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The Atomic Bomb

NdIonS nave long sought the means to con-
troll the atom. The search was intensified with
the outbreak of World War II. German, Japan
csc, American and British scientists redoubled
their efforts with the hope that the atom could
be brought under mans domination.
The war in Europe ended before the Ger
man scientists reached the goal japanese
scientists presumably are still searching for
it. Success has finally crowned the effort Of
United States scientists, with the aid of their
British associates.
The atomic bomb that was dropped on Hiro-
shirna was so powerful that the effects of its
explosion cannot yet be appraised because the
cloud of dust which rose thousands of feet in
to the air following the impact has not clear
ed sufficiently to permit photographing the
ruins.
All that is known is that this bomb had the
destructive power of the bomb loads of two
thousand B-29's The block-buster that wrought
such havoc in Germany toward the close of
the war there, is firecracker by COMPARE
son.
When an atomic bomb was dropped expert;
mentally in New Mexico, persons $50 miles
away believed there was an earthquake. The
destruction It caused beggers description Bas-
ing opinion on the results of this experiment
it is not difficult to believe that Hiroshima
with its base and port, is obliterated.
In announcing the strike, President Truman
says it is but the start in fulfilling our threat
that if the Japanese do not accept out terms
they may expect rain of ruin from the air
the like of which has never been seen on this
earth"
Neither Japan any nation could survive
such attack as may be spanked by atomic
bombs. AS we have been at work on them for
a long time, there is doubtless an adequate
supply ready for many raids like that on Hiro-
shima. Possessing the power to wipe out whole
districts on the home islands with these
bombs, it is obvious that the war in Pacific
can be brought to an end earlier that antici-
pated by the War Department. And that will
be welcome event throughout the world.
At the same time it makes one wonder about
the future and what would happen if the
world were again engaged in war. 1t would be
mposs- BILE to keep the process OF controlling
the atom to ourselves. 1t would become the
property of aggressor nations as the secret OF
our bomb sight and radar did early in this
war. Once generally known any nation pre-
pairing for another war of conquest, as Ger
many did under Hitler, could store up stock
of atomic bombs and when ready wipe out the
peoples of the world before they could flee in
to the hills on an off chance that the attack
would not be directed toward their hideouts
One cannot contemplate the speedier victory
obviously to be won in japan because OF our
atomic bombs, without trembling for the fu-
tire unless the powerful nations upon which
rests the burden of maintaining peace are pre-
pared to prevent another war by means not
yet discovered.
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Occupation Blues Keep Many Filters
In Indigo Eunor While Waiting Moue

prisoner of war for two and half
months.
Il want more combat flying"
he said. II like the life, especially
living with the boys. You don't get
a good deal in the states.'
1t. Richard Oakley, of Montclair,
N. j., 1t. James A. Guist, of
Superior, Wise, and 1t. Arnold
Herman, of Bay City, Mich, have
been flying together for six months
and voted for OAF so they could
stay together. Besides, they all
have wives and children at home.
But S-Sgt. Erwin Adams, of
Pennington, Mo-, declared, eff you
volunteer for the Pacific they still
send you to Germany. And if you
want OAF you land in China. What
difference does it make?"
IF we had something definite
to look forward to- said Sgt. Al
bert Harding, of Nashville, Tenn,
and Sgt. john Nudge, of Wellsboro,
Pa, but we don't know how long
we have to wait for requirements.
and if requirements never, come
we don't know how long occupa-
ton will be-"
Officers too are unhappy about
the indefiniteness of the project.
Capt. Ronald Cullen, Of Newton
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DailyPrayer
FOR HELPFUL HANDS

