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1947-10-28 Des Moines Register: ""Atomic Energy Prospect Told""
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DM Register Oct 28 1947 ATOMIC ENERGY PROSPECT TOLD By Louis Cook, Jr. (Register Staff Writer) BURLINGTON, IA.- An angel brandishing a flaming sword stands between man and the old, comfortable life of eden. Admiral Lewis Strauss told an atomic energy week crowd here Monday night "We can never again return to that garden where existence was not complicated by the shattering information we now possess," said Admiral Strauss, a member of the U.S. atomic energy control commission in Memorial auditorium. Large Crowd A large crowd of residents of this city and nearby communities gathered to hear Admiral Strauss and Forrest Seymour, editor of the editorial pages of The Des Moines Register and Tribune, as part of a week long community drive to learn more about atomic energy. Sirens, whistles and a five minute blackout of the streets preceded Monday's meeting. People walked on diagrams of atomic structures, past window displays telling about the atom. The first community drive to find out the facts about the atom in Iowa, and one of the first in the nation, it was started by the Burlington League of Women Voters. The major work of the atomic energy commission "in the world as we today find it" is to develop and produce atomic weapons, Admiral Strauss said. "Herald of Peace" "When the atomic weapon first appeared it was greeted by a great many very wise men as a herald of world peace," Admiral Strauss said "It was agreed that it would be folly for nations to engage in warfare henceforth." The same sentiment was noted down by Benjamin Franklin after he had witnessed a balloon ascension in France, Admiral Strauss remarked. The admiral predicted "we may have little opportunity to explore the inviting visits now open to science of to enjoy in civil life the applied results." Engineers have estimated that even with limited knowledge now possessed about the atom, atomic power would be cheaper than coal to produce if coal cost $10 per ton he said. Hard Work Ahead A "number of years of hard work" in metallurgy, chemistry and mechanics will be required, however, before a useful atomic engine could be put into service, Admiral Strauss observed. Radio-active iodine and phosphorus treated in atomic piles already are being used in treatment of disease, he said. "In certain specific instances leukaemia can be restrained by radio-phosphorus" he said. As to treatment of caner, "it is not an unreasonable hope that humanity may be able to suppress a scourge which has brought suffering and death beyond the toll of any wars." Admiral Strauss reported. He also discussed the use of "tagged" atoms for use in engineering, biological, agricultural and other research fields. Must Choose The nations must choose between international control of atomic energy and an atomic war, Seymour told the mass meeting. "Whether we get international control hinges on [advertisment] False Teeth Rellne loose plates with new cushion plastic. ONE application fits like new for weeks; permits proper chewing. Real comfort! Try Dentur-eze. Money back guarantee. 59c & 98c tudes at druggists NO LOOSE PLATES OR SORE GUMS WITH DENTUR-EZE whether we get international collaboration is general" he continued. " I consider the prospects fairly hopeful on the Russian side" he said. "If the hard line the Russians are now taking doesn't produce results rather soon I presume they will change their line." Making democracy work is the biggest task of the United States, Seymour declared, adding that he didn't mean by democracy "the rabid American nationalism that some of our noisy public figures mean or hysterical resistance to any kind of economic change in the world." Tells Danger "There is danger today that we shall let democracy slip away from us," Seymour said, "A completely false notion of the power and fury of our chief ideological antagonist, Russia, is responsible for this." "This false notion is being encouraged in many high places for the deliberate purpose of luring us away from democratic habits of mind and into acceptance of something approaching the police state mentality. " We are told we must hound citizens with ideas because they are 'dangerous' and that we must hide the facts of public business from the people because they are not to be 'trusted' with the facts." Seymour said. Kiaser-Frazer Reports Profit DETROIT, MICH (AP)- Kaiser Frazer Corp, last week reported