America at war! (1941-1945) -- Part 6

Atomic blast danger denied

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee (UP) – Col. K. D. Nichols put to rest idle speculation here today with the statement that “there is absolutely no danger of an atomic explosion at the Clinton Engineering Works.”

Col. Nichols, commanding officer at the project, declared that “adequate safeguards have been taken to make an atomic explosion impossible.”

His statement reassured the 75,000 Oak Ridge residents and those in the vicinity of the 90-square-mile area that they had nothing to fear from the awesome weapon.

Phobias abound in Hollywood

Like us, the stars have pet peeves
By Patricia Clary

‘Queen of the Westerns’ has tough problem

Whether to desert hoss operas or not has Dale Evans in a quandary
By Maxine Garrison

Arline Judge’s divorce investigated in Chicago

Peace feelers denied 4 times by Washington

Japs first acted in June, Reds reveal


Stalin receives U.S. ambassador

Simms: Atomic bomb, Red entry into war give Japs a face-saving ‘way out’

‘Axis mates abandoned us, we can’t fight whole world single-handed,’ they can say
By William Philip Simms, Scripps-Howard foreign editor

U.S. lightens censorship rules

Communication with Europe affected

Chinese ‘chutists strike at Japs

Allies coordinate plans with Red drive

German debt put at $80 billion

BERLIN, Germany (UP) – The Red Army newspaper Taglische Rundschau said today that Germany’s national debt exceeds 800 billion marks (80 billion dollars).

Editorial: Russia enters the war

Editorial: Crybaby congressmen

Editorial: Human jackals

Edson: ‘Little Steel’ formula will be bent, not broken

By Peter Edson

Ferguson: Praise for stepmother

By Mrs. Walter Ferguson

Background of news –
German reparations

By Bertram Benedict

Weiss, Fulton tour Berlin

Flying brothers die in air crashes

Lose lives in almost identical tragedies

Arms output slowly falling

Europe after the war!
Gateway to heaven found on beautiful isle of Capri

Touring Press writer describes gem of Mediterranean finest spot in world
By Henry Ward

Millett: You don’t have to be bored with midget radios around

By Ruth Millett