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Frankensteen Emerges as No. 1 Mayoral Nominee.

DETROIT, Aug. 8 (U. P.).—Richard T. Frankensteen, United Automobile Workers international vice president, emerged as No. 1 candidate for mayor today in a C. I. O. sweep of yesterday's primary election. Frankensteen gained one of two mayoralty. nominations in: the nonpolitical ballot, leading. Mayor Edward J. Jeffries Jr. and a field of five other contenders. The powerful C. 1. O. registered a heavy labor vote as it backed its first official candidate for a major public office and succeedéd in naming three candidates for the city’s common council. Unofficial complete returns from the city’s 1136 voting precincts gave: Frankensteen 82936 votes; Jeffries 68,754, and County Auditor James D. Friel, 35,720. Four other candidates trailed far behind. Demonstrating the C.I1.0.s preelection pledge to “match the British labor victory,” the vote gave C. I. O.-backed George Edwards first position among the 18 nominees for common council. He was Joined in the Nov..6 election slate by. Tracy Doll, C. I. O. local official, and Charles A. Hill, a minister running with C. I. O. support, Labor activity was credited for the 210,000 ballots cast in a primary of little interest. Pre-election estimates anticipated 125,000 votes. In the last mayoralty primary, 202,000 votes were tallied in a holiy-cumiasied race,

Get Somebody's Goat—And Horse

OLICE, or at least several of them, went to the Animal Fair during the night. The birds and beasts weren't there, but a white mare and a billy goat were. During the small hours of the early morning a téxi driver reported - to police that a white

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. IRAN ‘FREED’

TEHRAN;~Aug. 8 (U, P.).—~The Iranian foreign ministry announced today that Britain and Russia agreed at the Potsdam" conference to withdraw their troops from Tehran immediately.

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tions, was the victim of an attempted robbery’ last night. The prominent Indiana university toxicologist recently spoke before the Indianapolis Junior Chamber of Commerce in his capacity as chairman’ of the Indianapolis

“By EDWIN C. HEINKE Times City Editor : The modest memorial to Ernie Pyle that his old neighbors set out to build in Dana, today had grown into a multimillion-dollar project that had the home-town folks gasping. Civic leaders of Dana, Ind. (population 845), originally had planned to build a library big enough to serve the needs of their community. They were going to dedicate it to the meméry of the famous war correspondent who spent’ his youth . there. Instead, a world-wide, high-pres- GIRLS SHAMED sure campaign aimed at $10,000,000 to $20,000,000 in contributions is| ; scheduled to be launched Aug. 22.| - - The Dana library has become only : & minor item in the program of parks, memorial cemeteries, college : endowments and “the nation's trib- . ute to press and radio,” which spon- Juveniles Are Lectured for { the expanded pla ro) : : a > eapanged Jun propose..." Flirtations, Sa SE Wek Campllgn By VICTOR, PETERSON ring the six-w campaign, faced 8. soldiers all over the world will be i Ten Bow, po opey-fane t wi asked to send $1 each to the fund.|o. * ™¥ pre Ps %n ‘addition. contributions: will" be Richter of the juvenile aid diviasked from U. S. citizens, prigcipal-| ion at police ‘headquarters this ly, it is hoped, through solicitation morning. in moving picture houses through-| Ranging in age from 11 to 14, out-the nation. they were receiving a stern lecThe New York public relations | ture for flirting with German prisfirm of Richard Condon, Inc., was oners of war employed at the Lilly brought to Dana and Terre Haute Paint Products, Inc, 2044_N. Rural when ‘the original committee felt it [St could not handle the job of fund Following repeated complaints, raising, Policewomen Mrs. Garnett Williams They agreed to give the Condon |®"d Mrs. Minnie Berry yesterday found the girls watching the prisoners ‘playing ball during their lunch hour. Wet-eyed mothers listened as the story unfolded. For the last three months 10 POW'’s have been working at the plant. Gradually the girls had become more bold. According to po(Continued on Page 3—Column 2) Dr. Harger, Police Critic, | r. Flarger, Police Critic, Is Victim of Robbery Attempt Dr. R. N. Harger, who believes city police spend too much time in ‘crime enforcement at the expense of enforcing traffic regula-

