War Bond Dollars
Are Double Duty
Dollars
VOL. LXIV.
Local Residents
Share In Making
New Atomic Bombs
Grant Long, (8,
Dies At Home
Near Chub Lake
t
Funeral For Chub Lake Man
Will B? Held Friday After
noon At Stories Creek.
Oram. Lone, 68, of near Chub
I.aki' cited yesterday afternoon at
8:30 at, liis home from a heart con
dition with complications after an
illness lasting three weeks.
Funeral will be held Friday after
noon at three o'clock at Stories’
Creek Baptist Church near the Per
son County Home, by Elder N. D.
Teasley, ol Durham, assisted by the
Rev. B. B. Knight, of Roxboro, with
interment in the church cemetery.
Surviving arc his wife. Mrs. Mar
tha Ann Clayton Long, of the home,
three sons. Thomas Long, of Rox
boro, and Edgar and Clcmont Long,
of Woodsdale, four daughters, Mrs.
Mary Wilson. Mrs. Nettie Wrenn,
Mrs. Bessie Bla'ck and Mrs. Pattie
Sue Bowes, all of Woodsdale, thirty
two grandchildren and twelve great
grandchildren.
Mr, Long had been in ill health
about three years.
Crash Os Bomb
Felt Miles Away
Bf Bomb Crew
Guam. Aug. 8. —America's new
weapon, the atomic bomb, struck
squarely in the center of the indus
trial city of Hiroshima on August
6 'Pacific time) with a flash and
concussion that brought an exclam
ation of "My God!" from a battle
hardened Superfortress crew 10
miles away.
Crewmen who carried the awful
new bomb, which is declared to have
an explosive power the equivalent of
bombs that 2,000 Superfortresses
would have had to carry previously.
Col. Paul W. Tibbets, Jr., Miami,
Fla., who piloted the Superfortress
and navy Capt. William S. Parsons,
of Sante Fe, N. M., navy ordnance
expert; described the explosions as
•'tremendous and awe-inspiring.”
Neither man could give an esti
mate of what damage the bomb had
wrought but they declared It "must!
hove been extensive."
There is reason to believe, how
ever, that this southern Honshu city
of 313.000 no longer continues t*o
exist.
"It was 0915 i.9:15 n. m.) when
we dropped our bomb and we turn- 1
ed the plane broadside to get the
best view," said Captain Parson, j
"Then we made as much distance!
from the ball of fire as we could.
“We were at least 10 miles awrfy !
and there was a visual impact even;
though every man wore colored!
glasses for protection. We had brae-,
ed ourselves when the bomb was
gone.
Just what damage was done to
Hiroshima was not known. Photo
graphs taken at the time of bomb
ing showed only smoke. Photographs
taken four hours later showed
smoke still obscuring the city and
rising to 10,000 feet.
The Superfortress which carried
the bomb took off from a Marianas
base and only three men knew what
they carried —Colonel Tibbets. Cap
tain Parsons, and the bombardier,
Maj. Thomas W. Ferebee, of Mocks
villc, N. C. Other crewmen knew
only that it was a highly secret,
important -mission.
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Points Removed
From Juices
Washington Grocers scratched
point values today from canned to
mato juice, grapefruit- orange
juice blends.
OPA’s action in making those
products ration-free yesterday fol
lowed a recommendation from Sec
retary of Agriculture Anderson bas
ed on lowered military demands.
Anderson also announced that
civilian store shelves will get 10,-
000,000 more cases of canned vege
tables from this year’s pack than
hud been expected.
J. W. NOELL, EDITOR
The E. I*. Dunlaps’ Son-In-
Civil Engineer. Amopg.
Those At Oak Ridge, Tenn.
George B. Lockhart, civil engineer,
jof Chailottc and Roxboro. a gradu
jalc of the University of North Car
jclina, Chapel Hill, and son-in-law
[of Mr. and Mrs. E. P. Dunlap, of
this City, is one of several local resi
dents now living and working in
[Oak Ridge, Tenn., center for mak
ing of the new, deadly and destruc
tive atomic bomb, it was learned
here today.
