Evening star., 1945-08-09

80 Super FortreSses tonight
attacked the important avia-
tion gasoline refinery and
tank storage farm at Amaga-
saki, near Osaka, with near
ly 500. tons of demolition
bombs.
BY the Associated Press.
GUAM, Aug. 9.-The worlds
most destructive force-the
atomic bomb-was used for the
second time against Japan today,
striking the important Kyushu
Island city of Nagasaki with OBJ
served good results"
More than one bomb may have
been dropped in this second attack
and it might have been Of differ
ent size than the first one which
destroyed so per cent of Hiroshima.
The carefully worded communique
said only that the second use Of the
atomic bomb had occurred, leaving
to speculation all other details.
(The atomic bombing was fol-
lowed with an attack by about
100 B-29s" on Tokyo area tar
gets, Tokyo radio reported. The
bombers struck at OH, Shima,
Ogikubo and Tamachi, described
as.industrial areas, and at Senju
at 4::50 pm. Japan time, the
broadcast added. 1t was the
fourth consecutive day-if the
report is confirmed-that the
Marianas-based B-29s have raid
ed Japan with fire and explo-
sive bombs0
The atomic bomb was dropped at
noon, Japanese time-about nine
hours after the Tokyo radio reported
Red Army troops had backed up
Russia's declaration Of war on Japan
by attacking enemy forces in Eastern
Manchukuo both by land and BY
air, and while four other japanese
cities sttii turned from round the
clock B-2S incendiary and demoli-
ton attacks.
Japs Tell Of Devastation.
The japanese had had time to
study the devastation wrought at
Hiroshima, where they reported
practically every living thing" was
destroyed as 60 per cent of that
city of 343, 900 was wrecked Monday.
The damage done to Hiroshima
was described by American photo
graphic officers as equivalent to
about what $50 Super Forts would
have accomplished with high explo-
sive bombs.
This, however, was not intended
to indicate the maximum potential
OF the new weapon.
Nagasaki, Western Kyushu sea-
port and railroad terminal with an
estimated 255, 900 population in its II
square miles, was far more i'm
portant military target.
Nagasaki More Vulnerable.
Gen. Carl Spaatz's United States
Army Strategic Air Force headquar-
tiers said Nagasaki, with its houses
jampacked probably was even more
vulnerable to an atom bombing.
Hiroshima was onesof the best laid
out cities for defense against fire
raids, but its extensive firebreaks
and three streams flowing through
or near the city failed to save 1t.
Damage and death extended outside
the city limits-damage greater
than had been caused by 1000 tons
Of incendiary and demolition bombs
dropped on other Japanese cities.
Although the second atomic bomb
ing was carried out on the same day
Russia declared war, there was no
indications these two great blows
were planned to coincide.
The double blow, coupled with re-
newal of Admiral william F. Hal
sey's Sd Fleet carrier raids and
stepped up B-29 attacks, could not
fail, however, to hit hard at Japa-
nese morale.
Contained Important Plants.
Nagasaki will give observers an
other opportunity to study the new
bombs effectiveness against a large
city. Nagasaki virtually was un-
touched by American might, al
thought it was attacked nearly a
year ago by China-b based B-29s and
(see ATOM BOMB, Page A-4.)