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Burlington Atomic Energy Week, 1947

1947-10-26 Des Moines Register Article: Atomic Energy Study a Part of School Week""

S-L DES MOINES SUNDAY REGISTER OCT 28, 1947 

Atomic Energy Study a Part of School Work 

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Study of atomic energy material is a part of the school day in most Burlington schools during Atomic Energy Week, Slater Norberta B.V.M points out advice to "think watch listen read" on a special poster displayed at St. Pauls school. Her hearers are youngsters of the seventh and eighth grades. 

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Mrs. James Schramm.
Atomic Energy Week Chairman.

The United States is wide open to such attack. 
Uranium deposits are scattered over the globe, and small nations as well as big powers eventually will be able to make A-bombs. Only world control can end the menace of atomic war. 
An international atomic authority should control uranium and thorium, atomic production plants and license and inspect all atomic activities. 
Applied to peaceful ends, atomic energy could provide power in regions lacking coal and enable them to flourish, cure disease bring great progress increase freedom. 
Biggest event of Atomic week will be at 8 p.m. Monday when residents of Burlington and nearby towns will gather for a mass meeting at the Burlington memorial auditorium. 
Speakers will be Adm. Lewis Strauss, New York, N.Y., a member of the U.S atomic energy commission; and Forrest Seymour, editor of the editorial pages of The Des Moines Register and Tribune. 
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A five minute street black-out, sirens and whistles on industrial plants, planes overhead and fireworks explosions will remind people of the meeting. 
Original sponsor of Atomic week was the Burlington chapter of the :League of Women Voters. It is the first such venture in Iowa. 
The League hopes to encourage development of similar programs in other parts of the state. 
Burlington's observance of Atomic Energy week has been of great interest to the U.S. atomic energy control commission. 
David E. Lilienthal, commission chairman, wrote that the plans for the week "are heartening to every person who believes that an informed and independent public opinion is essential to wise control of this great force so that it shall in the end strengthen and will not weaken the democratic way."
Most organizations in the city have added their sponsorship to the project, helping our with funds and manpower. 
They include the "Y" of organizations, labor unions, churches, business men and women, farm groups, patriotic societies, lodges and army and navy reserve organizations. 
Living in an atomic age, reasoned Mrs. James Schramm, a 

Mrs. James Schramm
Atomic Energy Week Chairman

League member and chairman of Atomic Energy week, is difficult to appreciate because "we can see nothing about us to remind us of the existence of atomic energy."
Mrs. Schramm and her coworkers decided to fix that. 
People in Burlington and other communities in south east Iowa have not been merely informed the atom has been split - they have been beaten over the head with the fact. 
Monday's big meeting will not end Atomic week . Groups throughout Burlington and Des Moines county are planning special meetings during and after the week to discuss atomic energy. 
The sponsors of the affair have offered to supply speakers and material for such occasions during the current week and also gatherings later in the year. 
Towns besides Burlington which have been participating to a greater or less extent in Atomic Energy week include, Mediapolis, Mount Pleasant, New London, Morning Sun, Wapello, Fort Madison, Keokuk, Winfield and Monmouth, Ill.

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S-L DES MOINES SUNDAY REGISTER OCT 28, 1947 Atomic Energy Study a Part of School Work [photo] Study of atomic energy material is a part of the school day in most Burlington schools during Atomic Energy Week, Slater Norberta B.V.M points out advice to "think watch listen read" on a special poster displayed at St. Pauls school. Her hearers are youngsters of the seventh and eighth grades. ATOM- Continued from Page 1. [photo to right] Mrs. James Schramm. Atomic Energy Week Chairman. The United States is wide open to such attack. Uranium deposits are scattered over the globe, and small nations as well as big powers eventually will be able to make A-bombs. Only world control can end the menace of atomic war. An international atomic authority should control uranium and thorium, atomic production plants and license and inspect all atomic activities. Applied to peaceful ends, atomic energy could provide power in regions lacking coal and enable them to flourish, cure disease bring great progress increase freedom. Biggest event of Atomic week will be at 8 p.m. Monday when residents of Burlington and nearby towns will gather for a mass meeting at the Burlington memorial auditorium. Speakers will be Adm. Lewis Strauss, New York, N.Y., a member of the U.S atomic energy commission; and Forrest Seymour, editor of the editorial pages of The Des Moines Register and Tribune. Black-Out A five minute street black-out, sirens and whistles on industrial plants, planes overhead and fireworks explosions will remind people of the meeting. Original sponsor of Atomic week was the Burlington chapter of the :League of Women Voters. It is the first such venture in Iowa. The League hopes to encourage development of similar programs in other parts of the state. Burlington's observance of Atomic Energy week has been of great interest to the U.S. atomic energy control commission. David E. Lilienthal, commission chairman, wrote that the plans for the week "are heartening to every person who believes that an informed and independent public opinion is essential to wise control of this great force so that it shall in the end strengthen and will not weaken the democratic way." Most organizations in the city have added their sponsorship to the project, helping our with funds and manpower. They include the "Y" of organizations, labor unions, churches, business men and women, farm groups, patriotic societies, lodges and army and navy reserve organizations. Living in an atomic age, reasoned Mrs. James Schramm, a Mrs. James Schramm Atomic Energy Week Chairman League member and chairman of Atomic Energy week, is difficult to appreciate because "we can see nothing about us to remind us of the existence of atomic energy." Mrs. Schramm and her coworkers decided to fix that. People in Burlington and other communities in south east Iowa have not been merely informed the atom has been split - they have been beaten over the head with the fact. Monday's big meeting will not end Atomic week . Groups throughout Burlington and Des Moines county are planning special meetings during and after the week to discuss atomic energy. The sponsors of the affair have offered to supply speakers and material for such occasions during the current week and also gatherings later in the year. Towns besides Burlington which have been participating to a greater or less extent in Atomic Energy week include, Mediapolis, Mount Pleasant, New London, Morning Sun, Wapello, Fort Madison, Keokuk, Winfield and Monmouth, Ill.