AP and UP Wire News Bulletins, August 1945
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| The August 8, 1945 front page of the New York newspaper The Sun (higher resolution) |
BULLETIN (AP)
WASHINGTON, AUG 6--(AP)--THE UNITED STATES ARMY AIR FORCE HAS RELEASED ON THE JAPANESE AN ATOMIC BOMB CONTAINING MORE POWER THAN 20,000 TONS OF TNT.
IT PRODUCES MORE THAN 2,000 TIMES THE BLAST OF THE LARGEST BOMB EVER USED BEFORE.
THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE DEVELOPMENT WAS MADE IN A STATEMENT TODAY BY PRESIDENT TRUMAN RELEASED BY THE WHITE HOUSE TODAY.
THE BOMB WAS DROPPED 16 HOURS AGO ON HIROSHIMA, AN IMPORTANT JAPANESE ARMY BASE.
THE PRESIDENT SAID THAT THE BOMB HAS "ADDED A NEW AND REVOLUTIONARY INCREASE IN DESTRUCTION" ON THE JAPANESE.
MR. TRUMAN ADDED:
"IT IS AN ATOMIC BOMB. IT IS A HARNESSING OF THE BASIC POWER OF THE UNIVERSE. THE FORCE FROM WHICH THE SUN DRAWS ITS POWER HAS BEEN LOOKED AGAINST THOSE WHO BROUGHT WAR TO THE FAR EAST."
THE BASE THAT WAS HIT IS A MAJOR QUARTERMASTER DEPOT AND HAS LARGE ORDNANCE, MACHINE TOOL AND AIRCRAFT PLANTS. THE CITY OF 318,000 CONTAINS A PRINCIPAL PORT.
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FLASH (UP)
WASHINGTON--RUSSIA DECLARES WAR ON JAPAN.
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BULLETIN (UP)
WASHINGTON, AUG. 8.--(UP)--SOVIET RUSSIA HAS DECLARED WAR ON JAPAN, PRESIDENT TRUMAN ANNOUNCES TODAY.
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BULLETIN (UP)
BY UNITED PRESS
DON PRYOR OF CBS, REPRESENTING THE COMBINED NETWORKS AND NEWS AGENCIES, GAVE AN EYEWITNESS ACCOUNT OF THE DEVASTATION IN TOKYO SATURDAY MORNING (JAPANESE TIME) IN THE FIRST AMERICAN BROADCAST EVER MADE FROM OVER THE JAPANESE CAPITAL CITY.
PRYOR RODE IN A B-29 SUPERFORTRESS. HE SAID THE CAPITAL WAS PARTLY BURNED OUT AND THAT BELOW HIM HE COULD SEE THE VAST AREA OF DEVASTATION--MORE THAN 56 SQUARE MILES.
"WE ARE SO HIGH THAT I CAN NOT PICK OUT ANY INDIVIDUAL BUILDINGS," PRYOR SAID. WHEN THE PLANE FIRST ARRIVED OVER THE CAPITAL IT LOOKED AS IF IT WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE FOR HIM TO BROADCAST BECAUSE OF CLOUD COVER BUT THE CLOUDS BROKE AND THE CORRESPONDENT WAS ABLE TO DESCRIBE THE SCENE. THE TRIP WAS MADE BY A SINGLE PLANE AND ARRANGED BY THE ARMY.