a third quarter net profit of $8,277,308 equal to $1.74 share. The profit offsets losses incurred during the first six months of the year to produce a net profit for the nine-month period of $6,089,269. At the same time the corporation's working capital, listed as $12,287,341 as of Dec. 31 1946, has been increased to $23,518,297 as of Sept. 20, of this year. In a statement to stockholders and employees, Henry H. Kaiser chairman and Joseph W. Frazer president said: [illegible ] making substantial profits, The earnings for the current period show that the company has successfully made the turn from the period of initial losses and starting up costs that are incident and inevitable in the development of a mass production industry." Kaiser-Frazer turned from losses to profits in the middle of the second quarter as it began to step up production. Up to Sept. 30, production of Kaiser and Frazer automobiles had reached a total of 103,579. Output scheduled for the remainder of the year, if realized, will bring the 1947 production to approximately 143,000 units. MEASLES DEADLY An outbreak of measles out one fourth of the populat[?] of Fiji in 1875 [advertisement] ADVERTISMENT BOIL MISERY RELIE by the MOIST HEA ANTIPHLOGIST BOILS, SIMPLE SPRAIN, BRUISE SORE MUSCLES SIMPLE CHEST COLD SORE THROAT BRONCHIAL IRRITATION The moist ANTIPHLO poultice doe portant thing One - help pain and sore helps soften ANTIPHL should be poultice ju to be comf feel its right to boil-bri relief an good fe The moist heat of an ANT poultice also relived pe swelling due to simpl and relieves cough muscle soreness due to chial irritation and a Get ANTIPHLOGISTI the tation hande Joseph If the the time question Martin c rectly to for prose A convi ries a per year in ja Jo Johnston swer any q mittee was He wasn't mittee. "We hav a special sh of the pictu cused to th yourselves said. "The conte constitutes th this evidence are given th in these publ obligation o absolve the charges agai Wor "I don't p ment shall t industry, dir what kind of make. "At one cused of n propaganda pictures w vantages other word of putting screen by Represent (Rep., Penn. that the con suggest wh should be m Johnston ings last D week, with been asked films we and when Stripli thing ou Secretary had be [illegible] ing th "W ling "S[?]
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DM Register Oct 28 1947 ATOMIC ENERGY PROSPECT TOLD By Louis Cook, Jr. (Register Staff Writer) BURLINGTON, IA.- An angel brandishing a flaming sword stands between man and the old, comfortable life of eden. Admiral Lewis Strauss told an atomic energy week crowd here Monday night "We can never again return to that garden where existence was not complicated by the shattering information we now possess," said Admiral Strauss, a member of the U.S. atomic energy control commission in Memorial auditorium. Large Crowd A large crowd of residents of this city and nearby communities gathered to hear Admiral Strauss and Forrest Seymour, editor of the editorial pages of The Des Moines Register and Tribune, as part of a week long community drive to learn more about atomic energy. Sirens, whistles and a five minute blackout of the streets preceded Monday's meeting. People walked on diagrams of atomic structures, past window displays telling about the atom. The first community drive to find out the facts about the atom in Iowa, and one of the first in the nation, it was started by the Burlington League of Women Voters. The major work of the atomic energy commission "in the world as we today find it" is to develop and produce atomic weapons, Admiral Strauss said. "Herald of Peace" "When the atomic weapon first appeared it was greeted by a great many very wise men as a herald of world peace," Admiral Strauss said "It was agreed that it would be folly for nations to engage in warfare henceforth." The same sentiment was noted down by Benjamin Franklin after he had witnessed a balloon ascension in France, Admiral Strauss remarked. The admiral predicted "we may have little opportunity to explore the inviting visits now open to science of to enjoy in civil life the applied results." Engineers have estimated that even with limited knowledge now possessed about the atom, atomic power would be cheaper than coal to produce if coal cost $10 per ton he said. Hard Work Ahead A "number of years of hard work" in metallurgy, chemistry and mechanics will be required, however, before a useful atomic engine could be put into service, Admiral Strauss observed. Radio-active iodine and phosphorus