The Pittsburgh Press (August 8, 1945)
Russians declare war on Japanese
Truman announces Soviet action against Pacific foe
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Molotov announces action to speed end of war
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Atom bomb toll stuns Tokyo
Enemy admits all life in Hiroshima target region snuffed out
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Truman to give Big Three report tomorrow
President to speak on radio at 10 p.m.
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Russia kept in the dark on new bomb
Even the British may not know all
By Charles T. Lucey, Scripps-Howard staff writer
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B-29s attack Japan four times in day
Fliers pound another ‘death list’ city
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U.S. newspapers keep faith on war’s greatest secret
News of research on atomic energy withheld – without any compulsion
By Jack Lockhart, former chief of the Press Division, Office of Censorship
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Army discharges total 190,000
Exceed draft calls by only 40,000
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More 18 to 30 face draft call
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Atomic news boosts Vanadium Corp. stock
NEW YORK (Special) – Common stock of the Vanadium Corp. of America leaped $4 a share to a new high on the Stock Exchange today. It jumped $3 a share yesterday.
Vanadium Corp. produces uranium – prime source of atomic energy.
Simms: War-making Jap clique now on run
They must go before peace is possible
By William Philip Simms, Scripps-Howard foreign editor
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Fantastic Oak Ridge builds more atomic bomb plants
Production of greatest destructive weapon ‘smack on schedule,’ says Army colonel
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$302 a minute spent on one bomb plant
Washington project cost $350 million
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Sloan finances cancer research
$4 million given foundation
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Great powers in tiny space feature atom
‘Why’ of explosion is explosion
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U.S. senators agree –
‘Bomb stresses need for peace’
‘Live together or die together,’ Hatch says
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Power of atom comes from speed
And it’s by speed that power is freed
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Eyewitness stories –
Atomic blast hits B-29 like flak
Huge black cloud rises over target
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Atom raid violated law, Japs charge
Article 22 of Hague Convention cited
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