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GTON. auz- 6—-(CP)-' ‘wfranrlrztgked today under the; m devastating destructive force

known to man-the atomic h-pnd Canadian science and dian uranium pla ed a large m ml; epochal a ievement. ce of the sreat new wea- which may speed 1m ihoi ' ion of i. c enemy. was an- ‘ alight bv President Truman at u Au up T. (l2 A.M. A.D.T.) h; White House statement. He . the first atomic bomb had t dropped on the Japanese m base of Hiroshima 16 hours

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rolkokyo radio, reporting an at on Hiroshima at 8.20 A.M.. Mel said: "A small number oi lmeican B-Ztrs attacked the city iisouthwostcrn l-ionshu with in- will; and explosive bombs") Tlielzomb carried a wallop more yioltni than 31.000 B-Zil Superforb‘ we: normally could hand an ugly city, tisiiig old type T.N.’I‘. bi. Ii had the Tclsmuctivc eof 20.000 ions o . . .

War Secretary Stimson, in a fluimenl (lcclarlng the poten- illl force of the new explosive “ltaggcrs the imagination." said results of first use oi the ato- nle bomb had not yet been | llcerlalned because cloudl oi Jul and dcbrls covered the ‘isrgei. lie assorted it would rtveela frlcmcyndous aid" in a nag tie apanese war. lir. Truman's emphasis on this i-ii- renewed speculation as to ether Japan may be crushed by attack without invasion.

Mr. Truman iintod that the Jap. nlelsucmrelccicd latlitcdsurrendejr ulti: rem os am, an l. had been intruded to sum-e, IHICBFIIIICFC people from “uiterl i. ion Now. he said, with the new bomb, 9 JflDIihP-fic "may expect a rain i rulii from the air. tile like of hithnllas nrvrr been seen on this

President Truman said the s _tlIlC skill of the Unttgd KmL i“ the United States and Can- - had gone into long cXpeL

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Iona Hall. Tuesday ti-

"umw- 35- Peiflk Wednesday. 8-6-2l.

"slmw. MorcTTitssday.

8-6-2i. Kvllvs Cross. Wcdnrs- 8th , 344p

at Fred In- 11)! 16. ‘Thursday, August, 84-7-1341.

in McLean's Wedneaday 8-l2-Tue-tf.

"Wnmlfl! Hots ever Prid rite p ' y w‘ HuntHOléHYllYOIIIB Borden Elsa-am.‘ "Dance in U

, utcn school August‘ Turners Orchestra. ' 8-7-11.‘

"Picnic . ill. August

"lnlnan re-unioii ~ n s, llh.

“Hos ital ‘gnome’ Dance

Sourls.

"m, _ --—, army. CAurusIOXirilS Gama SW73‘;

"Dmfi Giulia/m H ll w o ‘Mil’. Aucrst‘ 0th nytjebslfri; WINK-I'll. $8.31‘

l i Bad, Birch Grove Hall, Frec-

llffiilnti‘. August 0th. 0-7-31.

"mil miss Ice Cream Festival ""1 miles and other amusements. e Hall, Friday. August 10th.

l 8-7-9-21. “Ice Cream social and Dance View Hall. Tuesday, August l 8- ~11.

“Dance Con Mu. - ' Dhy s °°'°“°“°- Wsdnorday. august ath.

V mllfiic and refreshments’, l- -§l.

"loo Cream Fe ii 1 . $11 Preston sTggmby M.‘ m» August 0th. Ice cream. M'a-‘i‘l‘l§ll‘°§;i.i“3‘.2°“‘- ' fl l , . “w” by Indian Rivlszx‘ U-TJL

1.9‘- Jflhlfs Church‘ Picnic.

"lld- Wednesday. Augput h. "b first fine day. lfla-Ei.

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t: _*‘_ i Dance - ‘Vl i ’I'hen lust as the present WM’ ""- <>~-~i-r°-'if‘““° ‘Tit?- "5235. "i: Wazoo...- " ‘““' ‘mm v ‘ Bh id if ~»i"°“i‘l‘t.lt‘;“ si:r"-r".‘:.i'.;.:li.i::.s"s. our. a h“ Contact Nqfman “oxen. atom of uranium about in two '14 for trucking “Wm equal parts, then all the wales m -___ l w“ be explained. She made Elm; ‘u. ltliblilaicrs present "Dam- ematical calculations to 91'0" l .. m" Thurrsdlilis iuglfiftt $.13 Neils Bohr. Danish Plum)"- d “Y women's Institute a-o-ai who siimva" “mm ‘h’ m” "cone —-__ ' m take his awmio bomb m". actgi! Hogs by mu yo; lmenfa to Britain and thgamixlier“ llliy: mo eser. Albany on: viql- States. learned of Dr. lcu, mfimld Prida A t, calculations He broadcast them- lIlIuPh°“°°°1lect'A.C (lreeiluxl- Inside two writs the world's " Wm. herald. airy-tuit- hm mode m. mt and

element, which he called uranium 90

g nearlyd 10L meg}; cgllmyngot a 10]; of chemlcnft other chemical element is gi elements of a about half way between hydro n. lightest element and uranium. 9 most massive.

