Half Mile and
Wyoming site,
Its centrally located" he
said ASK the customers,
though, and they'll take the
present site---it's even more
centrally located
PRESENT PORT FAVORED
Edward + Totte, 49, of 2945
Newport, a DSR conductor.
The present airport is the
best enc in the bunch. II i'm
proved it would be tops. It's
centrally located"
Malcolm p. Smith OF 64l6
Jonathan, Dearborn picked the
Ford and Gulley road site as "the
best of the lot
Charles Lovelace. 81, of 500
Dubois, also picked Ford and
Gulley road because there IS
more acreage.
Miss Ida Manocke, "a. of 6433
Herbert, and Miss Mary Jane
RosSbach, -, of $3.50 American,
like the Eight Mile and Wyoming
site because IT IS near home
EIGHT MILE PICKED
William II. Cook, - of 1897
Grcenway, also favors Eight Mile
and Wyoming. lie adds, the
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-22
Job Offices
Get Vet Aides
State VINO Director
Makes Appointments

,Full-ume veterans employment
representatives have been APP
pointed in each Of the major L. S.
Employment Service offices in
Michigan, il was announced Sat-
urday by Edward l.. Cushman,
state WING director.
They VIII supervise the eX-
panded Job Of counsellng and Job
placement service for returned
serVicemen.
Ia addition USES managers m
the smaller offices have heen
given special training in servicing
veterans job problems, Cushman
said.
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-22
COIdwater GI Given
Bronze Star on luzon

COLDWATER, July 2l-Mrs
Clifton A. Erts has just been ad-
vised that her husband, a member
of Co. c. 10th Infantry of the
32d Division, now in northern
Luzon, has been awarded the In
fantry Badge for exemplary con-
duct under fire.
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-22

II should be.
In response ia the question
II you were choosing one at the
proposed airport sites. which one
would It he 90 The replies we're
How much IL the taxi fare
dow ntOwn?"
How far il II from the Gen
eral Motors Building 80
viii IL hurt property
values ."
Earl Horner. 81. Of 679 Peter
boro, "A native Dolroter, said:
'If possible, thtnk we should
take the advice of those en-
gineers We hired Tor $4,000.
They ought To know what they
are looking for.
DR.. Carlton Bell, 80, Of 1851
Camden, an architect, said:
"Medd better do something
and do il quick or Detroit viii
lose out ON lot at business.
Personally, I'd like ia see them
enlarge the present city airport.
My next choice would be the
Nine Mile aud nequindre site"
WINDSOR ENDORSED
1t Col. Fred @ Rising of 36l
Mcmillan, Crosse Polnte, was en-
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-22
La Sale Club Holds
First Annual Picnic

The ia Sale Club, composed OF
French-spoakinF people arc hold
irg their first annual picnic tins
Sunday a. the Beverly fills picnic
grounds. Van Dyke and l2's Mile
TosdS
The La Sale Club is described
sS 2 iratcrnal order designed 10
gather an French-speakng people
in Detroit together Membership
totals 4l0.
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-22
EIGHT MILE PICKED

William II. Cook, -, of 1897
Greenway, also favors Eight Mile
and Wyoming. lie adds, the
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-22
VETS THEMSELVES

"These men who have been
appointed veterans employment
representatives know the prob
lens of returning veterans,
since they are themselves vet
erans of either World War 1 or
World War H." Cushman said.
The representatives will be the
major point OF contact with vet
erans' organizations, employers,
trade associations, labor unions
and other grnups, he added.
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-22
TRAVEL TIME CITED

Thomas F. Burns, 40, of 1856
Rutherford, said the Eight and a
Half Mile and Wyoming site
would cause less travel in con-
geSted areas and make it easier
TO get downtown.
Harry fucker, "a, of East Erie;
Windsor, believes Detroit airport
in Canada is a darn good idea. %
1T takes 80 minutes to fly
up here from Cleveland and
then they want tO 90 out TO
Ford and Gulley where II takes
a 81 cab fare and 80 minutes To
get downtown"
Jack Lieberman, 81, Of 1898
Cortland, thinks the Eight Mile
and Wyoming site Is AN ideal
spot"
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-22

1t. Col. Fred @ Rising of 36l
Mcmillan, Crosse Pointe, was en-
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-22

Order the United states War
Savings Stamps from your De-
trOit Times carrier. He'll de-
liver them to Your home.
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-22
AGENTS LISTED

Representatives named i'm De-
roit and their USES offices were;
John Dietle 1880 Jos. Campau,
Raymond Chcrre, 5459 W. Fort;
Elmer Epplcy, 1442l +. jefferson,
Melvin Pryor. l07So Grand River;
John Gaughan $40 Second Leon
ard Bioke, $3.50 Hurlhut, and
Clark Smith, IL Z. Jefferson.
In outlying communities the
CounselorS are Val Hauser, Dear
hoYn; Frederick Heron. Royal
Oak, Francis Hogan, Wyandotte;
Raymond Jewell Pohttae.- Frank
lin Murphy, YpSilantl; Joseph
Bauman Nj. Clemens Robert
TiS dale Monroe, and Louis
Parker, Ann Arhor
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-22
City S Airport Issue
Confusing to Public

problem selecting airport site for Detroit appeared
today Just confusing to the msn-onthe street is
TO the experts
In sidewalk interviews representative Deroiters agreed
that new airport is drey needed differed widely where
Evening star., 1945-09-21
III. KaIbfus Killed
In Crash on Saipan

