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ter to watch the lighting effects
were knocked fiat by the blast.

ter to watch the lighting effects
were knocked fiat by the blast.
THE tension in the room let up
and all started congratulating each
other. Every one sensed, This is
IT." No matter what might happen
now. all knew that the impossible
scientific job had been done. Atomic
fission would no longer be hidden
In the cloisters Of the theoretical
physicists dreams. 1t was almost
full grown at birth.
TT was q great new force to be
used for good or for evil. There was
a feeling In that shelter that those
concerned with its nativity should
dedicate their lives to the mission
that it would always be used for
good and never for evil.
Or. Kistiakowsky threw his arms
around DR.. Oppenheimer and en-
braced him with shouts of glee.
Others were equally enthusiastic.
All the pent-up emotions were re-
leased in those few minutes and all
seemed to sense Immediately that
the explosion had far exceeded the
most optimistic expectations and
widest hopes of the scientists.
"All seemed to feel that they had
been present at the birth of a new
age-the age of atomic energy
and felt their profound response
bility to help in guiding into right
channels the tremendous forces
which had been unlocked for the
first time in history.
las to the present war, there was
a feeling that no matter what else
might happen, We now had the
means to insure its speedy conclu-
sion and save thousands of Ameri-
can lives. AS to the future, there
had been brought into being some
thing big and something new that
would prove to be immeasurably
more important than the discovery
of electricity or any of the other
discoveries which have so affected
our existence.
THE effects could well be called
unprecedented, magnificent, beau-
tiful, stupendous and terrifying. No
man-made phenomenon of such
tremendous power had ever oc-
CURED before.
THE lighting effects beggared de-
scription. The whole country was
lighted by a soaring light with the
intensity many times that of the
midday sun. It was golden, purple
violet, gray and blue. 1t lighted
every peak, crevasse and ridge OF
the nearby mountain range with a
clarity and beauty that cannot be
described but must be seen to be
imagined. It was that beauty the
great poets dream about, but de-
scribe most poorly and inadequately
Thirty seconds after the ex-
plosion came first, the air blast
pressing hard against the people
and things, to be followed almost
Immediately by the strong, sus-
tanned, awesome roar. Words are
inadequate tools for the Job of &C
quainting those not present with
the physical, mental and psycholog-
ical effects. 1t had to be witnessed
to be realized"
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Soviet People Given
Truman Statement
On Atomic Bomb
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
MOSCOW. Aug. THE So
Wet press and radio today car
ried to the Russian people the
news Of the new atomic bomb
attack on the japanese city OF
Hiroshima.
Shortly after midnight the
Moscow radio gave the first ac-
count of the bombing and the
Tass News Agency subsequently
issued the text Of the an
nouncement by President Tru-
man.
The government newspaper
Izvestia printed the story on its
foreign news page without com
r1ent.
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Because they knew practically
nothing about the work and coulc
tell even less, Government officials
had to resort to virtual kidnar
methods to recruit many Of the 49,
600 construction workers who built
the giant atomic bomb projects and
the two hidden" cities near them
The task of lining up the unprece-
dented number of building trades
men to construct the plants and
housing projects near Clinton
Tenn, and Pasco, Wash, was given
to Joseph Keenan,. labor vice chair
man of the War Production Board
He said manpower difficulties
which at time seemed insuperable
were encountered, but there finally
were overcome with 100 per cent
cooperation" of the unions in
volved. Unusual diff1culty was i'm
posed by requirements for highly
skilled mechanics for the hush
hush" jobs of the secret works.
Gust Took Men Out"
1--WE just sort of went into other
war plants and took the men out"
MIR. Keenan, related. "It was usual
ly done on an eight-month furlough
basis. We really had to hand-pick
thousands. We had every interna-
tional union take a personal inter-
est in it, and they turned over their
entire resources to the job.
What did we tell them? Oh, we
told them they were going to work
on something to beat the Dutchmen
quickest, and that they would have
to trust us that it was really i'm
portant. Boy, it surely took long
time to make us look all right"
p Mr.. keenan, said the 5000 steam
filters the Army wanted right
away" was an "unheard of number
of filters" to say nothing of the
5000 electricians. We were al
ready thoroughly in the war and
the orders came at time when
manpower was scarcest.
The WPB official gave full credit
In solution of his problem to Rich
ard Gray and Herbert Rivers, acting
president and secretary Of the AFL
Building Trades Department, to
William Hutchinson, the Carpenters
president, and others.
Buses Transported $4,000.
Mr.. Keenan, described as "a sight
I'll never forget" the transportation
in trucks and buses of $4,000 work.
ers to the Washington project from
outside the 25-mile safety" area all
within an hour. The site is in a
Virtual desert and Mr.. keenan, said
there were "windstorms as bad as
ahe Sahara"
/, 1t took nearly 10000 building
workers to construct the projects in
Tennessee and about As, 900 at PaSco.
Because of the urgent need, the race
with the Nazis for the secret of the
atomic bomb, it was necessary to
start construction some time before
basic research on processes had been
fully developed. This made the job
much tougher.
The plants at Clinton (Tenn.)
Engineer Works, where raw material
Is separated by three different meth
DDS, include more than AIS buildings,
many of them huge. The whole
Government reservation there in
icludes $4,000 acres.
City of $4,000 Built.
Nearby, occupying square miles
of the reservation is Oak Ridge, the
city of $4,000, fifth largest in Ten
nessee, built hurriedly to house
Clinton workers.
J In Oak Ridge, there have been
erected in two years nearly 10000
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Perseid Meteor Display
Is Due Sunday Morning

