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Show CONGRESSMEN OFF TO PIIIMPITNEd . . . Seven senators and representatives left Washington airport for tour during which they esprit to participate In Ihr rrtebralioa at Manila marking Phila round W. Robinson ippine independence, left to right: Gen. II. L. George; Krp. Karl LeComple H., In.) Rep. J. ill., I'tahi; Yrrnon Moore, secretary. Filipino rehabilitation rommlsslon; Ben. Hugh Butler R., Nrbr.lt F.llrw-de- r Rep. Fred Crawford R., Mleh.t; J. Weldon Jones, President Truman's representative; Rea. Alien (I)., I.S.); Rep. George Miller (U., Calif.) ; ben. Owen Brewster K., Maine); and Brig. Gen. Carlos Koinulo, rrsidru! cainmissiaarr of the Philippines. Ihe-wor- ld g MIGHTY ATOM . . . The trim secret and the revelation of the horrifying rffrets of radioactivity following the alom bombing of Japan was given the world here by a man of science who saw It. He is ol. Paul D. Keller, 98th division surgeon stationed at Osaka. He asserted Jap scientists knew the "how" of the atom bomb but could nut pul it to work. The above picture, furnished by Colonel Krllrr, shows the twisted rey mains of a railroad In the bombed area. ABOARD f la tion it up and it was pushed westward OPERATIONS CROSSROADS. Fruin a n.ilitary st.iiidiHuiit the wlifie it gradually leveled olT and nf tiie fourth atomic lonib disHTM'd us our ship steamed slowwus a huge surer. but as a swr-- J ly iilni-.- the seaward sole of Bikini taele worth travelir.g 8.000 milra to island We could see the ghost fleet in sie it dul nut live up t.i its advance the lagoon through our binoculars billing. Fnnn tiie Mundpnir.t of and precisi.m (he iiliitonium Fire amith-lushowed on the Sara- J right-of-wa- bn ibte mat tee- bomb was dropped squarely in the target area. Tiie advance weather It was pri dirt ions held true. dwipiH'd on time to the second. The air drum's were sent through the cloud area and shepherded bark by their mother ships. The boat drones were m ill into the area of radio activity and brought back via radio control. Tiie cameras dirked and the instruments limit especially to tiie results nf the blast worked. Hut to those of us here aboard the Appalachian, who had been orientated and lectured day after day for the past two wriks, who had interviewed sriei. lists and scientific writers, IIk-- I iamb burst and the atomic cloud were a disappoint m rut. Tiie recapitulation of the damage shewed the ti .g ymi ts (idiom and Cat li sie sunk: tin dost rover Lampson rap-ici- i. heavy damage hull of the world's largest COLOSSUS OF TIIE SKIES The was done to the .submarine Skate, the moved is from anil built Howard by Hughes, cargo plane, designed the light eru'si r Pcmneola. the carCulver City (Calif. plant to Icrininal island. Built almost entirely of rier Independence, the Jap rrtrxrr wuod, the 211.000,000 craft capable of tarrying 700 persons will now Sukawa. and the Cierman pocket br assembled in a 9150.000 grating dock. Ten cities and towns and other battlc.-bi- p I'rir.z Eugen. Li, 'hi to in moving the big plane. subdivisions ttrgngihliri'inthge was caused nn II amyl the J,ip N.'iL'.ita, tie pywjogepww.y .i.y .n .iw ' f-- No. IfiO j .u Novaila, the ojh-and I .CM Nn Small fires were started and lo'er ixiingimhid nn trie destroyer Wilson, the I'rnsarnla, the transp irt P.risoic. the Nevada, the carrier Saratoga and tranyports Niagara. Untie. Cortland. Drachm and and the battleship New York, Heaviest damage was caused on the Itidc-- . yemli-ncMid tl.c fire which burst into flumes nn hr r stern was more dramatic watch than the bomb burst iiiMifur as this writer was con certted. Because the atomic cloud did not reach the heights arl.ieved in prcvl rms drops was not considered ns reflection upon the efi'ciep.ey of the Dcasor-bnmh for the nlativrly 'W cloud given wi re that water nh-- ! much of the In at m i 1 he d:flcrrnee in t,1n.nr,., a r rife , II rr.uy be that thou-.lV,.; i J V: nf Nwi'itLf' wfiM.il alnng the Miirl.na , the Appalachian were expert::!; much. We had led tn be. brve fruin many