Delaware County Daily Times from Chester, Pennsylvania • Page 1

Last City Edition CLEAR, COOLER Chester area: Clear and cooler tonight. Thursday, sunny and pleaa anl, with moderate temperature THE GERMANS LOLL German loll on the wnd while Gl'f aweat rtor (heir clUea. Read BIU Cunningham's column on today' editorial page. PRICE, THREE CENTS Daily Leisea Wire Report oi Ufittwl Prea (UP 9TH YEAR NO. 21,174 art Hew Service UN3) CHESTER, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 8.

1945 Atom Bomb Deaths May Reach All Hiroshima Life Seared By Blast TRUMAN TALKS TO NATION ON AIR, THURSDAY 60 of Large City Vanishes; Reduced To a Cosmic Dust City's Important Projects Named For After War Guam, (UP) Tokvo conceded today that most of Hiro shima had been destroyed completely by a single American atomic bomb Monday and said blasted and blistered corpses The proposed Baltimore and Ohio Railroad eat through Chester, and the development of Chester Creek as a recre too numerous to count littered the rums. "The impact of the bomb was so terrific that practically liviiiLr thimrs. human and animal, were literally seared to ational waterway are the two most important post war projects now under consideration by the city administration, death by the tremendous heat and pressure engendered by the blast," one Tokyo broadcast said. American reconnaissance four and one tenth square miles 60 per cent of the built up area of Hiroshima had vanished almost without trace in the world's greatest explosion. Unofficial American sources estimated Japanese aeaa and wounded might exceed 100,000, Five maior war nlants and scores of smaller factories, office buildings and dwellings were known to have been levelled.

Only a few skeletons of concrete buildings remained in the obliterated area. Additional damage outsid the totally destroyed section still was being assessed. Radio Tokyo, breaking its after the raid, said the "indescribable destructive power of the bomb had crushed big buildings and small dwellings alike in an unparalleled holocaust. Inhabitants were killed by blast, nre ana crumoiiny buildings. Tokyo said.

Most bodies were so badly battered that it was impossible to distinguish between men and the vus first tested, on VP 4 HOVE SHOWS the wide urea affected when the Army's new atomic ImiuIj July 16 near the Alamogordo Air Base. New Mexico. Residents first thought it White circle represents section 300 miles in diameter, where blast was scei women. As Tokyo painted a fearful picture of the catastropne, some sources saw a possibility that japan mignr reconsider her rejection of the Allied demand for her surrender before she is invaded. Death Rays 70 Years in "It shouldn't take the Japanese long to think this over, one ranking officer said.

"We plan to present them with bursting atoms as often as possible." New York, (INS) Death shima for 70 vears. Preparations were continuous tnrotign tne rauinc iur an invasion of Japan if necessary, however. Everywhere transports were on the move with supplies and troops. Turn toTage Number I it was stated 'today by Acting, Mayor W. Alrich Price.

We are now studying the proj ects to determine their eligibility for financial aid under the State and local share th cost program, ne said. The Price statement was made following: Governor Edward Mar tin's rsquest that municipal officials made "prompt appraisals" of post war public 'needs so that Common wealth funds may be properly allocated. r.rwRi iior Martin Dointed oui that the' Commonwealth Is ready to assume nan the cost 01 omeprn improvement projects, and that th grants need not be repaid the State. The Governor also announced approval "of plans for toe State to. share half the cast of constructing sewage treatment plants, a decision which will aid the several Delaware County sewer authorities local communities.

The State appropriation for sharing half, the cost of blueprinting local projects would provide an allocation of some S37.000 for all 6 Delaware County. Chester, and the minor governmental units which desire to apply for a share of this fund must show that they have completed nnanciai pians lur com This latter stipulation complicates Chester's application for a grant in connection with the B. and O. and Chester Creeic projects, irice saia. Both the railroad and the city are involved In the one project.