In the new unity that has come
to a world at war against Thy
foes, o Lord of truth and mercy,
we pray for broader and height
ened sense of personal Response
bility. We thank Thee that Thou
hast called us TO be sharers in
earth's greatest crisis and task
Enlarge our vision that we may
be alert to all the little ways III
which we may further the great
enterprise. Cheerfully we would
accept every sacrifice lad upon Us
by authority; and heartily would
we undertake every new duty that
we may discern. Str US into
new sense OF our world citizen
ship. Enliven our jmaginaticn'
that we may understand the great.
ness of the new earth-Wide sccla
order that must follow the war;
Deliver us from all selfish ana
sordid and partisan feelings BY
our yalty, by our neighborllneSs'
by our prayers and by our per-
sonal act vities, enable US 70 "
helpers of Thee in bringing 70
pass Thy Kingdom OF peace ana
righteousness. This we ask IN 'As
name of Christ, who did alWaH
the things that please the Fltne''
TIE.
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vile, Mass, and Capt. Charles
Bortell, Of New Haven, Conn
both regular Army-said they think
OAF is overnanned, with moth
ing construc tive to do"
1--WE are just supposed to go to
Germany and show off, be the
mailed fist hanging over people,
heads" they said. THE Air Forces
won't be doing any real military
government.
Another thing that bothers the
men is that folks back home think
there is no danger in Occupational
Air Force work.
LAS long as we are flying for
nations in this louzy weather
over here, we are going to lose
men, said 1t. Joseph Baldwin, OF
Columbia, S. c.
"They don't like air forces men
in Germany" said T-Sgt. Paul
Hill, of Beckville, Tex. The Eighth
Air Force killed $4,000 Germans
in one raid. Now we are going right
back where we killed them"
THE base we are going to live
on we bombed to the ground" said
Maj. Edward Martin, of Greens.
boro, N. c., but how did we know
we were going to have to live
there"
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Youthful President
Takes Oath OF Office

BOGOTA, Colombia, Aug T-M
Alberto Lleras Camargo was II
augurated as President OF Coo Nv.
bia today, becoming ore OF t u.
youngest chiefs of state IN '"'
world. A
Just a month past his 39th ona ,
day, the former foreign mllls'o =,
viii fill out the remaining year o.
the term Of former President r ="
fonso Lopez, who resigned IN. IN
inaugural ceremonies were n ~.
on the anniversary OF the oa' :.,
of Boyaca, which broke oPal span.
power in Northern South AmeIl..,
and thousands of holiday ilaN'
thronged Bogota's CHIEF 5Iazs'
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nounced the seizure Of the hospi-
tai Ship
The enemy vessel had been
Swallowed through a long night by
two destroyers of the u. S. Seventh
Fleet. The 1888 Nipponese aboard
constituted the wars biggest
prisoner haul by the Allies. The
ship, the 1,700-ton Tachibana Maru
undoubtedly was one of the filthiest
to fall into American hands.
An American medical officer,
second man to board the ship, esti-
mated that three-fourths of the
men listed as patients could be
returned to combat after bries
fresh air treatment He said no
battle wounded were among them.
Of the 1852 patients aboard
more than LOO were listed as hav-
ing malaria or beri beri.
When they were removed for an
internment stockade late today
most of them trotted down h e
gangplank, many grinning broadly.
Only two needed ambulance care,
Capt. w. H. Watson, destroyer
division commander who sent his
officers aboard the enemy vessel
under orders of Vice Adm. Thomas
c. Kinkaid, Seventh Fleet Com
mander, explained that the mo-
ment contraband was found, the
boarding by a prize crew conform
ed to International Law. Therefore
no large scale examination of pa
tients was necessary or feasible
under condit ons aboard.
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Editorial Comment
COURTESY.

When Sir Walter Raleigh spread his CLOAK
over mud puddle in oru~r tAat euee4i Ii'L "a
beth might cross with unsoiled garments ne
performed simple act of courtesy exaggerat'
ed, perhaps, but courtesy nevertheless. weo.
ster defines the word courtesy as an ae' VI
Kindness performed with politeness So Easy,
yet not always acted upon.
1t costs absolutely nothing to be courteous
and the results are not to be measured by
common standards of measurement. He who
performs such an act, and does it graciously,
creates an atmosphere that is pleasant. whole
some, and fraught with many delightful pos
sibilities. And he who is discourteous or who
fails to seize the opportunity to render some
simple srevice, with politeness,'' is respon-
sible for many dark moments in the lives of
those around him, as we'll as in his own
Evansville (Ga.) News Gazette.
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BY HELEN CAMP
Substituting For Kenneth L.
Djyon1