I
The Lockharts, who have two
children, a daughter. Rosemary, and
a son, George, Jr., have been at
Oak Ridge for about a year, accord
ing to Mrs. Dunlap, who said that
. she and Mr. Dunlap visited the
Lockharts this past May and had to
secure permits before they could
' even enter the Oak Ridge area,
which has several gates, with many
soldiers on guard.
j. Mrs. Dunlap reported today that
• they were, of course aware that pro
duction at Oak Ridge was concerned
- 1 with the making of war supplies and
at the time they were there . ’’n
hinted at radar, which, as revealed
1 in papers this week, was really way
off the track. Residents of Oak
Ridge have comfortable living
quarters and good schools, adds
Mrs. Dunlap.
The place, she says, is quite won
derful and she wishes everybody
could see it, although she admits
that she and her husband, of course,
did not go in any of the Clinton
Engineering company plants and
really knew nothing at all about the
Manhattan project, as the bomb
making task was called
Mr. Ldbknart, before going to Oak
Ridge, was in Louisville, Ky„ on a
government project and wanted to
. be released for military service, but
i his release was declined and he was
i assigned to Oak Ridge. He was form
-1 erly with the State Highway divis
ion here. It is understood that Miss
Dorothy White, also of Roxboro, was
at one time at Oak Ridge, and that
, at least two to three other residents
have been there recently.
One recently returned Person sol
dier said yesterday that the atomic
bomb had been tested out in Europe
before peace was declared there, but
that effectiveness of the bomb could
and should be much larger in Japan
because of the flimsy construction
of Japanese dwellings and buildings
as compared with those in Europe,
most of the ones in Europe being
built of stene and masonry, while
Japanese homes are chiefly of wood
jand bamboo construction.
' Oak Ridge, Tenn., is described as
the fourth largest city in Tennessee
now, although it did not even exist
'three years ago.
The City cost the Government sl,-
10C,393,380 and it was built so se
cretly and quickly that only a few
lof its resident and workers had the
j slightest idea of its purpose until
jits product-was announced.
But it is 'only a relatively small
part of a Government reservation
of 59,000 acres (Oak Ridge covers
j 5.120 acres called the Clinton En
! gineering Works. It was permitted
[to say that the works Include “more
than" 425 buildings and raw mater
ial is separated by three different
methods.
For three years no newspaper pr
radio station under the voluntary
censorship code could mention Oak
Ridge or its surrounding plants. It
was one of the most important and
consequently best kept of America's
war secrets. Residents of Knoxville,
15 miles away, knew of course that
tremendous things were occurring
there but not one had the slightest
idea of what they were. The Clinton
workers were housed, fed, entertain
ed and secluded in tills.city of their
own to keep them away from out
siders. Airplanes constantly patrol
ed the vast reservation i'h the Ten
nessee hills. It was “a closed area”
; for commercial planes.
So extreme w%s the secrecy, that
the head of one plant on the Oak
Ridge reservation was not permitted
to have any contact with other Oak
Ridge plants where different pro
cesses and methods were used. Not
only were all workers in the dark,
but it was said, most of them could
not be sure they were producing
anything.
Always the atmosphere was one
of the greatest uncertainty. Work
ers saw huge quantities of material
going into giant plants functioning
at top speed day and night. But
nothing came out of them—that is
nothing which was seen.
®hc Courier=®imeg
Pic. Sam Wrenn j
Regards Germans
More Attractive
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Red Cross Also Comes In For
Praise Bv Kiwanis Speaker.
German civilians were described
as being much more Industrious,
friendly, clean and frugal than oth- :
er European residents by Pfc. Sam
Wrenn, of Roxboro, recently return
ed veteran, who spoke Monday night
to Roxboro Kiwanians in a meeting j
at Hotel Roxboro. where program !
was arranged by club member, the
Rev. B. B. Knight.
In addition to Pfc. Wrenn, guests
[included Pfc. Bob Shaeffer, of Read
; ing, Penn., and Camp Butner, who
l is spending some time in Roxboro.
