ATOMIC BOMBS
COUNTER INVENTED AN AMERICAN DEVICE NEW YORK. Oct. 1. An American scientist. Mr Larry Crosby, head of the Crosby Research Foundation, which conducted preliminary experiments with the atomic bomb, claims to have invented a device to destroy atomic bombs without even knowing their exact location. Mr Crosby said the simplicity of the defence might prove a menace, because amateur experimenters might explode a store of atomic bombs as far away as four miles. Declining to divulge the basic principles of the defence. Mr Crosby said the secret would be turned over to the proper authoriites on condition it was used solely to compel fair treatment of the United States by other nations. Officials of the foundation disputed the claim that uranium atoms, as used in the bombs, might be harnessed for industrial use. These atoms were far too dangerous for beneficial adaptation, but other safer and more suitable atoms were more readily available in quantity for industrial use.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 25964, 3 October 1945, Page 5
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