BY the Associated Press. ssh.
The annual display Of Perseid
meteors is expected to reach q max
imum Sunday morning, from about
l am. until dawn.
The Naval Observatory said last
night a display of 80 or more Per-
seids an hour may be seen on q
clear dark night from a location
where artificial lights do not inter-
fere.
The meteors are called Perseids
because their radiant, or point where
their visible paths appear to meet
when traced backward, is in or near
the constellation Perseus.
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Allied Control Of Uranium
Supply Urged by Scientist
Ey the Assoc lated Press.

Ey the Associated Press.
HOUSTON, Tex, Aug. 7.-Seizure
and control Of the worlds supply of
uranium by an international au-
thority, such as the United Nations,
was advocated yesterday by one of
the scientists who helped create
America atomic bomb.
The scientist Is DR.. H. A. Wilson,
professor Of physics at Rice Insti-
tute, who directed q series Of sue
cessful experiments on a phase Of
the bombs development having to
do with the use of uranium.
He described the atomic bomb as
destructive almost beyond magma
ton and said: II think some inter-
national authority should take con-
troll of the worlds uranium supply
to see that mastery of the destruc-
tive principle of atomic disintegra-
lions does not fall into the wrong
hands"
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Nine Youths in Arctic Norway
Blew Up Maxi Bomb Research

fTtDo months ago Barbara
WAGE OF the London stat OF the
Associated Press iDent to Norway
to pry into ,0ar secrets reported
hidden there by the Ndzis. She
learned OF an underground raid
that torecked factory used In
the Nazis' atom bomb research.
Former Prime Minister Churchill
referred to the attack in his
statement yesterday on the atom
bomb. Her story ,Das held up in
censorship until the revelation
OF the atom bomb by President
Trnmdn.)
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BY BARBARA WAGE,
Associated Press stan Writer.


RHUKAN, Norway, May s ODE
layed by censor). Nearly three
years ago In the stiffness of an
Arctic midnight, nine youths OF the
Norwegian underground stole out OF
the snowy mountains into this beau
tiful valley of the Moon River and
blew up factory.
Their daring sabotage may have
changed the course of the war.
For it snagged Germany's frantic
efforts to produce an atom bomb.
KEEL Nielsen and Claus Helberg,
two OF the raiders, told the story
of the exploit today.
They disclosed that Jas long ago
as the summer of 1942 the under
ground knew that the Nazis were
using a Rhukan factory to produce
"heavy water"-and suspected the
heavy water was being used in re-
search on the atom.
They said their sabotage-sup-
ported by the British-was accom-
plished after four of their party
had survived unaided for four
months in the mountain fastness Of
this Arctic region, where for five
months of the year the sun never
shines, and where the wind is so
terrific that 1t has blown trains
from their rails.
Nielsen was among the first to
suspect the Nazis' plan. He is a
chemical engineer who formerly
worked in the sabotaged factory.
Two German scientists who
worked with him, he said, told him
that If they were certain the Nazis
were using the heavy water in atom
experiments they would refuse to
cooperate, because of the threat to
mankind.
when we got suspicious here in
Rhukan," said Claus, "the home
front leaders sent nine of us Rhu-
kan boys to Britain to tell them
about what was going on and what
we feared.
There we trained, in Scotland
and England, and learned about ex-
plosives and parachute landings.
Then in October Of 1912 three
companions and I parachuted into
the mountains.
1T was bad weather-the worst
winter in so years. Five others
were supposed tc come along with
US. but they couldn't parachute be-
cause of the weather.
$50 we camped in the mountains
In a little ski-hut. We lived there
for four months, on one months
provisions, plus reindeer we killed
ourselves.
Ate Animals Stomach.
"We even learned to eat the stom-
ach Of the animal. That's a trick
heard from the Canadians to &c,
vitamin c.
TT was a long time to wait UP
there with the weather so bad. Fol-
days we couldn't leave the hut. II
was hard to keep warm. But
gained 20 pounds in those four
months and lost them when ] got
back In civilization"
The five others trained for the
sabotage finally parachuted into
Norway and joined them tn Feb
ruary and the raid was carried out.
Before the sabotage, Nielsen said,
the Nazis here were producing As
Kilograms per day Of heavy water.
It was being exported, but Nielsen
did not know where.
One ferry carrying some of the
product across Lake Tinnsjo was
sunk.
Much Heavy Water Lost.
They lost much heavy water
which took them six months to pro-
duce," Nielsen said.
CThe dispatch did not say
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was driven from
G e + m a n y be-
cause she is jew
ish and now is
in 8 t o c kholm,
her sister, DR..
Fride Neither,
said last night.
She has been
In 8 t &C k holm
since 1888, con-
nected with the
Swedish Acad-
envy of Sciences,
the sister said.
A brilli a n t
S C / e n t / S t, DR..
Neither wa con-
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Woman Who Aided
lin Developing Bomb
lis German Refugee
By the Associated Press.