Pfc. Wrenn mentioned also the
| vital services of the Red Cross to j
j men in service, saying that repre- !
sentatives of the organization were
cn hand at American ports when [
ithe boys left'for overseas service,!
were in England or France when
troops arrived there and then went!
j with the men almost up to the front |
[lines when combat duty began.
Pfc. Wrenn was in the invasion in
France and went all through Bel
gium and Germany before returning
j to the States.
Presiding at the club session was
J. A. Long, Jr., president, who heard j
i reports from the tonsil clinic com-!
mittee indicating that nineteen op
erations were performed for Negro
children and fifteen for white chil
dren. Next meeting of the club will
be delayed until Wednesday, July
15, so that the club can have a sup
per meeting at the Louis Long farm,
where barbecued chicken will be
served.
Parents Obtain
Letter Dealing
With Son's Death
Additional information was ob
tained yesterday about the death of
Pvt. William Rueben Morris, 20, of
Timberlake, son of Mr. and Mrs.
William Andrew Morris, who died
July 12, on Luzon, from wounds re
ceived in combat. Official War De
partment telegraphic message was
received by the parents last Satur
day and was followed two days later
! by a personal letter from Maj. Gen.
Edward F. Whitsell, acting adjutant
general, who expressed deep regrets
[to Mr. and Mrs. Morris over thf
death of their son.
Pvt. Morris, who went overseas in
April, attended Allensvillc school
and graduated from Hurdle Mills
high school.
In the service are two brothers,
Pfc. Layton K. Morris, now at
Riems. France, and Sgt. Lemon F.
Morris, of Camp Gordon, Ga.
Also in the family are four sisters,
Mrs. J. A. Day, of Chapel Hill, route
3, Mrs. Clinton Moore, of Timber
lake, route 1, Mrs. J. C. Groves, of
Durham and Mrs. Bill Rogers, of
Timberlake, route 1.
Mother of Pvt. Morris was before
her marriage Miss Minnie Tingen.
His father has frequently assisted
at Person Court House in connection
with duties of the grand jury.
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Newman Rites
Held In Texas
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i
Fort Worth, Texas— cpl. Jim
Newman, a gallant soldier of Ba
taan. will be buried tomorrow In
Garden of Memory Cemetery. *
The 26-year-old soldier will be
buried with full given military rite.".
He died Friday night after a cou
rageous battle to overcome tuoer- 1
culosis and beri-beri contracted :
while a prisoner of the Japanese in
disease-ridden Cabantuan on Luzon.
Russia Joins In War Against Japan
Russia yesterday afternoon de
clared war against Japan, accord
ing to official announcement made
by President Truman. News of the
decision was received about three
o'clock by radio and later in the
afternoon “extras” were on the
streets here. President Truman
will speak to the Nation by radio
tonight at ten o’clock, it was an
nounced this morning.
President Truman also may shed
new light on the atomic bomb and
its effect upon Japan.
The Russian move heightened
speculation that Congress may be
called into session Defoi e October
8, the scheduled date, In anticipa
tion of imminent peace. Sen. (Har
ley M. Kilgore,, Democrat, West!
ROXBORO, NORTH CAROLINA
jT. E. Browne
Speaker Here At
I Cannery Opening
T. E. Browne, State Director o£
Vocational Education, who traced
the development of conservation
in the State and made particular
reference to canning as it has been
practiced since 1900, .vas guest
speaker Monday at dedication of
the Helena cannery. He was in
troduced by R. P. Burns, who, to
; gether with county and school
officials, was among those present
for the dedication. Chicken barbe
cue was served bv Louis Long.
Helena’s cannery is now open to
the public on Mondays, Wednes
days and Fridays from one to six
in the afternoon. No appointments
are necessary for canning vege
tables. The plant has a capacity
of about two thousand cans each
afternoon.
School Clinics
Continue For
Next Few Days
Vaccination Reouired Before
Children Can Enter School.
i Person and Roxboro public schools
1 will open on Wednesday, August 29,
and the Person Healh department,
seeking to cooperate with the
j schools in the vaccination require
ment program is continuing its ru
ral vaccination clinics and its regu
larly scheduled office clinics, it was
announced today.
