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Evening star., 1945-08-09
Reporters Hear No Sound
As They View Bomb Plant
Py the Associated Press.

Py the Associated Press.
RICHLAND, Wash, Aug. 9-The
silence of the desert which surrounds
the Hanford atom bomb plants is
unbroken by any sound from the
huge fiat-topped buildings in which
5000 trained technicians work on
the mightiest destructive agent
known to man.
Surface secrets of the plants were
shown to newspapermen for the first
time yesterday, as Army engineers
passed them through barricades
never before opened to any one but
employees and raced them across the
sand-duned stretches of South Cen
trail Washington into the project
area. The reporters were halted at
the guard gates, nearly half a mile
from the installations and could 60
no farther.
Seven groups of concrete build
ings in sagebrush country 26 miles
north OF this headquarters city are
the works" but not a pound of
whatever 1t is that goes into the
atomic energy bomb was visible out
side the buildings. Not a worker
was seen.
Tall smokestacks of the produc-
tion units stood out against low hills
The Z to 10 buildings among the
stacks are round-built like barn
silos; huge, fiat-topped structures
up to 500 feet long and as high as
10-story buildings. Many are win
dowless. The projects hundreds OF
square miles are cobwebbed by power
lines,
Evening star., 1945-08-09

destructive power they were about
to give a world possibly unready
for 1t.
The lean, aauiline. bespectacled
Nobel prize winner, who looks ex-
actly as a leading British scientist
ought to look, answered press con-
ference questions without a sign of
elation. Only an occasional dry
chuckle indicated that he was glad
to be back in his Washington house
at 1925 Q street NV. with Lady
Chadwick and their twin l8-year-
old daughters, Joanna and Judith.
The production for use on Hiro-
shima of the first finished missile
came almost exactly on the date
the Anglo American savants had
set for it in l943, when the project
was put in motion in America, Sir
James revealed.
The 53-year old physicist was
reared in Manchester. He attended
the universities of Manchester
Cambridge-where he studied under
Lord Rutherford, founder of mod
ern nuclear physics techniques-
and Berlin. where his sponsor was
DIR. H. Geiger, cosmic ray expert.
As assistant to Lord Rutherford
in directing Cambridge's Cavendish
laboratory, he discovered the ex-
istence of neutrons. For this he
was awarded the Nobel prize in
physics in 1885. On leave as pro-
fessor of physics at Liverpool Uni
versity. he has been leading spirit
in the atomic bomb quest since the
beginning of the war.
Evening star., 1945-08-09
Danger From Death Roys
For Short Time Seen

EVANSTON, ILL.,, Aug. 9 (P).-Dr
Malcolm Dole, professor of chemis-
try at Northwestern University, who
worked on the atomic bomb, said
last night that radioactive rays
freed by the bombs explosion
would be dangerous for from a few
hours to few days"
DR.. Dole said the rays would be
dangerous to any life not extin-
guished by the blast or to any one
exploring areas devastated by such
an explosion unless they used
special protection.
You couldn't invade within few
hours after you'd dropped an atomic
bomb, for instance, because the in
vaders would be exposed to the
rays" he stated.
Plain water, he added, is the best
agent for combating the rays ef-
fects. The rays cannot penetrate
tank of water 2 to 3 feet thick,
he explained.
DR.. Dole said he worked on three
phases of the bomb project-st a
Western plant" the University of
California and the Oak Ridge
tTenn) plant.
Evening star., 1945-08-09