An encineerine firm is about to be named to investigate and report on the creek project. Plans for constructing sewage disposal plants are well under way, and engineer retained by the several county sewer authorities say that reports may be made concerning state participation sometime this month. Scrap Front Facts What First of the semimonthly August paper collections. When Thursday, Aug. 9, starting at 9 a.

m. In case of rain, the pickup will be made Friday. Where In every section of the city. Who Collected for the Chester Salvage Committee by five volunteer agencies Chester Rescue Mission, Boys' Fellowship Club of the YMCA, Smed ky Brothers, Weiss, and Keystone Company. How Much All the salvageable paper including cardboard, cartons, brown wrapping paper and wastebasket paper, as well as newspapers and magazines for the final blows against the Japanese.

While Hiroshima Rums The Japan city, devastated by America's atomic Domo, will be a death trap for Japanese rescue workers unless 'My God', Fliers Cried As Jap City Vanishes in Dust May Lurk Hiroshima dealing rays will lurk in Hiro mersed in water would produce a ciniir hpatcrl sl.en.rn. he exnlalzied. Cut such a power plant would bflvp t.n be built In a remote id thoroughly insulated witn snecis iead and paraffin. The energy' could aiso be used to Enough 235 to cover the head of "But an insulator to protect the occupants of such an automobile ha.c not vet been tlevf loiwil, said. "The great problem now Is to and tnc insulation.

MEN UNDER30 FACE INDUCTION Washington, ffNSi Men under 30 years of qrc in essential industry were faced today with loss of draft ripfprments unless the Army and Navy slacken demands for 100,000 recruits a montn. This situfition was empnoswea report by the Selective Service System to Hie House Military Affairs Committee, discussing the current problems of the draft In the light 01 present Jirmy rcqmrem which have met with severe I criticism. "The Selective Service Sv.sten order to meet the calls remaining Unfilled alter Inducting those reaching 18 years of age, has no other ehniee but to terminate the defer ments and process for inducting. Turn lo Page Number Summary Gets Report Of Atomic Bomb Effects From Stimson Wusl.lnstoii. i UP) President Tru toditv received tmii! Stvrftnry of War Henry L.

Stimson up to date reports on the devusintinR ta ped on Japan. Mi. v. as Un iui ishlne touches to report on the i to he initio!) by radio ut 10 p. EVVT, tomorrow.

The President heuid from St hull, first hand ncreunU of the pul vemine of Hn'oshmm. quartermaster station and Army Sun'diw. Presidential secretary amines r. snid Mr. Truman would Hon the atomic bomb In his address inn atjiy to no great extent, wimp Houm dmnlsM tl ports that Mr.

Truman Intended to take personal charge of the use of military weapon and was in the. lianas oi mnmiry leaaeia. jil na any other weapon. Mr. Truman's direction of Its use will be exactly he snme us the direction he exer cises as Commander in Chief over a military weapons ana turco The President's report on the Berlin conference will be a ininute i 1 i a rad works.

Ross safd it would ro Into greater detail about tne comerence than did Inst week's official i miminiie frnin Potsdam. (fiven the President a tun report he new weapon's effect. "But." added. "I can't tell you what the re nort said." nnrintr SLImson's talk with the President. Undersecretary of State Joseph C.

Grew entered into the I White House executive olliccs carry In? pl sheaf of tvDCwritten papers He left without indicatltiB lo report p.ts Hie purpose of ht.s visit. After his talk with fillmsnn. Mr. Truman held a conference with Socrctarv of State James F. Byrnes.

presumably concerning the Japanese reaction to me Aines learsome new weapon. Tiie President's flivit press conference following the Berlin meet Intr will be held early next week. probably Monday or Tuesday, Ross said. "He felt he should report to the neoole as a whole JlrsL," the press secretary explained. Mr.

Truman also nlanncd brief conferences, today with Sens. Carl A. Hatch, N. anu Hartey m. Kilaore.

W. Va. He nlanncd to the remainder of the day catching up with paper work ant putting finishing touches on his address. The President usually prefers short1 speeches. But he decided on a hair hour address in this instance be cause of the momentous develop f.

in tne monih he was away Willi. Udissp ne Conference, the surrender ultimatum Japan and flunUy. utivelJuig of the destructive new atomic bomb. There was sharp speculation that the President might take occasion In his speech to warn the Japanese again thai tney must now or see the entire country suffer the fate, of Hiroshima. The development of the atomic bomb has left the country, nnd the world, with mixed feeling over what the future holds.