jwiurres to expect and adventure and exriie- I.i-you there was no dinma ar.d cer'aii.ly no ex- rilrn'.i-i.tI confers that os I juivd tiie polarized plastic gneg-eover my eyes as we heard the sT-"brur.b away" I del feel excited and tense as I awaitrd tl.p blavt. It came as I saw it. well ah-a huge nranre I,;,:!. the hoiiz-.n- . C. S. COMBATS DENTAL DECAY . . . The one of fluorine tn control It mi;!:! have fcern a hreworki dental deray, the most prevalent disease In the world. Is bring studied dirplay nn the Fourth of July, al In Miami count v, Ohio, where V. S. public health official are ehei king f though not near so dazzling result of test conducted on 1.300 oehool ehildrrn less than 15 jears old. wau-hrthe cloud appearing ,fcp - ' nothin r r ore th:n. a huge ice crearn soda Crr.irn white the yt ti.e surf.'icc but dee;. !T:r:de . hues were pink ar.d and :t bnil'-: roi;;-':and nctiu-a o; CUinu.ous natural id :d w!,n i d it from our vuw I It a l.g- : t in my ears bu fei: r.o S' ends later the of d ne linn can e like a ri siai.t j'a! nr roll nf thunder thats all, but tun wc were 18 m.Ii-away. Ten rrimu'i". afvr the blast had rruihiiHirru d up t; a l.e ght r,f 2i fliiO fi'-ai.d was ai- -j Kb lja t 8 ieelg i. ee M'S ID NT Sen sn N ... . iriENTIST CSS By WALTKR A. SIMM) ftM WMhli(i ('rrrtiatfrMll APPALACHIAN, tnp. 'ilie trade winds soon broke Dr. Abraham foirlch, whs has discovered a ir pic antidote to rescue persona li, try suicide by taking over-ks- n The sf sleeping medicine. Mf, which also helps avert pnen-- i, la called amphetamine jbaudrine) sulphate. The Suit Lake City wus toga ablaze There apieared In le a small lire aboard the Nevada. These fires made a smoke haze over the lagoon, but it soon rleart-- away and as I I'mk toward the lagoon now there is little Indication of a Are ,s. , anywhere. We air changing course now, following tbe Ml. McKinley, Admiral niuudr's flagship, apparently with the iutrntion of entering tiie lagoon. Television rereiving sets in the ward room of the Appalachian regs J? istered the blast from cameras installed on the island, then they went out of eomniission. The carrier nre likely suffered more damage than any other capital iip to its su'rstrur- ture and nil , lanes which were atop its flight d- ek wore carried away. Tline was or superstructure d. image to other ships of Dir73 in Hie target fleet lint to me llw f . ( pathos of Die thing was eni hasied alMss. N MKMtwiSiAti when I saw tiie sturdy masts of tiie old Nevada hrillumt in its mange d Are that biased lu four ullpu of thu This air view shows tana of water being pumped Into thu paint, standing there sill) slamu-SI. George ferry terminal au StuU-- Island. A number nr persons were trapped lu the bulldlngu. Nina alarms and true despite the aloin.c bomb. quickly sounded, summoning every piece of appsratua available and three flrrbeals. There was no wii.d, no waves mirl no tiiundi-rst'-- i No trees were! ni. damaged nn tiie island. There was s. no tidal wave and no earih'piake ftIn fairness there was no prediction L is Ift. from tiie navy or army r, 'finals that ' "" ' ,Vf i any of these tilings might happen. : rv;trss The navy frankly said they didn't know what would hat pen. These r',i wild predictions were made by .f i. or scier.lific wrier. Also, in all fairness to the nftirvr of joint task force Nn. 1. the hmuh. which looked to small to the lay wrilers, may actually haw been big. Srieutilically of coin sc there can be no adequate judgment of the rc- .Its until the have j' been read, the damage on the va- i ''V'.X K - ; ',V' 7. "e4 rious ships actually determined and In the light of the oh- measured. ' ? , ; .? Jrrtivp. the navy ai.d 1:i- armv had i:i mind the lotual eth-e.'3. the if d nu-asu- I 14 1m nk ImIi-in'i.iI- i j ' - In-o- ... am . 220-To- ot - T 1 uni' ... The first woman HECUTIVE k Tskys ts hold Ht ts u executive posihead of a business estab-tanru-t, Mrs. Yoshiko Matsuda. jeh W rA Vi', ts , OniU Nf - ' nwia 'I all-fe- r e- i- J n - M " Hr I Gl . c ' -' ' j w ' "a ,1- so.