Germans Too Late With Atomic Weapon

(B5 The Canadian Press) LON ON, Aug. G-Germany pos- sessed sortie atomic power secrets, Winston Churchill said tonight, but “by God's mercy British and American science outpaced all German efforts."

The Nazi eflorts to develop an atomic bomb "were on a consider- able scalc but were iar behind," said the former Prime Minister in a statement issued by Prime Miri- isier Attlce.

Ship Lcbsters Tc N. Y. By Plane

(By The Associated Press) NEW YORK, Aug. fi-A shipment

lof 000 pounds of Maine lobstors,l itrapped yesterday, is due licrc to--

day by plane on the first. of a ser- ies oi daily flights from Rocklond. Mo. the Fishery Council said, and added that glider scrvioc was plan- ncd for the future with two ship- ments a day, one by plane and one by glider. The air service, the Council said. saves 24 hours in

shipping from Maine and Canada. ,

Two Trocpships And licspital Ship flue In Two Weeks

(By The Canadian Press)

HALIFAX. Aug. ti-Two troop- shlps.n. hospital shin and one naval vessel caryiiig military personnel are cxncctcd to clock here within the iicxt two wccks, military auth- orities announced today.

The troopship Aicniitara is ex- pected to nrrivc late Tuesday night with a draft of navy, air force. merchant. navy and Royal Artillery personnel. No Canadian army vet- erans Pi)" known to be aboard.

Tho Canadian hospital ship Lot- ltia ls expected to tie up at Hali- fax pier late Saturday or early Sunday. and the Cameronia is scheduled to nrrivc on Aug. 15.

Oiic hundred Canadian army men arc aboard the destroyer Cu’- cjtod_ hur. u

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LONDON. Aug. 6—-(CH)-The Lopdon Daily Mall said today in a Washington dispatch noting "reliable sources" that apan would be served with a new ultimatum to surrender

within 48 hour: or face oblit- eration from the atomic bomb.

Prime Minister King Elected

ALEXANDRIA, Ont., Aug. 5 _. (OP) - Prime Minister Macken- Zlfl K1118 Was elected to the House of Commons tonight, defeating Dr. Richard Moiiahan, Independent Liberal, by a landslide majority iii the Glengarry lay-election,

Returns from the complete 43 Dolls gave Mr. King 4,623 against 3527 for the 64-year-old doctor of Slirirbot Lake Ont, 1e biggest majority in thc historic riding. the polls Dr Monaha Bet a vote.

Formally Charged With Murder 0f Benjamin Binns

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OTTAWA, Aug. a _ (c?) _ Premier Waiter Jozef, of Prince Edward Island told the Domin- ionlinvincinl conference today that his Province is the smallest but has the greatest need.

Relatively to other province; it had not prospered since Conical. oration.

l’ E I lirul not asked to come into Conic-iteration but, since wining in had been reduced t0 an uncnviahlo position.

"Willi ll little more than hali the wages for labor we suppn s twice us many people, 10.6 per wagcxarncr in our province against a little over five in other provinces," said Mr. Jones. The average wage In other prov- inces ivouid run to more than $25 per week and in Prince Ed- ward Island a, little over $15. per week. -

The provincial government had statistics to back up flhece state- ments and proposed to submit

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ncfal financial relations

tonal changes together with

conference on reconstruction. . There was no

to consideration.

putes, however, over

program for the the conference.

mic energy by Canadian. States and British sflfllltlriis vlded a diversion for the

dam. importance. Federal Proposals

The Dominion brief, placed on the

them later along with if; sugg- csicd remedies.

"Above all this conference must not be permitted to fall", he said. “The eyes oi the people of’ Can- ada are upon us today and whe-

Leo Herbert Cheverie, Sourisavasl formally charged before Stiocndiq ary Magistrate J. W. McDonald, yesterday at Gcorzctoivn with the‘ murder of Benjamin (Benny) Binns» and his preliminary hcarlnz vms, adjourned for a week. S. S. firs- slan. K.C., represented thc Crown.

An autopsy was performed at‘ Souris yesterday on the bodv Binns by Dr. Li, Yco of Charlotfr-l town and Dr. A. A. MacDonald of‘ Sourfs. (‘Ill

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will e held at Soilris ’I'iiui. ay evening with Dr. A. Kennedy pro-- siding as coroner.