1t. q. g. William K. r. Kalbfus
naval aviation navigator who livec
in Washington until he enlisted In
August, 1912, was reported killed ir
a transport plane crash on Saipar
September H.
His parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph
B. Kalbfus, Jacksonville Fla, were
notified Wednesday. his oath birth
day anniversary, that their son hao
been buried in Tanapag Naval Gem.
etery on Saipan.
1t. Kalbfus is related to Admira
E. C. Kalbfus, director of the Office
of Naval History and former chief Of
war plans. His grandfather was the
late Samuel Kalbfus, a District rea
estate man for many years.
1t, Kalbfus was engaged to Mis-.
Helen Grant of Los Angeles.
Born in Washington, he attended
Western High School and George
Washington University.
Evening star., 1945-09-21
Rites for Mrs. Germanc
Set for ppm. Today

Funeral services were to be held
for Mrs. Mary l.. Germane, widow
of Dudley E. Germane. Washington
correspondent for the New York
World and reporter on District
newspapers. at pm. today at
Geiers funeral home, 3605 Four
teenth street NV.
Mrs. Germane, a native Of the
District, was to be buried at Glen
wood Cemetery. Surviving are a
sister, Mrs. Thomas Harris, Wash
ington: two daughters, Mrs. George
B. Mess. Forest Glen. Md, and Mrs.
Robert Morgan, Washington: a son
Dudley P. Germane. McAllen, Tex
four grandchildren and three great
grandchildren.
Mrs. Germane died Tuesday at the
home of Mrs. Mess.
Evening star., 1945-09-21
Never forget the Abe
of Air Power!

So, starting as far back as 1927 the Navy and
the aircraft industry began to experiment with
carrier-based dive bombers. In 1892 years
later - the plane born of these experiments was
approved for mass production. But even then, it
wasn't ready for combat until l943!
Similarly, our finest Navy fighter planes saw
combat action for the first time years after
Pearl Harbor-even though they had been in various
stages of development and undergoing test flights
long before Japan struck.
ltmust be clear to every thinking person that when
it takes so many breaking months and years
to perfect plane for combat, America must never
again invite disaster by tagging behind any nation
in aeronautical research and development.
Evening star., 1945-09-21
Investigation Started
lin Marines Death

DR.. Christopher J. Murphy, dep
uty coroner, and a naval board of
inquiry today were investigating
the fatal shooting September 10 of
a Marine sentry at the Anacostia
Naval Air Station.
Pfc. Lyle A. Potvin, 26, of North
Minneapolis, Mimi, the sentry,
died Wednesday night at Bethesda
Naval Hospital of wounds received
when another Marine accidentally
discharged his revolver during a
change of guards at Anacostia II
days ago, the Naval Air Station
public relations Office reported
The bullet ricocheted off a road and
into the truck where Potvin was
sitting.
Evening star., 1945-09-21

two sons. Malcolm Gannett of San
Jose, Calf. and Robert Gannett OF
Engelwood. N. j., and one daughter
Mrs. Eleanor Birdseye of Gloucester
Mass.
Funeral services will be held at
Hines funeral parlor, 290l Four
teenth street NV, tomorrow at 3
pm. Burial will be in Rock Greek
Cemetery.
Evening star., 1945-09-21
Mrs. Mamie {. Copes Dies;
Rites 10 Be Held Tomorrow

Mrs. Mamie E. Copes, II, Of 227
Eighth street Sc. died yesterday
in Sibley Hospital. Funeral serv-
ices will be held at 2 pm. tomor-
row from the Lee funeral home.
Burial will be in Congressional
Cemetery.
Mrs. Copes. lifelong resident of
the District, is survived by her hus-
band, George H. Copes. a retired
Navy Yard supervisor; a daughter,
Mrs w. Edward Frazier; two sisters,
Mrs. Elsie F. Robinson and Mrs. Eva
M. Rauchenstein; a brother, Ber-
nard' p Shields; a granddaughter
Mrs. Norris H. McCotter, and a
grandson, M/Sergt. Edward c.
Frazier, now serving In Italy.
Evening star., 1945-09-21

TINE NATION that freezes" the design of its
L military planes can write off its Air Force as
inferior and second-rate.
And before too long, that nation write off its Air Force
altogether .. .. for no second-rate Air Force can long
control enemy skies, or even its own.
The Luftwafe, for example, was beaten because
of two things: first, because of overwhelming
Allied aircraft production and second, because
Germany was too late in learning the ABC of
Air Power -.
Evening star., 1945-09-21
Mrs. Ella Gannett Dies;
Was Injured in June

Mrs. Ella Gannett, 80. Of 1855
University place NV, died yester-
day in Emergency Hospital, where
she was admitted June 13 with an
injury to her hip. according to
police.
She suffered the injury, police
said, when she was struck by a
board which fell from the outside
wall of the Gayety Theater.
Mrs. Jannett was the widow of
Samuel S. Gannett, former employe
of the Geological Survey She has
Evening star., 1945-09-21

racing commissioner and owner Of
the Hambletonian race track at
Goshen, N. Y, died here yesterday
after a brief illness.
She was a member Of the Surf
Club at Miami Beach, Fla. where
she and her husband had winter
home.
Evening star., 1945-09-21
Ensemble Will Reheorse

Rehearsals of the Gault String
Ensemble will begin at 8 pm. Mon
day at the music room of Central
High School under the direction of
Edward A. Carey. Plans for the
coming season include dozen
public concerts.
Evening star., 1945-09-21
Fire at Standards BuiIdina

A fire in the cooling system of a
new building at the Bureau of
Standards was extinguished by fire
men and bureau workers at 1:30
am. today, with damage limited to
! insulation material