SNETTERTON HEATH, Eng.
land,-RNSgt. Orville B. Jackson,
of Terrell Wells, Tex, literally
"sweated out" 27 months of war
in the combat kitchen at this 96th
Bombardment Group base keeping
meals not for pilots and air crews.
Now he is one of a few men
anxious to go on to Germany with
the occupational air force.
I've seen the boys going out
and coming back" he said serious
ly.a Now I'd like to see, where
they have been and what they nave
been doing"
AS for the rest of the men, few
are pleased about their assign
ment. Many - especially married
ones-prefer Europe to the Pacific.
Others would take a tour against
Japan if it meant some time in the
U. S. First.
But tell the folks back home
we didn't volunteer for this deal, !"
they said. Somehow they got the
idea all the men are volunteers,
and we've been getting letters
from our wives and fiancees say
ing, what have you found over
there?' And don't you love me
any more?' Some guys even have
been threatened with divorce"
Occupational Air Force Major
Farley Manning, of Southbridge,
Mass, Eighth Airforce Public Re-
lations Officer, said they were
picked as middle groups" Men
oldest in the service were being
sent home, with the youngest 60
ing to the Pacific, and the re-
mainder kept for Germany.
Most dissatisfied are the enlist
ed men, who cannot 60 back to the
States until they are replaced by
someone with the same MOS
Military Occupational Specially
no matter how long they have been
overseas or how many points they
have for discharge.
Among those who would prefer
the Pacific are T-Sgt. Tom Sulli-
van of Mercer, Kan, whose broth
er was killed by the Japanese
three months ago and who would
kind of like to get out there"
and S-Sgt. John E. Colvin, Jr., of
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, who was a
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HELP THEM SCORE AGAIN

American newspaper boys have established
one of the finest patriotic records of any civil
liam group in the home front war effort through
their sales of War Savings Stamps
Now they are launching a new stamp sale
drive to dispose OF 100000 War Savings
Stamps. No doubt the American public Will
back the young statesmen up in this drive as
they have done in the past
Winston-Salem newspaper boys have played
a distinctive part in the national carrier War
Savings Stamp campaign and some have won
high honors. With the full cooperation OF the
families they serve the carriers of this city
who sell stamps will be able to set new re-
cord IN the new sales campaign.-Winston-sa
lem Journal
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FILIPINO Youth
Is, CRIES WHEN
CAN'T HUNT JAPS
BY JAMES HUTCHESov

WITH THE 3sth DIVISION =,
LUzoN, Philippines. a Ado W.
Santiago is probably the only so''
der in the Philippines who s w.
cried because he couldn't 20 b,n'.,
ing Japanese in the mountains W.
cried like the small boy ne is,
Private Santiago of the pbir,.
pine Commonwealth Army is oniv
10 years old. He looks like "a,
soldier in the flesh. The concT:
sion Of mortar blast might bloy
all IS pounds of him away.
But little Adone's military nrov.
ess is thing to command r..
spect. The Filipino major com.
manding his unit says Adone,,
comrades have confirmed HI,
claim to having killed seven Jan,
one during two years as eupr.
rilla and six since the guer-in,
units have been absorbed into IN.
Army organization.
Adone looks more like a mascot
than member of the team, Y.
is equipped with regular uniform
Slightly oversize. G. I. clothing
wasn't made for 10 year ODDS His
steel helmet hangs around hi,
head like an oversize sun bonnet
His combat boots, which are hall
again his size, just about reach
to his knees-or where his knees
should be. All you can do is guess
where his knees are in the drooo.
ing folds of those breeches.
Private Adone has a deep-rooted
hatred OF the Japanese. In talter.
ing monosyllabic English, he tells
how japanese killed both his
mother and father in their Manila
home early in the war.
An only child, Adone said he
was playing under the house when
Japanese soldiers entered.
Il see through floor" he reiat.
ed, gesticulating, and big, boyish
eyes rolling. "Japs try take my
mother. My father fight them.
Japs bayonet my father, my moth.
err"
Adone says he later hiked Hi.h
two older boys to Bataan and
tagged along with guerrillas, liv.
ing in the open.
Now he is in a Filipino unit at.
tached to the battalion of 1t. Col.
Robert w. King of Terre Haute,
Ind, and wants to continue an
army career. Il like to go patrols
after Japs," he said. A carbine is
his weapon.
His major said he hoped Adone
would be able to continue in the
Army because Of his enthusiasm
for it, but he said the boy might
be eliminated when Army physical
standards are instituted.
"Once l was sending out a pa.
troll on a difficult three-day mis-.
sion," the major explained. ~ told
Adone he couldn't 60 because he
wasn't strong enough. He broke
down and cried about it. He al.
ways wants to go on every patrol
I don't know whether it is that
he is a very good shot Or just
lucky, but the other men verify
that he killed three Japs. He got
two of them one day"
Adone says the Japanese have
shot at him several times but il
doesn't scare him, and he doesn't
think they are very good soldiers
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PRIZE CREW GETS
ship, PRISONERS