Many people be listening to the President for ther word on steps taken to co this awe lnsplrjng secret. In first announcing the existence or tne nomo two days ago, M.r. Truman said that he would ask Con gress to establish a commission to control the production and use of atomic power and that he would make recommendations himself its employment. The Anmista xhirh can the President's party to and from Turn to Page 2, Number 4 U.S. Will Invade Japan Despite New Bomb Power Washington.

The Armv still mans to land on the snores OI japan cimer wun utcu rational trooD.s or with full scale in vasion forces, depending on what tne atomic oorno does to uie Japanese will and power to go on lighting way, nign outciais ot wuay, would be to take unjustifiable risks. In the atomic bomb it has the deadliest weapon ever made. But it is just one weapon. For that reason, the war Depart ment has no intention despite scat terert conzressional criticism to cut the Army below the 7,000,000 men and women which It has felt all along are essential to the conquest oi Japan. Fortv emnt noun, alter tne nis torlc announcements proclaiming the dawn of the atomic anc.

officials felt soberly constrained to point out mat tne new era nas yet to reacn its, icnlth. The new bomb certainly; should sfiortcn the Japanese thru fell, hut the onlv wav it ca'n end the conflict abruptly in for thei Japanese uiemfieives to ueuuc nllit. will be given a second chance to do before the full fury of atomic bomb assault uniensnea against mem. Tvn I Pm 2, NiabM 3 Guam, UNS Most of the Ametlcan airmen aboard the Su pcrfortress which shattered the Jap city or Hiroshima with America's first atomic bomb had no idea of the epoch making nature of their mission. Only three men in the crew of 11 aboard the SupcrrorLrcss "Enoln Gay" knew the exact nature of the mission and only one of these had ever before witnessed hie devastating effects or the earth shattering, "top seeret" wcnpotl.

The attack on Hiroshima was sumniariwd by the returning airmen in this way: "The only way we could fell a city had been there v.yi.s la cause wc had seen it a moment before." Col. Paul W. Tibbelfl, of Miami, Fla pointed out today that even his co pllot. Captain Robert A. Lewis, of Ridgcfleld Park, N.

was uninformed concerning the terrifying aspects of Back Of The Headlines they are thoroughly sinulated acainst secondary radiation. These warnings were maoe Many an exclusive statement to inter na.r.irma.1 News Service bv Dr. Har old Jacobson, 33 ycar old physicist who worked for two years on thei "Manhattan project," as the atomic bomb development was known. me temnc iorcc oi tne uxyius irradiates the air and the ground," he explained! "Investigators will become infected with second army radiation which breaks up the red corpuscles in the blood. Tiiis prevents the body from as similating oxygen which means that those so exposea win uie in uie way victims of Leukemia died." Dr.

Jacobson said that the force of the atomic bomb is so Kreat that it actually vaporizes all matter in its path, rrees ana stones ana uie sxi in buildings turn into gas and ex nlnrip This rnsmls effect saturates the area with the death dealing radiation. "T.nhnr at.nrv tests have shown," he said, "that the rays will not be fully: dissipated for 70 years. Furthermore, rain falling on the area will Pick up the rays and will carry them down in these waters will nerlsh." Dr. Jacobson cited these facts to: illustrate the awesome force of the. explosion, but he emphasized that there is no danger i.nis cuumij in manufacturing the bomb.

Every process is completely under control, tie said. Dr. Jacobson said that the energy! of the atomic DOmrj can tie usea l.i eat a city and provide all of the nee essary power. A pound of TJ 235 Im A'eirs I photographs connrmea mat silence or more ttian tu nours carrying. The plane was named for Tlbbets' mother.

Colonel Tibbets, a veteran of the European air war; Captain William Sterling Parsons, of the Navy, a native of Chicago, and resident of Sante Fe, N. and MaJ. Thomas W. Perebee, bom bardier from Mocksvllle, N. 1 were the only men aboard tha "Enola Gay" who were fully In formed of the nature of the mission.

The "Enola Gay" took off on Its history making mission some time after midnight and saw the city of Hiroshima virtually go up in smoke at 9.15 a. m. Monday when the bomb was dropped. The handplckcd crew wat given just a bare hint of the nature or their mission when they were fitted with dark glares as protection against the expected blinding flash. Captain Parsons, the Navy Turn to Page Number i Mrh settled the Dardanelles OUeS tlon to the advantage of Turkey naming the Turlcs as custodians of the vital straits.

