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Burlington Atomic Energy Week, 1947

1947-10-27 Atomic Energy Program Page 1

ATOMIC ENERGY PGM --Oct 27 -- 7 p.m.

Attention, Burlignton Citizens!

This is a warning, listen carefully!

Your streets are blacked out. Whistles and sirens are signalling an alert. Soon you will hear planes overhead, and the burst of explosives. 

But these explosions are not bombs... and the planes are friendly. 

This is not an air raid. It is an alert, all right, but different from any we have had before. 

Perhaps this alert is late... but it's not TOO late. The event it signals has already passed. There was no alert for the people of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. They were warned that the bombers were coming, but they thought, "this is just another raid!" It wasn't 

That is why Burlington's alert warning has been sounded. The people of Burlington, the people of Iowa, the people of the United States, and the people of the world must be alert to the realities and the potential of atomic energy. 

The reality is the atomic bomb, the weapon which wiped out a city in one strike, and the weapon whose latent poison of radiation continues to kill, and kill, and kill. 

The potential of atomic energy is twofold. It may be used to bring ruin and death to millions, or it may be used to bring greater security and comfort to millions. peace to a jittery world. Which shall it be? 

The danger signalled by this alert in Burlington tonight is the danger that this new force, which man has unleashed, may be turned upon him. You are safe tonight... but what about tomorrow night? And next year? And 1950? And 1960? Are you concerned about the future? 

We repeat, this is not an air raid. The planes you hear will drop no bombs. The sirens are not warning you to run for shelter. They are warning you to stop and think.

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ATOMIC ENERGY PGM --Oct 27 -- 7 p.m. Attention, Burlignton Citizens! This is a warning, listen carefully! Your streets are blacked out. Whistles and sirens are signalling an alert. Soon you will hear planes overhead, and the burst of explosives. But these explosions are not bombs... and the planes are friendly. This is not an air raid. It is an alert, all right, but different from any we have had before. Perhaps this alert is late... but it's not TOO late. The event it signals has already passed. There was no alert for the people of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. They were warned that the bombers were coming, but they thought, "this is just another raid!" It wasn't That is why Burlington's alert warning has been sounded. The people of Burlington, the people of Iowa, the people of the United States, and the people of the world must be alert to the realities and the potential of atomic energy. The reality is the atomic bomb, the weapon which wiped out a city in one strike, and the weapon whose latent poison of radiation continues to kill, and kill, and kill. The potential of atomic energy is twofold. It may be used to bring ruin and death to millions, or it may be used to bring greater security and comfort to millions. peace to a jittery world. Which shall it be? The danger signalled by this alert in Burlington tonight is the danger that this new force, which man has unleashed, may be turned upon him. You are safe tonight... but what about tomorrow night? And next year? And 1950? And 1960? Are you concerned about the future? We repeat, this is not an air raid. The planes you hear will drop no bombs. The sirens are not warning you to run for shelter. They are warning you to stop and think.