New Age Ushered (Shalett) 2-3
Colorado Mines, Mills Played Big Parts in Development of New Atomic Bomb – 3
Atom Bomb Is Result of Steady Progress of Arms From Catapult That Hurled Rocks – 3
Text of Statements by Truman, Stimson on Development of Atomic Bomb – 4-6
War Department Called Times Reporter to Explain Bomb’s Intricacies to Public – 6
News of Weapon Electrifies Truman Ship; President Makes Announcement to Crew – 6
Report by Britain (Daniel) – 7
British Statements Reviewing the Allies’ Cooperation in Development of Historic Missile – 8-9
Atom Bombs Made in 3 Hidden ‘Cities’ (Walz) – 9
Steel Tower ‘Vaporized’ in Trial of Mighty Bomb (Wood) – 10
Reich Exile Emerges as Heroine in Denial to Nazis of Atom’s Secret – 11
Canadians’ Work on Weapon Told – 11
Power of Atom Likened to Sun’s (by Howard W. Blakeslee, first-time contributor) – 12
The Blasting Power of the New Bomb (chart) – 12
War News Summarized – 12
West Pointer Led Atom Bomb Staff – 13
Among Those Who Worked to Perfect the Powerful Atomic Bomb (photos) – 14
Kyushu City Razed (by Frank L. Kluckhohn & W.H. Lawrence) – 15-16
Chinese Win More of ‘Invasion Coast’ – 16-17
Only to a Typhoon Does Hornet Yield – 17
Aircraft Carrier Hornet Weathers a Pacific Typhoon (photo) – 17
Suicide of Japan Seen by Mitscher – 18
Yale Trains Units to Control Japan (by Benjamin Fine) – 18
First of Canadians Arrive in Pacific – 18
Jet Plane Explosion Kills Major Bong, Top U.S. Ace – 19-20
South Pacific Fighter Ace Dies in Crash of Jet Plane (photos) – 19-20
Russia Recognizes Finland, Rumania – 20
Test Clothing to Be Worn for Invasion of Japan (w/photo) – 21
The Atomic Weapon (by Hanson W. Baldwin) – 22
Capital Ponders Halifax Successor (by James B. Reston) – 22
The Texts of the Day’s War Communiques – 23
Editorials – 24-26
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Our Answer to Japan
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