for space with temples and shrines.
Many of the Nagasaki buildings
are of stone transported from
Yagami-take, q. comic mountain
east of the city.
Near the busy commercial water
front were the consulates OF foreign
countries, also some Of Nagasaki's
industries such as cotton spinning
mills. Many canals reach back into
the town and are spanned by arched
bridges.
The Mitsu5ishi shipyard is nearly
a century old. Now building ships
of war, it has the advantage of be-
ing convenient to steel mills on
Kyushu. Second industry of the
port is the Akoura engine works.
Nagasaki at one time was Japans
port Of entry for travellers coming
from China, the Philippines and
East Indies. The Russian Navy,
using it as headquarters just prior
to the Russo-Japanese War, brought
prosperity to the district, and left
a lasting mark on the city. 1t Is
the oldest open port in Japan.
Evening star., 1945-08-09
DR.. Jacobson Reported
III at New York Home
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Aug. 9.-Dr. Harold
Jacobson, whose expressed opinion
that an atomic bomb explosion
would leave deadly rays behind for
10 years was denied yesterday by
the War Department, is i'll at his
home, a spokesman for Wilcox, Inc.
said today.
DR.. Jacobson, a technician for the
firm, was spoken to" by War De-
partment representatives yesterday
regarding the newspaper article in
which he expressed the opinion, the
spokesman said.
These Representatives mentioned
possible penalties for violation OF
security regulations, the spokesman
added. but made no threat of arrest
1t is the firms contention, he said
that no security violation was in
volved.
Wilcox, Inc, prepares technical
manuals for the armed forces.
Evening star., 1945-08-09
Infantry Body Armor
Made by Detroit Firm
5y the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
DETROIT, Aug. 9.-The McCord
Corp, which has made more than
*, 600, 900 steel helmets and an ejec-
tor tube for aerial machine guns
and cannon, disclosed today that II
also is making plates for body armoI
for American infantrymen.
The finished suits are made by
the Crawford Manufacturing Co
of Richmond, Va.
Announcing that the War De-
partment had authorized disclosure
of the new suits, A. C. McCord
president of the corporation, said
they weigh II pounds, and while
they will not stop a rifle bullet they
are proof against most shrapnel.
The suit does not protect all the
body but does protect the heart
lungs, stomach and kidneys.
Mr.. McCord said the suits are be-
ing produced at the rate of IS 900 q
month.
Evening star., 1945-08-09
jap Scientists Once Worked
With Americans on Atom Bomb

Fosdick, president Of the founda-
ton, to grant DR.. Lawrence add.
tional funds, although neither man
knew what he had in mind.
DR. Lawrence said he himself was
not certain of the outcome but he
had the atomic bomb in mind.
At the peak of its war activity
the laboratory employed 1900 peo-
pie. 1t now has 500.
DIR. Lawrence said he expects to
confer in a few days with DR.. j.
Robert Oppenheimer, director of the
bomb project, whose work has been
commended by President Truman.
Evening star., 1945-08-09

people were un- sif James ChadWiek.
willing to join. Many at one time
or another hoped 1t wouldn't work
that something would be found to
establish definitely that it couldn I
work"
Il often hoped myself that it
wouldn't work." he admitted.
What sgitated the physicists
wasn't the fear that atomic disin-
tegration, once started, would get
out Of hand and destroy the planet.
The chances of that were found to
be small, Sir James said. Although
he added, "one never really knows. "
The worry which haunted the scien-
lists as they worked sprang from
their realization of the immense
Evening star., 1945-08-09
|Noqosoki Well Known as Scene
|Of PuccinIs Madame Butterfly

waits for him to come back to her
Is one of the most frequently sung
opera arias.
The city lies at the head OF Naga-
saki Bay, 3 miles from the East
China Sea, a description by the
National Geographic Society says
The bay forms an excellent shell
tered harbor opening to the SOUTH
west. 1t is fringed with heavily
wooded hills. A military fort and
the Mitsubishi dockyard are on
the west side of the bay. The main
area of the town lies on fiat land
along the northeast shore ano
reaches back into narrow ravines
between green hills. Houses also
blanket the hillsides and compete
Evening star., 1945-08-09
Curie Son-in-Low Soys
He Sturted Atom Work
BY tn. Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
PAIMPOL, France, Aug. 9-Sci-
enlist Frederic Joliot- -Curie, son-in-
law of Pierre and Marie Curie, the
discoverers of radium, issued this
statement today:
THE use OF atomic energy and
the atomic bomb had its inception
in the discoveries and work at the
College Of France in 1939-40 by Mr.
and Mrs. Joliot-Curie, Halban and
xowarski."
The statement added that Ger
tain news coming from Washington
and printed in the French press did
not mention the origin" Of the re-
search which eliminated with the
unloosing Of atom bombs on Japan
Evening star., 1945-08-09

Nagasaki, target of the second
atomic bomb attack by American
flyers, is q city Of more than 200,-
600 population on Kyushu, Japan's
westernmost island. 1t is COM
mercial port and shipbuilding CEN
ter, where most of Japan's peace
time liners were constructed.
Many Americans are familiar with
Nagasaki as the scene Of Giacomo
Puccini's opera, Madame Butter
fly" which tells the story of the
love affair between an American
naval officer and q Japanese girl,
He sails away with his ship. prom
ising to return. He does, but with
an American wife. The japanese
girls song, "One Fine Day" as she
Evening star., 1945-08-09