Under the Montreux accord no sizebale warships limited to anything over 10,000 tons could use the straits in time of ar so long as Turkey was neutral. The Russian position is that UTurkLsh interference with Russian mercnant or war snipping, in time of peace or in time of war. is intolerable. Russia wants all Black Sea nations to share control and use of the Dardanelles equally. On one point of the Italian colonial issue, Russia and Britain seem agreed, but whereas Britain dislikes a vast "no man's land" in the center the African iwrth shore in Libya, Russia wants Libya, Italian Somali land and Eritrea to be placed under United Nations trusteeship.

Russia and Britain have opposite views on the Levantine dispute. Russia sides in witn rTance ano would like a four power conference to discuss the Syrian and Lebanese affairs within the framework of a study of the whole Arab problem, with Russia. Prance and the United States to discuss a vast Arab re I organization Including the very difficult Palestine mandate problem. NEWSPAPERS ARE ESSENTIAL TO TIIE WAR EFFORT Wr Manpower commluioa Amusement! 4 Pearson Bedtime Story 13 Fegfer Clwle 3 Radio Prog. 13 Comic IS Ration Cal.

Crow. Panic Service Men 11 Cunningham Society News II Deattii Sparta II Editorials TlmeafHee Leman Tneker 4 Marriage Lie. 1 Veterane'CA OMtnarles Wemen'a Ft ROBBER SUSPECT ESCAPES BLAZING CAR IN CHASE Man Believed Wounded By Police Bullets rnhhprv Kiisneet. fleeine carjture by Chester police, was forced to leap from a stolen automobile near Holly Oak, early today when it burst into flames during a bullet studdea chase that started at Third and Flower streets and rpared south through Trainer and Marcus Hook and across the state line. He disanneared into a nearby swamp after running through a tourist camp ana apparently nuuc his escape in the marshland under iver 01 aarKness.

The pursuit began shortly before a. m. when Patrolmen Theodore Laws and Oakley Berry spotted Wil lard Cooper, alias Jimmy Cooper, in a car and recognized him as a man waited by the Chester department on a highway robbery charge. nnnnpr annarentlv saw the noltce cruiser approaching and gave his aUGOmorjiie me gas, a uuiu mand to halt. He turned over to Fourth street and, the throttle wide open, sped through Trainer with the radio car in hot pursuit.

Near the Sinclair Refining Company gates the fugitive narrowly escaped death when he drove between two large trucks, heading in opposite directions, and at Claymont the stolen car almost went out of con trol when cooper swerved snarpiy to avoid a collision and ran halfway, tip the side of a bank. Fighting the wheel, he got the wildly swaying machine back to the highway but almost struck an abut ent oi an overneaa miuge. Three warninc shots were fired In the air during the chase and then Laws sent a fourth bullet crashing into the back of the ear. LI no norm ted the lett, side oi tne trunk and might have struck the driver, who was crouched down so low that only the top of his head showed. Shortly afterward the auto began to smoke "and flames started to whip back from the engine.

Cooper slowed down and leaped to the side of the road while it was still running at about 25 miles an hour. as it arntea to a complete stop ithout hitting anything, the sus pect was already racing among the cabins of a tourist camp with thei officers close behind, but when hej reached the marsh they were unable: to find him in the darkness. The aid of Delaware State Police; Turn to Paffe 2, Number 7 terests are not always able to place! value on our experiments," he con tinued. And then, with an intense twinkle of satisfaction in his eyes, Dr. Swann declared "The fundamentals on which the 'atomic development are based were discovered on an allotment that would be equivalent to about $2000, in relation to the Dozens scientists have contributed, and one day their contributions will be made known." said Dr.

Swann. While atomic research has gone alone for years in the nhvsicists' lab oratories. Dr. Swann said that it was 'speeded during the past tt.i years. ana reaiiy intensinea during tnc war.