BY the Ass0clatea Pfess.
NEW YORK. Aug. 7.-Dr. Lie
Neither. woman physicist whose
calculations played an important
part in developing the atomic bomb,
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whether the ferry was sunk by
sabotage
His blue eyes twinkling, the young
chemist added, 1.-The lake is deeper
than Oslo Fjord."
Nielsen remarked that he had
heard the Allies also were expert
'menting in hopes of developing an
atom bomb.
Nine months after the raid, the
Germans had succeeded in replacing
the machinery. But force of 80
American heavy bombers swept In
between the towering mountains and
did the job again.
The air attack drove the Germans
into shelters. Nielsen said not one
shot was fired at the bombers, al
though heavy ack-ack equipment
stood ready.
They got seven iron crosses
handed to them for hiding in shell
ter" said one smiling home front
leader. "
Helberg, tall, fair-haired Nor
wegian who now wears British battle
dress, a British medal and the Nor
wegian Cross of Saint Olav, re-
marked wryly:
The bombs did the job and
stopped the production, but we could
have done it again ourselves" =
Arne Skouen, director of the Royal
Norwegian Information Service, said
today in New York that the Allies
had known for three years of Na1
experiments with an atomic bomb
of such destructive power that a q
pound missile had the effect equal
to that of a modern 4-ton high ex-
ploSive.
The knowledge, he said, led to the
Sabotaging of delicate machinery at
the scene Of the experiments in a
Norwegian hydro company plant by
paTachutist- aboteurs.
Skouen said Prof. Tronstad. one
of Norway's leading experimenters.
and his assistant, Gunnaar Syver-
stad, were killed last spring when
they led second party of raiders
against the plant.
Small demolition charges were
used by the first attackers. Ger
man guards thought wandering cat
tie had set of mines in the nearby
field.
Their task accomplished, the
patriots walked $50 miles over
mountainous terrain to Sweden and
were flown back to London,
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The War Dedrtnent made
public the following tert OF
description OF the first test OF
the atomic bomb, made July Is
in the desert OF NelD Merico, 120
miles southeast OF Albuquerque:
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Rob Crowley Dies in California

A wire was received Saturday
by Mrs. Bob Crowley, informing
her of the death of her husband
Bob Crowley at Reseda, Calf, Sat
urday morning, Aug. IL, at the
age of 40 years. Many relatives and
friends here are saddened to learn
of his death. Bob was born at Will
muir, Mimi, and lived in Canada
during his early childhood with his
parents. Later they moved to Eu-
reka, where he attended high school.
He finished his high school course
at Gonzaga, Spokane. He was mar
ried to Victoria Mosby in Chicago
in 1924, where they lived until about
five years ago, at which time he
went to Arizona and California for
his failing health
Surviving relatives are his wife,
daughter in Seattle, his mother,
Mrs. Adam Rutherford who is in
Seattle for her health, a brother,
Maurice and sister, Mrs. Clyde
Leonard, his aunt and uncle, Mrs.
Tom Crowley of Eureka and MIR.
and Mrs. John Downes of Yakima.
Funeral arrangements were un-
known at the time Of this notice.
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THE WESTERN NEWS, LIBBY. MONTANA