fires. There was slight interception
and moderate antiaircraft fire.
Intense fax destroyed one B-29
as ST of the Super Forts attacked
the Nakajima aircraft plant and
Tokyo arsenal with 400 tons of high
explosives yesterday afternoon.
japanese fighters again eyaded the
issue. Gen. Spaatz reported good
to excellent results.
The Mustang Thunderbolt raid on
Osaka destroyed a highway bridge,
q locomotive and 10 small boats;
fred a factory, and damaged shops,
hangers, barracks, trains, railroad
stations and small shipping. No
Japanese planes rose to defend
Osaka but intense antiaircraft fire
downed six fighters. Three of the
pilots were rescued.
MANILA, Aug. 9 (P.-Far East
Air Force planes sank or damaged
23 japanese ships and So small craft
Sunday night and Monday in more
than 400 sorties ranging from Korea
to Malaga and the Indies. The bag
included two freighter-transports
five freighters and gunboat of
Kyushu.
Gen. MacArthur's communicated
day also reported that five Japanese
planes attempted to raid Okinawa
before dawn Monday. One attacker
was downed and two others proba-
bly, were destroyed by antiaircraft
fire.
Twelve freighters, eight still on
the slipways, were knocked out In
raids on the Malay coast.
Evening star., 1945-08-09
Heavy Wafer Plant
In Germany Fell TO
Allies Almost Intact
BY CHARLES CHAMBERLAIN
Star Staff CORRESPONDENT.


KEEL, Germany, Aug. "a rae,
against time was won by the Allie!
by a narrow margin three month!
ago when the largest heavy watel
plant in Germany, where Naz
scientists labored furiously to per.
feet an atomic bomb, was captured
almost intact.
1t may now be disclosed that the
Allies were so concerned over pos.
sible German progress with tn,
bomb that they planned bolt
mass parachute attack on Kiel a!
early as last March to take tn.
experimental station, just outside
this base.
The plan was dropped only after
the successful Allied crossing of the
Rhine, this correspondent learned.
The Kiel plant, captured three
months ago and turned over to
British and American specialists
was buried in q camouf1aged con-
crete vault on a wooded hillside and
contained eight watts for the manu-
facture of "D-20," or heavy water
used in one of the possible processes
for producing atomic bombs.
Cobwebs of connecting plastic
pipes and files recording the expert
ments were destroyed by sabotage
before the Allies arrived.
The extent of the Nazis' atomic
discoveries remains a top secret
But they were making great strides
and were catching up. The Euro
pean war ended just in time.
Among the secret weapons ir
production at the factory were
acoustics torpedoes driven by ''in-
golene," a fuel described by some
sources as 300 times as powerful a.
high-octane gasoline
Evening star., 1945-08-09

miles occupied a site similar to an
amphitheater reaching out from re-
claimed land along the water front.
Tentacle-like growths branched into
narrow valleys of the surrounding
hills.
Crewmen who dropped the bomb
on Nagasaki Immediately flashed
good results" via radio to Gen
Spaatz's headquarters. The gen.
eral said no further details would
be available until the mission re-
turns.
Nagasaki, although having only
about TO per cent of Hiroshima s
population, was considered more i'm
portant industrially. Its buildings
were so close together that it was
referred to as "a sea of roofs"
1t was vitality important for the
shipment of military supplies and
embarkation of troops to Japan's
operations in China, Formosa
Southeast Asia and the Southwest
Pacific. Both the navy and mer-
chant fleets took advantage of its
major shipbuilding and repair
facilities.
1t includes the industrial suburbs
Of Inase and Akunoura on the west
side of the harbor. and Urakami.
Immediately before issuing his
Nagasaki-atom bomb communique
Gen. Spaatz had reported that 400
Super Forts carrying $500 tons of
incendiaries and demolition bombs
had achieved excellent results in
attacking four other major targets
yesterday and early today. Three
Super Forts were lost.
Additionally, 78 Mustangs and
Thunderbolts from Two struck four
airfields and other targets in the
Osaka area yesterday.
Widespread fires ragged in the in
dustrial areas on Fukuyama, A
miles northeast of Kure, after 81
Super Forts spilled more than SOC
tons of incendiaries there. Anti
aircraft fire was meager and there
was no fighter interception.
Large Fires Started.
Two Super Forts were lost in a
l ,400-ton demolition bomb raid or
Japan's big steel center, Yawata
The heavy explosive load, unloosed
by 233 B-29s, started several large
Evening star., 1945-08-09

T T l II I Z u laSI
night. o t h e r s
who Aid help
hoped from time
to time that the
effort would fail.
Il don't know
how 1t was in
t h is country" I"
said the recently
knighted British
scientific adviser
OF the Anglo
A m e r | C a n
Bomb p Policy
Committee, but
many of nv own
1
Evening star., 1945-08-09
Bomb Research Chief
Denies Killing Rays
Will Linger for Years
BY the Associated Press.