-b- i 3 'iM'd with the Wl.nlc fipf rifiifui; lu-e- t " n-- ' , WiKERS CHARGES . . . Bulk al "kkfB, sister rf the bte Gen. Mitchell, answered charges "Ml collaboration by General JHrk with the charge that appeasing the them to prose- - ve I 1 , ros-c- tv fat !y I2.fi'-'- frt Im iiiti Bv PAM. I I oiritrniLL r fcV- inn . N'rn d - honored Kinston Churchill, wife 1 rtlme premier, is r,Mnlo robes utter re-dTrre of doe-Glasgow university. ltur I I I PIONEER OrFRA IIOI SE . . . Historic old Central Clly (Colo.) opera is open again this summer after bouse, built during the mining boom, Opera star In Moiart hlaikout. Metropolitan four-yewartime u "La Travlata" are Verdi's and the Seraglio" "The Abduction From to July 2. playing there from July arro-- s M.'irki't! j sev-mm- t. 'l aRa-'ak- - 'Tlwsaaslieisnf iaaeiwieinewSsiiiHMe6ierik. OWNER OF CROWN JEWELS . . . A photo ef the t'ounlrss Von Hesse, prlncrss of 1'russla, so she looked lu the days when Hiller and Gocring wrrr rntertalned al her Kronbrrg castle. It was from fids raslle lhat the Jewel wrre fctolrn. INDIANS SELL OUT . . . Tbe Cleveland Indians liaschsll team tsss Mild after almost a week of negotiations and nfTrrs. Acerplanee of an oflir by Bill Verrk of (hli ago and Ills assaelati's was made by Alva of Ihr Indians, for Ids former sliw kliolilers. Ihoto llraillev, i x piesiili-iiHosteller, attorney fur Bradley and now allows, hfl la right, JaM-pvice president anrrtaiy for, the new eonibinr; Harry Grahinrr, new and Irrasuii-r- and Bill Verik, new president ef the club. t s llrsoe-Darm-sta-dt s V' "'4 VA I' -,i time in i has t!.'-r- to git no actigd iti-e- i1 'lie real dan age 'P.i-tc hi we enter the (ro-ro- it n. - er.t asw-y- lag- r - V v d-- la-u- Utvs-V.- ti-- lK. - JU-- W VX liv. ' ' RMKbMHMMMz ... X- ' i i f 1- -- . ai . I V ar.d rgy. UP xrt.e.Jule f.,r every m if the 'I reds t.i lar i s .ur.'! ships loti r, timed to the hveiy-i- , v knew Just wl ;.l to n.- -r d ; ai.e li;,rii-ti.e tarurea of I! klr.l The vast nf ",iiirnj:-iea-wafri rnntiui, Ti.e wcut).: uiao hod raid. "Titir is the day," General Tfari.ey had r.nd, "Ix.-l" Then tiie plane f to i $ may lie ' t .4 dan age Visually I 'v - !..g-,'.r- ' . - i nirralioii MIS ki. - pe V.'hi n "Ij.'iw - Ij'i.'in." u. z. V' the ri.iwri kv nn Kwejr.li the I jt.g- - l.ii,MJ aid a;t cry of trie- Army A.r Four' mi'1 in Opel 'jti'.ri; Cru; i.ru.i'is tig.,.' nf s i" : move wi'h the r re- . war The c;. rdtinn had Leer, plat.ii' but this ture t. ere wav a r.ew fur thiy wen thrill of ar.tic:r;i'-i",-i dealing wilh the force of ntm:s-i'-n- bomb drop and with the ency of the bomb There are aboard tin; il.ip wl:n saw t!,e N .gaaaki b'in.b dn-.v.d the drr jj Alamos, N. M. They de. to be t'!arl this bomb r,pf-are' Her, judging from tiie end t!,f' atomic cloud which in the ra-l roar'd to a heigiit of out 55,000 feet. There is r.o that the f ,ree of I k terrible cnergv is ke notlnng er known nn car'h hi f .re but 'he distancex out line are n griat tl d Ihr energy was il.ysned and i pa ted over a vast aie.-ri For tl ' lance, at f,'ag'i'-;.kina of : '.il bomb d image w,. in six are mills, (,r an ar, .f n: a 'i e and a half radius while the of li.c Nevada fr- u thi ' re of liikirn i ,p- on o' e miles And the ri" ti .'ijili aero: s aid 21 n..le g I" nust also be itn.i n.l,uH 0.;, this story is wrilt'-for tra, ',1 f1 f-- I i tl 4 - 'A 'iteitW Cl w.4MI Tbe fastest slrmail delivery In the history of SrEEIi KM OKI) Jet propelled plane the In I ted states was areoniplishcd when u I'-D C'., carrying mall left Schenectady, N.V., and arrived In Washington, In 49 mlnubs. f apt. Hubert llalrd, pilot, of (Tarksdale, Mis., Is bandsecreing the pouch and a letter from W. Stuart Symington, assistant The to al Vlnrenl for Washington. war of Ilurkr, postmaster air. tary HO plane reached a top speed of 5 miles an bnnr. n. t r- .''V'l'i 1 S - . . . SuperCONGR.ATLLATIONS intendent of schools, Vierllng Krr-sr- y, prrsrnls Gun Johnson Jr., tCallf.l high North Hollywood school gradnatr. hli diploma, au the youth, paralysed from waist down, reclines on u stretcher. |