Chamber of Commerce Safety horat a poumig logs in the Couneil enforcement committee,| Vicinity of ‘Noble and Washington Te ucimelta 2 HL 3 He quoted Safety Board President] Sis. Then another taxi driver Business ..... 10| Mrs. Milner.. 7|Will H. Remy as saying police] brought the animal to headComics ...... 10|Morgan ..... 13|{Were “too busy fighting crime to| quarters. A halter was in: eviCrossword .,, 18(Movies ...,,, 8/Pother much with traffic.” Sees, Editorials ..., 14|Obituaries .., 5| Last night Dr. Harger, who fs| Sgt. Alexander Dunwoody and

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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 8, 1945

By WILLIAM H. STONEMAN

Times Foreign Correspondent LONDON, Aug. 8.—Only human decency can prevent atomic energy from obliterating civilization. And considering the amount of that human quality—which has been displayed since the dawn of time—the future looks dark indeed, This was the general conclusion of scientists, statesmen, editorial writers and just plain people today as they dwelt upon the greatest scientific development in history. There was no joy in anyone's-heart as he

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the prospects. There was

vague glimmer of hope that this monstrosity might bring people to their senses. Among the interesting comments brought to light today in British newspapers are the following: The scientific correspondent of the London Times calculates roughly that the bomb dropped * on Hiroshima contained just about one pound of uranium. H. H. Dale, president of the Royal society, in a letter to the London Times, emphasizes

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Human Decency Must Control T ” Atom—Or Else

the fact that .the methods used in developing the uranium-:bomb cannot be kept a secret in-

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definitely.

He says the only hope of mankind must lie : in controlling the use of atomic energy by in-

ternational agreement.

Russians obviously

HIROSHIMA PULVERIZED--TOKYO;

Various commentators point. out that the

have made great strides

towards employing atomic energy. It is also believed that they were told a great deal about our plans long before they culminated in success. ; (Continued on Page 3—Column 2?)

DEAD, INJURED MAY BE 100,000

PRESIDENT IS GIVEN DETAILS OF BOMB RUN

Truman to Make Report on Potsdam Parley at 9 P. M. Tomorrow.

By MERRIMAN SMITH United Press Staff Correspondent

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- WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 (U. P). —President Truman, home after his historic European trip, today received from Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson up-to-date reports on the devastating effects of the first atomic bomb dropped on Japan. Mr. Truman was putting the finishing touches to a report on the Berlin Big Three conference which he will deliver to the nation by

WASHINGTON, Aug. 8.—The a the atomic bomb—apparently was one of the Big Three. tomorrow. The President heard from Stimson first-hand accounts of the pulverizing of Hiroshima, Japanese gal ter station and army base, by the new weapon unleashed Sunday. Presidential Secretary | . Charles Ross said Mr. Truman would mention the atomic bomb in his address but probably to no great extent. ; White House sources dismissed reports that Mr. Truman intended to take personal charge of the use of the atomic bomb. Bomb Military Weapon They pointed out that it was a military weapon and was in the hands: of military leaders, just as any other weapon. Mr. Truman’s direction of its use will be exactly the same as the direction he exercises as commander-in-chief over all military weapons and forces. The President's report on the Berlin conference will be a 30minute address broadcast on all

collaborated in this world-shaking

States. In the thousands of words in the statements of the British, U. S. and Canadian governments on the atomic bomb, there's no reference to the Soviet Union. Yet in great detail these statements credit by name various military personnel, scientists og ment officials and. industries fo their contribution to the project. Collaborator Since 1941 In his statement on the new discovery Winston Churchill said Oct. 11, 1941, was the date U. S.-British collaboration began. Until less than three months before that, when Germany attacked Russia, the Germans “Ruts 1939

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‘RICK’ SAYS BOMBS WILL BEAT JAPAN

World War | Ace Thinks Invasion Unnecessary.