Mrs. Walt Gibbons returned Sat
urday evening from Dillon where
she had attended summer school.
4 Sunday, Mr.. and Mrs. Gibbons went
up to Plnkham lookout to spend the
day with their son, Jim.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. B. Graves. Mrs.
Merit Hunsinger and Mr.. and Mrs.
Ray Curtis motored to Kalispell on
business last Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Douglas and
children spent a three day camping
trip around Whitefish this week.
Mrs. Aileen Cuffe Martin, daugh-
ter Of Mrs. Johanna Cuffee of Eu-
reka, was awarded her diploma at
Montana State Normal College on
August 8. Mrs. Martin was former
teacher in Lincoln county. She will
teach the Evergreen school in Flat
head this year.
Mrs. c. Wiley returned home last
week after spending the past month
visiting her daughter in Missoula.
John Gilden, Sr., left Friday for
visit in Columbia Falls.
Mrs. Susie Clark, whose daugh-
ter, Mrs. F. r. Mcfarland, brought
her home on account of i'll health
is greatly improved. Last week her
daughter, Mrs. Gus Einhaus, drove
her down to visit another daughter,
t. Gwynn and son, Kenneth and
Dr.. c. A. Clark spent Sunday near
Trego on fishing trip.
Mrs. Primo Paolini returned
Thursday for Hot Springs where
she had been for medical treat
ment.
Buddy Dick of Oroville, Wash,
arrived this week for a few weeks
visit with his grandparents, Mr.. and
Mrs. c. Ruckdaschel
Several friends dropped in last
Tuesday to wish Fred Johnson
many happy returns of the day,
the occasion being his 10th birth
day. He had large birthday cake
with 70 candles on it.
Miss Vivian Frost is now an APP
prentice at the Arnold Beauty Shop.
Mrs. H. T. Singer left Wednesday
for her home in Spokane, after
spending the past week and half
visiting her sister here, Mrs. Lloyd
West
10 Ann Finch and Sally Purdy
spent last Thursday and Friday on
a camping trip; they rode their
horses out and back.
Olaf Erie is in Leeds, N. D.,
working in the harvest.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. K. Culver were
pleasantly surprised Monday ev-
ening, upon their return from Lib
by, to find at their home their
daughter and husband, Cpl. and
Mrs LIE Roy Ellis and daughter,
Barbara, from Camp Mason, San
Francisco. They will spend few
days of his Is day Through here
and then go to Stanford, Mont,
where his folks live. The family
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OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

0. K. Iverson was a business call
er in Kalispell the first of the week.
j. w. Daniel from Valcour, and
our able representative at Helena
in 1899, enjoyed a few days visit
ing old friends and huckleberrying
last week. He was genial guest at
the Jas. Shaw home while here.
Mrs. Thomas White, Courtney and
Pauline were shoppers in KalispelI
Friday. Mrs. Jerome Rice and Nell
lie Pattie accompanied them.
Jess Wetzel from Eureka is work.
ing in the school house.
Dewey Martin reports seeing
big black bear in the schoolhouse
yard the other morning. He ambIed
along, not much afraid and last
seen was by the White cabin. BE
careful, Nellie, and bar the door,
Victor Wolff from Fortine was a
visitor here last week.
Q. K. Iverson attended the irri-
cation meeting held in the Trego
school house Tuesday evening. A
large attendance is reported.
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group planned to go out to the Gull
ver's camp at Glen lake for a few
days. Miss Betty Nader from White
Earth, N. D.. arrived Sunday for a
couple weeks visit with her sis
ter, Mrs. Cliff Johnson.
Fred Johnson went to Kalispell
to spend last week end with his
son and wife. He accompanied Cor
don Lyons and Mrs. Daisy Metcalf,
who went there for the Oxender
funeral.
Mr.. and Mrs. Archie Boverg and
Mr.. and Mrs. Orville Mason of
Great Falls left Monday for their
home, after spending a few days
vacationing at Glen Lake where
they lived in the Zook cabin.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Downes, of
Yakima, arrived here Saturday to be
the house guest of Mr.. and Mrs.
Tom Crowley for couple weeks.
Mrs. Downes is sister of Tom Crow
lay.
Beatrice and Gaius Clark left
Monday by train for Spokane where
they will visit a few days with
their friend, Donna Lee Hyer.
Mr.. and Mrs r. c. Arthur left
Wednesday for Harlowtown where
he will conduct evangelistic serv-
ices.
Rev. and Mrs. w. R. Hodges spent
last Thursday in Kalispell.
Mr.. and Mrs. Tom Quirk spent
Saturday in Kalispell
Ross Swarens and family moved
into their new home last week
Mr. and Mrs. G. N. Voorhees,,
Mrs. H. A. Fleming and MIR. and
Mrs. VERNE Peltier went buckle
berrying on the upper Saltwater
Sunday.
Clark Ellis, who was hurt while
fighting fires. last week, is report
ed to have fractured knee cap
and will be confined to his bed I'M
til such injury has subsidized.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Morgan and
Mrs. Bert Roe spent Sunday up Fitz
Simmons creek picking huckelber-
ries.
Mr.. and Mrs. Melvin Hansman
and children, Miss Evelyn Peter
son, Mr.. and Mrs. Humphrey Ell
lott and daughters spent Sunday
picnicking at Deep Creek.
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Nuggets