AT AN ALLIED PACIFIC PORT
Aug 6 - delayed - (R - An
American prize crew brought a
sinking, crowded japanese hospit-
al ship into port today with Red
Crosses towering above it like
giant crucifixes and is holds bulg-
ing with weapons of war and am
munition under Red Cross labels.
The ship was brought here as a
prize of war and as evidence
against the japanese three days
after a small, unarmed inspection
party boarded it shortly before
dawn in the Banda Sea and found
war contraband in violat on of in
ternational law.
(Ge eral MacArthur's head
quarters at Manila on Aug. an
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Salvage Firm To Raise
Flying Boat From Bay

BALTIMORE, Aug. 7.-(R)-A
New York salvage firm undertook
today the raising of the u l-2-
ton Hawaii Mars, huge flying boat
which chash-landed and sank In 20
feet of water in Chesapeake Bay
Sunday-two weeks and a day
after She was formally launched
Company officials said they coulC
not hazard an estimate as to the
length Of time which would be
required for the salvage job.
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WOMAN HEADS FRATERNITY

TULSA, Okla, Aug. 7.--U'H-t ~ ~
the first time, woman was fe,. N.
ly elected to the presidency o. Il
Tulsa chapter of the frs'e'N''
Order Of Police.
Policewoman Beulah Jon n,rs
for 10 years a member OF the ! a
police department, was eie II
president OF the local chap'e. oj1
a special meeting. She sues M
W. v. Caffey, who resigned !"
come an OPA investigator.
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HEAVY DOUGH

MIDLAND, Mich, Aug. 7.-WD
Saving silver dollars for over 30
years, Emary Evans collected 800
of them and with an additional
SIS he bought a $500 bond. The dol
In weighed % IL pounds.
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There is no more niserably happy and hap
pily miserably person in the world than IT,
year-old girl in love.-Nashville. Tenn, Ten
nessean.
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We intend to use our influence to erase
plague spots Gin Europe), above all, the plague
zine Prof. Harold Laski, adviser to Attlee
British government
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QUOTATIONS

The (American) women who have not been
true are driving their men into the arms of
European women.-Grace Moore, opera sing
en-
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Except when case is pending Ito avoid in
fluencing courts declslon'. any citizen and
- criticize judge as it has to criticize any.
one Jacksonville, Fla, Journal.
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Editors note.-The Star and the News
views of Mr.. Pegler, and often disagree
with them as much as many of his read
ers. His articles serve the good purpose
of making people Think
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believe that sugar rationing in one f,r,,
or another will continue through 1e4s and rarl
haps through 1s47.-ody H. Lamborn. N w
York sugar broker.
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Obituaries
Mrs. nj. kOOIuurd

Mrs. Matilda Koolaard, a life
long resident of Macomb Coun-
t.. passed away at her home, AZ
Avery street, Mount Clemens,
Thursday evening, following a
two weeks illness. She was 50
years Of age. Mrs. Koolaard was
born in Waldenburg, the daugh-
ter of John and Ida Posner Will
lert.
Following her marriage TO Ro-
bert Faikenhagen, she and Mr..
Falkenhagen settled on a farm
in Macomb Township, where
She continued to live until fol-
lowing the death of her husband
in 1900.
In 1913 she was married to
Martin koolaard and it was fol-
lowing this marriage that she
came to Mount Clemens, where
She resided at the time of her
death.
She is survived by her hus-
band; one daughter, Mrs. j.
Verle Benner of Mount Clemens,
and one son, Robert Falkenhag-
en- of Memphis, Mich
Also surviving are five grand
daughters and one grandson,
one brother, Julius Willert, of
Waldenburg and a sister, Mrs.
Lottie HILBERT of Mount Glenn
ems. A son, Mitchell Koolaard
and a daughter, Helen Falken-
hagen preceded her in death.
Services will be conducted
from the family home at Al Az
cry Street on Sunday at 3 o.
clock. Rev. Jacob Whitman Of
Floating. Burial will take place
in Waldenburg cemetery, with
E. A. Schwarzkoff, of Utica, in
charge Of arrangements.
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Donser-Spots Plague
Advocates of World Peace