All children must be vaccinated
against smallpox, all children enter
ing school for the first time must be
vaccinated against whooping cough
unless they have , already had
whooping cough, and all children
must be immunized against diph
theria before entering the first
grade, says the Department, quoting
State law.
Clinics will be held every Mondti
and Saturday at the Health Depart
ment from 2:00-4:00 p. m.
Monday, August 13th is the next
rural clinic date at:
Providence Church, 9:30-10:30:
Long hurst Mill, 10:45-11:45; Woods
dale Store, 12:00-1:00; County Home.
1:30-2:00; Chub Lake, Rudder's.
Store. 2:15-2:45; Mrs. Long’s Store.
3:15-3:30, and Ephesus Church.
4:00-4:30.
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Hay-Ride To Be
On USO Program
Junior Hostess Groups 1 and 2
will assist this week-end at Rox
bero's USO Service, it was announc
ed today, it being planned that a
new feature, a hayride, will bt on
the program Saturday night. Those
wishing to take the ride are to meet
at the Center that night at eight
o'clock.
Sunday night supper will be serv
ed either at the Fred Long cabin
at Chub Lake, or at the USO Celvi
ler, depending upon the weather
hour for the supper will be at six
o'clock in the evening and will be
at the Center in event of rain.
Supper last week was sewed by
women of Helena and Mount Tir
zah; speaker at vespers was the Rev
[Floyd J. Villines. Methodist min
ister, and transportation wjis by
Buck Jones.
PRAYER MEETING
Prayer meeting will be held Sun
day night at eight o'clock at the
j residence of Mr. and Mrs. George
| Poole, it was announced today. The
public is invited.
Virginia, predicted this after a
conic: ence wi ,i Mr. Truman held
before the Russian announcement.
There have been innumerable
frontier clashes , between Russia
and Japan, in whicii, since 1937
Russia decidedly has had the up
per hand. All were officially ig
inored.
The border has been a tinder
box ever since Japan seized Man
churia in 1931. Seasoned troops of
[ both countries faced each other in
tense anticipation of the official
opening of hostilities.
Military observers estimated that
! RuGua’s far eastern hrmy is com-
I posed of at least 1,000,000 troops
-well equipped with armor and ar
tillery, and backed by a substantial
HOME FIRST, ABROAD NEXT
THURSDAY, AUGtJST 9, 1945
AAA Officials
And Banks Here
Hear Mangum
State And County Leaders
(Jut her In Roxboro To Dis
cuss Crop Insurance.
Slate and county AA-A officials
met here yesterday in the Person
County AAA office to make organi
zation plans to present the Federal
Crop Insurance Program to wheat
farmers in the county.
B c. Mangum. State AAA com
mit! eeman, speaking before the
group said that, "it takes three
basic things to guarantee happi
ness and well-being among our
farm people, good prices, better
land, and crop assurance."
"The Government. cooperating
with farmers, has made big gains
toward good prices and better lands
through loan, price support, and
soil improvement programs," Man
gum said, "and now, to round out
the farnv program, crop assurance
is attainable through Federal Crop
Insurance,"
The Crop Insurance Program is
based on wheat, cotton, and flax
on a nation-wide basis and tobac
co and corn in certain counties of
various states. "We must have
large participation in the wheat
Clop insurance program because, a
successful program will demon
strate the farmers' interest in crop
insurance and will almost certainly
lead to. extension of crop insurance
to other crops,” Mangum stated.
In explaining the program io the
group. C. H. Banks, Jr., State AAA
Field Officer pointed out that this
ail-risk insurance protects the
farmer's wheat from planting to
harvest against all natural hazards,
and that the amount of coverage
varies witli the stage of the crop's
development. Premiums, Banks
I said, are payable annually by cash
lor by premium notes.
! Under the program, two contracts
1 v ill be offered. One protects the
i farmer's production returns up to
115 per cent of iiis normal yield, and
the other up to 50 per cent, Both
■'are for three years, covering the
1946-48 crops.