NEW YORK, Aug. 7 (U, P)— Japan will be defeated by air power “exclusively” through atomic, demolition and incendiary bomb-

ings without any invasion of its homeland, Capt. Eddie Ricken-

By Science Service WASHINGTON, Aug. 8.~—Here is what atomic energy could do if and when it is ever made fully avallable to work for man: Smashing the atoms in one pound of water would create enough energy to heat -100 million tons of water from freezing to boiling temperature. A breath of air would operate a powerful airplane for a_year continuously. A handful of snow would heat a large apartment house for a year. The pasteboard in a small rail. road ticket would run a heavy passenger train several times around

Russia Apparently Kept in Ignorance of Atomic Bomb

By CHARLES T. LUCEY Scripps- Howard Staff Writer

Some informed. quarters here even suggest that though the’ British

fications that some phases of it actually are known only to the United

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1lies’ best kept secret of the war— tightly withheld also from Russia,

development, so vast are its rami-Y

treaty of co-operation signed in 1939 hadébeen in effect. This non-ag-gression pact had bound each coun-

other and to give no support to any warlike act against the other. U. 8.-British collaboration began, Mr. Churchill wrote, when the late President Roosevelt “sent me a letter suggesting that any extended efforts on this important matter might usefully be co-ordinated or even jointly conducted. Accordingly all British and American efforts were joined and a number of Brit-

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A teacup of water would supply the power of a great generating station of 100,000 kilowatts capacity for a year. If the atomic energy in matter is made fully available for mechanical use, all other forms of energy would be antiquated, such as fuels and explosives. Dams and electrical transmission lines would be as outmoded as stagecoaches. - These estimates were- made before the war (1934) when physicists were Just beginning to visualize the tremendous potentialities of atomic research. They were published in The Advance of Science, edited by Watson Davis and published by Doubleday, Doran & Co.

the globe. backer. said last night. : The World War I air ace said that the bombings in a very short time should - demoralize Japanese people and industry that “they will cry quits.” < “This is strictly an air power show in the Pacific theater,” he sald. “Already Japanese communications are completely disrupted.

Atomic Hopes Buoyed Nazis

By ROBERT MUSEL United Press Staff Correspongent OCCUPIED GERMANY, "Aug.

timism last- winter, it was revealed today, was based on be-. lief that rockets and buzz-bombs equipped with atomic warheads would shortly be hurled against the allies. The Germans, it was learned, believed that their atom-splitting experiments were far enough advanced to enable them to win the

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Othman Tries Shorts Chan ge,

of food is disorganized. . . . Destruction of Japan's eléctrification «+ 18 already in a far advanced stage.” He sald it was his “firm belief” that this is the first war that “will be won exclusively by air power, notwithstanding all experts’ feelings that we will have to land troops on the home islands themselves.”

Finds He's Short.Cherged

By FREDERICK C. OTHMAN United Press Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON, Aug. 8.~I don't care what the senator says, gents, , waste no money on ladies’ pants; they’ re no substitute jor shorts. ‘

men’s suit department on the floor "below and tried on my new pants, Then 1 tossed 'em in the trash can. Emergency or no, I do not recommend ladies’ pants for men. Two weeks ago my undefwear had disintegrated until it was good only for engine wiping. There was no more to be bought.

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WHO COULD SIGN “PEACE FOR JAPS?

Political Explosion Must Come First, Simms Says. (Editorial, Page 14)

By WILLIAM PHILIP SIMMS Scripps-Howard Foreign Editor

WASHINGTON, Aug. 8.—Before| the atomic bomb can end the war in the Pacific, it must touch off a| political explosion in Japan and| loosen the stringle hold which the Jap army has on Tokyo. In order to bring this about, President Truman is expected to take further new steps, psychological as well as military. Notoriously, “face” is more im-| portant to high-placed Orientals than life itself. That is especially true of the Japanese. In Japan, an official who even accidentally endangers the safety of the emperor ought, unless exonerated, to commit hara-kiri. Yet the Jap Militarists who planned, Pearl Harbor and promsised the emperor a ‘“co-prosperity sphere” in East Asia now find themselves on the run everywhere. On sea and from the air, we aré relentlessly pounding Nippon to

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‘Practically All Living Things Seared

To Death by Terrific Impact Of Bomb,” Tokyo Says.