Benjamin Binns came to his,

death last Saturday nlaht at Sourls in the home oi his fathcr-iii-liun, J, Wilbert Chcverie. When ihtl coroner's jury viewed the body a-l bout one o'clock Sunday afternoon.) a large knife was lying on- thel floor near the body. 'I‘herc was a‘ severe gash on the right side nf~ the throat and a large quantify of blood on the floor of the bark porch where the body was lyiriit

Both Binns and Chevrrfe had served overseas. Binns returned asr a casualty about two years acoi and Chcverie but a few monthsl ago. He is one of six brothers who» have servcd overseas. Ono brother? arrived back from overseas last‘

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BY HOWARD R. BLAKESLEE ssociatcd Press Science Editor

NEW YORK. Aug B — (AP) - The atomic comb by official des- cription, probably is just a begin- iiiiig of fl iicw science and not the‘ terrific thing the size oi a football 0r maybe a stove that could wipe.

.Nc\v 101k oil thc map in one ex- : molecule of

plosioii.

lZut it is ill; opznliig wedge, and the terrifying aspect at present is that no mun can know how far its destructive effects may be do. vclopcd.

The official report; say uranium ls the basic atomic mam-lat. This uranium drama began in the early 1930s, in Itnlv. as something quite different. There Enrico Fermi, physicist now a Columbia Univer- sity professor and one oi the scijnflstg ivho developed the atomic bomb principles, was using power- ful electronic and atomic rays to bombard solid matter He got what he reported i0 be a new chemical

In other worldJamous laborator- ies physicists went to work and years got nowhere. verify thc new ele- weight,

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But what an incredible snock they got They split uranium cas- iiy with neutron particle rays. And , when one single uranium atom 1 spilt, it released 200,000,000 electron volts of energy.

Oiic pound of TN.T. rclcasesl five electron volts energy for Céttilll thc explosive And‘; llicrc are usually millions of atoms g in one molecule. l

There are three kinds of uraml lum and the explosion occurred in the atoms oi only one. The three are uranium 235, 233 and 234. The only known differences urc in at- omic weight wOnly 235 exploded awmically. In one ton of com- l mercial uranium there are 14- pounds oi 336 and two ounces oi 234

The huge size oi the American atomic bomb plants and the ofiic-. lai descriptions of the great quaii_ titles of materials shipped into them indicate that 23o probably, has been the main source of the new bomb.

Uranium And What Else’! .

It may not be the only one, for. War Secretary Stimson said an- vingl off atomic power ln i/he form of l heat. which 1| still too measre to run a. ate engine. And Winston Churchill told oi raids on a Nor- wogian heavy water plant Heavy water lo deuterium. or heavy hyd- rogen. which means hydrogen atoms of twice ordinary weight.

It is ear to lee how atomic power ooul be used to desroy moat of mankind. In principle ii ll not yet easy to are how the earth could be destroyed.

Th. principle under which the earth miglistkvto stay put is that what eiop q one kind oi atom does not necessarily explode any other lslhd. and there are 9d kinda. Uranium lo a comparatively rare chemical element. The no variety; ll ltill more rare. Ii all the “fall-l luan was to blow up. it slut vroirldl not be likely in start the atomic,

rm that would aiaintemie thr- nlt of the earth ..

.ther the problems be great or small some satisfactory solution must. he worked oui.”

At u later stage in tlhe confer- enci- l1:- pronosed to go into greater detail 0n the province's position.

increase In N. B. Potato Acreage

(By dflic Canadian Press) l FREDERICTON. Aug. 6—Gerieral' marl-rot conditions prevailing at the onriiing of the season were be-i licvcd rcs ~ siblc for an fncreasel ovoi" lust ' ‘s acreage of upwards; oi 7,000 a "cs cnfcrcd for certifi- cation. C, H. Godwin. federal seed potato certification service report- crl hcrr this morning. Figures ob- taliird from thc local office oi the service show applications totalling 1.281 for an acreage of 17,925 acres as compared with 883 applications with aii acreage of 10,766 acres last year. An analysis 0f the fig- ilrcr. reveals thc Katahclin, intro- tiuccd info thc province several _vc.~,i~s ago and a favorite with ihc South American trade with 0.102 avrcs in the first place. The Green

Mountain. a favorite for many years, with 0.22.‘) acres is second] on thc list r ‘it- Bliss Th-iumph‘ with 1.605 aoios is in third place

position. Irish Cobblers ivith 712 acres is next in line while White Bliss is nor-ct with an acreage of 88 acres. Scbzmo with 74 acres. Houna with 60, Chippewa with 45, Seq- uoia with 6 and Warba one are next in that order. Practically ihe' total acreage entered, it was err- plaliicd, is ccntrcd in the "potato- bcit" and Meciawaska Counties.

Of the 10,776 acres entered for. certification last year. 04 per cent was passed and the balance re- jcoied.