: C. T. Hall, . chairman, Person
County AAA Committee, presided
] over the meeting. He said that
during the next few weeks, meet
ings will be held with community
AAA committeemen, businessmen,
and other agricultural leaders in
rile county to present the program
to them. Agents will then be ap
pointed and all wheat growers in
the county will be offered this pro
tection on their winter wheat crop.
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Tuck Wins In
Virginia Race
For Governor
Richmond. Va„ Aug. 7.—Lt. Gov.
William M. Tuck of South Boston
solidly backed by the Virginia Dem
ocratic organization headed by Un
ted States Senator Harry F. Byrd,
bad a lead of almost three to.bub
ever Moss Plunkett of Roanoke, who
ampaigned against what he term
'd "machine mis-rule," on the basis
of returns from more than half of
=he State's precincts in today's
Democratic primary for governor.
With 1,019 of the State's 1,715
precincts tabulated almost three
hours after the polls closed an
about 8 P. M.. Tuck had 55,352
votes to 20,173 for Plunkett.
In the race for the nomination
for lieutenant governor, Charles R.
Fenwick, member of the House of
Delegates from Arlington, had 30-
138 votes to 26,953 for L. Preston
Collins of Smyth County, and 16,333
lor State Senator Leonard G. Mu*
of Roanoke.
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Don't use too much soap. A suds
about 2 inches thick has proven
best for washing clothes clean.
air force. Estimates of its border
strength range from 300,000 to 500,-
000. Some of its troops there are
believed to be seasoned veterans
who have not been reported in ac
tion since Stalingrad.
The Japanese have about 2,000-
000 troops spread through China.
Korea and Manchuria, observers
said. The 750,000 of these in Man
churia include the Kwantung army,
believed to be Japan’s best-trained
and best equipped military entity.
The National Geographic society
said that the seizure of Manchuria
touched off “a decade of undeclared
warfare,” witnessing more than 2,-
000 armed clashes along the 2,300-
mile border from Nonamhan to Vla
divostok. These clashes have coitin-
$2.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
Wood For War
Show Schedule
The Wood for War motorcade
is expected to arrive in Roxboro
some time Saturday and scheduled
for Saturday night at eight o’clock
at Person Court house is a demon
stration by soldiers in the party
and the showing of a film dealing
with the Signal Corps and enti
tled, “San Pietro”, according to C.
C.. Garrett, who has received a
letter from State leaders arrang
ing the program. The public is in
vited to attend the show and the
demonstration says Mr. Garrett.
Social Security
Marks Ten Years
Os U. S. Work
Social Security in America reach
ed its tenth birthday this week, al
though in North Carolina it is only
eight years: old. The age difference
is the result of having to wait until
the 1937 "General Assembly could
enact laws to take advantage of the
Social Security Act .which was sign
ed by the President on August 14.
1635.
There, are many phases of the .so
cial security program covered in the
broad federal legislation with two of
them the direct responsibility in
j North Carolina of county depart
ments of public welfare. Aid to the
needy aged and aid to families of
dependent children, as administer
ed bv tile county departments under
[supervision of the State Board of
I Public Welfare, have, meant much
j to; the state's .economically-.: lunfor-
I tunate in the last eight years.
t ' ■
j In terms of actual dollars and
[cents the old age assistance and the
laid to dependent children programs
have meant $22,786,006 in federal
■! money Spent in this state in the last
j eight years. Os that sum. $16,391,000
was allocated to North Carolina for
I grants and administration for the
[needy aged, while the remaining
156:395,000 was for dependent, chii
-1 risen.
! Os course the national govern!
I ment dees, not bear the entire cost
cf these programs since the state
land county governments each put
lup one-fourth of the amount neces
sary tor grants. In eight, years a to
tal of $30,887,000 in combined fed
eral, state,: and county funds has.
iteen spent to. help the aged and
[512,151,000 to help dependent chil
dren, This makes a total outlay of
$43,038,000 for grants for the first
eight years of operation of these
programs in North Carolina.
