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Chronicle (Levin), 14 August 1946, Page 5

RADI0 ACTIVITY DEADLY STUFF By Teleoraph Press Assn.-Copyrighi Received Tuesday, 9.0 p.m. SAN FRANCISCO, August 13. "Apart from the aetual damage it does, the atoin bomb ean 1oss erippling psychological monkey wrenches into an enerny's war luachiiie, " said Major-Leneral Kepner who eontrolled the Air Force aetivities in the Bikini tests. "Radio activity set up by the atom hoinl) is a sinister tliing. You don't see it, silrell it or feel it immediately but if you stay too long where it is dangerous, after a while you get a sort of anaemic feeling — just tired and listless. You also iniagine things. ' ' Take that column of radio active Avater which became driftitig rain after the second burst. It was deadly stuff. How is the populace oi' an enemy city under air attack to know tliat every rainfall isn't a menace !" NEW ERA IN SEA POWER. Received Tuesday, 7.0 p.m. WASHJNGTON, August 12. United States Navy is planning to use atomic energy for gnided missiles and ship propulsion, said Viee-Admiral Coehrane, Chief of the Ships Bureau, in a statement commemorating the first anniver-sai-y of VJ I)ay August 14. ' " Viee-Admiral Coehrane said the Navy was anxiously awaiting Ihe results of the Bikini atomic tests and declared that no future , plans would be made until the Navy could determine the potentialities and limitations of atomic power. Ile coneluded: "W.e ean already see outlines of a new era in sea power. In the not overdistant future a navy might be quite different in appearance and J superior in offensive and defensive power." 1