ny tnf ASsoclAteo PreSs- LT&
Fears that deadly after effects Of
the new atomic bomb might linger
for years were Gained yesterday by
the man in the best position to
know.
The War Department quoted DR..
j. r. Oppenheimer, head of this
phase of atomic research, in deny
ing published reports that blasted
out areas might continue to emit
killing radioactive rays for years.
DIR. Harold Jacobson of Columbia
University, one of those who par
ticipated In the atomic research,
had expressed the opinion that rays
from the atomic bomb dropped on
Hiroshima might persist for 70 years.
His views were expressed in story
distributed Tuesday by the Inter-
national News Service.
No Basis for Fears.
The War Department said In
statement yesterday:
I'm the opinion of the most COM
petent experts who have been study
ing all phases of the effects of the
bomb for a number of years there
is no basis for DR. Jacobson's spec
ulation with respect to radioactivity.
There has been no expectation by
these same experts of any such
radioactive phenomena as he de-
scribes.
"Dr. J. r. Oppenheimer, the head
of this phase of work, when asked
for his views said: Based on all of
our experimental work and study
and on the results of the tests in
New Mexico there is every reason
to believe that there was no ap-
preciable radioactivity on the ground
at Hiroshima and what little there
was decayed very rapidly"
Represents Own Opinions.
In New York, DR.. Jacobson said
his connection with the atomic
project was in a minor official
capacity and that the material in
his story represents my opinions
rather than confidential informa-
ton"
II find that as a result of later
Information eminent and qualified
scientists do not agree with some
of my opinions" he said.
Il am surprised and pleased to
learn that the results of the July
experiment indicate that only minor
amounts of radioactivity are pres
ent after the explosion and that
these quickly disappear"
Evening star., 1945-08-09
Atom Bomb
Continued From First Page }

was hit heavily on successive days,
last July 81 and August l, by Oki-
nawa-based bombers and fighters OF
the Far East Air Force.
Nagasaki contained three Mitsu-
bishi plants-ordnance, steel and
arms works and an electric manu-
featuring company. 1t nestled
among rugged hills and its u square
Evening star., 1945-08-09
Harry HiIIman, "a, Dies;
Dartmouth Track Coach
Ey tho Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
HANOVER, N. H., Aug. 9.-Harry
Hillman, "a, Dartmouth College
track coach, died early today.
Mr.. Hillman died at Dicks House
of the college infirmary after being
stricken two days with heart all
ment.
A member of the physical educa-
ton department faculty since 1910
he developed many intercollegiate
and Olympic track champions dur
ing his tenure as coach.
Evening star., 1945-08-09

HIROSHIMA DAMAGE-Pre-
pared from Air Intelligence
reports. this picture diagram
shows damage caused by the
first atomic bomb attack. Area
of greatest devastation is that
darkened, within circle. Army
advises that circle, with di-
ameter of $4,000 feet, repre-
sents normal, expectable ra-
dius of damage. Small circle
within circle marks aiming
point of the attack. Spe-
cific points are identified by
number, with the extent of
damage, as follows:
l. Army transport base $50
2. Army ordnance depot -
3. Army food depot 35%o
4. Army clothing depot $50
5. Hiroshima railway
station 30%
6. Industrial plant 900
7. Sumitomo rayon plant $50
8. Kinkwa rayon mill --- 1919
9. Teikoku textile mill l00%
10. Power plant -- q?
II. Oil storage ---- on fire
IL. Electric railway power
station 1907
l3. Electric power
generator ----------l0 1907
IA. Telephone company 1907
IS. Hiroshima gas works 1907
Is. Hiroshima railway
station 1907
IT. Railroad station l00%
ID. Bridge, debris loaded,
intact.
19. Bridge, one fourth missing.
20. Large bridge, shattered.
81. Bridge, large hole west side.
%. Bridge, intact, banks caved
in.
%. Bridge, intact, debris COW
cred.
"a. Both bridges intact.
25. Bridge, 1907 destroyed.
26. Bridge, severely damaged.
27. Bridge, destroyed.
%. Bridge, shattered.
20. Bridge, intact, slight
damage.
80. Bridge, intact, severely
damaged.
Evening star., 1945-08-09
Some Scientists Refused to Help
Devise Bomb, British Peer Soys

Possible horrible" consequences
to all mankind made some Allied
scientists refuse to help devise an
atomic bomb, Sir James Chadwick
Evening star., 1945-08-09
Large Fires Started.

