The Seaforth News, 1946-09-19, Page 7FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA
The photo above has come a long way—from the bottom of Bikini
lagoon, in the Pacific, through the air, over telephone wires to this
paper. It shows a Navy diver stirring up "coral dust" as he moves
about on the sea bottom, 162 feet down, duringatomic bomb test
preliminaries. Taken by underwater photography used formine
disposal during the war, the photograph was transmitted by radio
over Telephoto equipment to San Francisco, where it was sent by
Telephoto on telephone lines to various points throughout the
country.
Highlights of. the News
U.S. Price Lid Off
The United States Congress has
tossed overboard all price and rent
controls. The way is open for un-
bridled inflation, and there are
many dire predictions of what will
happen with the rein taken off
completely.
The first day without price con-
trol
found most prices holding to
their OPAlevels. However, live-
stock prices rose to record highs.
Rents rose insomeareas, as much
as 33 1/3 per cent,
President Truman in a nation-
wide broadcast made the following
three-way appeal:
To the voters—to make known
to the lawmakers their determina-
tion "to retain price controls and
so prevent inflation." To congress
—to speed temporary extension of
the powers of OPA and then "pass
a workable bill." To business—to
"exercise self restraint" against
skyrocketing of prices until con-
gress -acts.
The Federal Government of
Canada it was authoritively stated
in Ottawa, has decided to stand
firm in the matter of maintaining
its presentprice ceilings, despite
disbanding of price ceiling admin-
istration in the United States.
"Caretaker" Council for India
A "caretaker" Executive Conn -
dl for India, composed of six
Britons and two Indians, was an-
nounced by Viscount Wavell. His
announcement came as the British
Cabinet Mission, which spent
fourteen weeks in India to formu-
late a plan for Indianindepen-
derce, departed for England.
TAKEOFF TO HISTORY: JULY 1 AT CROSSROADS
Airborne at 6:55 a.m. on July 1, Kwajalein time, tha B-29 "Dave's Dream" roars over the Kwajalein
Island airstrip, carrying the atomic bomb it dropped over Bikini three hours later.
JULY 1 AT BIKINI: ATOMIC CLOUD BOILS UPWARD
From the sky bridge of Vice Admiral Blandy's flagship, the USS Mt. McKinley, this towering atomic
cloud was the skyline over Bikini a few seconds after the A-bomb drop July 1, Bikini time. Mt. Mc-
Kinley was approximately 10 miles from the bomb blast when this photo was taken.
Widespread Raids in Palestine
The British Army seized leaders
of the powerful Jewish Agency for
Palestineduring a gigantic pre-
dawn raid ;throughout the -Holy
Land in what High Commissioner
Gen: Sir Alan "Cunningham said
was a drive to smash .terrorism;
The Jewish Agency is the offi-
cially recognized body under the
Mandate which has charge of ar-
rangements for Jewish immigration
to Palestine.
Jerusalem was cut off from the
world. Troops occupied the an-
cient capital, and outside the city
signs were posted saying, "no en-
trance, no exit",
Sir Alan announced that Brit-
ain's patience had run out because
of the Jewish communities' "cam-
paign of vilification, incitements
and threats of 'defiance to British
warnings".
He said lawlessness from any
source henceforth would be sup-
pressed with the utmost vigor
while talks about Palestine's future
are in progress.
The Budget
Finance Minister Ilsley last
week headlined his first peacetime
budget with what was called "sub-
stantial" reductions in personal,
corporation and excess profits
taxes—all effective Jan. 1, 1947,
Less Bread -More Meat
The British government has an-
nounced that bread rationing in
Britain will begin July 21.
John Strachey, food minister,
told the House of Commons that
flour also will be rationed from
that date.
Strachey said that both bread
and flour would go on the ration
list, but that simultaneously there
would be a slight increase in the
meat ration.
It was the first time bread has
been rationed in Britain's history
and Conservative leader Winston
Churchill foreshadowed possible
Opposition criticism of the move
by terming it one of the "gravest"
peacetime announcements in• the
House of Commons.
One Bikini Casualty
Vice -Admiral W. H. P. Blandy,
conun:uier of the Bikini Atom
Bomb Fleet, said not a single per-
son was killed or injured in the
atom bomb test but he disclosed
that one pilotless drone plane
plunged into the sea.
In a broadcast from his flagship,
the U.S.S. Mt, McKinley, Admiral
Blandy said all other drones were
successfully flown through the
clouds caused by the atomic bomb
and returned to their bases for in-
spection, The missing drone crashed
before the bomb was dropped, he
added. ,
WEAPONEERS ' FOR A -DAY `
Under the nose of "Dave's Dream" at Kwajalein, Dr. R. S. War -
rater (center), in charge of scientists and technicians of the Los
Alamos preparation group, confers with L. D. Smith (left) and
Ensign David Anderson, who rode with the atom bomb to arm it.
`FLYING PANCAKE' IS A WHIZ
The United States Navy has announced successful experimental
flights of a radically new fighter plane, shaped like a pancake, able
to hover at almost standstill speed or whiz along at from 425 to 500
miles per hour. It's the XF5U-1, built by Chance Vought Aircraft
at Bridgeport, Conn. The photo above shows flight of the "Bug,"
an experimental model, with 75 -horsepower engines. The actual
"Pancake" will have two R-200-2 engines, either of which can drive
both propellers in case one engine fails.
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