- J. Hatcher
Highway Head
i Raleigh, Aug, B.—Governor Cher
ry today announced the appoint -
Iment of Lt. Col. Howell J. (Doggie)
| Hatcher, of. Morganton, to the new
ly-created combination post of ma
jor of the state highway patrol and
director of the division of highway
safety.
Hatcher, who was scheduled to
b.e discharged from th'e army at
Ft. Bragg today, thus will assume
the pest previously offered, tenta
j tively accepted, and then declined
jby Chief Walter Anderson, of the
| Charlotte police department. After
[son declined the post on the ground
I that he was more needed in Char
ilotte.
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HERE FOR WEEK
Mrs. Hamilton Estes Walker, of
Crewe, Va.. is spending the week,
here with her mother, Mrs. T. C.
Brooks, Sr. .
■ ued since Pearl Harbor.
Final agreement upon Russian en i
[trance into the war with Japan, it;
. may now be disclosed, was tiie pri
mary objective of President Tru- [:
man’s trip to the big three confer- j
[ ence in Berlin. [ i
, [ As vital as was. and is, his inter- ;
,jest in bringing harmony to the Eu
[ ropean scene, the President repeat
. i edly told newsmen en route with
[ him to Europe aboard the cruiser
. Augusta that his main concern was
!to bring the Pacific war to a close
. | “with the least possible cost in
l! American lives.”
A soviet declaration of war, he
- reasoned, might save hundreds of
thousands of Americans from injury
• or death. ,
"Saint” Bullock
Comes To Grief
As Chicken Taker
Trail Os Blood Leads To
House Where Negro Hides
After Theft.
George "Saint" Bullock, 54, a
- Negro with a reputation j
for. stealing thickens, won't be tak
ing any more for a while.
The start of Bullock's downfall
began Monday night, early in the ,
dark of Tuesday when he at
tempted to; make off with four white
hens from tile hen house of Tom ,
Dudley, of Roxboro. Dudley. who
had previously missed some chick
ens, heard those he had making a
noise, He also heard the man who
turned out to be Bullock.
Dudley shot at him, peppering the
man with small shot. Bullock drop
ped the chickens and ran, leaving a
trail of blood as lie did so. Next
.morning, or rather, later in the same
morning, Officers Brooks and Waik
er. of City police, found Bullock a!
his. home, took him to jail, etc.
Next night: there was a trial in
City Court before Mayor. S. G. Win
stead. Verdict, bound over to Re
corder's Court on a charge, of lar
ceny. In the meantime. “The Saint"
is still ill jail, where it is expected '
lie will stay until trial comes up next i
Tuesday.
Still under .investigation is a theft ;
ease here about which the Chief of
Police. George C. Robinson,: is with
holding details, and likewise not
completed is the investigation ol an
alleged affray.
Exchange Club
Hears Educator
.Mrs. Catherine Hidy, Guest
Speaker Lai.l Ni'tht Vt
Hotel.
Tracing the role of health educa
tion in the furthering of , public
health. Mrs, Catherine Hidy, of the
health education service, who was
guest speaker last night at the Ex
change club at Hotel Roxboro. said
that she values particularly the
friendly spirit shown by citizens here
and added that cooperation with
public health programs, which is
What health educators try to bring
about, [is eseutial if towns and com
munities are to benefit from social
and medical research.
Mentioned also by Mrs. Hidy was
the Exchange club's crippled chi 1 •
droll's project, in which, .as she
pointed out, the club can liiak de
finite contributions by planning
methods of reporting, investigating
and treating cases. It was reported
that the club realized about S6O from
the South Boston benefit show for
crippled children Saturday night.
Special guests were Mclver Featii
erston, of Collins and Aikman. and
Thomas J. Shaw, Jr, of (he
Courier-Times. Presiding was Presi
dent J. H. Lewis.
Chaplain Freed
In Philippines
The first important collaboration
trial in the Philippines ended yes- ;
terday in the acquital by court
martial of Maj. Enrique Sobrepena,
Army chaplain and most prominent
Protestant leader in the islands.
The defense cited pressure
brought by the Japanese, which U- ,
legedly forced Major Sobrepena io
deliver pro-Japanese sermons .mil
to become president of the enemy
sponsored federation of evangelical
churches.
