Content note: 1945 U.S. newspaper front page using the ethnic slur 'Japs' in its banner headline, with a wartime cartoon. This object is shown as it was published. Why
The Evening Star (Washington, D.C.), front page, 7 August 1945
Front page of The Evening Star of Washington, 7 August 1945, the day after the Hiroshima bomb. The banner reads 'JAPS ADMIT GREAT ATOMIC BOMB DAMAGE'. The lead story is built from a Japanese Domei news-agency dispatch broadcast by Tokyo radio and monitored by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission; other items carry the President's announcement, reaction in Congress, the Vatican and Britain, and a cartoon of a helmeted warrior facing a robed figure.
- Date
- August 7, 1945
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- The Evening Star, Washington, D.C. (daily newspaper; masthead: 'An Associated Press Newspaper')
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Newspaper pages
- Issuer type
- Media
- Regime
- Truman Administration
- Leader
- Harry S. Truman
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Warn or inform
- Event
- World War II
- Techniques
- Name-callingCard stacking
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- Library of Congress, Chronicling America, retrieved October 2, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain / no known copyright restrictions (Library of Congress statement)
The Evening Star (Washington, D.C.), 7 August 1945, p. A-1; Library of Congress, Chronicling America (LCCN sn83045462)
Text on the object
The Evening Star WASHINGTON, D. C., TUESDAY, AUGUST 7, 1945—TWENTY-SIX PAGES. 5 CENTS An Associated Press Newspaper JAPS ADMIT GREAT ATOMIC BOMB DAMAGE Weapon Sent Down By 'Chute, Exploded In Air, Enemy Says 'Destructive Power Cannot Be Slighted,' Broadcast Concedes By the Associated Press. SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 7.—The new atomic bomb that shook Hiroshima was dropped from an American plane by parachute and exploded before it hit the ground, a Japanese Domei news agency dispatch broadcast by the Tokyo radio said today. [...] Vatican Paper Expresses Fears Over Bomb's Use New Ultimatum Based on Atomic Bomb Predicted Nomura Warns Japs U.S. Will Not Accept Compromise Terms President Due Here Tomorrow; Report Awaited Truman Gives News Of First Atomic Bomb To Crew Of Augusta Members of Congress Believe Atomic Bomb Will Shorten War Jap Naval Arsenal At Toyokawa Blasted In Super Fort Raid Splitting of Atom, as Told in Star in 1939, Big Step in Development of Great New Bomb [cartoon caption, signed] THERE'S NOT ROOM FOR THIS ... AND YOU IN THE SAME WORLD! [remaining body text not transcribed]
Read from the 1600 px page image. Only the banner, the headlines, the first sentence of the lead story and the cartoon caption are transcribed; '[...]' and '[remaining body text not transcribed]' mark omitted text.