By WILLIAM F. TYREE’ United Press Staff Correspondent

GUAM, Aug. 8—Tokyo conceded today that most of Hiroshima had been destroyed completely by a single American atomic bomb Monday. The Japanese radio said blasted and blistered

corpses “too numerous to

count” littered the ruins,

“The impact of the bomb was so terrific that practically all living things, human and animal, were literally seared to death by the tremendous heat and pressure engendered by the blast,” one Tokyo broad-

cast said. American reconnaissance

photographs sonfirmed that

four and one-tenth square miles—60 per cent of the built-up area—of Hiroshima had vanished almost without a trace in the world’s greatest man-made explosion. : Casualties May Be 100,000 x Unofficial American sources estimated Japanese dead

and wounded might exceed 100,000.

Five major war plants and scores of smaller factories, office buildings and dwellings were known. ta. have been

levelled. Only a few skeletons of

concrete buildings remained

in the obliterated area. Additional damfge outside the totally-destroyed section still was being assessed. Radio Tokyo, breaking its silence of more than 60 hours after the raid, said the “indescribable destructive power” of the bomb had crushed big buildings and small dwellings alike in an unparalleled holocaust. Bodies Badly Mangled Inhabitants were killed by blast, fire and crumbling buildings, Tokyo said. Most bodies were so badly battered | that it was impossible to distinguish between the men and

| the women.

As Tokyo painted a fearful picture of the catastrophe, some sources saw. a possibility that Japan might reconsider her rejection of the allied demand for her surrender before

she is invaded.

“It shouldn’t take the Japanese Jong to think this over,”

one ranking officer said.

“We plan to: present them with

bursting atoms as often as possible.” Preparations were continuous through the Pacific for

an invasion of Japan if necessary, however.

Everywhere

transports were on the move with supplies and troops. Charge War Violation

o The Japanese, stunned by

the destruction of Hiroshima,

charged over the. Tokyo radio that the United States was violating article 22 of the Hague.convention and showing disregard for humanity by attacking a non-military city with .

the atomic bomb. Hiroshima actually was

an important quartermaster

depot and garrison city for the Japanese army. Radio Tokyo said both the dead and wounded had been burned beyond recognition and confessed that authorities stil were unable to obtain a definite check on civilian casual-

ties. “Those outdoors burned to death,

“Medical relief agencies that

while those indoors were killed by|Were rushed from the neighboring

indescribable pressure,

heat,” Tokyo said. It called the city a “disastrous ruin.”

and districts were unable to distinguish,

much less identify, the dead from

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15th Jap City on 'Death List’

Fire-Bombed by Superforts

By EDWARD L. THOMAS United Press Staff Correspondent GUAM, Thursday, Aug. 9— Nearly 100 Superfortresses, hitting the Japanese home islanders for {the fourth time in 24 hours, sent |incendiaries crashing - into - the “death list” city of Fukuyama

| shortly before midnight yesterday,

{it was announced today.

The new blow in a 'round-the-clock offensive by the 20th air force followed two late afternoon demolition strikes at the Nakajima Musashino-Tama aircraft plant in Tokyo and the once mighty Tokyo arsenal, and a smashing daylight raid with more than 1000 tons of explosives .on_the great steel center of Yawata. 7 62d City Burned Out Fukuyama was the 15th of 31 cities warned by the B-29 Sout to be blasted by

by incendiaries, and the 624 Japanese city to be burned :

population of 57,000, it is a center for chemical production and alr=" craft works. Included in its main urban area of 15 square miles are the Ime perial Dye Works, the Kawanishi Aircraft Co. and -the Mitsubishi Electric Co. Earlier Gen. Carl A. Spaatz had announced from U, 8, strategic air force headquarters that some 50 perforts had bombed the Ni plant visually while a smaller was hitting the Tokyo arsenal selected as an alternate target for

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