means that the United States and
Britain are ready to sit down and
thresh the Syrian difficulty out
with France. That's the language
of peace.
This bloody lesson may have
a salutary effect in another
way. 1t shows that the great
powers intend to maintain order.
1t shows that they intend to do
so even if they have to employ
force. They want to settle dis
pues by mediation, but AFFECT
appeasement is out the window.
Britain and America have acted
promptly in this matter, and i,
must be assumed that Moscow is
in accord and would have taken
an active hand il necessary.
This quick, firm action by the
Anglo American pair is calculat-
ed to dispel the fears which have
been aroused among the small
l.ations that the Atlantic char
ter with its promise of self-deter-
mination and sovereignty doesn't
function. Certainly the Syrian
affair has been a terrible shock
TO the Security Conference in San
Francisco, but it needn't be dis
couraging. The European war is
barely over, and we must expect
to encounter many and harsh
difficulties before real peace
can be secured.
Probably the Syrian Imbroglio
also will lend force to the argu-
ment that the peace of the world
must, for the time being, rest
mainly on the shoulders of the
Big Three-America, Russia and
Britain. That perhaps isn't an
i6eal situation, but it is based on
the horse-sense that this trio of
great powers are the ones which
have the physical strength to
maintain order so long as they
stand together.
It is a reassuring circumstance
that in the present instance this
strengt is maintaining the
ideals of the. Atlantic Charter
Unofficial circles in Paris are
calling the British action pow
er politics." but one doubts
whether little Syria will regard
the matter in that light.
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Overseas Vets
Arc Assigned
to Fort Custer

FORT CUSTER, Mich, June l
- (H) Three returnee compa-
MES, made up of patient
overseas veterans who have been
assigned to army service in this
country, will soon be serving at
Fort Custer.
Companies c and D of the
f02nd rcturnee battalion Will
work al the prisoner Of war base
camp here, and Company E has
been assigned to the Percy Jones
Hospital Center.
Brig. Gen. Joseph f Bastion,
commanding officer at the Cen
ter, said some of the men NAV
be discharged if they have
amassed enough points while tho
rest will be fitted into regular
Jobs at the center, replacing high
point men now leaving the army
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Union Leader
Raps (uibatks
Seeks Senote Probe
of Reconversion

DETROIT, June l-(P)-Clt-
ing reports of a labor surplus in
the Detroit area and a need for
Shipyard workers on the west
coast. a high union official today
asked the Senate War Investigat-
ing committee TO give "immedi-
ate attention TO the present ir-
responsible cutback and contract
termination procedure =
The request was made by
Richard 7. Frankensteen, vice
president and National Aircraft
director of the United Automo-
bile Workers (CIO).
In letter to Senator James
NJ e d e, committee chairman,
trankensteen said estimates If
the decrease in employment in
the Detroit area since the peak
OF year ago range from 10000
estimated by the Detroit Board
of Commerce TO 100000 eStimat
ed by the union. The closing Of
the Willow Run bomber plant
late this month, he added, will
result in the layoff Of an addi-
tional 10000 workers.
yet Detroit's principal air
craft production duplicated West
Coast Aircraft Production ne
asserted. The workers TO be
laid off starting this week at Viii.
low Run, alone, approximate g.
per cent of the needs of the
west coast shipyards.
"How deplorable 1t is tha
government officials with ful
knowledge of complete faCts ano
figures could not have foreseer
that by dividing the cutbacks
between Detroit and the wes'
coast aircraft plants they coulc
have solved the navys shlpyarc
employment problem as we'll rs
alleviated the Detroit unemploy-
ment situation"
Advocating a plan for "a grad
ual transition from war to civil
ian production based upon the
needs of the war effort on ma
t:onal basis" Frankensteen con
Guided that the present situa
tons add up to just one thing
government bureaucratic bun
Cling"
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Carl SicunaSeeu

FRASER-Carl j. Swanseen
SO, of 32519 Utica road, died
Thursday, May 81 after a lin
gering illness.
He is survived by his wife,
Signe; four sons, Eric of Lam
chaster, Pa; Henning of Fort
Worth. Tex; Seaman First Glass
Robert of the U. S. Navy and
Carl Swanson of Clinton Town
ship, two daughters, Mrs. Paul
Schultz of Port Clinton, Ohio
and Mrs. William E. Norbeck of
Kane. Pa, four grandchildren
and two brothers and two sis
tiers, all in Sweden.
Funeral services will take
place from the Raul funeral
home in Roseville Saturday af-
ternoon at 2. The Rev. Cotter
OF Center Line will officiate
1nternment will be in Cadillac
Memorial Gardens East.