Two Super Forts were lost in a
1,400-ton demolition bomb raid on
Japan's big steel center, Yawata.
The heavy explosive load, unloosed
by 233 B-29s, started several large
Evening star., 1945-10-10

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ing. You'll like each piece of
this grand variety.
Evening star., 1945-10-10

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der for baby's tender skin.
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Evening star., 1945-02-11
|MHcba EL,aas
VIII Be Feted
after C0ncert

Ardent workers for the National
Symphony Orchestra are keeping up
their usual labors In connection with
the numbers OF concerts in the vari-
Gus series for the season In spite Of
their added duties In connection
with the annual sustaining fund
drive. Mr.. Walter Prendergast will
be host Wednesday night after the
concert entertaining In honor Of
Mr.. Mischa Elman, famous violinist,
who will be the soloist at the concert
that evening. The concert will be
another In the series for which only
season tickets are sold.
The 1880 concerts, the first of
which was given a fortnight ago, will
have the second OF the three pro-
grams Thursday evening, for which
the concertmaster Of the orchestra,
MIR. Werner Gebauer, will be the
soloist. Mrs. Roosevelt has given her
box to convalescent soldiers at
Walter Reed Hospital, who come
well within the limits Of 1880 and
other boxes will be occupied by
groups OF young people.
The sustaining fund drive opened
auspiciously Tuesday, with a lunch
con attended by large number OF
men and many young people.
Workers have been divided into
committees covering various sections
and groups of the National Capital.
The Navy Committee, under the
able craftsmanship Of Mrs. Emory
Scott Land, will have a formidable
rival this year In the Army Com
mittee. Mrs. Carl Andrew Spaatz
and Mrs. George F. Doriet are CO.
chairmen and have Mrs. Henry L.
Evening star., 1945-02-11

Committee are Mrs. George Mar
shall. Mrs. Henry H. Arnold. Mrs,
Ben Lear, Mrs. Brehon B. Soinervell,
Mrs. Thomas T. Handy. Mrs. Edwin
NJ. Watson and Mrs. Leslie McNair.
The Army Committee member
ship includes Miss Katherine An
drews, Mrs. Henry Bodman, Mrs.
william Ayres Borden, Mrs. VII
liam Dryden, Mrs. Joseph w. By
ron, Mrs. Howard Davidson and
Mrs. Oliver p. Echols; also Miss
Julia Fiebeger, Mrs Philip Flem-
ing, Mrs. Robert Fletcher, Mrs
Stuart Godfrey, Mrs. Willard Hol-
brook, Mrs. John Magruder, Mrs
Hamilton Mcguire and Mrs. Shclle,
Marietta; also Mrs. Russell Maxwell
Evening star., 1945-02-11
MISS Barsf0u,
Continued From page R-3)

dinner for the wedding party fol-
lowed at the Hotel Hamilton.
Mrs. Karke Is the daughter Of Mr.
and Mrs. Merton g. Barstow OF
Reading; is graduate Of the Marl-
borough School Of Boston and, like
her husband, Is stationed at the
laboratory. The bridegroom, who Is
the son Of Mrs. John H. Kauke OF
Evening star., 1945-02-11
THE SUNDAY STAR. Washington. D. e.
SUNDAY. EEeAuAN -,

La Mesa and the late Mr.. Kauke, Is
q graduate Of Porterfield Junior Col
Tlege and attended Stanford Uni
versity at Palo Alto, Calf.
After q brief wedding trip Mr.. and
Mrs. Kauke viii make their home at
l840 Minnesota avenue Sc.
Evening star., 1945-02-11

Mrs. Joseph T. McNarney, Mrs.
John "A. Mccormick, Mrs. james r.
Olive, Mrs. Dache NJ. Reeves. Mrs.
Charles Thompson, Mrs. Byron q.
Van Cott, Mrs. Livingston Watrous
and Mrs. Gordon Young.
Evening star., 1945-02-11
Return From South

Mrs. Celia Fine and her daughter,
Miss Elaine Fine, have returned to
their home here after visiting in
Hattiesburg, Miss, the former home
inf Mrs Fine
Evening star., 1945-02-11

MRS. SUMNER.
The bride OF Capt. George
Emory Sumner, she Was be-
fore her marriage last evening
Miss Nancy Oldham Hardin,
daughter OF Col. John B. H1r-
din, U. S. A., and Mrs. Hardin
OF Alexandria. The Dedding
took place in st. PauPs Church
In Alexandria.
Harris & EiDinq Photo.
Evening star., 1945-02-11

Stimson, Mrs. Robert P. Patterson
and Mrs. Robert A.. Lovett as homo
rary members. Others serving as
honorary members of this Army
Evening star., 1945-02-11

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