Practical applications of the tremendous forces Inherent in atomic energy cannot be foretold at this time, but it was apparent from Dr. Swann's discussion that scientists confidently expect unusually valuable peacetime uses. And. more im portant, they look for more liberal budgets from "practical business sources" to carry on their research, as a result of the practical achieve ment oi tneir past years oi experimentation. A familiar figure around Swarthmore, Dr.

Swann has a shock of un rnlv white hair, The Bartol Foun. datton Laboratory or the Franklin Institute Is located on the Swarth more College campus, but has no connection tne college. Rpffire lolhinz Franklin Institute. Dr. Swann was professor of physics and director of the Sloane Labora tory at Yale University.

Prior to that he was professor of physics at me university ui iiuutKu. Duru in England 61 qears ago, he attended the Royal College of Science, coming to the United States in 1913 to serve as chief of the physical division of the Department oi Terrestrial wiag at Carnes Ie Institute, About eight years ago. Dr. Swann Big Mediterranean Issues Not Settled at Potsdam COUNTYHOSPITAL OPENS PARALYSIS ISOLATION WARD Second Established In Area As Dread Disease Spreads at Delaware County Hospital, lo cated on Lansdowne avenue near Garrett road, Drexel Hill, It was announced today by Superintendent Charles S. Faxson, Jr.

This brings to a total of two tnc mianiue pai alysis isolation units in the county, the other being located at the Fitzgerald Mercy Hospital, Darby. Only one case Is being treated In the unit at the superintendent stateu, and the patient is a four vear old boy from Buffalo, N. who was visiting in Upper Daroy when he was stricken ill. There are eight poliomyelitis vic ms being treated at Fitzgerald Mercy Hospital. TTirougn tne co operauon oi mc Mat.innai infantile Paralvsis Foun dation, nurses have been secured to partially man the unit, Superintendent Paxson announced, although additional nurses will be required if the number of cases increases.

Under tne leaciersnip oi Anne mao Donnld. trained Kenny nurse, three nurses now are on duty but two more will be needed in the event of a case load rise. The nurses are supplemented bv volunteer packers who assist in "the work of the Kenny method. In addition to these two isolation units, an after care clinic is maintained at the Taylor Hospital. Ridley Park, which is financed by the March of Dimes funds collected In Delaware County.

The total of Infantile paralysis victims now under treatment in Delaware county stands at nine with a total of 11 cases listed in the county during 1945. The two newest cases diagnosed positively as poliomyelitis yesterday are at Fitzgerald Mercy Hospital, nnrhv. Onp is Louise Jacobs, six. of 7048 Aberdeen road, Stonehurst Hills, who was admitted Saturday for observation and whose case was confirmed yesterday. The other Turn to Page Number 6 Cool Weather But No Showers ScheduledToday Aiifint erwitinued on her merry aiav with rnnrp mln and hieh winds late Tuesday, but the Weather Man, prOmlsca no more oi wie rn i it "Partly cloudy with moderate temperatures today and tomorrow, Freakish winds accompanied the attered showers which swept across: Thermometers were sent plummet ing downwara ana a imase and homes caused by other recent heavy rainians was nrfnH trpinrit.V Of 22 milCS DCr was recorded for a short time at the Weather Bureau.

strikinir short oeiore p. the downpour created small streams along curbstones and caught many. of the county's war workers Just starting for home. There were sev eral other showers during the night. rom a low ot aegrees at o.j h.

iVk. fj.mnAr9t.ure had risen to 68 at 9.30 and was expected to reach! a peak of 19 this afternoon. A high! of 82 degrees was recorded on Tues i Yri explaining Hhe winds, thef WeatHer Bureau said the storms were of the unstable type with cooler nir sweeninc down from aloft In a circular motion. A drop of about eieht degrees resulted after the Swarthmore Scientist is Silenced on Atomic Bomb How It Looks To Us By RALPH HEINZKN Unlled lUf.s War Analyit' Hf nnitp riecisinr. reaardine anyi of the major Mediterranean and African prooiems reached bv the Big Tnree at rots There eertjilnlv were discor dant views which hold no promise or any early agreement.

