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ToGet IdeaOfDestructionBY JOHN M. HIGHTOWERWashington, Aug. 7(AP)Tokyo or one 01 Japan'sgreat w-ar industry

wa s believed here todaynext on the list forbomb destruction.This was the view of offi-trying to evaluate 'theof the terify-new weaponboth onthis war to an earlyshaping the worldtomorrow.From what has been announcedby President Tr u man andAmerican and British offi-it is clear that old ideas ofand securityeven on weapons as modernrockets Hitler used against are due to undergo rad-changes.In its impact on peaceful pur-the newly harnessed energyis some years from practicalaccording, to official reports,revolutionize industryfuture.Announcement Is ClearEvidently with this in mind,Truman made clear inannouncement of the new bombtha t the development ofin this country is tokept .under .tight governmentBecause of its enormous poten-for both war and peace,

Here are princi-official statements and in-those qualified to do

Effect on the war with Japan . .Dropping of the first- atomicon the Japanese army baseHiroshima 'Sunday night wasa warning to the enemy.believed here that the city,318,000, was largely if not com-

The Japanese have no adequateagainst this weapon any-than against regular aerialFew See Quick EndFew top officials here expect aat once. M r. Trumannew and even moreare in the

The president and Secretary ofr Stimson gave little detail ofweapon except that theof the explosive charge is ex-

'that the bo mbone-tenth the size of theobserv-here believe i t may be heavyto tough off the

Effects of atomic energy use in. . .At the mo men t the use of thisweapon is securely in theof the Allies. But it is ex-that in future years everynation will devel-it.Reliable authorities already arethat theStates could be attackedatomic rockets launched eitherEurope or Asia. Some ex-to use this as a new and dra-re-for enactment of nationalFuture PossibilitiesThe contention will be mad ean attack occur incapable of taking control

prevent panic, to organize se-and to prepare for resist-However, Senator Johnson (D-

told interviewers alnight ."the . atomicought to blow up peacetimex x x I t ought to meanend of big armies."One of the most common com-of the news abo,ut the ato-bomb was that it greatly in-gov-work together forpeace.Another piece of legislation formilitary leaders are prepar-to argue would authorize theto organizepromote peacetime scientificIt was such researchled eventually to development

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S o l o n s S u r eN e w B o m bT o S h o r t e nN i p p o n W a rJses In PeacetimeAre Also CauseFor Elation

N EGROES CLING TO TENT 'CITY'About 40 negro f am-ilies, living in a tent colony ( top) at Columbus, Ga., haverefused to move into a new housing project (bottom) because itwas built across town away from their home neighborhood.The famil ies pay only $3.50 per month for tent space. Quartersin the housing project, 12 blocks away, would cost from $10 to?25 per month. Health a uth or i t i e s say they will tear down thetent "city" Sept. 1. (AP Wirephoto).Tarumi Port Yanks UsingIs Set Afire New PincerDuring Raid

Manila, Aug. 7.(The south-ern Japanese port of Tarumi wasset afiame Sunday by more than400 Far East Air Forces planes inhe heaviest* fire raid yet mountedby the Ok inawa-based fliers againsta single objective.The entire target was engulfedn flames and smoke that billowed12,000 feet high, Gen. DouglasMacArthur related in today's com-munique announcing the two-hourattack.Planes of all categories in theI'ar East Air Forces participatedncluding Liberator heavy bomb-ers, Mitchell mediums and Thun-derbolt and Mustang fighterbomb-s.Tarumi, about the size of San-dusky, O.. is on the east shore ofKagoshima bay on Kyushu island,opposite the often-Dom'oed Indus-rial center of Kagoshima.Only one Japanese plane > a t -;empted intercept ion.Other aerial attacks were an-nounced against enemy holdingsall the way to Jr.va and Singapore.A Fifth Ai r Force Liberator onSunday sank a large transport anda medium freighter in Tsushimastraits between Japan and Korea.Seventh Fleet Liberators hit thesouthern Korean copper-smelting; o w n of Gunzan with 500-pound3ombs Saturday night, causing atleast one violent explosion.Other Seventh fleet Liberatorsank a 120-foot submarine chaserind damaged eight other small ves-

^els off Formosa while Fifth AirForce Liberators were harassingShanghai's Tinghai airdrome.Thir teenth Ai r Force and Sev-enth Fleet Liberators and RoyalAustralian Air Force planes con-tinued to support grou nd forceson Borneo, blasted the runway atMit i airdrome on Java, sank threesmall vessels off western Borneo,and made neutralizing raids on theCelebes and Halmaheras.

OnYamashitaManila, Aug. 7. ( / P iAmericanand Filipino troops are developinga two-way pinch on Japanese hideouts in northern Luzon in a relentless search for Central Yarnashita despite some rumors thatthe Japanese commander of thePhilippines was killed in an air

raid- - - - -^ ':. . . . " . = - - . ' -An est imated 6,000 Japanesehave been pocketed in three areasin the towering mountains. TheU. S. Sixth Infantry division re-por ted these enemy remnants hadbeen split into small groups in thevicinity of Antipolo, Mayoyaoand Hungduan.Associated Press CorrespondenlRussell Brines, with the 127th Infautry regiment of the 32nd division, said three American ancone Fil ipino columns had mad enew thrusts 55 miles northeastof Baguio, and were developing atwo-way pinch on enemy holdoutsbelived to include Yamashi ta andhis staff.Ifugao native scouts four daysago said Yamashita and been kill-ed a month ago by an air raid orthe remote Kungdaun-Kiangkiangsector.Two Japanese prisoners saidhowever, that they had beenforce dto act as litter-bearers forYamashi ta because he was wounded. The date they gave correspends to the scouts' repovt of hisdeath, bu t there was no evidenceof the accuracy of their story.On the other hand, two guerrillas said they had seen the general alive and well in the Mayoyaosector recently.Brines reported that a columnwhich pushed o ff at dawn A ugus4 from Highway 11 met strongenemy resistance, while a secomcolumn on the floor of the twisting upper A gno river valley merear guard forces four miles t