Two Canadians Killcd in Crash

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WINNIPEG, A1151. 6--'I‘Wf) Cana- dians and a resident of Newfound- land were among the :3 officers and N.C.O.‘s klilcd iti the crash of a bomber in Pcrsin during the week-end, it was learned here to- day.

Canadians wcrc co-pilot F0. Stanley A. Bennett whose widow lives at. (094 Manitoba Ave.), Win- nlpcg; and Sszi. Robert R. M gaii. whose widow lives at (2008 Caribou Road), New Westminster, B. C. The Neufoundlaiidcr aboard was Sgt. Lloyd R. l-lollet-t, son of

. Hollctt of (22 Mons Avenue) St. John's. Nfld.

The crew had

ust graduated

table and distributed to all in tendance at the opening, made thc

following proposa1s:_ 1. Provinces and Dominion to

regarding taxation without any surrender of co utional rights.

2. Dominion subsidies to be in-‘

creased to a basis of $12 per capiia as of the 1941 census and further

latlon and value of gross national production.

3. Provinces to refrain fmm ini-

lng personal income, corporat- E315 and estate taxes. leaving ihc Dominion a clear field.

4. Dominion to assume full ro-

persons over 70 payable to all $30 a month and share with prov- inces costs of pensions for needy persons from 05 to 70 and health insurance.

merit insurance and pay uncmph - ment assistance to uniiistirswi rm-

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Report Joseph Kramer Confesses

OELLE. Gemfl-ny- A118- (Reuters) -— Joseph Kfiifllflluftllfm- er commandant of the no. nous Belsen concentratim campy. n ' hwulllng trial hcrc, has sifzncd w statement confessing his crimes. i. was learned today. r

The teXt of his confession can- not bc disclosed at present for fear of preJudfcing his trial, bu: it will be read as evidence at. tn:-

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OTTAWA, Aug. (i-Broad propos-l als for reorganization of Dominion. by r agreements and without consiitup’ sug- gestions for enlarged social scour-l ty and income maintenance today were placed before the governments o! the nine provinces by the Fed- eral Government at the opening: session of the Dominioii-Provincizil

immediate com- ment from provincial Premiers and no objection to the Dominion Gov- ernment proposals being taken in- There were dis- proccriurc i which upset the proposed federal, initial stages ui’,

Announcement of the develop- merit of an atomic bomb and of the completion of mastery of ato- Uiiiiori r pru- l C()I1I‘.‘l‘- ence and the news was given iu it by Prime Minister Mackenzie I§ll"f, as lie said. because of its iraiisc .1-

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crs that would swallow whole buildings. and tossed about" giant clods weighing tons as though they were

sticks.

ilic Japanese people while

port on the Inland Sea, with

The Japanese admitted that llirosliimn had been struck, avoided any mention of damage and staid only a icw Superiorts singed the raid.

This development dwarfed for the moment all other activities in llic Pacific war including a raft! by .580 Supcriorts which

iurncti four more Japanese cities l

lntnpslics ivlth 3,850 tons 0i in- cciirliiiry liombs.

Jflils Use Jet Planes

Goadcrl out of hidliig. the Jana. ivso fill‘ force sent JEt-prgpgllpd l t. ‘ptrir c“ up to mrct some of the Super- "'i "' but fliers reported visible as much as 150

ii. Imolziari and Saga. One lost, Four hundred fight- boinbcrs from Okinawa sin’ lllt‘ port of Taruiiii ablaze. RTP-“Hfllilc. the Chinese announ-

‘rzjd they had bored 50 miles of 5. Dominion to extend unemploym-

Ciiiiias coast for possible Allied iiidinirs at a new point by break- inio the important highumy 'ZI‘1l of Ycuiigkong, 125 miles l of the big southern port of Clinton.

Iii Burma, Admiral Mountbatten

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channel 60 miles northeast ct‘ Rangoon while other forocs fought to wipe out Japa- iicsc rcmiiztiits still trapped crest of the river.

Cancel Trains In

SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. s _ The Osaka radio an- nounced tonight the cancellation

t m 1 “B Leno u“; all of ‘various trains in Hiroshima Pre- fifneggrrgflg H f .u -—il‘i0 tllSlilCt lll ivliich the fi atomic bomb in the world

Faint Idea 0f Power 0f New Atomic Bomb

(By The Cahfilan Press) NEW YORK, Aug. 6-A ldga of the power within the a

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The enemy broadcast did not refer to the bomb or to any dam- age that might have resulted from however.

island-Born

D I mic bomb: A munitions ship blew up in

Halifax, N.S., Dec. 6, i917. ‘ -, —“—

teen hundred persons were klilcd. YARMOUTII, N S, Au 6 _ 4,000 injured. 20.000 made homo-l (cP) -- Dr. William Alexander

less, 2!»; square milcs of the city i MHCLCINI, 87. wcllimown New York

devastated. The ship carried 3.000 tons of T N. T.—about oiie-scvrziili