i All that Is definite Ls that Russia I intends to sit in from now on wnca 0e nnwers eet together to dl.se lit. any matters which touch the Mediterranean. It is now fairly well established t.hnt Pu.tsia. at Potsdam, affirmed a policy that it will brook no Interfer ence with ar.v of its western in the ocean. That means sia is vitally interested in the Kiel Canal as well as the Skaggerak and the Kattegat, as western outlets from the Baltic, and in the Dardanelles outlet rrom the Black Sea and in Sues and the Tangier Gibraltar outlets from the Mediter Oti manv ooinLs there Is deflnitei conflict of Russian and British policy, 'This Ls particularly evident.

in the Syrian Lebanese problem the Dardanelles Straits dispute be twecn Russia and Turkey. Tne statu nf the Aeirenn Islands, the dis position of the rormcr Italian Colonial Empire in Africa, the disposal the new status of Tangier. At Potsdam, Stalin is understood to have announced Russia's desire to see the Aeiertn Is ands and most, if nftt. all nf Ttnlv's African colonies, placed under trusteeship of the United Nations. Britain nas indicated a aesire to manv of the Aecrcan Islands I transferred rrom Italian to urees sovereignly.

Russia, however, in siKtji tJint. the Aeeean be Internatlon. allzed because Russian trade route into and out or me macs aea must pass through the. Aegean. Russia has also demanded the re vision oi the Montreux accords Bt JACK THOMPSON The soft tones of cello music flowed from the windows of Dr.

William P. G. Swann's home, in Kararthmm e. as the thunderous re sults of the atomic bomb swept 'round the worm on weanesaay. The Bartol Foundation physicist, whose research work, and the work of his lormer students and asso ciates at the University of Chicago and at Yaie, contnoutea oaiiuai the harnessing of the atomic power, laid aside his cello, backed shyly against the fireplace, and said: "Really, I'm not to discuss the atomic bomb.

Actually, I had noth ir.tr Hn with' nnttlne it together. A telegram Washington today explicitly instructs nie mn, cuss the bomb." Arknf.wle.pri be one of the na tion's authorities on terrestrial cosmic atomic energy, it is believed that, Dr. Swann's contribution to the bomb has been substantial, although the natural reticence of the research scientist, even if. not under govern ment censorsnip, wouia give me impression of an artist and musician, rat hr than a ennt.ributor to what is heralded as the "most devastating forees ever harnessed by i To the direct question "Do you believe the atomic bomb to be the most seasatlonal scientific development of this age?" Dr. Swann unhesitatingly replied, "Yes, I believe you can safely say that.

Ko iu then iwked whether he be lieved the power of the atom would have been harnessed at this time had there not been a war. "Thr. it ri.fflpiilt: tn answer. Swann replied. "The war has speeded research, and the tremendous COSt of this particular project you have would hardly have been available except unaer governiT.erit aunt ivcs, he said.

"You see. we research scientists mtiiltv have verv limited budget. BY THE EDITORS The War The results 'of the explosion of the single atomic bomb proved to be as awesome as predicted. In Hiroshima, target for the first bomb, all life was seared in a four and one tenth mile radius. The death toll was unofficially estimated at 100,000 unofficial because "it is impossible to count the corpses," the Japanese Radio reported.

Sixty per cent of the city's area had vanished completely without leaving a trace of habitation. And more is yet to come, Army officials prophesized. President Truman has returned to Washington and will speak to the nation on Thursday at 10 p. m. It is reported that the President will give the Japanese one more opportunity to surrender, supposedly within 48 hours.

If the ultimatum is refused, "utter destruction" will follow. Other Superfortresses eliminated Yawata, the Pittsburgh of Japan, as a worth while target after leaving it in flames. The Nation Despite the sensational turn the war in the Pacific has taken, there will be no let up in inducting men, Selective Service officials announced; sugar, which is unavailable in the East for bakeries, ice cream manufacturers, and others, is said to be piling up in Philadelphia warehouses. At Home A bandit who stole a car from a parking lot in Chester escaped in Delaware amid a hail of bullets after a thrill packed chase; a new isolation ward for contagious diseases has been opened in the Delaware County Hospital, where there is an infantile paralysis victim; Dr. W.

P. G. Swann, Swarthmorc's musician scientist termed the new atomic bomb, "the most sensational scientific development of this age" in an interview with Jack Thompson of the Times' staff. runs. Tint la race tNUM UM eo clM practical In.