European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 21, 1946, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes july 1946 Page joint chiefs approve atom bomb targets 87 Craft slated for july 25 test p Blandy announced that the joint chiefs of staff have a target array of 75 ships and 12 Small ending Craft for the Baker Day underwater atomic explosion july it was also announced that the detonation hour for the second first june nine fort five reported time instead of As piously Baker Day targets will the survivors of Theale atomic air burst plus seven additional targets willbe live battleships aircraft 11 eight 17 tank six infantry lading two con Crete Oil barges and Concrete weapons ship operations crossroads1 would not say which sips would be closest to the bomb Shen it detonates 25 to 30 feet below weapons ship in the Central target ships in the Central How Ever win include the battleships Arkansas and Carrier Sara sea submarine destroyer and the transport Fallon other relative nearer targets dude the Concrete Shin and Cruiser Salt s battleships new York Pennsylvania and cruisers Pensacola and Prinz Eugen will farther second expect 0 crushing effect on great radioactivity in giant Waves to sweep Over final responsibility for starting the bomb firing electronic Sequen will rest on or mar Sal Field group Leader of Manhattan districts los Holloway trill push a lever at hour minus 30 seconds before the planned detonation time which will the sing Holloway is one of leading nuclear it a announced that not a but a clock will fire the Baker Day atomic i third to be tto ged next 1 of Tome who Wil netted Tett or that Oil Tript will be within 50 Milet Blair itt bomb dropped by 2nd bomb to be under i urfa of i 3rd Bathy there i explode at depth of blast to test modern plate aboard uss july 20 atom bomb will explode next thursday against one of the strongest structural fabrications Ever 01 modern the Section of a warship covered by armo plate is located at the socks action of the just above and below the water me for Protection of the vulnerable the underwater atom bomb will be tasted against varying thicknesses of from 14 inches surrounding the Jap battleship nagato Down to the one Inch double hulls of the submarine Between there will be the 11inch Hull of the battleship oldest Battle ship in the the six Inch plate of the Carrier and the three Inch plate of the Cruiser pen in addition to testing the strength of armo plate against the direct blow of an atom the test will determine just How much dam age this equivalent of a seven Story building with int will do to battleship compartment con the Saratoga provides a Good example of the average con the Carrier has 600 com each of which can be locked from the others by steel watertight bulkheads and heavy scientists estimate the atom bomb Force is equivalent to Ordinary depth charges of the Type used in Antisubmarine a Large depth charge contains approximately 600 pounds of the atom bomb has an explosive Force equal to pounds of therefore the atom blast will be equal to the Force of Over depth which would fill that seven Story is Blandy visits a Bikini King Only b29 can carry 33 Manhattan project expert says uss the b29 the Only n no tests As yet had indicated that in its present state it is practicable for use a project missile from a War a guided missile or a or that it could be carried secretly m Small sections and assembled of saboteurs for explosion in enemy strongholds or whose Home is to West n is the author of site the Story the Manhattan project from the time he joined it combat in the opinion of the Manhattan project and now from the United Moynahan said below july 21 soviet meteorological observers who ascended in a balloon to a height of found the temperature there to be 52 degrees centigrade below quoted by radio the scientists remained at this height for 30 off Bikini july 20 a vice Blandy visited King Juda at the Bikini Monarch s new and invited him to see what the next atomic bomb explosion will do to his former Blandy called on Juda and his 160 subjects at Ron Gerik 150 Miles from where they moved last March in order that the atomic tests Blandy thanked them for their and and expressed the Hope that they Happy in their new thatched Afla Resa ail letters to h bag the Stan and include name and names Are deleted on Doe to space letter May be eat for provided snob editing does not alter the meaning of the critical medics look at the plight of the medical department specialist in the critical he is to stay overseas six months longer than his Why because he was foolish enough to take extra training and study at his own expense to qualify and because he was unlucky enough caught overseas when the shooting was the medical certainly Doest think we Are Gullible enough to believe that All specialists Are spending 24 months if the nurse corps can Send nurses Over seas for three Why cant the medical department Send specialists overseas for six months and what about these Asp men with nine months of became specialists and Are immune from Over seas a Good Deal for but Tough on the fact is that army medi Cine is reaping the hate its High handed and program or is there a better explanation for the fact that Only five medical officers in the it the regular army was worthwhile enough to Annly for editors note this let with name was referred to the theater chief surgeon for the reply is the policies complained of Are promulgated by the War depart and therefore no com ment by this office is Indi relaxed wit syntax no flaw found in crashed xb42 july 20 army examining Board reported that investigation of last decembers crash of an xb42 near d c a week after its record Cros sing of the United states in 5 hours 17 minutes disclosed no evidence of structural failure or inherent flaw in design of the experimental nicknamed the ship featured twin motors mounted inside the fuselage with two counter rotating propellers in the Tail the Board report said it could not eliminate the possibility of fuel starvation As a contributing Factor to the Crashi it added that the Pilot detonated a special mechanism blowing propel lers and Gearbox from the name pfc Mario Alfano Ufa july the european edition to published a Dort near for tolf under toe Altdorf new York office should be sent St this u not an pm policy last Winter the pm sold us radios with the Promise that transformers would be Avail Able on april it is now and when we go to the pm and see transformers and ask for they Are you a dependent is the army of occupation a Relief Agency for poor depend or didst they Promise to take care of us when we contracted to work for them must we go to the germans who offer to make trans formers for find your own hiding when bed Cross Gal is looking for to every Man for editors note this let Ter was referred to the the Ater army Exchange who replied trans formers have and an article in Short the army Exchange service is making every Effort to pro cure suitable transformers in the and in every country of the the Promise made last Winter by the pm that transformers would be available on april was not based on nor authorized by this off Ca the rationing of transformers has always been in accordance with local command and not a theater army Exchange service Eto ribbon maybe the army could pro vide a pretty Pink ribbon with baby rattle Cluster for these ribbon Happy Little it appears that these Guys think the number of ribbons a i has on his Chest is what instead of what they How about issuing the purple heart to those who lost their supper on the boat coming Over proud was we have the proudest group of was in the it at head yes As a matter of there so proud that they dont even bother to