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May 2, 1932

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ATOM TORN APART, YIELDING 60% MORE ENERGY THAN USED; But Two British Scientists Succeed Only Once in Each 10,000,000 Bombarded. BATTERED WITH PROTONS Hydrogen Atoms Are Thus Transmuted Into Helium -- Con- servation Theory Seen Upset. TESTS MADE FOR 3 YEARS Dr. J.D. Cockroft and Dr. E.T.S. Walton of Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge, Explain Work. ATOMS TORN APART WITH ENERGY RISE

By Special Cable to THE NEW YORK TIMES

Hails smashing of atom by J D Cockroft and E T S Walton

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TARDIEU'S MAJORITY SHAKEN IN ELECTION; FRENCH VOTE HEAVY; Left Gains Ballots, if Not Seats, and Is Likely to Consolidate Advantage Next Sunday. TARDIEU AND HERRIOT WIN Daladier, Chautemps, Painleve Also Returned as 80% of the Electorate Turns Out. 244 POSTS ARE DEFINITE Two-thirds to Be Voted On Again -- Balloting Quiet Throughout Country Despite Labor Day. TARDIEU'S CONTROL SHAKEN IN ELECTION

By P.j. Philip.special Cable To the New York Times.by P.j. Philip

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