Conviction would have removed ;
the chaplain from service. Botn
native and foreign churchmen in j
the three-week trial testified that!
Major Sobrepena had asked iliej
Filipinos to co-operate witli the!
Japanese.
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Still Hunts For
Her Stolen Son
Chicago—Still hopeful that her
[ son, missing a year, will be return
ed. Mrs. Margaret Harding, 29,
! continues the search. The child,
10 weeks old at the time, disappear
| ed June 30, 1944. Mrs. Harding says
two Negro girls took it from a bug
gy while she carried groceries in
to her home.
Mrs. Harding, wife of a service
man stationed at Bradley Field.
Conn., is an interviewer with the
U. S. Employment Service here, and
the holder of a Ph.D. degree from
Loyola University. Her greatest
fear Is that she will not recognize
her son if she sees him again.
2 Fatal Highway
Accidents
IN PERSON COUNTY IN 1941
DON’T HELP INCREASE ITI
DRIVE CAREFULLY
NUMBER 72
New Weapon To
Be Instrument
For Peace Pact
Hide Speculation As To Fu
liire Possibilities Stirs
World.
London. Aug. 8 —The revolution
ary atomic, bomb might become the
peace-enforcing weapon of the unit
ed nations through a special air
police force equipped with the se
cret, terrible missile by the United
States and Britain, some diplomats
suggested tonight.
They also speculated that the
bomb would raise the question of
putting all militariiy-important sci
entific inventions under control of
tlie united nations security council
when the new world organization is
born.
One prime question was whether
the secret of the atomic bomb would
be or should be -shared with oth
er allied nations, and whether Rus
[sia already had been Informed of
the: secret:
I here was general agreement that
the weapon could become the “big
stick " of peace and security, pro
vided it did not fall into the wrong
bunds, and that it promised to
change radically the modern con
cepts of security and strategy.
Some diplomats said that the
Americans and British, even if they
did not wish to reveal their secret,
might agree to furnish a special'air
force, to tiie security council. Under
such ah, the interna
tional organization would not be
given the secret of the bomb, but
could use the air force wherever ag
gression might break out.
There was broad speculation that
a proposal' for council con
trol of military scientific inventions
would be made during the first plen
ary session of the new world organ
ization.
Most: often heard was the com
ment. "It is more important thafj
ever now that'the--new international
security organization should be
Blade to work. Now it is either
i peace [and security, or total destruc
t ion of civilization,"
Everyone agreed that every coun
try in the world was digesting every
morsel of news about the weapon,
and considering its potential im
port on all future international re
lations.
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Canada Studies
Postwar Plan
Ottawa. Ontario. —The dominion
government will lay down a blue
print lor postwar Canada tomorrow
at tiie opening session of a confer
ence witli tiie governments of the
country's nine provinces.
Underlying the parley is the basic
question ol provincial autonomy,
similar to the state's rights issue In
[tiie United States. Each province,
represented by its premier and large
delegations of constitutional and
[taxation experts, will guard jealous
ly its own rights as the federal gov
ernment seeks acceptance of an
over-all program for postwar pros
perity.
Prime Minister W. L. Mackenzie
King, wlio will open tomorrow's ses
sion in die house of commons, has
mil lined the purpose of the confer
ence to be an appraisal of what the
postwar situation, problems and
needs of Canada will be, and con
sideration of the broad lines of gov
ernmental policy and action which
[would be appropriated to assist In
I meeting these problems.
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Hard Winter In
Prospect For Nazis
Berlin—General Elsenhower told
Germans in the U. S. occupation
zone Monday that they may form
loc%l unions and engage in local
political activities with the -aim of
helping prepare tor the coming
winter which he o’-odicted would
i'e bard.
"F..'l Ireedom to form trade ua*
ions "lid to engage :r. democratte
u.litrul activities will be exteivfM
rapidly in those areas In which JWU ,
show !> readiness for healthy exM
eise of these privileges," Eisen
hower said In a proclamation ja*4
over the Berlin radio.