treated in atomic piles already are being used in treatment of disease, he said. "In certain specific instances leukaemia can be restrained by radio-phosphorus" he said. As to treatment of caner, "it is not an unreasonable hope that humanity may be able to suppress a scourge which has brought suffering and death beyond the toll of any wars." Admiral Strauss reported. He also discussed the use of "tagged" atoms for use in engineering, biological, agricultural and other research fields. Must Choose The nations must choose between international control of atomic energy and an atomic war, Seymour told the mass meeting. "Whether we get international control hinges on [advertisment] False Teeth Rellne loose plates with new cushion plastic. ONE application fits like new for weeks; permits proper chewing. Real comfort! Try Dentur-eze. Money back guarantee. 59c & 98c tudes at druggists NO LOOSE PLATES OR SORE GUMS WITH DENTUR-EZE whether we get international collaboration is general" he continued. " I consider the prospects fairly hopeful on the Russian side" he said. "If the hard line the Russians are now taking doesn't produce results rather soon I presume they will change their line." Making democracy work is the biggest task of the United States, Seymour declared, adding that he didn't mean by democracy "the rabid American nationalism that some of our noisy public figures mean or hysterical resistance to any kind of economic change in the world." Tells Danger "There is danger today that we shall let democracy slip away from us," Seymour said, "A completely false notion of the power and fury of our chief ideological antagonist, Russia, is responsible for this." "This false notion is being encouraged in many high places for the deliberate purpose of luring us away from democratic habits of mind and into acceptance of something approaching the police state mentality. " We are told we must hound citizens with ideas because they are 'dangerous' and that we must hide the facts of public business from the people because they are not to be 'trusted' with the facts." Seymour said. Kiaser-Frazer Reports Profit DETROIT, MICH (AP)- Kaiser Frazer Corp, last week reported a third quarter net profit of $8,277,308 equal to $1.74 share. The profit offsets losses incurred during the first six months of the year to produce a net profit for the nine-month period of $6,089,269. At the same time the corporation's working capital, listed as $12,287,341 as of Dec. 31 1946, has been increased to $23,518,297 as of Sept. 20, of this year. In a statement to stockholders and employees, Henry H. Kaiser chairman and Joseph W. Frazer president said: [illegible ] making substantial profits, The earnings for the current period show that the company has successfully made the turn from the period of initial losses and starting up costs that are incident and inevitable in the development of a mass production industry." Kaiser-Frazer turned from losses to profits in the middle of the second quarter as it began to step up production. Up to Sept. 30, production of Kaiser and Frazer automobiles had reached a total of 103,579. Output scheduled for the remainder of the year, if realized, will bring the 1947 production to approximately 143,000 units. MEASLES DEADLY An outbreak of measles out one fourth of the populat[?] of Fiji in 1875 [advertisement] ADVERTISMENT BOIL MISERY RELIE by the MOIST HEA ANTIPHLOGIST BOILS, SIMPLE SPRAIN, BRUISE SORE MUSCLES SIMPLE CHEST COLD SORE THROAT BRONCHIAL IRRITATION The moist ANTIPHLO poultice doe portant thing One - help pain and sore helps soften ANTIPHL should be poultice ju to be comf feel its right to boil-bri relief an good fe The moist heat of an ANT poultice also relived pe swelling due to simpl and relieves cough muscle soreness due to chial irritation and a Get ANTIPHLOGISTI the tation hande Joseph If the the time question Martin c rectly to for prose A convi ries a per year in ja Jo Johnston swer any q mittee was He wasn't mittee. "We hav a special sh of the pictu cused to th yourselves said. "The conte constitutes th this evidence are given th in these publ obligation o absolve the charges agai Wor "I don't p ment shall t industry, dir what kind of make. "At one cused of n propaganda pictures w vantages other word of putting screen by Represent (Rep., Penn. that the con suggest wh should be m Johnston ings last D week, with been asked films we and when Stripli thing ou Secretary had be [illegible] ing th "W ling "S[?]
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