Nuggets
Mr.. and Mrs. Manuel Kaufman
went up Fitz Simmons creek for
huckelberries Monday.
Joella Porter of Seattle is guest
of Irene Pluid.
Mrs. Gordon Lyons returned Mon
day evening from Spokane. She
reports that the injured Oxender
children are said to be out OF dan
ger, but are badly injured, with
many broken bones and brain con-
cussion. Her daughter and husband,
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Oxender are
planning to give up their place at
Prineville, Ore, for the time be-
ing and locate in Spokane where
they can be with the children until
their recovery. Mrs. Lyons visited
with Mrs. Tom Sicily at the Sacred
Heart hospital, also, while there
and says Helen was SO happy to see
someone from home. She is re-
covering nicely and was to be dis
missed from the hospital Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs r. v. Reynolds and
two children from Kalispell arrived
Monday to spend few days with
her parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Dell Pike.
Mrs. Daisy Metcalf, Mrs. Pearl
Zook, Mrs. Jim Broderick spent a
social afternoon, Tuesday, with Mrs.
Burr Alverson at the latter's home.
The ladies took lunch along, in
Guiding a lovely cake in dish
which they presented to Mrs. Al
version as token for her birthday
The ladies spent the afternoon
playing games.
Harold De SIEVE returned this
week to his home at Walla Walla,
Wash, after spending month here
with his grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Joe De SIEVE.
Mrs. Meuli and Duane, Mrs. Jas.
Broderick and Maxine and Fred
Isralson went to Kalispell Thursday
for the funeral of Mr.. and Mrs.
John Oxender.
Miss Helen L. Munson, who just
finished conducting two weeks Of
spiritual meetings at the Assembly
of God church here, returned the
last Of the week to her home IN
Conrad
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intermediate Sunday School
Class Party

Mrs. Burgess Drake was hostess
to her Sunday School class at her
home Wednesday evening. About IL
girls were present The evening
was spent playing games out of
doors and later some indoor games.
At the close of an enjoyable even
ing, delicious lunch was served by
their teacher and hostess. Other
guests were Rev. and Mrs. w. r.
Hodges.
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Weiner Roast at Glen Lake

With Dale West as their leader, a
group Of about Is of the younger
set of the community gathered at
Glen lake Monday evening for a
weiner roast and picnic as sort
of going away celebration for
Larry Jurdy. The young people
enjoyed themselves by boat riding
and swimming.
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Buffet Supper

Mrs. c. A. Clark served a de-
licious buffet supper at her cabin
on Glen lake Wednesday evening
Guests were Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Leonard and family, Mr.. and Mrs.
Elmer Johnson and family and Mrs.
Bob Green.
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Birthday Party

Louise Kinney celebrated her 10th
birthday Friday, when about IL of
her girl friends gathered at p. m.
to spend the afternoon with her.
They played games and some prizes
were awarded. Louise received
many lovely presents. AT the close
of the enjoyable afternoon ice cream
and cake were served the group.
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They say today's youth hasn't a
chance, but maybe the same was
said for their fathers who went
ahead and made theirs.
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Thank You, Friends and Neighbors
Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Kaufman
wish to thank all their friends and
neighbors who SO kindly assisted
them last week when fire destroyed
their barn.
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Word Received of Sisters Death

EU II0IIUI IEKSUII IVCEIVUU lIIE SdU
news that his sister, Mrs. Mary
Kleppers passed away at Waverly,
kans., Aug. 7, at the age Of "a
years. Mrs. Klepper had visited here
various times and made many
friends who will mourn her pass
ing Her body was taken to the old
home at Wilsonville, Neb., for bur-
ial, Aug. 8.
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Baptist Aid Picnic

Baptist Ladies AID VIII hold a
picnic at the cabin of Dr. c. A.
Clark on Glen Lake, Aug %